How much should I charge to scrape data for a company ?

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Hi everyone,
as the tittle said I'm looking to know how much should I ask to a company for scraping social media url of their niche.

I guess it depend on the company size but what's the main thing that "boost" the value of your scrap.

Imagine I scrap 4k twitter/insta account of the company niche so they can run advertising campaign, should I ask a price per account ? A price per day ?

I'm really new on this so I take any tips on how you monetize scraping.

thanks!
 
Figure out what it is worth to them, and account for your (potential) costs. If they need it quickly, you can probably charge more than when they have a lot of time.
 
it depends on the complexity also if this project is a long-term or short term


so my advice is to charge an hourly range between 25$ to 50$ per hour the price depends on your experience
if you have no experience then I prefer to get your first client and don't charge too much
gain clients and make them happy
it is way better than charging them a lot of money
 
First of all it's"scrape", not "scrap". Your clients will likely stop taking you seriously if you make this typo too often.

Imagine I scrap 4k twitter/insta account of the company niche so they can run advertising campaign, should I ask a price per account ? A price per day ?
How much does it cost you? Are you running a crawl everyday?

Some multiple based on Units of data crawled is usually a good starting point. You calculate the cost of collecting X rows of datapoints, calculate how much it costs for 1 row. And multiply that by some multiple of your choice.
This is usually useful when your selling it as a service.

Otherwise there are other models like charging a flat fee in exchange of the source code+infra setup or charging hourly based on some rate.
 
depends on how big the company is. the bigger, the more you can charge
Figure out what it is worth to them, and account for your (potential) costs. If they need it quickly, you can probably charge more than when they have a lot of time.
I was not sure about this part but now I am, thanks for your advice and yes the fact I ask here how much I shoud charge them and not trying with some company before is because they need the data really soon, it will make it easier for me the use that and really point this when I talk to them, thanks for your answer !

it depends on the complexity also if this project is a long-term or short term


so my advice is to charge an hourly range between 25$ to 50$ per hour the price depends on your experience
if you have no experience then I prefer to get your first client and don't charge too much
gain clients and make them happy
it is way better than charging them a lot of money
thanks for your advice mate, I was thinking about 15/20$ since that would be my first mission in scraping. I'm not hard in negociation and I don't over evaluate my capacity also I prefer to say less and get some experience/feedback.
really agree on what you said

First of all it's"scrape", not "scrap". Your clients will likely stop taking you seriously if you make this typo too often.


How much does it cost you? Are you running a crawl everyday?

Some multiple based on Units of data crawled is usually a good starting point. You calculate the cost of collecting X rows of datapoints, calculate how much it costs for 1 row. And multiply that by some multiple of your choice.
This is usually useful when your selling it as a service.

Otherwise there are other models like charging a flat fee in exchange of the source code+infra setup or charging hourly based on some rate.
I google trad the title since my english is not the best, that's the reason, if you would have read all you would see that I then say "scrap". Also I'm not in front of the company but more in a forum where (as you can see on the other members that answer me) not a lot care about that.
 
First of all it's"scrape", not "scrap". Your clients will likely stop taking you seriously if you make this typo too often.


How much does it cost you? Are you running a crawl everyday?

Some multiple based on Units of data crawled is usually a good starting point. You calculate the cost of collecting X rows of datapoints, calculate how much it costs for 1 row. And multiply that by some multiple of your choice.
This is usually useful when your selling it as a service.

Otherwise there are other models like charging a flat fee in exchange of the source code+infra setup or charging hourly based on some rate.
Not a lot since I already have the proxy and the server, that's a reason that push me to do that tbh

I really like your way of charging them, both that you said are really instresting but I guess that the best way for me to find wich one of this two would be the best is as you said is to calculate and see if the price stay attractiv for both side.

Big thanks for your tips!
 
