market research and competitive intelligence proxies
representative market data means seeing catalogues, assortment and pricing the way a customer in that market sees them, across every market you cover, without getting cut off partway.
why this needs proxies
retail and marketplace sites localise what they show by market and rate-limit repeated automated access, so a study run from one location or one address is neither representative nor complete. querying from inside each market, at a rate spread across enough addresses, is what returns data that reflects the market rather than your office.
which proxies to use
what it costs
estimate: about 0.6 mb per page, covering a product or listing page as html with light assets. pages rendered in a full browser cost several times more.
| pages | bandwidth | residential | residential lite | datacenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50,000 | 29 gb | $56.55 | $8.70 | $17.40 |
| 500,000 | 293 gb | $468.80 | $73.25 | $131.85 |
| 2,000,000 | 1,172 gb | $1523.60 | $234.40 | $410.20 |
volume rates are applied automatically, so the larger rows already reflect the cheaper tier.
how to set it up
faq
- why do i need proxies for market research?
- sites show different catalogues and prices by market and throttle repeat automated access. proxies let you sample each market from inside it and spread the load so the study finishes.
- how do i cover many countries?
- residential supports country, state and city targeting, so one product covers every market you need; you set the country per request rather than buying a separate pool per country.
- how much bandwidth will a study use?
- it tracks pages times page weight. plain html is well under a megabyte; rendering each page in a browser multiplies that, so scrape html directly where you can.