<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Blog — Vladislav Kovnerov</title><description>Notes on data analytics, web development, Telegram bots, and automation.</description><link>https://kovnerov.com/</link><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://kovnerov.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>AI receptionist: what it replaces and what it costs</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/ai-receptionist-small-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/ai-receptionist-small-business/</guid><description>An AI receptionist answers and books around the clock from $79 a month, against about $2,900 for a full-time desk. The 2026 cost table, task by task.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Much Does a Telegram Bot Cost in 2026: Real Ranges</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/skolko-stoit-telegram-bot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/skolko-stoit-telegram-bot/</guid><description>A Telegram bot costs $0 to $150 a month on the major builders and the Bot API itself is free. The October 2026 price table inside shows the real ranges.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Etsy AI Policy After October 2026: What&apos;s Still Allowed</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-ai-policy-october-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-ai-policy-october-2026/</guid><description>Etsy&apos;s October 22, 2026 update bans AI patterns and bot-run listings, requires one unedited photo per listing, and keeps AI art legal with disclosure.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Web Scraping Legal in 2026? Rules by Method and Data Type</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/is-web-scraping-legal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/is-web-scraping-legal/</guid><description>Scraping law depends on method and data type: public pages or behind a login, facts or personal data. Three documents decide: law, terms, robots.txt.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amazon Scraping: What the Rules Actually Allow</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/amazon-scraping-rules/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/amazon-scraping-rules/</guid><description>Amazon&apos;s robots.txt leaves product pages open to crawlers while its Conditions of Use ban data mining tools. Here is what each rule covers in practice.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Etsy Fee Calculator Extension for Chrome</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-fee-calculator-extension/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-fee-calculator-extension/</guid><description>This Chrome extension puts the full 2026 Etsy fee breakdown, tariff line included, under the price of any listing. One permission, zero network calls.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Etsy Fee Calculator: How to Compute Your Real 2026 Profit</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-fee-calculator-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-fee-calculator-guide/</guid><description>An honest Etsy fee calculator counts six lines in 2026: transaction, processing, listing, Offsite Ads, the DDP tariff charge, and Etsy&apos;s 15% fee on it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Etsy Tariffs in 2026: What Sellers and Buyers Pay</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-tariff-calculator-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-tariff-calculator-guide/</guid><description>Etsy tariffs in 2026: since July 9, US orders ship DDP, the tariff is baked into the item price, and Etsy takes 15% of the tariff money. Here is the math.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Missed call text back: how it works and what it costs</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/missed-call-text-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/missed-call-text-back/</guid><description>Missed call text back is an automation that texts a caller within seconds after nobody picks up. How it works, the US carrier rules, and 2026 pricing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Etsy Fees in 2026: the 6.5% Transaction Fee and All Charges</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-komissii-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/etsy-komissii-2026/</guid><description>$0.20 per listing, 3% plus $0.25 on US sales, Offsite Ads at 15% or 12%; since July 9, 2026, US orders also carry the DDP tariff charge.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Migrating a Telegram bot to MAX in 2026: what changes</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/perenos-telegram-bota-v-max/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/perenos-telegram-bota-v-max/</guid><description>Porting a Telegram bot to MAX in 2026: logic and CRM hooks move over whole, only the Bot API layer and payments get rebuilt. The code takes days.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to make product cards for Wildberries and Ozon</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/kak-sdelat-kartochki-marketpleysov/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/kak-sdelat-kartochki-marketpleysov/</guid><description>How to build a marketplace product card for Wildberries, Ozon, and Yandex.Market: cover photo, infographic, title, description, and specs. Step by step.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What I write about: Etsy fees, scraping, Telegram bots</title><link>https://kovnerov.com/writing/what-i-write-about/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kovnerov.com/writing/what-i-write-about/</guid><description>The ten pages search sends the most people to: Etsy fees and tariffs in 2026, what the scraping rules allow, and the free calculators that go with them.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>