In today’s post with Aleksandar Mitrovic we use our `Scrapealot’ web data collection tool to create a ‘Takealot online price index’ to represent the costs of e-commerce goods over time and document developments in specific products and product categories. Online office supplies, pet products, and personal care and fashion product prices rose strongly, particularly from early 2022 to early 2023. Sports and outdoor products and electronics and gambling products saw their prices decrease over the last three years.
