Where Do I Start?
Purpose: Dedicated page copy for eko.day/start (or similar route). Expanded version of the homepage's Section 5B. Helps users identify what they'd track with Eko by walking through concrete personal and work scenarios with example pages, tracking notes, and sample alerts.
Homepage version: A condensed version of this content lives in public-homepage-copy.md as Section 5B.
Page Hero
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You already know what to track
Subheading
You've been checking these pages manually for weeks — maybe months. Here's how to hand that job to Eko in under a minute.
Supporting line
Pick a situation that sounds like yours. We'll show you exactly what to add and what Eko will tell you.
How This Page Works
Design note: Brief explainer at the top so visitors understand the format. Render as a small, collapsible or always-visible callout.
Each situation below includes:
- The pages you'd add — real page types you already check manually
- A tracking note — tell Eko what you care about (this makes alerts smarter)
- What Eko tells you — a sample alert showing exactly what you'd receive
- Start now — a CTA to add your first page
Personal Life
Design note: Personal situations first. These are relatable and low-stakes — the goal is to make Eko feel approachable before introducing work use cases. Each situation should feel like "oh, I literally do this."
Saving Money on Something You Want
You've been eyeing something — a laptop, a TV, a pair of shoes, a piece of furniture. You check the page every few days hoping the price drops. Sometimes you check twice in one day. The one time you forget, the sale comes and goes.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Product page | A specific item on Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, or any retailer |
| Deals page | A retailer's daily deals or clearance page for a category you watch |
Tracking note examples
"Watching for this Samsung 65" OLED to drop under $800."
"Alert me when this jacket goes on sale or stock drops below 5."
"Tracking this stroller — watching for any price drop or coupon banner."
What Eko tells you
🔔 Price drop detected · bestbuy.com/product/samsung-65-oled · 96% confidence
Price $1,299.99 → $779.99
Badge — → "Limited Time Deal"
Stock In Stock → Only 3 left
"The TV you're watching dropped to $779.99 — below your $800 target.
Tagged as a limited-time deal with only 3 units left."
More scenarios in this category
- Subscription you're paying too much for — Track your streaming service, gym, or software pricing page. Eko tells you when prices change, new plans appear, or your tier's features shrink.
- Insurance or bank rates — Track your provider's rate or fee schedule page. Eko catches rate increases, new fees, or promotional offers you'd otherwise miss.
- Grocery or pharmacy deals — Track a store's weekly circular or pharmacy pricing page. Know when the items you buy regularly go on sale.
Finding Your Next Job
You have a mental list of companies you'd want to work for. Every week you open 5-10 career pages, scroll past dozens of irrelevant listings, and close the tabs. The one week you skip, the perfect role gets posted and filled.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Careers page | A company's /careers or /jobs page filtered to your department |
| Specific listing | A job you've already applied to (track for requirement changes) |
| Fellowship or program | A graduate program, grant, or fellowship application page |
Tracking note examples
"Alert me when they post senior engineering roles with remote options."
"I applied to this role last week. Alert me if the description, salary range, or requirements change."
"Watching for the 2026 summer fellowship application window to open."
What Eko tells you
🔔 New listing detected · anthropic.com/careers · 91% confidence
Engineering roles 12 → 14
New posting — → "Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)"
New posting — → "Staff ML Infrastructure"
"Two new engineering roles posted. The Senior Backend Engineer role
matches your criteria: 5+ years Python, distributed systems,
remote-eligible."
More scenarios in this category
- Job you already applied to — Keep tracking the listing after you apply. Eko tells you if requirements change ("MBA preferred" added), the salary band shifts, or the listing is pulled — so you walk into your interview informed.
- Grant or funding cycle — Track a foundation or agency's grants page. Eko catches new funding opportunities and deadlines on day one — not day 25 of a 30-day window.
- Freelance or contract boards — Track a filtered page on Upwork, Toptal, or a niche job board. Eko alerts you to new postings matching your skills before the applicant pool fills up.
Planning a Trip
You've been refreshing flight and hotel pages for weeks, trying to catch a good price. You check at random times, never sure if you're seeing the best rate. Travel prices shift daily, and by the time a deal forum picks it up, it's gone.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Flight route | A specific route page on an airline or Google Flights |
| Hotel rate | A hotel's booking page for your dates |
| Travel policy | An airline's cancellation or baggage policy page |
Tracking note examples
"Tracking JFK → LAX flights for March 15-22. Alert me under $250 roundtrip."
