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72.2% of the 36 E-commercesites we tested run a managed anti-bot or WAF. That is a homepage-level reading — the listing, search, and account pages people actually scrape are usually more protected.
Vendors in this category
| Site | Protected | Anti-bot / WAF |
|---|---|---|
| adidas.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| alibaba.com | Open | — |
| aliexpress.com | Protected | Alibaba slider |
| amazon.com |
| Open |
| — |
| apple.com | Open | — |
| argos.co.uk | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| bestbuy.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| costco.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| dell.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| ebay.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| etsy.com | Protected | DataDome |
| flipkart.com | Protected | Unidentified WAF / bot protection + 1 more |
| hm.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| homedepot.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| hp.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| ikea.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| jd.com | Open | — |
| kohls.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| lenovo.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| lowes.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| macys.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| mercadolibre.com | Open | — |
| myntra.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| nike.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| ozon.ru | Open | — |
| rakuten.com | Open | — |
| samsung.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| shein.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| taobao.com | Protected | Citrix NetScaler |
| target.com | Protected | PerimeterX (HUMAN) |
| temu.com | Open | — |
| tmall.com | Protected | Citrix NetScaler |
| uniqlo.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| walmart.com | Open | — |
| wayfair.com | Protected | Cloudflare + 3 more |
| wildberries.ru | Open | — |
Compare with the rest of the full Anti-Bot Adoption Index (of 1005 reachable top sites, 57.2% are protected).