GoOat sold on quick commerce platforms but had no idea what was actually in stock. The platforms wanted 50 lakh to 1 lakh per month for that data.

The Black Box Problem

The platforms don't share inventory data. Products get sold across the city, but you don't know what's in stock or where. Enterprise analytics cost lakhs per month—out of reach.

Building an In-House Scraper

I built a scraper. It checks product availability across platforms automatically, captures stock by pin code. What they wouldn't give through APIs, I extracted.

Daily Intelligence Reports

Every morning, stock clerks get emails with pin code-wise data. Which areas need restocking. Simple daily reports.

From Blind to Informed

Turned a lakh-per-month problem into an in-house solution.