# Independent Fashion Labels: verified brands and products (`zaarahemd/independent-labels`) Actor

Brand names or websites in; verified independent fashion labels and their in-stock products out. Finds each label's own Shopify store and checks it's a real, small, established label, not a marketplace, chain, reseller or drop-shipper. Public catalogs only.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zaarahemd/independent-labels.md
- **Developed by:** [Zaara Ahmed](https://apify.com/zaarahemd) (community)
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Independent Fashion Labels

Find **verified independent fashion labels** and their **in-stock products** from just a brand name or website.

Search engines and shopping feeds favor big retailers, so small labels often show up only as resale listings. This
actor goes to each label's own store instead.

### What it does

1. **Finds the store.** A website is used as given. For a name like "Batul The Collection" it tries the domains small
   labels usually use (batulthecollection.com, batul.com, shopbatul.com, batulthelabel.com...). It keeps a guess only
   if the store calls itself by that name, so a stranger who owns the domain isn't matched.

2. **Verifies it's independent.** Every brand gets five checks, all from the store's public catalog:

   | Check | Passes when |
   |---|---|
   | `real_store` | it sells something with a price, in stock |
   | `independent` | it isn't a marketplace, chain or big retailer |
   | `own_label` | it is one label's store, not a boutique reselling many brands (fewer than 10 vendors, or one vendor with most products) |
   | `small` | it has fewer than 1,000 products |
   | `established` | it has been selling for over six months (drop-shipping stores rarely have) |

3. **Returns products**, optionally matched to what you're looking for ("satin slip skirt"). A named item type only
   matches that type, and a colour alone never counts as a match.

It reads only public `/products.json` and `/meta.json` endpoints: no logins, no third-party scrapers, no personal data.
It works for stores on Shopify, which most small labels use.

### Input

```json
{"brands": ["Batul The Collection", "velascarves.com"], "query": "slip skirt", "maxPrice": 250,
 "itemsPerBrand": 10, "verifiedOnly": true}
```

### Output

Each dataset item is one product: `title, url, price, currency, image_urls, sizes, brand, retailer, available,
description`, plus `domain`, `verified` and `checks` for the label it came from. The `OUTPUT` record lists every
brand you asked for, with the store it resolved to (or why none was found) and the result of each check.

### Use it for

- **Shopping agents** that should show small labels new, not only as resale listings.
- **Brand research**: check whether a label is a real, independent, established store before you feature or stock it.
- **Watching a few labels' new arrivals**: schedule a run with a `query` and compare datasets.

### Example result

From a live run on 2026-10-24 with `["Batul The Collection", "Veiled", "Vela"]`:

| Brand | Resolved store | Verified |
|---|---|---|
| Batul The Collection | batulthecollection.com | yes |
| Veiled | veiled.com | yes |
| Vela | no store found by name (vela.com is a software company) | no; pass `velascarves.com` instead |

### Limits

- Only finds stores on **Shopify**. A label on Squarespace, Wix or its own platform comes back as "no store found".
- A name lookup tries common domain patterns. A label with an unusual domain needs its website passed in.
- The checks use the public catalog only, so they can't see who owns a store. `independent` means "not a known
  marketplace, chain or big retailer", nothing more.
- Prices are in each shop's own currency; `maxPrice` is compared in that currency.

### Cost

No third-party scrapers and no per-result fee: you pay only the run's compute. A run over a handful of labels
finishes in seconds.

Built for [Niche](https://github.com/arissazheng/niche), a shopping assistant that finds pieces for your taste.

# Actor input Schema

## `brands` (type: `array`):

Brand names or websites, e.g. "Batul The Collection" or "velathelabel.com". A website is the most reliable.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Optional: what to match, e.g. "satin slip skirt". A named item type (dress, jacket...) only matches that type. Blank returns each label's in-stock products.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Items above this price (in the shop's currency) are dropped.

## `itemsPerBrand` (type: `integer`):

Most products returned per brand, best matches first.

## `verifiedOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Skip products from stores that fail a check (the OUTPUT record lists every brand's checks either way).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "brands": [
    "Christy Dawn",
    "shopdoen.com"
  ],
  "itemsPerBrand": 10,
  "verifiedOnly": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

No description

## `brands` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "brands": [
        "Christy Dawn",
        "shopdoen.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zaarahemd/independent-labels").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "brands": [
        "Christy Dawn",
        "shopdoen.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zaarahemd/independent-labels").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "brands": [
    "Christy Dawn",
    "shopdoen.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call zaarahemd/independent-labels --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,zaarahemd/independent-labels"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/aiAro05YYaK7hAWtk/builds/gL5vOy3ycwyKT63Ue/openapi.json