E-commerce
Read tips and tricks about web scraping for e-commerce sites and how can they help your business level up.
66 posts
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
Best Amazon Price History Tracker: We Tested, Here’s #1
Lazar Gugleta Learn three methods to track Amazon price history. We tested Keepa, CamelCamelCamel, Prisync, and Octoparse side-by-side — with full pricing breakdown, step-by-step setup guides, and the exact method that saves you 15+ hours/week.
2025-12-25T11:06:15+00:00 · 7 min read
Price Scraping: How to Track Competitor Pricing Without a Data Team
Abigail Jones Learn how to monitor competitor prices without coding or expensive data feeds. A practical guide to price scraping tools, methods, and getting started fast.
2025-12-18T10:05:42+00:00 · 6 min read
Why Your Data Parsing Fails (And How to Fix Messy Data)
Ansel Barrett Learn what data parsing is, why it matters, common challenges, and how to extract clean data efficiently with practical tips.
2025-10-13T18:41:33+00:00 · 7 min read
Proven Ways to Scrape Amazon Product Reviews and Ratings for Sentiment Analysis
Abigail Jones Customer reviews are important for product development and market analysis. In this article, you can learn how to scrape Amazon product reviews and ratings for sentiment analysis easily.
2025-08-25T17:03:28+00:00 · 7 min read
Is It Legal to Use Proxies for Web Scraping
Ansel Barrett Learn when using proxies for web scraping is legal. This guide covers compliance, detection risks, and safe scraping practices across different industries.
2025-08-22T17:53:51+00:00 · 5 min read
Legal Considerations You Should Know While Scraping Amazon
Ansel Barrett Is it legal to scrape data from Amazon? You may have this question when you're going to collect some data. This post discusses the legacy, anti-scraping problems, and tips to avoid getting blocked.
2025-08-20T15:09:10+00:00 · 6 min read
