Website scraping automates data collection from storefronts and price lists into your spreadsheets, CRM, or catalog. VivaCoding builds legal scrapers with schedules, data cleaning, and change monitoring.
Key takeaways
- You need regular competitor or price monitoring.
- You have a legal basis or open data to collect.
- The data must end up in CRM, Excel, or a database.
What is website scraping
Scraping is the programmatic collection of structured data from web pages. We use it for price monitoring, ad aggregation, and catalog enrichment where there is a legal basis.
When it fits
- You need regular competitor or price monitoring.
- You have a legal basis or open data to collect.
- The data must end up in CRM, Excel, or a database.
When it doesn’t
We do not take on gray-area bypassing of captchas or terms of service. For closed APIs, we look for official access first.
How we work
- Legal and technical audit
- Selectors or API
- Cleaning and deduplication
- Schedule
- Error alerts
Related services
FAQ
Is it legal?
It depends on the site and the purpose. We document the limits and the robots or ToS constraints before work starts.
What about anti-bot systems?
We use polite limits and official APIs where possible; we do not promise bypassing protection.