## TL;DR
The 429 means the day's lookup quota is spent. Stop calling until the reset, cache every result permanently so re-runs cost nothing, and spread future lookups across the day instead of bursting. If the quota dies before noon every day, the plan is undersized for the workload.

```text
builtwith api 429 daily lookup limit reached
```

## Use this when
- Lookups succeed in the morning and 429 by afternoon.
- The dashboard shows the daily quota exhausted.
- A bulk job 429s partway through.

## Not for this skill when
- The error is 401. That is the API key.
- Every call 429s from the first. Check the plan is active.

## Steps
1. Check the dashboard for the quota, reset time, and today's usage. Verify: you know when lookups resume.
2. Cache every lookup result by domain permanently. Verify: repeat domains never cost a second lookup.
3. Pace bulk work across the day: a simple rate limiter under the daily quota divided by working hours. Verify: the quota lasts the full day.
4. Prioritize the queue: look up unknown domains first, skip ones you already know. Verify: the 429 hits lower-value work, not the core list.
5. If the quota consistently dies early, the plan is too small. Verify: a week of usage logs shows the same pattern before upgrading.

## Variant phrasings
### builtwith 429 too many requests
The short search, same quota diagnosis.
### builtwith daily limit reached
Wording variant, points at step 1.
### builtwith api quota exceeded
Quota phrasing, lands on the caching fix.

Compatibility: BuiltWith API. Daily quotas reset on the plan's schedule; the dashboard names the time.

## Why it happens
Daily quotas are a hard cap, and tech-stack lookups are the kind of thing people run in giant bursts: enrich a whole domain list at 9am, hit the wall by 11. Without caching, every re-run of the pipeline re-spends the quota on the same domains. The 429 is the budget working as designed.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- Retrying 429s in a tight loop does not spend quota (the calls are refused) but it does look abusive. Back off.
- Domain lookups change slowly. A cache TTL of 30 days is reasonable; daily re-lookup is waste.
- Subdomains often share the parent's stack. Look up the root domain first.
- Do not spread work across multiple keys to dodge the daily cap. That is against the terms.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_ONg4EEHBvOc2mHDKfXhFZg

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_hY1bqSAQjcYppwDBGK16oA/versions/skv_GFNifP7klNBC3hdYfRJXXA>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_hY1bqSAQjcYppwDBGK16oA>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_hY1bqSAQjcYppwDBGK16oA/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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