# Research Amazon and Google Shopping with your AI agent

> Ask your agent what ranks on Amazon and Google Shopping for your product, then which stores sell the leader. Manifold returns each product's price, rating, reviews, monthly sales and whether it is sponsored, at 2 credits for 100 Amazon results and 1 for 40 Shopping results. For electrolyte powder, the most-bought product in Amazon's top 30 sat at rank 14, with 60,000 bought in the past month.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Job | Prices, sales and ads on two shopping shelves |
| Tools | amazon_search_products, shopping_search_products, shopping_get_sellers |
| Credits | 5 for the three calls in this run |
| Returns | Price, rating, reviews, bought past month, sponsored, sellers |
| Run on | "electrolyte powder", United States, 27 October 2026 |

## The prompt

We asked our own agent, Claude Code connected to Manifold, on 27 October 2026:

```text
I'm launching an electrolyte powder. Show me what ranks on Amazon and on Google Shopping for
"electrolyte powder": prices, ratings, sales, who pays for ads, and who sells the same product
cheapest.
```

## The calls

| Step | Tool | Input | Credits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [`amazon_search_products`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/amazon#amazon_search_products) | "electrolyte powder", top 30 | 2 |
| 2 | [`shopping_search_products`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/shopping#shopping_search_products) | "electrolyte powder", top 20 | 1 |
| 3 | [`shopping_get_sellers`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/shopping#shopping_get_sellers) | Dr. Berg Electrolyte Powder, from step 2 | 2 |

Amazon's results page in order, organic and sponsored, with each product's price, rating, reviews and how many were bought in the past month. Google Shopping's results with the store, price and any old price. Then the stores Google lists for one product, with shipping and the total.

## What came back

Amazon has 6,144 results for the search. Of the top 30, 4 are sponsored:

| Rank | Product | Price | Rating | Ratings | Bought past month |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | Nutricost Electrolyte Complex, 120 servings (Amazon's Choice) | $27.95 | 4.6 | 2,100 | 10,000 |
| 3 | Ultima Replenisher, 90-serving canister (Best Seller) | $47.99 | 4.7 | 9,500 | 20,000 |
| 4 | Nectar Hydration packets, 30 (sponsored) | $25.40 | 4.3 | 13,400 | 30,000 |
| 14 | Ultima Replenisher packets, 20 | $20.99 | 4.6 | 21,300 | 60,000 |
| 23 | Liquid I.V., 16 count | $24.00 | 4.6 | 108,300 | 30,000 |
| 24 | Trevi packets, 20 | $9.99 | 4.6 | 3,900 | 30,000 |

Google Shopping's top 20 came from Target (4), Walmart (4), brands' own stores (9) and three other retailers. Its top three were Liquid I.V. from its own store at $24.99, Ultima Replenisher at Target for $9.49 and LMNT at Walmart for $8.97.

Google lists 8 stores for Dr. Berg's powder:

| Store | Price | Shipping | Total |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Dr. Berg's own store | $35.99 | $4.00 | $39.99 |
| Walmart, sold by Dr. Berg | $36.99 | $5.45 | $42.44 |
| PureFormulas | $36.99 | not shown | $36.99 |
| Four eBay listings | $57.16 to $88.99 | not shown | $57.16 to $88.99 |

## What the agent concluded

- **The most-bought product is a packet box, not a tub.** Ultima's 20-packet box shows 60,000 bought in the past month at rank 14, three times the canister at rank 3 that carries Amazon's Best Seller badge. Single-serve packets are where the volume is.
- **Three brands pay for ads on products that already rank.** Nectar, Dr. Berg and Salty Revolution each appear twice in the top 30, once sponsored and once organic. On this search, ads defend a position as much as they win one.
- **Google Shopping is a different shelf.** LMNT, third on Google Shopping, is nowhere in Amazon's top 30, and Target and Walmart win 8 of the 20 rows. A launch that lives only on Amazon misses that shelf.
- **"Best price" is not the lowest total.** Google marks Dr. Berg's own store as the best price at $35.99, but with shipping it costs $39.99, against $36.99 at PureFormulas. The eBay listings at up to $88.99 are resellers worth watching.

## Run it on yours

```text
Show me what ranks on Amazon and Google Shopping for "{your product}": prices, ratings, sales
and ads. Then list the stores selling {the leading product} with their totals.
```

For one Amazon listing in full, call [`amazon_get_product`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/amazon#amazon_get_product). For the searches a rival's product ranks for, call [`amazon_get_keywords`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/amazon#amazon_get_keywords) with its ASIN.

## Questions

### Do I need an Amazon seller or advertising account?

No. Manifold reads Amazon's and Google Shopping's public results, with no seller account, ads account or API key of yours.

### Is bought past month exact?

No. Amazon shows it rounded, such as 10K+ bought in past month, and that is the number your agent gets.

### Can it check another country's Amazon?

Yes. The location picks the marketplace, so the United Kingdom reads amazon.co.uk.

### Can I see Amazon search volume?

Yes. A separate tool returns Amazon's own search volume for a list of keywords, and another lists every search one product ranks for.

## Next

- [Amazon MCP server](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/amazon)
- [Google Shopping MCP server](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/google-shopping)
- [Amazon tools in the docs](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/amazon)

Published 27 October 2026. Updated 27 October 2026.