Up-to-the-Minute Pricing & Availability is here!

Created: April 9, 2019
Updated: June 25, 2023

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One of our most requested features is finally rolling out. Octopart now features up-to-the-minute pricing and availability from select distributors!

A number of top distributors are now connected to Octopart in as close to real-time as possible, with pricing and stock quantities being updated every time you load a page on Octopart.

uttmscreen2 uttmscreen1 You can see when the data was last updated on both the search results and part detail pages

While this feature is not yet live for every listing on Octopart, we will be continually working with additional distributors as we move forward with the ultimate goal of having completely up-to-the-minute part data for every part for every offer on Octopart!

Now, when you perform a search on Octopart, you can be confident that the information you’re seeing is as up-to-date and accurate as possible. Give it a try today and let us know what you think!

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