USE CASE:
Where platform detection differs for European companies
Read this if you need platform detection for European companies and you would rather see the real options than a pitch. Mamba Labs writes Apify actors for work like this, and Ecommerce Platform Profiler is the one that reads European companies.
The problem
European companies distort platform detection, for a reason specific to them. Any platform detection method has to survive this: European companies file, publish and advertise under local rules that no global dataset models properly. One thing platform detection on European companies rarely accounts for: coverage from any vendor drops off a cliff outside the English speaking market. There is 1 runnable example of platform detection for European companies below.
Traditional Search Tools
- The national company register, for European companies. Free, authoritative, and in its own language.
- Wappalyzer. A browser extension that answers this instantly and free for occasional use. It has an API and a list price when you want it in bulk.
- BuiltWith. Deeper history and lists of sites by technology, which is the reverse lookup and often the more useful direction. Priced as a data product.
- Store directories. The app stores of the major platforms publish merchant lists. A ready made list of confirmed users, for free.
- View source. Open the site, view source, search for the platform's signature. Thirty seconds if you know the signatures, and they are all documented publicly.
Mamba Labs Apify Actors
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- Ecommerce Platform Profiler1 preconfigured task on this page's job.
Preconfigured tasks
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