Python Developer - Build Product Price Comparison Tool

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TYPE OF WORK

Gig

WAGE / SALARY

5000

HOURS PER WEEK

7

DATE UPDATED

Dec 30, 2025

JOB OVERVIEW

DESCRIPTION:
We need someone who can scrape product prices from websites (US and Philippines stores) and compare them automatically.

WHAT WE NEED:
- Tool that searches products on Lazada, Shopee, and US retail sites
- Compares prices between countries
- Finds products with big price differences (20%+ markup)
- Saves results to CSV or Google Sheets

LOOKING FOR:
- Strong Python skills
- Web scraping experience (Playwright, Selenium, or Scrapy)
- Comfortable working with APIs
- Can handle anti-bot issues (proxies, rate limiting)

BONUS:
- Experience with e-commerce or price tracking tools
- Knowledge of data analysis (pandas)

ABOUT US:
We're a startup exploring product arbitrage between US and Philippines. We're new to AI/automation and want to learn from someone more experienced than us. If you can build this AND teach us how it works, that's ideal.

DETAILS:
- Part-time: 8-12 hours/week
- Rate: ? ---------- /hour (negotiable based on experience)
- First project: ~10-15 hours to build basic version
- Ongoing work if it goes well

TO APPLY:
In a few sentences, explain how you would scrape Lazada prices using Python. Include portfolio or details of similar work you have done if available.

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