CatalogWise legal terms
Crawler Policy
CatalogWise analyzes public or user-authorized ecommerce evidence. This policy explains crawler identity, public scan boundaries and opt-out handling.
Crawler identity
CatalogWise public scanners identify as CatalogWiseBot/1.0 (+https://catalogwise.com/legal/crawler). The crawler is used for catalog readiness diagnostics on public storefront signals.
Public data only
Public scans inspect visible storefront pages, robots.txt, sitemap.xml, public metadata, public structured data, public product or collection links, policy pages and FAQ/trust signals. CatalogWise does not bypass login, paywalls, CAPTCHA, WAF rules or other access controls.
Robots and rate limits
CatalogWise is designed to respect robots.txt signals, use strict timeouts, cap page samples by plan and avoid aggressive retry loops. When access is blocked, results should show a limitation instead of pretending the scan succeeded.
User authorization
Users should scan stores they own, operate or are authorized to analyze. Agencies are responsible for maintaining client authorization before scanning client storefronts, feeds or CSV exports.
Data minimization
CatalogWise stores compact evidence, normalized URLs, score inputs, findings and recommendations where needed. Production scanners should not store full raw HTML unless a future debug feature explicitly gates that behavior.
No guarantees
CatalogWise helps Shopify brands improve AI catalog readiness, product data quality, structured commerce signals and machine-readable catalog infrastructure. It does not guarantee rankings, traffic, sales, placement or recommendation by any third-party AI platform.
Opt out
Store owners can request crawler opt-out or evidence removal by contacting privacy@catalogwise.com. Include the store domain and proof of authority.