Retail & Shopping
Our retail and shopping crawl packages regularly crawl product listings on a variety of websites. They typically produce millions of records every month.
Crawl packages for specific retail websites are viewable in the 80legs Marketplace once you log in. You can also request your own if you don't see the one you need.
Sample record
A record in a retail or shopping crawl package will look something like the one shown below. Each record is in XML or CSV format, allowing for complete parsing and processing of the data as you see fit.
<name>MP3 Player</name>
<SKU>AD00123</SKU>
<price>$50.99</price>
<manufacturer>Acme Corp</manufacturer>
<rating>4.2</rating>
<description>A generic description of a MP3 player.</description>
<reviews>
<review>
<user>Joe B.</user>
<rating>4.5</rating>
<text>This is a really great device.</text>
</review>
<review>
<user>Sarah M.</user>
<rating>5.0</rating>
<text>I loved this player! Definitely the best out there!!</text>
</review>
<review>
<user>Robert L.</user>
<rating>2.0</rating>
<text>It kept breaking down. Not a fan.</text>
</review>
</reviews>
</product>
You can view examples of each crawl packages' records in the 80legs Marketplace.
What can you do with this data?
Consumer Sentiment: Use product review data by actual customers to determine how well or poorly certain products are received by your target market. Our crawl packages provide actual review data by real customers from across the web.
Competitive Pricing Intelligence: Use product pricing data to gather information on the prices for goods similar to your own products. Weekly and monthly refreshes make sure your pricing information is up to date and competitive.
Accessing a retail & shopping crawl package
If you'd like to access one of these packages, you should go to the 80legs Marketplace, where you can purchase the crawl package you like.