Built from a simple frustration
Kivo started as a final year university project in 2021. The idea was simple: what if you could check what's actually in stock at a shop before making the trip?
Most retailers technically show store availability online, but it's buried in menus, often inaccurate, and never lets you compare across brands. You end up calling the store or just hoping for the best.
So I built a scraper that pulls real inventory data from Inditex brands — the same internal APIs their own apps use — and surfaces it on a map with sizes, colours, and prices.
It's not perfect. There's a delay (currently ~10 minutes), and accuracy depends on how often stock actually changes. But it's already more useful than what most brand websites offer.
Long term, the real version of this isn't scraping. It would be brands plugging in directly — exposing an inventory API or giving read-only access to their stock system. That would mean true real-time accuracy, no scraping overhead, and potentially more foot traffic for stores.