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VineChart is a new real-time tracking tool for Amazon Vine product drops.
<https://vinechart.com/>
Caveat: It's apparently still in early development but it gets data from
<https://amazon.com/vine/about>

A. VineChart does not require your Amazon login credentials.
B. VineChart does not interact with the Amazon website on your behalf.
C. It simply provides information about general site activity,
making it a "safe" tool according to most community discussions.

Android: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sblabs.vinechart> iOS: <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vinechart/id6757351737>

Apparently it's written by one developer who monitors when new Vine items become available, how quickly they're being requested (so you see, the
delta), and which provides automated alerts so users don't miss drops.

The developer is apparently Michael Reynolds, who apparently operates under
the name Soren Black Labs who is a self-described "data nerd" and an Amazon Vine Gold member. He said on Reddit that he created the tool because he was frustrated by missing product drops so he had wanted a way to visualize the "ebbs and flows" of the Vine inventory.
<https://www.reddit.com/r/vine/comments/1pa3jpi/i_built_vinechart_a_free_vine_data_tracker_with/>

He apparently uses his own US Gold Tier Vine account to pull the data used
for the charts, so the information is likely most accurate for US accounts.

On Reddit, the developer has emphasized that VineChart is intended to be
free for the whole world, with no ads or subscriptions. He says he
maintains the project through community feedback and includes a "Coffee
Button" in the app for users who wish to support the hosting costs.

Since Apple requires a legal name, his name is likely really what it says.

In the last year, the daily Vine drops went from about $150K items to
1/10th of that, so it's even more critical now than before to get data.

Overall, the community views him as a "by-the-people, for-the-people"
developer who built a utility to solve a common Amazon Vine pain point.

He posts status reports, particularly about Apple App Store review
challenges, which highlight how the two app stores act differently.

I could find no reviews or news articles from tech blogs, mainstream news,
or Amazon-related reporting sites, so if you can find 'em, let us know.

Here are some screenshots from my Amazon Vine Gold account where there is
no price limit but you are limited to only 8 x 365 days = 2,920 items/year.

Silver Vine members are limited to only 8 x 365 days = 1,095 items/year.
Silver Vine members are also limited to 1,095 x $100/item = $109,500.

I scored a laptop, a couch, a table grinder, a table saw, a tablet & a few 220VAC 1.5HP pool pumps just for example (these are always "free" sans
state sales tax or shipping but you have to pay federal taxes on the MSRP.

To stay in the program, you used to have to only meet two criteria, but
with the recent decline in product drops, they added a third requirement:
1. You must order at least 160 items per year
2. You must review at least 90% of those items
And, due to the recent 90% drop in the number of items from China
3. You must always maintain an EXCELLENT insight in your reviews.

Note that Amazon does not judge what you say or how you rate the product.
Your review simply has to be well written with excellent product insight.

If you drop in excellence, then they drop you from the program, which is
likely their goal given they need to lay off Vine reviewers given that
there are only 10% of the product offerings that existed only 1 year ago.
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