Help
Bane is built to be simple. Here is how it works, in three steps, then everything else in plain words.
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Say what you want
Tell Banebot in plain words, or just say it out loud.
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Banebot sorts it out
It reads the page and sets the whole thing up for you.
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It runs itself
Fresh every day, and sent wherever you like.
What is a robot?
A robot is your little helper. You tell it one web page to look at and what to collect. After that it does the job for you, as often as you like. You can have more than one robot, each watching a different page.
How do I make one?
Sign in and press the big green Add a robot button. Then just tell Banebot what you want, in your own words or out loud: what page to watch and where the results should go. Banebot reads the page and sets the whole thing up for you. Have a quick look, and you are done. Most people take about two minutes. If you would rather do it step by step yourself, there is a link to set it up by hand.
Where can it send my list?
- Download: press a button and get a spreadsheet on your computer.
- Email: Bane emails the spreadsheet to you on a schedule.
- Google Sheet: your list appears in a Google Sheet you already have.
- Online shop: each row becomes a product in your shop (Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Square, Ecwid or Amazon).
- Your own website: for advanced users with a web address set up to receive a list.
How do I send products to my online shop?
Pick Put it in my online shop when you make a robot, then choose which kind of shop you have: Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Square or Ecwid. You connect your shop once by pasting in a key or token from it (the wizard shows you exactly where to find it for your shop, it takes about two minutes). Banebot matches your columns to the product name, price, picture and so on for you, and you can change anything it gets wrong.
New products are added hidden by default, so nothing goes live until you have looked them over. On most shops you can also choose to update prices on products you already have, matched by their code (SKU). Whatever key or token you give is kept locked away and is only used to add your products.
Amazon is a little different: it lists against products already in Amazon's catalogue, so your rows need a barcode (UPC/EAN) or an ASIN, plus a price. Rows without one are skipped and counted, so it is best for reselling items that already exist on Amazon.
How do I use a Google Sheet?
Open your Google Sheet, press Share, and share it with our helper email so Bane is allowed to write to it:
bane-sheets@ever-after-books-o6gbt.iam.gserviceaccount.com
Give it Editor access. The same email is shown again when you pick the Google Sheet option.Can Bane show me what is trending?
Yes. The Trends page gives you a quick read on what people are after. You can see what is trending right now in your region, type a product or theme to see what shoppers actually search around it, and (on the Pro and Business plans) see the searches that are breaking out and who is posting about it on TikTok. Handy for deciding what to stock or write about.
Can Bane tidy up my shop?
Yes. The Tidy up page checks the products you already have in a connected shop for common slips: no price, out of stock, the same code or name used twice, or a missing name. You can fix a price right there, and Banebot can suggest a clearer name, a short description and a product type for you to look over and apply with one tap. Nothing changes in your shop until you say so.
What CAN Banebot do?
- Read any public list page. Point it at a page that shows products, prices, results or a table, and it turns the list into a tidy spreadsheet.
- Handle pages that build their list with a little program. If the list is not in the page itself, Bane opens the page in a real browser, waits for the list to appear, and reads it there. It just takes a bit longer.
- Understand plain words. At setup you can type or speak what you want ("email me the list every morning") and it works out the rest. You can also leave it blank and it will just collect the list.
- Run all by itself. Every hour, every day or every week (depending on your plan), without you touching anything.
- Send the list wherever you like. A download, your inbox, a Google Sheet, your own website, or straight into your shop.
- Fill your shop. Each row can become a product in Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Square, Ecwid or Amazon, added hidden by default so you check them first. On most shops it can also update prices on products you already have, matched by SKU.
- Keep only what you want. You choose which columns to keep and what to call them.
- Tell you how it went. Every robot keeps a history of its runs, with how many rows it found.
- Extras on bigger plans: keep stock matched across several shops so you never oversell, and show you what shoppers are searching for right now.
What can Banebot NOT do?
- Pages behind a password. If you have to sign in to see the page, Bane cannot see it either. It never logs in to anything.
- Follow links deeper. A robot reads the one page you give it. It does not click into every product for extra details. Give it the page that shows everything in one list.
- Get past blocks or puzzles. A few sites block all automatic visitors or show "prove you are human" puzzles. Bane politely gives up rather than trying to sneak past.
- Write or invent things on a schedule. The AI helps once, at setup (and when you ask for suggestions in Tidy up). Scheduled runs are exact and predictable: what is on the page is what you get.
- Change what a robot collects after it is made. You can rename it, pause it and change how often it runs, but to watch a different page or different columns, make a new robot (it takes a minute).
- Collect private or personal information. Only use it on pages anyone can see, that you are allowed to use.
Is this allowed?
Bane only reads what a page already shows to anyone who visits it, the same things you can see in your own browser. It does not log in to other people's accounts or get past passwords. Please use it on pages you are allowed to look at, and be kind: collecting once a day is plenty for most jobs.
A page did not work. Why?
Bane tries twice: first the quick way, then, if the list is nowhere to be seen, it opens the page in a real browser and waits for the list to appear. If it still finds nothing, the page may need a sign-in, may block all automatic visitors, or may simply not have a list on it. Try the page that shows all the products in one list rather than a single product.
Still stuck?
Send us a message through our contact form and we will get back to you.