"Watching this Airbnb listing — alert me if the price drops or availability opens for June."
"Tracking United's baggage policy. I need to know if carry-on rules change before my trip."
What Eko tells you
🔔 Price change · united.com/flights/jfk-lax · 88% confidence
Economy (Mar 15-22) $342 → $219
Seats at this price — → "4 remaining"
"The JFK→LAX route you're watching dropped to $219 roundtrip —
below your $250 target. Only 4 seats at this price."
More scenarios in this category
- Rental car or activity pricing — Track a rental agency page or tour booking page for your dates.
- Visa or entry requirements — Track a country's entry requirements page. Eko catches policy changes (new vaccination rules, visa waiver updates) before your trip.
Watching Your Kids' World
School pages, camp registrations, and program signups change without fanfare. You find out something opened (or closed) from another parent — after the spots are gone.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| School announcements | Your school district's news or calendar page |
| Program registration | A summer camp, sports league, or enrichment program page |
| Product page | A specific kids' product you're watching for a sale (back-to-school, gear) |
Tracking note examples
"Watching summer camp registration — alert me when spots open for the July session."
"Track this school's announcements page for schedule changes or snow day policies."
"Alert me when this bike drops under $150 before his birthday."
What Eko tells you
🔔 Registration update · ymca.org/summer-camp · 89% confidence
July session Waitlist Only → "6 spots available"
Early-bird rate — → "$299 (ends March 1)"
"The July summer camp session you're watching just opened 6 spots.
Early-bird pricing at $299 is available until March 1."
Tracking Policies That Affect You
Privacy policies, terms of service, and platform rules change all the time — and they affect what happens to your data, your content, and your rights. Nobody re-reads a 30-page ToS quarterly. But you should know when something important shifts.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Privacy policy | A service you use daily (social media, email, cloud storage) |
| Terms of service | A platform where you create content or store data |
Tracking note examples
"I want to know if this service starts sharing my data with advertisers or training AI on my content."
"Alert me if the arbitration clause changes or a class action waiver is added."
What Eko tells you
🔔 Privacy policy updated · socialapp.com/privacy · 84% confidence
AI training (Sec 4.2) "Not used for model training" → "May be used to improve AI features"
Data sharing 3 partner categories → 5 partner categories
New partner type — → "Advertising analytics partners"
"Two changes to watch: your content may now be used for AI training
(previously excluded), and two new partner categories were added
including advertising analytics. Review the opt-out options."
Work Life
Design note: Work situations follow personal — the user already understands the format and sees themselves using Eko. Now show them the professional use cases that justify a paid plan.
Watching Your Competitors
Your team talks about the same 2-3 competitors every week. Someone's supposed to "keep an eye on them," but nobody checks consistently. When a competitor drops prices, launches a feature, or pivots their messaging, you find out from a customer — not from your own intelligence.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Pricing page | A competitor's /pricing or /plans page |
| Homepage | A competitor's homepage or main landing page |
| Changelog | A competitor's /changelog, /releases, or "What's new" page |
| Product page | A competitor's feature or product detail page |
Tracking note examples
"Competitor pricing — alert me if they undercut our $49/mo tier or add a free plan."
"Watching their homepage for messaging or positioning changes. We compete on the same keywords."
"Track their changelog for new feature launches, especially anything AI-related."
What Eko tells you
🔔 Competitor pricing changed · competitor.com/pricing · 94% confidence
Pro plan $49/mo → $39/mo
Free tier 5 users → 10 users
New badge — → "Most Popular" moved to Pro
"Your main competitor dropped Pro pricing by 20% and doubled
their free tier. They're now $10/mo cheaper than your equivalent
plan. The 'Most Popular' badge moved from Business to Pro."
🔔 Messaging repositioned · competitor.com · 83% confidence
Hero headline "Simple project management for teams" → "AI-powered work orchestration platform"
CTA "Start free trial" → "Request a demo"
Subheading "Organize tasks, track progress" → "Enterprise-grade automation for modern teams"
"Major strategic pivot. They're moving from simplicity to AI/enterprise
positioning — directly into your territory. The CTA shift from
self-serve to demo-request suggests they're moving upmarket."
More scenarios in this category
- Partner or integration directories — Track pages where your product is listed as an integration. Eko alerts you if your listing is removed or competitors are added.
