A NEW app lets customers stay up to date with where they can buy viral energy drink Prime Hydration.
The beverage brand, founded by YouTube stars KSI and Logan Paul, sells out within minutes at most supermarkets and has become the first ‘viral drink’.
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Now, Prime Tracker UK shows Prime fans which branches of Asda, Aldi and Spar bottles are available and notifies users within 30 seconds of any stock updates.
According the handy tool’s description on the App Store, a team monitor and contact the three supermarkets to build up an accurate database of stock nationwide.
Prime fanatics can find the shops closest to the which is selling the drink and check online stock.
Meanwhile, you can also post your own stock updates to let other know where they can get their hands on the in-demand liquid.
The app’s creators believe that Tesco will also start selling Prime soon.
They said: “We’ve had click and collect orders cancelled at no notice because they’ve run out of Prime, we’ve had stores tell us five different things about their stock levels or deliveries and none of them have turned out to be true.
“Let’s put a stop to this and find the drink we all want. Join our massive community today!”
The beverage has become liquid gold after catching on as a social media sensation, promoted by its celebrity founders.
Chancers have been spotted on Ebay flogging bottles for £50,000, when they should retail at £2.99 each.
However, some have slammed the drink as overhyped, with one nutritionist telling The Sun Online that it is “useless” as a sports drink and that people can buy equivalent ingredients for just 10p.
UK Muslims have also been dismayed to discover that it is not halal.
Despite this, its popularity keeps on growing, with some people travelling miles and paying thousands just to get their hands on some.
Prime was announced by its celeb creators on social media to their combined 140 million followers in January 2022 and promoted around a string of high-profile celebrity boxing matches.
KSI, whose real name is Olajide Olatunji, is one of the UK’s most famous YouTube creators. He has also dabbled in celebrity boxing and music.
Logan Paul is an American internet celebrity who found fame, along with his brother Jake, through often controversial online videos.
His other ventures have included work as an actor, podcaster, boxer and WWE wrestler.
Paul also owns the most expensive Pokemon card in the world.
The duo, themselves long-time boxing rivals, came together to launch the brand after their final fight in 2019.
During the live stream, the pair said they wanted to “rival the biggest companies on earth” with their products – including “Pepsi, Coke, Gatorade and Powerade”.
It found viral fame after a TikTok clip showed a girl being charged £145 for six bottles by a shop in Wakefield.
Prime Tracker UK is available for 89p from the Apple App Store.