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Is there a free tool to look up a store first?
By the OpenData team · 15 Nov 2026
Yes — OpenData's store checker is free: type in a domain and it tells you whether that store is in the current index, which platform it runs and which technologies and apps were detected. Create a free account and you can unlock full records — 30 free unlocks per calendar month, free. It reads the same dated snapshot behind the paid exports, so what you check is what you would buy.
OpenData index — 1,554,041 domains tracked · 1,504,744 verified stores · snapshot 15 Nov 2026
What the free checker shows
Lookups run against the real index — 1,554,041 domains tracked, 1,504,744 verified stores — not a demo dataset. A found store shows its platform and detected signals (technologies, installed apps, payment gateways, including Southeast Asia rails like GCash, QRIS and PromptPay). Unlocking reveals the full record, the same shape as a paid export row: domain, platform, country, language, currency, technologies, source URL and last-scanned date, with public business contact details where the plan includes them. Lookups that miss the snapshot never consume your unlock quota.
Free tiers across the market
| Vendor | Free offer | What it proves before you pay |
|---|---|---|
| OpenData | Free store checker + 30 full unlocks/month + free industry samples | Whether your exact target stores are in the index, and the full record shape |
| Store Leads | Free account with limited preview | A masked preview of its much larger index |
| BuiltWith | Free individual lookups | Technology profile of a single site |
| Wappalyzer | Extension + 50 lookups/mo + sample lists | Technology profile of sites you visit |
Competitor free tiers as published on the vendors' own pages (vendor-reported, checked 2026-11-15) — the same summary as our comparison page.
The sensible buying order
1. Check five to ten stores you would actually prospect in the free checker. 2. Download the free sample for your industry and open it in your CRM. 3. Only then look at pricing — by that point you are pricing data you have already seen, not a promise.
Questions, answered straight
Is there a free tool to look up an ecommerce store before buying data?
Yes. OpenData's store checker is free: look up any domain in the current snapshot (1,554,041 domains tracked, 1,504,744 verified stores, snapshot 15 Nov 2026) and see its platform and detected technologies and apps. Free accounts get 30 full-record unlocks per calendar month, and lookups that miss the snapshot do not consume quota.
What does the checker show for a store?
Whether the store is in the index, its platform, and detected signals — technologies, installed apps and payment gateways. An unlocked record shows the full export shape: domain, platform, country, language, currency, technologies, source URL and last-scanned date.
How is this different from the free sample?
The checker answers questions about specific stores you name. The sample is a fixed file of real records per industry (contacts locked) that shows the export format at scale. Both are free; use the checker for your target accounts and the sample to test the file in your CRM.