- Competitor hiring pages — Track a competitor's careers page to understand where they're investing (hiring 5 ML engineers signals a product direction).
Managing Your Vendors
Your team relies on a stack of SaaS tools. Contracts renew annually. Pricing pages update quietly. Terms of service grow new clauses. You find out about changes from an invoice or a broken workflow — never from the vendor.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Pricing page | Every critical vendor's /pricing page (especially pre-renewal) |
| Terms of service | Vendor /terms pages — especially those handling your data |
| Privacy policy | Vendor /privacy pages — required for GDPR/compliance |
| Status page | status.vendor.com for services powering production |
Tracking note examples
"Vendor pricing page — our renewal is in Q3. Need advance notice of any price increases or tier restructuring."
"Track their terms of service. Alert me if data rights, liability caps, or termination clauses change."
"This is our payment processor's status page. Alert me immediately if anything moves off Operational."
What Eko tells you
🔔 Terms updated · vendor.com/terms · 87% confidence
Sec 8.3 — Data Rights "Data used solely for service operation" → "Non-exclusive license to data for service improvement"
Sec 12.1 — Liability $1,000,000 → $500,000
"Two changes to review before your Q3 renewal. The vendor now claims
a license to data processed through their API (previously no such
clause). Liability cap halved from $1M to $500K."
🔴 Urgent · status.stripe.com · 98% confidence
API Gateway (US) Operational → Investigating
Incident — → #7829 opened
"Stripe API Gateway moved to Investigating in the US region.
Incident #7829: 'Elevated error rates for payment processing.'
Consider activating your fallback payment provider."
More scenarios in this category
- Vendor security and compliance — Track a vendor's /security or /trust page. Eko alerts you when certifications expire, incident disclosures appear, or compliance status changes.
- SLA and uptime pages — Track a vendor's SLA page. Catch changes to uptime guarantees, credit policies, or support tier definitions before your next renewal.
Protecting Your Technical Stack
Your code depends on APIs, frameworks, and packages that change independently of your release cycle. Deprecations get announced on documentation pages. Security advisories get posted to GitHub. Status pages signal trouble before the full outage. You find out when something breaks in production.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| API changelog | A service's /changelog or /releases page for the API you use |
| Documentation | A specific docs page for a feature or endpoint your code calls |
| Status page | status.provider.com for every production dependency |
| Security advisories | A package's security advisory page (GitHub, npm, PyPI) |
Tracking note examples
"I use the /v2/users endpoint in production. Alert me to deprecations, parameter changes, or sunset dates."
"Track this framework's config documentation. Alert me if the recommended pattern changes or legacy options are marked for removal."
"Alert me to critical vulnerabilities (CVE 7.0+) in packages we depend on."
What Eko tells you
🔔 API deprecation · docs.service.com/api/changelog · 92% confidence
/v2/users endpoint Active → Deprecated
Sunset date — → "March 1, 2026"
Replacement — → "/v3/users (new auth flow)"
Auth change API key → "OAuth 2.0 required"
"The /v2/users endpoint you use in production is now deprecated.
Migration deadline is March 1. The replacement /v3/users requires
OAuth 2.0 — API key auth will no longer work."
🔴 Urgent · github.com/advisories · 97% confidence
Package libxml2
Vulnerability CVE-2026-4891
Severity 9.8/10 (Critical)
Patch Available in 2.12.2
"Critical vulnerability in libxml2 (versions < 2.12.1). Known exploit
in the wild. Patch available in 2.12.2 — update immediately."
More scenarios in this category
- Framework documentation changes — Track the docs page for a config pattern or feature you rely on. Eko catches when "legacy" labels appear or recommended patterns change — before the next minor version breaks your build.
- SDK version compatibility — Track the SDK docs page for your language. Eko alerts you when Python/Node/Go version requirements change, new dependencies are added, or migration guides are posted.
Staying Compliant
Regulatory bodies update guidance documents. Privacy laws evolve. Industry standards shift. Your compliance team can't re-read every relevant page quarterly — but missing an update means fines, audit failures, or legal exposure.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Regulatory guidance | A government agency's guidance or rules page |
| Industry standards | A standards body's requirements page |
| Data processor policies | Privacy policies of every vendor that handles your data |
Tracking note examples
"SEC guidance page — alert me to new requirements affecting our financial reporting."
