VendorLens - Seller Info for Amazon
Automatically reveal where Amazon sellers are based.
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Automatically reveal where Amazon sellers are based.
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Shopping on Amazon often feels like dodging hidden overseas sellers. This free extension automatically fetches official seller locations in the background and adds clean, color-coded badges to your search results. Hover over a badge for exact details, click to verify the imprint, or use the built-in filter to completely hide products from specific regions. Get full transparency before you buy, without clicking through dozens of profiles. Available for Chrome & Firefox!
Hi all!
I have been getting more and more annoyed these past couple of years by Amazon's product quality. It seemed like whatever I bought would always end up being some cheap, no-name item shipped straight from China. It felt almost impossible to actually find something decent on there.
Since I am a first-year CS student in Germany, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to build something to solve this problem and learn something along the way. That's how I created VendorLens. It's a lightweight browser extension that automatically scans each product and fetches the seller's imprint in the background.
Key Features:
- Color-coded Badges: Instantly see if a seller is based in the EU, China, Amazon directly, or internationally.
- Hover & Click: The badges are small icons to save space. Hover to reveal the exact location, and click to verify the official imprint.
- Hide Option: A built-in filter allows you to completely hide products from specific regions for a cleaner search experience.
The biggest challenge was reliably navigating Amazon's chaotic DOM across different layouts without triggering their bot protection. I implemented a two-tier caching system (Local Storage + Session Cache tied to changing ASINs) to minimize network requests.
It’s completely free and available for both Chrome & Firefox right now.
Since this is version 1.0 and my first project ever published, I would absolutely love to hear your honest feedback, feature requests, or bug reports!
Chrome Web Store
Firefox
Currently supported Marketplaces:
🇺🇸 .com
🇬🇧 .co.uk
🇩🇪 .de
🇪🇸 .es
🇫🇷 .fr
🇮🇹 .it