I google trad the title since my english is not the best, that's the reason, if you would have read all you would see that I then say "scrap". Also I'm not in front of the company but more in a forum where (as you can see on the other members that answer me) not a lot care about that.
Hey i was not trying to be mean or anything. Apologies if it came that way, was just letting you know that it does not come off as professional and is easy to make typos like that a habit.

I see too many people making that mistake. So avoiding that alone will likely.put you ahead on your client's list :D
Big thanks for your tips
Cheers :)
 
Hey i was not trying to be mean or anything. Apologies if it came that way, was just letting you know that it does not come off as professional and is easy to make typos like that a habit.

I see too many people making that mistake. So avoiding that alone will likely.put you ahead on your client's list :D

Cheers :)
ohh no prob I don't I don't! I totally agree on that too :)
thanks again!
 
First of all it's"scrape", not "scrap". Your clients will likely stop taking you seriously if you make this typo too often.
You mean his "costumers" won't take him seriously. :D

Jokes aside, great advice. Also when you're selling anything cheap is bad. High quality and expensive is ideal.

Because in my experience the customers buying cheap products are incompetent, impatient, or fraudulent a lot more than those shelling out more money.

The goal is not to undercut the competition. It's to market better, deliver better, and retain more than the competition.

This goes doubly for selling to other businesses. And an added bonus is customer service is a breeze.
 
You mean his "costumers" won't take him seriously. :D

Jokes aside, great advice. Also when you're selling anything cheap is bad. High quality and expensive is ideal.

Because in my experience the customers buying cheap products are incompetent, impatient, or fraudulent a lot more than those shelling out more money.
I see your point of view on this but since it's my first time doing this it doesn't really matter for me to have incompetent, impatient, or fraudulent costumers, I'm ready to carry on and just take my experience.

The goal is not to undercut the competition. It's to market better, deliver better, and retain more than the competition.

This goes doubly for selling to other businesses. And an added bonus is customer service is a breeze.
thank you very much for the thesis advice, I take those too!
 
Hi everyone,
as the tittle said I'm looking to know how much should I ask to a company for scraping social media url of their niche.

I guess it depend on the company size but what's the main thing that "boost" the value of your scrap.

Imagine I scrap 4k twitter/insta account of the company niche so they can run advertising campaign, should I ask a price per account ? A price per day ?

I'm really new on this so I take any tips on how you monetize scraping.

thanks!
It can vary depending on various factors, such as the company size, the value of the data, and the specific requirements of the client.
 
It depends upon several factors like your experience, worth of your scrape, and time that you spend. You can look in the market for the prices of such services and set your price according to the market standard. You can also look for some freelancers who are providing the same services and check out their prices on different platforms.
 
it have a lot factor but the most important is, what does your customer use it for , how much they earn for it.
if you scrape example customer for insurance company and they earn 10k profit/ lead, than ofc you can charge them big $$$/
so research your customer target, how they use your data how much profit they earn.
 
Check out Fiverr or any other Freelancing Portal for a better idea on how to set the price!!
It depends upon several factors like your experience, worth of your scrape, and time that you spend. You can look in the market for the prices of such services and set your price according to the market standard. You can also look for some freelancers who are providing the same services and check out their prices on different platforms.
I didn't think about this, but I will definitely look into that! Thanks!

it have a lot factor but the most important is, what does your customer use it for , how much they earn for it.
if you scrape example customer for insurance company and they earn 10k profit/ lead, than ofc you can charge them big $$$/
so research your customer target, how they use your data how much profit they earn.
Okay I see I see, change the value of what you scrap even if it cost me the same to scrap/dev, thanks for your tips
 
Hi everyone,
as the tittle said I'm looking to know how much should I ask to a company for scraping social media url of their niche.

I guess it depend on the company size but what's the main thing that "boost" the value of your scrap.

Imagine I scrap 4k twitter/insta account of the company niche so they can run advertising campaign, should I ask a price per account ? A price per day ?

I'm really new on this so I take any tips on how you monetize scraping.

thanks!
charge only what you think your time is worth.
 
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