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apify-market-research

Analyze market conditions, geographic opportunities, pricing, consumer behavior, and product validation across Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram, Booking.com, and TripAdvisor.

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Market Research

Conduct market research using Apify Actors to extract data from multiple platforms.

When to Use

  • You need market sizing, regional demand, pricing, trend, or consumer behavior data.
  • The task is to gather research inputs from maps, travel, Facebook, Instagram, or trend sources with Apify.
  • You need structured market data plus a synthesized view of opportunities or risks.

Prerequisites

(No need to check it upfront)

  • .env file with APIFY_TOKEN
  • Node.js 20.6+ (for native --env-file support)
  • mcpc CLI tool: npm install -g @apify/mcpc

Workflow

Copy this checklist and track progress:

Task Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Identify market research type (select Actor)
- [ ] Step 2: Fetch Actor schema via mcpc
- [ ] Step 3: Ask user preferences (format, filename)
- [ ] Step 4: Run the analysis script
- [ ] Step 5: Summarize findings

Step 1: Identify Market Research Type

Select the appropriate Actor based on research needs:

User NeedActor IDBest For
Market densitycompass/crawler-google-placesLocation analysis
Geospatial analysiscompass/google-maps-extractorBusiness mapping
Regional interestapify/google-trends-scraperTrend data
Pricing and demandapify/facebook-marketplace-scraperMarket pricing
Event marketapify/facebook-events-scraper

Subscribers only

The full skill, its 2 bundled files and every download is included with every paid Complete AI plan.

Details

Sourcecommunity
License
Risk labelcritical ("critical" means the skill may run commands or touch files — read before use)
FilesSKILL.md, reference/scripts/run_actor.js
Added2026-09-04

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