Watchlists

Watchlists let you create organized lists of companies, keywords, topics, or URLs that you want to track over time. They serve as the foundation for your monitoring setup — feeding into Alerts, Signals, and Market Pulse to ensure comprehensive coverage.

Explain Like I'm 5

A watchlist is like a wish list, but instead of things you want to buy, it's things you want to keep an eye on. You might have a "Competitors" list with 5 company names, a "Trending Topics" list with keywords you care about, and a "Partner Candidates" list with companies you might want to work with. MarketGeist watches everything on your lists and tells you when something interesting happens.

What Does It Do?

Watchlists are organizing containers for monitoring targets. Each watchlist can contain companies, keywords, URLs, or topics. MarketGeist's monitoring engine uses your watchlists to scope its surveillance — checking for news, website changes, social mentions, and market signals related to your watched items.

Why It Matters

Organization — group monitoring targets by purpose (competitors, partners, trends, markets)

Comprehensive coverage — ensures you don't forget to track important companies or topics

Feeds other tools — watchlist items automatically populate Alerts, Signals, and Pulse tracking

Team alignment — shared watchlists ensure the whole team monitors the same competitive landscape

Easy maintenance — add or remove items from one place instead of reconfiguring individual alerts

How to Use Watchlists

Go to Dashboard → Watchlists

The Watchlists page shows your existing lists and an option to create new ones.

Create a new watchlist

Click "New Watchlist," give it a name (e.g., "Direct Competitors" or "AI Market Keywords"), and choose the type (companies, keywords, or mixed).

Add items

Add companies by name/URL, keywords, or topics. Each item becomes a monitoring target.

Let monitoring do its work

Your watchlist items are automatically included in Signal scanning, Pulse calculations, and can be used when creating Alert rules.

Watchlist Examples

Watchlist Name	Type	Items	Purpose
Direct Competitors	Companies	ChargePoint, Ionity, EVBox, Tesla Supercharger, Blink	Core competitive monitoring
Indirect Threats	Companies	BYD Charging, Huawei Digital Power, Kempower	Adjacent market entrants to watch
Market Keywords	Keywords	EV charging infrastructure, V2G, NACS connector, AFIR regulation	Trend and news filtering
Partnership Targets	Companies	E.ON, Enel X, TotalEnergies, Shell Recharge	Potential partner tracking

Pro Tip

Create a "Weak Signals" watchlist for emerging technologies and companies that aren't direct threats today but could be in 12–18 months. Review this list quarterly and promote items to your main watchlists when they become more relevant. This systematic approach prevents blind spots.