Who it’s for
Field sales reps, distributors and B2B suppliers (especially FMCG), and distribution-development teams. Their work is finding new distribution points and partners — shops, wholesale depots, warehouses, venues of the right category in a specific region — to expand coverage and get product into new outlets.
The pain (JTBD)
“When I enter a new region or expand distribution, I need a full list of the category’s distribution points — shops, wholesale depots, venues — with addresses and contacts, so I can plan routes and place product, instead of finding them one by one.”
Regional distribution points and wholesale depots are found precisely through maps — by searching “wholesale depot”, “warehouse”, “distributor” across Google, Bing, Apple, Yandex and 2GIS Maps. The alternative is buying ready-made distributor databases or compiling a list by hand, which is slow and goes stale the moment you enter a new region.
Trigger
- Entering a new region.
- Expanding distribution / increasing coverage.
- A new brand in the portfolio — outlets are needed for it.
How CrawlRover solves it
- Open a map and search the category by region — “convenience stores”, “wholesale depot”, “pharmacies”, and so on.
- CrawlRover collects points into a table — name, address, phone, website and category — from compatible providers; the full package combines five maps.
- Re-run by recipe when entering the next region or refreshing the list.
- Export to Google Sheets / Excel — a ready list of distribution points for route and coverage planning.
Collection runs over the maps’ publicly visible business data.
Result
A current snapshot of a category’s distribution points in a region — from up to five maps in one table. The team gets an evidence layer for coverage planning without days of manual search. A new region means re-running the recipe.
Why it pays off. Distribution points and wholesale depots are exactly what FMCG distribution finds through maps, and there is a whole market of paid distributor databases. CrawlRover lets you build such a list yourself — fresh and across available providers on the Data plan; current pricing stays on the pricing page.
Why CrawlRover, not a ready-made database or manual search
- Freshness. A ready-made database goes stale; you collect a current list for your region and category when you need it.
- Up to five maps — fuller coverage than one map or one directory.
- Re-run by recipe — the next region is collected in one click.
- Card billing, with no heavy ready-made databases to buy.
Try it
On the free plan, collect the points of one category in your city and judge the completeness. When you need regional volume and regular refresh, the Data plan lifts the limits.
[Install free] · up to 5 maps · distribution points in one table · re-run by recipe
Ready to try it yourself?
Free plan — compatible store package, basic export, no card required