C1 · 🧠
How I Built a Vinted Scraper That Survives Datadome
The 6-layer playbook for building a production scraper on a Datadome-protected marketplace. War story, architecture decisions, the day MRR cliffed by 60%.
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2026 · 04
indie
solo founder
Indie dev building
indie
solo founder
Indie dev building
data tools
and MCP servers.
5 production actors on Apify · 250+ active users · 98K+ runs across 26 EU markets. Web scrapers that survive Datadome, MCP servers that turn scrapers into tools an AI agent can actually call.
typescript·python·claude api·datadome bypass·cross-country arbitrage
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stats
live · 30d
live · 30d
[ 01 / 04 ] · by the numbers
Six numbers that justify the rest of this page.
Pulled from the Apify dashboard at the moment you load this page. None of them are inflated by a marketing page that nobody reads.
98,000+
total actor runs since launch
250+
active users · last 30d: 57
26
EU markets supported
5
production actors live
★ 5.0
avg rating · n=3 reviews
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5 actors
apify.com/kazkn
apify.com/kazkn
[ 02 / 04 ] · production actors
Scrapers and MCP servers that ship.
All open-source-friendly, all Claude Desktop-compatible via the MCP wrapper actors. Pay-per-event pricing on Apify with a generous free tier (≈ 9,000 results/month free).
01
flagship
flagship
Vinted Smart Scraper →
Cross-country price comparison across 26 EU markets. Find arbitrage spreads in seconds. The only Vinted scraper with built-in arbitrage detection.
02
mcp
mcp
Vinted MCP Server →
Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible AI can call Vinted as a tool. Find arbitrage, monitor keywords, analyze sellers — in plain English.
03
mcp
mcp
GPT Crawler MCP →
Crawl any website into a clean knowledge file for ChatGPT custom GPTs, Claude Projects, or RAG pipelines. No local setup, no Playwright RAM grief.
04
fast
fast
Vinted Turbo Scraper →
Faster Vinted listing extraction for URL-based scraping. Lightweight, no cross-country, ideal for high-volume single-country runs.
05
aso
aso
App Store Localization Scraper →
Scrape iOS App Store with localization gap detection across 40+ languages. Built for ASO managers hunting untapped markets.
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12 articles
3 platforms
3 platforms
[ 03 / 04 ] · writing
Same idea, written three ways.
Four article clusters, each cross-syndicated across dev.to, Hashnode, and Medium with canonical pointing to dev.to. Same idea, three audiences. Pick whichever platform you actually read on.
C2 · 📖
How to Scrape Vinted in 2026 (Without Getting Blocked)
Step-by-step tutorial. Datadome bypass, residential proxies, the Vinted API allowlist, legality, no-code path.
C3 · 🐍
Vinted Scraper in Python — Honest Developer Guide
DIY with curl-cffi vs managed via Apify SDK — the real cost-benefit for Python devs. 60+ GitHub repos audited.
C4 · 📊
Best Vinted Scraper in 2026 — Honest Tools Comparison
Side-by-side review of every Vinted scraper that ships in production: V-Tools, Lobstr, ScrapeBadger, Bright Data, free GitHub libs, Apify-hosted Vinted Smart Scraper.
// build.log · live tail
2026-04-29SUCCEEDED · vinted-smart-scraper · build 1.0.73 · smoke tests passing
2026-04-29SHIPPED · datakazkn.github.io · personal site live · zero deps
2026-04-28PUBLISHED · 9 articles cross-syndicated · dev.to + hashnode + medium
2026-04-28PUBLISHED · vinted-mcp-server v1.0.1 on npm · MCP tools for Claude Desktop
2026-04-26SAMPLED · cross-country median · 78% spread on Nike Air Max 90 · Spain → Italy
2026-04-22REGRESSION · revenue cliff −60% in 24h · root cause: trim_kit churn (not pricing)
2026-03-24PRICING · migrated PPR → PPE · $0.018/start + $0.0005/result · tier discounts active
2026-02-08LAUNCH · vinted-smart-scraper v1.0 · 19 EU markets · cross-country mode
…tail -f /var/log/kazkn/build.log
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say hi
24h sla
24h sla
[ 04 / 04 ] · get in touch
Working on something interesting?
If you're building with Vinted data, MCP servers, or web scraping at scale — I'd love to hear about it. Open an issue on any of my actors, drop a comment on an article, or reach out via GitHub. I read everything that lands.