Amazon's API Gatekeeping Drives Developers Toward Web Scraping

Amazon's Product Advertising API requires 3 qualifying sales within 30 days to maintain access, creating a catch-22 for new developers and startups that haven't yet launched products. This accessibility barrier is fueling widespread adoption of web scraping as a practical workaround, signaling a fundamental shift in how the industry approaches e-commerce data collection when official APIs impose restrictive requirements.