Shopify Store Intelligence Lite

Extract public Shopify store intelligence: products, themes, apps, pricing, and competitive signals. Built for e-commerce agencies, DTC founders, and product researchers.

What It Extracts

• Store metadata: Name, description, domain, favicon
• Theme & apps: Detected Shopify theme and installed apps
• Products: Product names, prices, descriptions, images (from public JSON endpoints)
• Collections: Product categories and collection structure
• Pricing signals: Price ranges, sale/discount detection, currency
• SEO tags: Title, description, canonical, schema markup
• Social links: Connected social media profiles

Why It's Better

Affordable "lite" competitor intelligence without login or API access. Uses public Shopify endpoints (/products.json, /collections.json) that most Shopify stores expose. Perfect for quick competitive analysis.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
storeUrls	string[]	required	Shopify store URLs to analyze
maxProducts	integer	50	Max products to extract per store (1-500)
includeCollections	boolean	true	Extract product collections
includeSeoAudit	boolean	true	Audit store SEO tags

Output Example

{
  "storeUrl": "https://allbirds.com",
  "domain": "allbirds.com",
  "name": "Allbirds",
  "description": "The world's most comfortable shoes...",
  "theme": "Custom",
  "productCount": 156,
  "products": [
    {
      "title": "Wool Runners",
      "price": "$98.00",
      "compareAtPrice": null,
      "vendor": "Allbirds",
      "productType": "Shoes",
      "tags": ["wool", "sustainable", "mens"]
    }
  ],
  "collections": ["Men", "Women", "Kids", "New Arrivals"],
  "priceRange": { "min": 12.00, "max": 250.00, "currency": "USD" },
  "hasSales": true,
  "socialLinks": ["instagram.com/allbirds", "twitter.com/allbirds"],
  "seoTitle": "Allbirds | The Most Comfortable Shoes...",
  "seoDescription": "Made from natural materials...",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

Use Cases

• Competitive analysis: Monitor competitor products, pricing, and collections
• Market research: Analyze product trends across Shopify stores
• Pricing intelligence: Track price changes and sale patterns
• Product sourcing: Identify trending products and categories
• Agency pitches: Quick store analysis for potential clients

PPE Pricing

Event	Description	Suggested Price
store-analyzed	One store fully analyzed	$0.01
product-extracted	Per product extracted	$0.001

Limitations

• Only works with Shopify stores (not WooCommerce, Magento, etc.)
• Relies on public /products.json endpoint (some stores disable this)
• Theme detection is based on common patterns, may not identify custom themes
• App detection is limited to what's visible in page source
• Product data is limited to what's in the public JSON

Legal/Ethical Use

This actor only accesses publicly available data from Shopify's standard endpoints. It does not bypass authentication, access admin panels, or scrape private data. Users are responsible for compliance with applicable laws.

Local Run

cd actors/shopify-store-intelligence-lite
apify run --input-file .actor/sample_input.json

Deploy

cd actors/shopify-store-intelligence-lite
apify push

FAQ

Q: Does it work with all Shopify stores? A: Most stores expose /products.json. Some may disable this endpoint or require authentication.

Q: Can I extract more than 500 products? A: The maxProducts parameter caps at 500. For larger catalogs, consider running multiple times with pagination.

Q: Does it detect Shopify apps? A: It detects apps that leave visible traces in page source (scripts, meta tags). It cannot see all installed apps.

Tags

Shopify scraper, Shopify store analysis, e-commerce intelligence, product extraction, competitor analysis, Shopify products, DTC brands, pricing intelligence, store audit