Wine Watcher alerts allow you to set up customized notifications so you can "watch" various forms of activity related to a specific wine.

Anyone with a Vinfolio account can configure Wine Watcher alerts to monitor one or more of the following activities on a daily or immediate notification basis:

• New low asking price
• New bids
• Bid acceptances
• First appearance of a wine for sale in the Marketplace (>0 quantity)
• Increases in quantity of a wine for sale in the Marketplace
• Increases in quantity or any price change of wine in the Vinfolio wine store

Please note that a Wine Watcher "Active Bids" alert will be created automatically when you bid on wines. This alert will contain the list of wines with your active bids. By default, the Active Bids alert will be configured to deliver an immediate notification whenever a new low asking price is entered by a seller or when a new bid is placed by someone else on the same wine.

How it works

Wine Watcher Alerts can be created for an individual wine or groups of wines based on Basic or Saved Searches or even specific Keywords.

You can choose to see results from the wine store, Marketplace or both. Create as many as you like and edit them or unsubscribe at any time.

Creating a Wine Watcher alert using a Basic or Saved Search

1. Sign in to your account and click the "My Account" link at the top of any page.
   
2. Click on the "Wine Watcher" tab and then click "Add".
   
3. Name your alert
4. Select a "Basic" or "Saved Search"*.
   
5. Select whether you want wine alerts from stock added to the Wine store, Marketplace or both. Then select "Frequency" (Daily or Weekly) and click the "Save" button.
   

*Note: You must create a Saved Search before creating a Saved Search Wine Alert. This can be done in the "Saved Searches" section of "My Account" or from "Advanced Search".

Creating a Wine Watcher with Keywords

1. Follow steps 1 through 3 above.
2. Enter keywords for wines that interest you, for example "2001 Brunello".
3. Select whether you want wine alerts from stock added to the Wine store, Marketplace or both.  Then select "Frequency" (Daily or Weekly) and click the "Save" button.
   

Creating a Wine Watcher alert for individual wines from the
Wine store or Marketplace listings page

1. Click on the "Watch" link below the "Buy" button in the wine store or the "Bid" button in the Marketplace.
   

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2. Select whether you want wine alerts from stock added to the Wine store, Marketplace or both.
3. Note that Marketplace based Wine Watcher alerts also allow you to be notified when a Low ask or High bid are placed on a wine and even when a sale is completed.
4. Select "Frequency" (Daily or Weekly) and click the "Save" button.
   

Out of Stock Wine

You can also create a Wine Watcher alert when you search for a wine and it comes up as out of stock in both the wine store and the Marketplace. Simply click on the area indicated by the red arrow below.

Wine store detail page

1. Click on any wine name from any Wine store or Marketplace listings page.
   

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2. When you arrive at the detail page, click on the "Watch this wine" link.
   

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3. Follow steps 2 through 4 from "Creating a Wine Watcher alert for individual wines from the Wine store or Marketplace listings page" section above.

Manage your Wine Watcher alerts

Managing your Wine Watcher alerts is easy. Simply log in to your account, Select the "Wine Watcher" tab and you can edit or delete your alerts any time.

Manage Wine Watcher "Active bids" alerts

As noted earlier, a Wine Watcher "Active Bids" alert will be created automatically when you bid on wines. By default, the Active Bids alert will be configured to deliver an immediate notification whenever a new low asking price is entered by a seller or when a new bid is placed by someone else on the same wine.

You can edit the default frequency set at "Immediate", enable other triggers or disable the alert in "My Vinfolio Account".

1. Locate "My active bids" and click on "Edit".
   
2. Determine which triggers you'd like to set.
3. Select the Frequency.
4. Click Save.