E-commerce
Read tips and tricks about web scraping for e-commerce sites and how can they help your business level up.
68 posts
Amazon Fake Discounts: 1,241 Listings Analyzed
Abigail Jones We scraped 1,241 Amazon listings across 18 categories. Most discounts are ordinary; 90%-off deals cluster in no-name wireless earbuds. See the data.
2026-10-03T14:22:00+00:00 · 11 min read
Walmart vs. Target: Which Is Cheaper? I Scraped 70+ Real Prices to Find Out
Ansel Barrett We scraped and compared 70+ real prices across 34 matched products at Walmart and Target to see which store is actually cheaper in 2026, plus the exact method (and free templates) to track prices yourself.
2026-09-30T18:51:54+00:00 · 9 min read
Etsy Scraper: 15-Listing Test at $0.25/1,000 Rows
Abigail Jones We tested Octoparse’s Etsy URL template on 15 listings: 15/15 inputs completed, 13 returned full data, and the template page showed $0.25 per 1,000 lines.
2026-09-22T08:00:00+00:00 · 8 min read
How to Scrape Amazon Reviews for Sentiment Analysis
Abigail Jones Learn how to scrape Amazon reviews with a 20-review UK test, verify missing fields, and separate star ratings from reproducible text sentiment analysis.
2026-09-20T16:05:00+00:00 · 13 min read
7 Amazon Scraping Tools Compared (2026)
Abigail Jones Compare 7 Amazon scraping tools on 12 dimensions: monthly price, billing unit, marketplaces, scheduling, anti-blocking, API access, and real user ratings.
2026-09-20T09:00:00+00:00 · 15 min read
eBay Scraper API & Tools: 7 Tested, 1,799 Records
Abigail Jones Compare eBay scraper APIs and no-code tools for listings, prices, and sellers. See a real Octoparse test that pulled 1,799 eBay records, plus trade-offs.
2026-08-31T00:00:00+00:00 · 13 min read
How Bilal Built a Scalable Freelancer Service with Web Scraping and Octoparse
Ansel Barrett Freelancer Bilal Rajput used Octoparse to build a Custom Task with XPath-based extraction logic, reliably scraping more than 50,000 product pages for an e-commerce client and turning web scraping into a scalable freelance data service.
2026-08-03T16:36:37+00:00 · 5 min read
How I Built an n8n + Octoparse MCP Workflow to Find Dropshipping Products
Bertram Xiao I built an n8n web scraping workflow wired to Octoparse MCP to auto-track Amazon Best Sellers and surface dropshipping products to sell. Here's the build.
2026-07-07T11:53:22+00:00 · 10 min read
Best Dropshipping Niches in 2026 (and How to Pick One)
Ansel Barrett The best dropshipping niches for 2026, what makes a niche profitable, and a simple process to validate one before you commit. Backed by current trend data.
2026-06-25T11:34:17+00:00 · 5 min read
How to Find Winning Products: A Data-Driven Method (2026)
Abigail Jones Learn how to find winning products with real data: scrape Amazon Best Sellers, track TikTok trends, and validate demand before you spend. Free method inside.
2026-06-17T09:54:55+00:00 · 6 min read
Amazon Reseller Scrapes 200K Price Points a Day with Octoparse
Abigail Jones A Chilean Amazon reseller uses Octoparse to monitor 200,000+ products daily — running 20 automated crawlers that pull fresh price data without getting blocked by Amazon's captcha.
2026-06-09T17:14:30+00:00 · 5 min read
Officecab Captures 6M+ Data Lines per Crawl with Octoparse
Abigail Jones A data-driven approach to eBay reselling: how Officecab uses Octoparse for product research and price analysis, running 24/7 on the Cloud at a fraction of the cost of hiring freelancers.
2026-06-02T16:51:14+00:00 · 5 min read