diff --git a/Backend/src/models/products/products.router.ts b/Backend/src/models/products/products.router.ts
index dd332e5..115d655 100644
--- a/Backend/src/models/products/products.router.ts
+++ b/Backend/src/models/products/products.router.ts
@@ -106,3 +106,26 @@ productsRouter.get('/vendor/:id', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
         res.status(500).send(JSON.stringify({'message': 'Internal Server Error. Try again later.'}));
     }
 });
+
+// POST products/
+productsRouter.post('/', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+    const asin: string = req.body.asin;
+
+    if (!asin) {
+        res.status(400).send('Missing parameters.');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const result: boolean = await ProductService.addNewProduct(asin);
+
+        if (result) {
+            res.sendStatus(201);
+        } else {
+            res.status(500).send(JSON.stringify({'message': 'Internal Server Error. Try again later.'}));
+        }
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.log('Error handling a request: ' + e.message);
+        res.status(500).send(JSON.stringify({'message': 'Internal Server Error. Try again later.'}));
+    }
+});
diff --git a/Backend/src/models/products/products.service.ts b/Backend/src/models/products/products.service.ts
index 7d397ab..4dd03a8 100644
--- a/Backend/src/models/products/products.service.ts
+++ b/Backend/src/models/products/products.service.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const pool = mariadb.createPool({
 
 import {Product} from './product.interface';
 import {Products} from './products.interface';
+import * as http from 'http';
 
 
 /**
@@ -197,3 +198,32 @@ export const findByVendor = async (id: number): Promise<Products> => {
 
     return prodRows;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Makes a callout to a crawler instance to search for the requested product
+ * @param asin The amazon asin of the product to look for
+ */
+export const addNewProduct = async (asin: string): Promise<boolean> => {
+    try {
+        let options = {
+            host: 'crawl.p4ddy.com',
+            path: '/searchNew',
+            port: '443',
+            method: 'POST'
+        };
+
+        let req = http.request(options, res => {
+            return res.statusCode === 202;
+        });
+        req.write(JSON.stringify({
+            asin: asin,
+            key: process.env.CRAWLER_ACCESS_KEY
+        }));
+        req.end();
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.log(err);
+        throw(err);
+    }
+
+    return false;
+};