Overview
In the following project, our team conducted manual web research to assess product availability for clients across multiple e-commerce websites. The primary goal was to provide clients with accurate and up-to-date information on product availability, pricing, and competitive positioning, enabling them to make informed decisions.
Project Background
Our retail clients needed comprehensive data on product availability across various e-commerce platforms. Collecting information in this project is the foundation as well as a challenging task, considering the vast sources of the Internet. Accumulation data from multiple platforms with updated information was a significant challenge faced by the team. Data accumulation helped clients effectively manage ecommerce inventory, pricing strategies, and market positioning.
Approach
- Requirement Gathering:
Collaborated with clients to understand their needs and the key product details required for assessment. Identified competitor e-commerce websites along with the relevant data fields to be collected, including product availability, prices, and descriptions.
- Manual Web Research:
Assigned team members to manually visit each identified e-commerce website and collect the required data. Ensured accuracy and completeness of the data by cross-verifying information from multiple sources. As data was unstructured, our professionals accurately organized the gathered information in a structured format for further analysis.
- Data Processing and Analysis:
Processed the manually collected data to clean and structure it for analysis and stored the cleaned data in a centralized database for easy retrieval and analysis. Data analysis requires the optimum use of tools like Excel and SQL to identify trends and patterns and extract insights. Our team accurately analyzed the collected information with proficient use of tools.
- Reporting and Visualization:
Developed interactive dashboards using tools like Power BI and Tableau to visualize key metrics such as product availability, pricing trends, and competitive analysis. Effective dashboards bring comprehensive and detailed reports with insights for clients to make informed decisions.
Results
- Accurate Data Collection:
Manually collecting data of product information from e-commerce websites enhanced the workflow. Our team made sure the data is reliable, accurate and efficient through a thorough cross-verification and validation process.
- Enhanced Data Insights:
The team analyzed the data to extract trends and patterns in product availability and pricing in various platforms. This gave clients actionable insights that informed their inventory management and pricing strategies.
- Better Data Drive Decisions:
Decisions based on data are correct and strategic that helps business operations to work efficiently. Making data-driven decisions based on accurate analysis reports on product availability. It also supported different use cases such as inventory optimization, competitive pricing, and market positioning.
- Increased Operational Efficiency:
Reduced the time spent on manual data collection and analysis. Enabled clients to focus on other strategic business activities.
Conclusion
Our team is well versed with the standards, process and guidelines of web research to offer desirable outcomes. With successful implementation of the manual web research services for the project, enhanced our client’s ability to assess product availability across multiple e-commerce websites. By manually collecting and analyzing data, our team brought comprehensive insights for data-driven decision-making and optimize client’s inventory and pricing strategies.