Guides, Tutorials & Insights
Learn about residential proxies, web scraping, data collection strategies, and industry best practices from the Shifter team.
Building a B2B Lead Database with Web Scraping (Compliant & at Scale)
A lead database is an account model with contacts attached, not a list of emails. How to build one from public sources with compliance built into the schema.
Chris Collins · September 17, 2026 How to Handle Infinite Scroll and Dynamic Pagination When Scraping
Can't replay the hidden endpoint? Handle infinite scroll inside the render with scroll chains, load-more clicks and checks for virtualised lists.
Chris Collins · September 15, 2026 Moving Web Scraping API Data into SQL Databases at Scale
Fetching is the easy half. How to land scraping API output in SQL with idempotent loads, typed fields, schema-drift alerts and provenance intact.
Chris Collins · September 14, 2026 Aggregating Property Listings Across Global Real Estate Portals
Aggregating listings across portals and countries is a normalisation problem. Taxonomies, area units, price semantics and how to reconcile disagreement.
Chris Collins · September 13, 2026 Scraping Valuations, Rents & Mortgage Data for PropTech Platforms
Valuations, rents and mortgage rates are three different data problems with three different sources. How to collect each one and label what you collected.
Chris Collins · September 12, 2026 How to Detect Third-Party Sellers Hijacking Your Listings
A hijacker does not steal your product, they attach to your listing. The signals that give it away, how to watch for them, and what evidence to keep.
James Meadow · September 11, 2026 Building a Competitor Creative Library with Automated Scraping
A creative library is a deduplication and metadata problem, not a download problem. How to build one that stays searchable and stays legal.
Chris Collins · September 10, 2026 Building a Real-Time Competitive Price Feed for Dynamic Pricing
Dynamic pricing is only as good as the feed under it. How to build a competitive price pipeline with freshness, confidence and a safety layer.
James Meadow · September 9, 2026 The Digital Services Act Is Turning Web Observation Into Regulatory Infrastructure
Digital Services Act data access is reshaping platform research. See why controlled web observation and geographic vantage points matter for accountability.
Matt Brown · September 8, 2026