Introduction
As competition between Walmart+ and Amazon Prime intensifies, one of the most strategic levers for customer retention is loyalty-based pricing. However, these special prices are often gated behind logins or exclusive app views, making it difficult for brands to track and respond to them. Loyalty-based pricing intelligence has become crucial for understanding and reacting to these hidden offers.
Actowiz Solutions helped a U.S. national retail client monitor loyalty-only pricing to understand pricing gaps, offer benchmarking, and member vs non-member visibility.
Objectives
- Extract and compare loyalty (Walmart+ and Prime) prices vs public prices.
- Detect member-exclusive discounts, early deals, and hidden offers.
- Track price patterns over time for 250 SKUs across 10 metro ZIP codes.
- Enable pricing, sales, and marketing teams with actionable data.
Challenges
- Login-based access made it harder to retrieve member prices.
- Session simulation required authenticated environments.
- Some prices change dynamically based on cart behavior or order frequency.
Actowiz’s Solution Strategy
1. Loyalty Session Simulation:
- Created authenticated user sessions for Walmart+ and Amazon Prime.
- Captured page source and API response diffs for logged-in vs guest users.
2. SKU Matching & Data Tagging:
- Tracked brand vs private label pricing by platform.
- Categorized prices as:
- 👥 Member-only
- 🌐 Publicly visible
- ⚡ Early-access deal
3. Temporal Monitoring:
- Collected data every 3 hours for each SKU x ZIP x user state.
- Identified short-lived deals available only to loyalty users.
Sample Data Snapshot
Platform |
SKU |
ZIP |
Member Price |
Public Price |
Discount % |
Type |
Walmart+ |
Tide Pods 42ct |
10001 |
$16.49 |
$17.99 |
8.3% |
👥 Member-only |
Amazon |
Bounty 6-Roll |
90210 |
$8.79 |
$9.49 |
7.4% |
⚡ Early Deal |
Walmart |
Tropicana 52oz |
30301 |
$5.29 |
$5.29 |
0.0% |
🌐 Public |
Key Results
🔹 Identified 1,300+ Loyalty-Only Deals
- Over 30 days, detected SKU-specific exclusive pricing patterns.
🔹 72% of Discounts Were Member-Only
- Significant deals were hidden from public-facing listings.
🔹 Enabled Competitive Price Matching
🔹 Member Deal Duration Trendline
- Mapped how long exclusive prices stayed live (avg: 8–12 hours).
Dashboards Delivered
- Loyalty vs Public Pricing Matrix
- Member-Only Price Drop Tracker
- Brand vs Private Label Loyalty Comparison
- Deal Duration Analyzer
Technology Stack
- Languages: Python, JavaScript
- Scraping Tools: Selenium, Puppeteer, API diff tracker
- Authentication: Browser automation with secure credential rotation
- Database: PostgreSQL, MongoDB
- Visualization: Looker Studio, Power BI
Why Actowiz Solutions?
- 🌐 End-to-end loyalty session simulation
- 📈 Precision tracking of hidden pricing layers
- 🚀 Automation at scale across major U.S. metros
- ✅ Trusted by leading e-commerce & CPG brands
Client Testimonial
“Actowiz uncovered pricing layers we couldn’t see. This data now guides our loyalty strategy and retail negotiations.”
— VP of U.S. Digital Strategy, Retail FMCG
Next Steps
- Expand to include Shipt, Instacart+ and Target Circle pricing
- Integrate offer feedback loops from consumer reviews
- Predict deal timing using machine learning
Conclusion
Loyalty programs hold hidden pricing power. With Actowiz Solutions' tracking system, brands now get full visibility into what members pay, how long deals last, and how to react competitively. This visibility enables data-driven pricing strategies that align with market dynamics. Loyalty pricing is no longer a black box.