​Starting a Web Scraping Agency in 2025 — Still a Viable Business?

Hey everyone, I’m planning to start a small web scraping/data automation agency focused on:

E-commerce price scraping Lead generation Real estate data Daily automated dashboards API-based data delivery

I’m good with Python (BS4, Selenium, Playwright, Scrapy).

Before I invest time into branding, website, and automation, I want honest feedback from people who have run agencies or hired scraping services:

Is there still demand for web-scraping services in 2025? What niches are most profitable? What mistakes should beginners avoid? How do you handle legal boundaries & client expectations?

Any advice or harsh truth is welcome! Thanks 🙏

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