"Track this data processor's privacy policy. Alert me if data sharing categories expand or AI training clauses appear. We're responsible under GDPR."
"Watching WCAG guidelines for accessibility requirement updates that affect our product."
What Eko tells you
🔔 Regulatory update · sec.gov/guidance/2026-04 · 90% confidence
Document status Final Rule → Revised
New requirement — → "AI-generated financial summaries must include disclosure"
Effective date — → "April 15, 2026"
Comment period — → Closed
"SEC Guidance 2026-04 revised with new requirements for AI-generated
financial summaries. Effective April 15 — you have 64 days to
implement disclosure requirements."
🔔 Data processor policy changed · processor.com/privacy · 84% confidence
Data sharing (Sec 3) "Service operation only" → "Service operation and anonymized benchmarking"
New partner type — → "Advertising partners"
AI training (Sec 7) Not mentioned → "Data may be used to improve AI models"
"Three changes requiring GDPR assessment: data sharing expanded to
include advertising partners and anonymized benchmarking, and a new
AI training clause was added. Your DPO should review before the next
quarterly audit."
Monitoring Your Market
Beyond direct competitors, the broader market moves — M&A announcements, industry pricing shifts, platform changes that affect your ecosystem. These signals are scattered across dozens of pages. Nobody has time to check them all.
Pages to add
| Page type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Industry news | A trade publication's front page or specific category page |
| Investor relations | A key player's /investors or press release page |
| Platform pages | A marketplace or platform's partner/developer program page |
Tracking note examples
"Watching for acquisition or funding announcements from key players in our space."
"Track this platform's developer program page. Alert me if partnership terms, revenue shares, or API access policies change."
"Industry analyst page — watching for new market reports or benchmark data in our category."
What Eko tells you
🔔 Platform policy changed · platform.com/developers · 86% confidence
Revenue share 70/30 developer → 60/40 developer
API rate limits 10,000/hr → 5,000/hr
New requirement — → "Annual security audit for all partners"
"Platform updated developer terms: revenue share shifted 10 points
against developers, API rate limits halved, and annual security
audits are now required for all partners."
Getting Started
Design note: Final CTA section. Should feel effortless and immediate. Consider showing a mini-demo of adding a URL — paste, add a note, done.
Heading
Ready? Pick one page.
Body
You don't need to track everything at once. Start with the one page you check most often — the one you opened yesterday and will probably open again tomorrow. Paste its address into Eko, add a quick note about what you care about, and you're done. Eko takes it from here.
Steps
- Think of the page you check most — a price, a job listing, a vendor, a competitor
- Paste the address into Eko — no selectors, no config, no setup
- Add a tracking note — tell Eko what matters to you (one sentence is enough)
- Forget about it — Eko checks 3x/day and only alerts you when something meaningful changes
Primary CTA
Add Your First Page — Free
Secondary CTA
View All Use Cases
Closing line
Free for up to 10 pages. No credit card. No configuration. Just paste and go.
Implementation Notes
Relationship to homepage
The homepage Section 5B is a condensed version of this page — 6 starters (3 personal, 3 work) with 3 bullet points each. This page is the expanded version with:
- Full scenario narratives (the "you already do this" framing)
- Multiple tracking note examples per situation
- Sample Eko alert cards with inline diffs
- "More scenarios in this category" expandable sections
- 10 situations (5 personal, 5 work) vs. 6 on the homepage
Route
Suggested route: /start or /get-started (distinct from /pricing and /features)
Navigation
Link from:
- Homepage Section 5B CTA ("Add Your First Page")
- Top nav ("Get Started" or "Where to Start")
- Onboarding flow (after signup, before first URL)
- Features page footer
SEO targets
- "what to track with page monitoring"
- "website change tracking examples"
- "how to use page monitoring for [price tracking / job search / competitor intel]"
- "best pages to monitor for changes"
Content reuse
The tracking note examples and sample alerts in this document can be reused in:
- Onboarding flow — show relevant examples based on what category the user selected
- Empty state — when a user has no tracked pages, show starters from this page
- Email nurture — "Here are 3 pages most people start with" drip campaign
- Discover section — the in-app discovery feature can pull from these categories
Tone
Conversational and specific. Every sentence should feel like a friend who knows the product walking you through it. Avoid marketing superlatives — let the sample alerts speak for themselves. The goal is recognition: "oh, I literally do this manually right now."