Engineering Blog
Data Intelligence
Sourcing coupon and deal data for aggregation platforms
Coupon codes expire so fast that scraped data is often stale before it is even delivered. How do deal sites solve this?.
The product data a recommendation engine actually needs
Recommendation engines trained on thin or inconsistent product data produce embarrassing results. What is the minimum viable attribute set?.
Should you use a UPC database or custom scraping to get product identifier data?
UPC databases claim full coverage but often have stale or incorrect data. When is custom scraping worth the extra cost?.
Vetting suppliers with scraped B2B marketplace data
Can I trust scraped B2B marketplace data to make sourcing decisions or is it too unreliable?.
What a competitor catalog reveals — 12 insights from one extraction
Is catalog data worth the effort or is it just a fancy way of manually browsing their site?.
What out-of-stock data reveals about competitor demand and supply
Can you actually draw supply chain conclusions from public OOS data or is it too unreliable?.