price-softener

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Price Softener

Keep gift prices private while shopping with family on Indian stores.
A Chrome extension that shows a softer, lower price on product pages, while checkout and payment always show the real one.

Why

You want to buy a new phone, TV or appliance for your parents or grandparents. You find the right one, show it to them, and the conversation stops at the price: “So expensive? Don’t waste money on me.”

Price Softener lets you browse together while the conversation stays on what they like rather than what it costs. Prices on product pages look lower on your screen only. When you reach checkout, the real price comes back, and you pay exactly what the store charges.

Features

Adjustable reduction: show prices 0–90% lower using a slider
Natural-looking prices: rounded to believable endings, so ₹97,499 shows as ₹96,999
Consistent discounts: M.R.P. and savings amounts are lowered by the same percentage, so “13% off” still adds up
Leaves small amounts alone: delivery fees and prices below a limit you set (default ₹1,000) are not changed
Instant on/off: press Alt + Shift + H, or use the switch in the popup
Real price at payment: checkout, address and payment pages always show the actual price, and this cannot be turned off
Private: no account, no tracking, no data collection

Supported stores

Store	Website
Amazon India	amazon.in
Flipkart	flipkart.com
Croma	croma.com
Reliance Digital	reliancedigital.in
Vijay Sales	vijaysales.com
Tata CLiQ	tatacliq.com
JioMart	jiomart.com
Myntra	myntra.com
AJIO	ajio.com
Nykaa	nykaa.com

Prices in ₹, Rs. and INR formats are recognised, including Indian digit grouping (₹1,29,999).

Tested: Amazon.in and Flipkart price formats. Not yet tested: the other eight stores. If prices don’t change on one of them, please open an issue.

Installation

From source (developer mode)

Download this repository: click Code → Download ZIP and unzip it, or run:
```
git clone https://github.com/Chinmay045/price-softener.git
```
Open chrome://extensions in Chrome.
Turn on Developer mode (top right).
Click Load unpacked and select the price-softener folder.
Pin the extension from the puzzle-piece menu in the toolbar.

From the Chrome Web Store

Coming soon.

How to use

Click the ₹ icon in the toolbar.
Drag the slider to choose how much lower prices should look. Open tabs update straight away.
Browse product pages with your family as usual.
Add to cart and go to checkout. The real price is shown there, and that is the amount you pay.

Settings

Setting	Default	What it does
On/off switch	On	Turns price softening on or off
Show prices lower by	25%	How much lower prices should look (0–90%)
Round to natural endings	On	Rounds to prices like ₹24,999 or ₹1,499
Show real prices in the cart too	Off	Shows real prices on the cart page as well
Only change prices above ₹	1,000	Leaves smaller amounts untouched

You can change the keyboard shortcut at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.

How it works

A content script finds price text on the page and rewrites what is displayed. It handles Amazon’s split price widget (whole and fraction shown separately), plain text prices, and prices that load after the page opens.
The real price of every changed element is remembered, so switching off or changing the percentage restores the page exactly.
Nothing is sent to the store. Your cart, order and payment are never touched.
Pages whose address contains checkout, payment, pay, shipping or address, plus Amazon’s /gp/buy and /cpe pages, are always left showing real prices.

Project structure

price-softener/
├── manifest.json       Extension configuration (Manifest V3)
├── pricing.js          Shared price detection and lowering logic
├── content.js          Rewrites prices on store pages; checkout detection
├── background.js       Default settings and keyboard shortcut
├── popup.html/.css/.js Settings popup
├── icons/              Extension icons (16, 32, 48, 128 px)
└── store/              Chrome Web Store listing text and privacy policy

Adding another store

Add the site to content_scripts.matches in manifest.json.
If its checkout or payment addresses don’t contain checkout, payment, pay, shipping or address, add a pattern to isPaymentPage() in content.js.
Reload the extension at chrome://extensions and check a product page and the checkout page.

Building for the Chrome Web Store

Zip the extension files (not the store/ folder or this README) with forward-slash paths, so that manifest.json sits at the top of the zip. Listing text and the privacy policy are in store/.

Privacy

Price Softener collects no data. Your settings are kept in Chrome’s own storage in your browser. See the full privacy policy.

Responsible use

This extension is meant for gifts you pay for. The real price is always shown at checkout and payment, so no one ever pays an amount they didn’t see. Please don’t install it on someone else’s browser without telling them.