3 Ways to Save Products with Grabbit

Not every website makes it easy to grab product info. Some sites have perfect meta tags. Others hide prices in JavaScript. Some don't even have proper titles. Grabbit handles all three situations with three different methods — from zero-effort to full control.

Method 1: Auto-Detect (one click)

This is the default and covers 90% of cases. Open any product page, click the Grabbit icon in your browser toolbar. Done.

Behind the scenes, Grabbit runs a cascade of extraction strategies:

1. Platform parsers — Amazon, eBay, Shopify, IKEA, AliExpress, YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and more. Each has a dedicated parser that knows exactly where to find title, price, and image on that site.
2. Schema.org / JSON-LD — Many e-commerce sites embed structured product data. Grabbit reads it directly.
3. Open Graph meta tags — The fallback. Most websites have og:title, og:image, og:description.
4. DOM scanning — Last resort. Grabbit looks for common patterns: price-like text, large images, heading elements.

The popup shows you a preview — title, price, image. If it looks right, hit "Grabbit!"and it's saved. If something's wrong — say, wrong price or missing image — you have two options: edit it manually, or use the Schema Builder to fix it permanently.

Where auto-detect shines

• Amazon (all regions — .com, .co.uk, .com.au, .de, .jp...)
• eBay
• Any Shopify store (thousands of them — including niche brands)
• AliExpress
• IKEA
• YouTube, Twitch, TikTok (video title + thumbnail)
• Most sites with proper meta tags

Where it struggles

• Single-page apps that load content via JavaScript after page load
• Sites with aggressive bot protection (Cloudflare challenges)
• Niche stores with no meta tags and non-standard HTML
• Classified sites like Facebook Marketplace (login required)

Method 2: Manual Create (context menu)

When auto-detect can't find what you need — or finds the wrong thing — Manual Create lets you build the item card yourself by selecting content on the page.

How it works

1. Select the product title on the page → right-click → Grabbit (Manual Create) → Use as Title
2. Select the price text → right-click → Use as Price
3. Select a description (optional) → right-click → Use as Description
4. Right-click any image → Grabbit (Manual Create) → Use as Image

Each selection opens (or updates) the Manual Create window with the field pre-filled. The page URL is captured automatically. When all fields look right, hit "Grabbit!"

When to use it

• Auto-detect grabs the wrong price (e.g., shipping cost instead of product price)
• The title is wrong or too long (e.g., includes SEO spam)
• No image detected — manually right-click the product photo
• You want to save something that isn't a "product" — a rental listing, a course, an event
• Quick one-off save from a site you'll never visit again

Tips

• You can mix auto-detect and manual: let Grabbit detect title and image, then manually override just the price
• The manual form stays open as a separate window — you can keep it open while browsing and fill fields from different pages
• Works on any website, even those with no product data at all

Method 3: Schema Builder (teach Grabbit new sites)

This is the power tool. If you shop from a specific store regularly and auto-detect doesn't work there, Schema Builder lets you create a permanent fix.

What it does

Schema Builder scans the page and finds all possible candidates for each field — every text element that could be a title, every number that could be a price, every image that could be the product photo. You pick the right ones. Grabbit saves your choices as a "schema" for that domain.

Next time you visit any page on that same site, Grabbit applies your schema automatically. No manual work needed.

How to use it

1. Open a product page on the problem site
2. Click Grabbit icon → click "Edit" (or the wrench icon)
3. Schema Builder opens in a new window
4. It shows candidate values for Title, Price, and Image — all found on the page
5. Click the correct candidate for each field
6. Click "Save Schema"
7. Done — go back to the popup, it now shows the correct data

How it works under the hood

When you select a candidate, Grabbit saves the CSS selector path to that element. It doesn't save the text itself — it saves how to find it. So on the next product page on the same site, it follows the same path and finds the correct element.

Schemas are stored locally first. After 5 successful uses on a domain, the schema can be shared with the Grabbit backend — so other users visiting the same store get the benefit of your work. Built-in domains (Amazon, eBay, etc.) are never overridden by user schemas.

When to use it

• You shop from a niche store regularly (local retailers, specialty shops)
• Auto-detect consistently gets the wrong field on a specific site
• You want to contribute — every schema you create helps other users

Which method should I use?

Most users never need anything beyond Auto-Detect. Manual Create is there for edge cases. Schema Builder is for power users who want to make Grabbit work on every site they visit.

Bonus: FAB for video sites

On video platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and 12 more), Grabbit shows a floating orange button — the FAB. One click saves the video with title and thumbnail. On TikTok and Instagram where the URL bar doesn't reflect the current video, Grabbit auto-detects when you copy a video link and offers to save it.

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