
The Hidden Cost of Manual Scraping
Why Traditional Data Collection Methods Fall Short
Current Pain Points:
- Manual data collection consumes 15-20 hours weekly per analyst
- Technical complexity of XPath and CSS selectors requires specialized skills
- Website structure changes constantly break existing scraping scripts
- Complex product layouts with variable formats defeat conventional scrapers
- Maintaining scraping infrastructure diverts resources from analysis
Business Impact: Without effective data collection, companies make pricing and product decisions based on incomplete or outdated competitive intelligence, resulting in missed opportunities and market positioning errors.