Chrome extension capturing post timestamps automatically from social sites
Built for social media researchers and content analysts.
“Web Scraping Projects for $250-750 CAD. What I want is a script (chrome extension maybe) that can automatically capture the date and time a person posted, ...…”
💰 Willingness to pay, in their words
“Web Scraping Projects for $250-750 CAD.”
The receipts — real demand
“Web Scraping Projects for $250-750 CAD. What I want is a script (chrome extension maybe) that can automatically capture the date and time a person posted, ...”
Full dossier
Unlock the full dossier — free
Every corroborating quote, the source receipts, and the community echo. One email, no payment.
Why this is a gap
Surfaced from a high-intensity complaint with clear willingness to pay and a specific, reachable audience.
The market
Social media researchers and content analysts capturing post metadata (dates, times). No search volume data, but the pain signal shows a freelancer posting for a Chrome extension to auto-capture timestamps, suggesting periodic demand from OSINT and academic researchers.
Competition & the opening
Crowded (8/10): Multiple free timestamp capture Chrome extensions exist on the Web Store; Hunchly (forensic-grade), Bellingcat Auto-Archiver (open-source), and native platform APIs (Twitter/X, Facebook, LinkedIn all expose timestamps in exports) all solve this. The gap is minimal—native platforms already provide timestamps; building another extension offers little differentiation.
What's hard to build
Social platforms regularly change DOM structures, requiring constant extension maintenance. Most social sites already embed timestamps in their data exports or APIs; building a general timestamp scraper is technically trivial but operationally fragile and low-value.
Why now
Free timestamp capture extensions exist but are fragmented and unreliable; Hunchly is enterprise-focused ($500+/mo)—gap for lightweight, reliable OSINT/research tool.
How you'd monetize
freemium Chrome extension ($0 base, $9–19/mo for bulk export + guaranteed timest