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Seeking Feedback on My Idea for a Web-Scraping Marketplace

Hey Indie Hackers community,

I'm excited to share with you my latest project idea and would love to get your thoughts and feedback. The idea is to create a web-scraping marketplace where developers can create scrappers for various web resources and sell them on our platform. Customers can browse through a catalog of scrappers and purchase access to them.

The best part? We'll handle code execution on our end, so developers and customers won't have to worry about maintaining server infrastructure. We'll also provide reliable proxies to the scrappers, which will reduce the burden on the developers. Developers will earn a percentage of the income generated from the sale of their scrappers.

I think this platform could be a game-changer for both developers and customers, as it would provide a convenient way to access and use web data, for example it can speed up development of other startups and also help in gathering data for AI models.

But I want to hear from you. What do you think of the idea? Would you be interested in using or developing for this type of platform? Do you see any potential challenges with this kind of marketplace?

For now main challenge I see is potential problems with law as its prohibited to parse many of popular resources. Is it so?

I'm really looking forward to your feedback and insights. Thanks!

on April 3, 2023
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    Hi @shebetoff,

    You should run your idea using tools to validate your market

    These tools are complementary to conduct market research within minutes.

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      Thank you, @ya7o! Will do