# finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach

Builds a list of e-commerce and DTC brands on Instagram and TikTok by product-category hashtags. Useful when you need an outreach list instead of scrolling profiles by hand.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 776 installs · ★ 1
- Author: apidojo
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/apidojo-io/apidojo-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/intent/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach

## What it does

The skill searches product-category hashtags and keeps accounts whose bios look commercial: a shop link, words like shop, founder, official, or product keywords. You get a table with handle, platform, follower count, category, bio excerpt, website and engagement rate. Ranking runs on engagement within the follower range you set.

It runs on apidojo scrapers hosted on Apify: `apidojo/instagram-scraper` and `apidojo/tiktok-scraper`. Three ways to fire it off — the Apify MCP server, plain REST calls with `curl`, or the bundled `scripts/run_actor.js`, which waits for the run to finish and saves results as CSV or JSON. Set `APIFY_TOKEN` in your environment or a `.env` file before the first run.

The skill asks for parameters first: product category, platform, brand signals, follower bounds, and how many brands you want. It suggests starting at 1,000 followers to filter out personal accounts. If the results come back full of personal profiles, it tells you to swap in brand-oriented hashtags such as `#[category]brand` instead of `#[category]`. No Apify token means nothing runs, so check that first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install apidojo-io/apidojo-skills finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --path skills/intent/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add apidojo-io/apidojo-skills --skill finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/apidojo-io/apidojo-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/intent/finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a DTC brand list on Instagram for outreach
- find TikTok shops selling in one product category
- filter out personal accounts and keep commercial profiles
- rank discovered brands by engagement rate
- export the result as CSV or JSON for follow-up work

## Example prompts
- Find DTC skincare brands on Instagram with at least 1000 followers, 50 of them
- Build a list of TikTok Shop brands in dog accessories
- Compile an e-commerce brand table from Instagram and TikTok with websites and engagement

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: finding-ecommerce-brands-for-outreach
description: >
  Discovers e-commerce and DTC brands on Instagram and TikTok using apidojo's scrapers on Apify.
  Triggers when the user asks to: find DTC brands on Instagram for outreach, discover Shopify brands
  on social media, identify e-commerce companies running TikTok shops, build an outreach list of
  online brands, find brands selling in a specific product category on social media, identify
  fast-growing DTC companies for partnerships or sales, or compile a list of online retailers
  active on Instagram or TikTok.
  Returns brand handle, follower count, bio, product category, and engagement rate.
  Ideal for wholesale suppliers, SaaS vendors targeting e-commerce, and B2B partnership teams.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: apidojo
  version: "1.0"
  apify-actors: apidojo/instagram-scraper, apidojo/tiktok-scraper
---

# Finding E-commerce Brands for Outreach

Finds DTC and e-commerce brands active on Instagram and/or TikTok by searching product-category hashtags and filtering accounts whose bios signal commercial activity (shop links, product keywords, "DTC", "founder", etc.).

## Prerequisites

- `APIFY_TOKEN` environment variable set
- Optional: Apify MCP server installed


## Inputs

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------|
| `startUrls` | array | ✅ | `[]` | Instagram URLs — profiles, hashtags, locations, audio pages, reels |
| `until` | string | Optional | — | Scrape posts until this date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| `maxItems` | number | Optional | Unlimited | Maximum posts to return |
| `customMapFunction` | string | Optional | — | JavaScript function to transform each output object |
## Workflow

```
Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Define product category and target platform(s)
- [ ] Step 2: Build hashtag and keyword list
- [ ] Step 3: Scrape accounts from product hashtags
- [ ] Step 4: Filter for brand signals in bio
- [ ] Step 5: Rank and deliver outreach list
```

### Step 1: Clarify Parameters

Ask the user for:
- **Product category** (e.g., "skincare", "dog accessories", "home gym equipment")
````
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