How to Start a Web Scraping Business

So you want to start a web scraping business.

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Maybe you’ve been scraping websites for years and you’re ready to go pro, or maybe you just read about it on the internet and thought it sounded like a cool way to make money. Either way, starting a web scraping business is a great way to make some extra cash or even go full-time. But where do you start?

Don’t worry, I’m here to help. In this blog post, I’ll give you an overview of what web scraping is and how to get started with your own web scraping business. Let’s get started!

What is Web Scraping?

Web scraping is the process of extracting data from websites. This can be anything from product prices to contact information. It can be done manually, but most people use special software to do it automatically.

There are two main ways to scrape data:

-You can use an API that the website provides specifically for data access.

-You can parse the HTML code of the website itself to extract the data you’re looking for.

HTML parsing is usually more difficult but also more versatile since you’re not limited by what data the website decides to make available through its API. However, for most people starting, using an API is…