Anti-Bot Registry / Category

Retail & E-commerce anti-bot protection

Saved protection observations for Retail & E-commerce. Records show the indicators associated with each site; they do not measure an industry-wide success rate or prescribe an IP class. We index 36 retail & e-commerce sites; the most common protection is Akamai (CDN/WAF), and 20 are rated hard. Reviewed July 2026.

36
Sites
8
Technologies
20
Hard
#SiteProtection observedDifficulty
1Chewy
chewy.com
KasadaAkamai (CDN/WAF)
Hard target
2Currys
currys.co.uk
Cloudflare (Bot/Challenge)
Hard target
3Fnac
fnac.com
DataDomeAkamai (CDN/WAF)
Hard target
4Gap
gap.com
Akamai Bot Manager
Hard target
5Home Depot
homedepot.com
PerimeterX / HUMANAkamai (CDN/WAF)
Hard target
6MediaMarkt
mediamarkt.de
Cloudflare (Bot/Challenge)
Hard target
7Nike
nike.com
KasadaAkamai (CDN/WAF)
Hard target
8Overstock
overstock.com
Akamai Bot Manager
Hard target
9Petco
petco.com
Cloudflare (Bot/Challenge)
Hard target
10QVC
qvc.com
Akamai Bot Manager
Hard target
11Sam's Club
samsclub.com
PerimeterX / HUMANAkamai (CDN/WAF)
Hard target
12Sephora
sephora.com
Akamai Bot Manager
Hard target
13SSENSE
ssense.com
Cloudflare (Bot/Challenge)
Hard target
14Target
target.com
PerimeterX / HUMAN
Hard target
15Uniqlo
uniqlo.com
Akamai Bot Manager
Hard target
16Walgreens
walgreens.com
Akamai Bot Manager
Hard target
17Walmart
walmart.com
PerimeterX / HUMANAkamai (CDN/WAF)
Hard target
18Walmart Canada
walmart.ca
PerimeterX / HUMANAkamai (CDN/WAF)
Hard target
19Wayfair
wayfair.com
PerimeterX / HUMANCloudflare (CDN/WAF)
Hard target
20Zara
zara.com
Akamai Bot Manager
Hard target
21Adidas
adidas.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
22Argos
argos.co.uk
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
23ASOS
asos.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
24Carrefour
carrefour.fr
Cloudflare (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
25Costco
costco.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)Queue-it
Moderate
26CVS
cvs.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
27Groupon
groupon.com
Cloudflare (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
28H&M
hm.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
29Kohl's
kohls.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
30Lowe's
lowes.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
31Lululemon
lululemon.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
32Macy's
macys.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
33Newegg
newegg.com
Cloudflare (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
34SHEIN
shein.com
Cloudflare (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
35Tesco
tesco.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate
36Ulta Beauty
ulta.com
Akamai (CDN/WAF)
Moderate

Protection used across retail & e-commerce sites

Akamai (CDN/WAF) 19Akamai Bot Manager 7PerimeterX / HUMAN 6Cloudflare (CDN/WAF) 5Cloudflare (Bot/Challenge) 4Kasada 2DataDome 1Queue-it 1

Retail & E-commerce scraping: FAQ

What bot protection do retail & e-commerce sites use?

Across 36 retail & e-commerce sites in the registry, the most common protection is Akamai (CDN/WAF), followed by Akamai Bot Manager. Each site's observed stack is listed below and on its own page.

How hard is it to scrape retail & e-commerce sites?

20 of 36 have the historical Hard editorial label. These labels group recorded signals; they are not measured access success rates or evidence that a particular IP class is required.

How is this measured?

Each entry is derived from public HTTP response signatures observed on the site's landing response, reviewed July 2026. A technology is listed only when a canonical signal was present.

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