eBay Real-Time Data — Live eBay Listing Scraper

Stop fighting eBay's Akamai walls. This Actor delivers live product search, listing details, seller feedback, seller profiles, catalog products, deals, category browse, and URL scraping as clean JSON — across 20 marketplaces, with built-in CAPTCHA handling and residential proxy support. No coding. No 2Captcha account. No scraper maintenance.

Turn on only the features you need, pick your country, click Start, and export or pipe results to Slack, Sheets, Zapier, or your own API.

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Why teams choose this Actor

• Real-time data — prices, conditions, seller scores, and listing metadata scraped fresh each run
• Eight tools in one — search, PDP details, seller feedback, seller profile, catalog product, URL scraper, category browse, and deals
• Checkbox UX — enable only what you need; Product Search is on by default
• 20 eBay stores — US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, AU, CA, AT, CH, IE, NL, BE, PL, SG, MY, PH, HK, MX, BR
• CAPTCHA-ready — Akamai splash and robot checks handled internally; you never configure API keys
• Structured JSON — every row tagged with featureType for easy filtering and integrations
• Apify-native — schedule runs, webhooks, API access, CSV/Excel export out of the box

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Who is this for?

You are…	You get…
eBay seller or brand	Competitor prices, seller scores, listing conditions, store profiles
Market researcher	Category browse data, search SERPs, seller reputation, catalog product specs
Deal hunter or affiliate	Fresh deal feeds with discounts and item IDs
Agency or consultant	Client-ready datasets without building scrapers
Reseller or arbitrage trader	Live item lookup, catalog matching, and pricing before you list
Developer	Clean JSON via Apify API — a practical eBay data API alternative without Trading API onboarding

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What you get every run

Structured records in your Apify dataset, ready to export or integrate:

Field	Meaning
featureType	Which feature produced the row
country	Marketplace (US, UK, DE, …)
url	Source page
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp
Plus	itemId, epid, title, price, currency, condition, buyingFormat, seller, feedback, images, and more

Filter by featureType, download CSV, or hit the dataset API — same workflow for every feature.

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Eight features — use one or all

🔍 Product Search (on by default)

Keyword search with item ID, title, price, condition, buying format, seller username, and SERP position. Filter by condition, format, and show-only flags.

Example: "wireless mouse" → 50 results on eBay US, sorted by price.

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📦 Product Details

Full listing page data for any item ID or URL: title, price, condition, quantity, shipping, item specifics, description, images, seller info.

Example: Item 123456789012 → live price, specs, and seller feedback score in one row.

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⭐ Seller Feedback

Paginated seller feedback comments with type, rating, date, and linked item when available.

Example: 50 recent feedback entries for seller example_store.

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🔗 Scrape By URL

Paste any eBay link — listing, search, deals, category, seller — and get structured data with automatic page-type detection.

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📂 Category Browse

Browse eBay category pages by category ID or URL. Collect listings with rank, price, and metadata.

Example: Top 50 listings in category 171485 (PC Laptops & Netbooks) on eBay US.

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🏷️ Deals

eBay Deals hub with price, was-price, discount %, badge, and image. Filter by category and minimum discount.

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🏪 Seller Profile

Seller store page with feedback score, positive %, items sold, member since, location, store name, and optional active listings from that seller.

Example: Profile + 20 active listings for seller worldofbooks08.

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📚 Catalog Product

eBay catalog product reference pages (ePID) with brand, model, MPN/UPC, specs, images, price range, and listing count across matching listings.

Example: Catalog ePID 18034936573 → normalized product data for matching and enrichment.

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20 eBay marketplaces

Set Marketplace country once — domain, currency, and language follow for all enabled features:

US · UK · DE · FR · IT · ES · AU · CA · AT · CH · IE · NL · BE · PL · SG · MY · PH · HK · MX · BR

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How to run

1. Click Start on this Actor page.
2. Choose your marketplace country (default: US).
3. Check the features you need — uncheck Product Search if you only want details, feedback, or deals.
4. Fill in keywords, item IDs, seller usernames, category IDs, catalog ePIDs, or URLs for the features you enabled.
5. Keep Proxy → Residential (recommended).
6. Run — download results or connect a webhook / schedule.

Pro tip: Schedule daily runs for price tracking, deal digests, or seller reputation monitoring.

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Example inputs (API, MCP, and automation)

Use these JSON payloads with the Apify API, Apify MCP (call-actor), or scheduled runs. In the Console, the same options map to the checkboxes and fields above.

Important: Product Search is on by default. When running a single feature via API or MCP, set "enableProductSearch": false and enable only the feature you need.

Product Search only

{
  "country": "US",
  "enableProductSearch": true,
  "searchKeywords": ["wireless mouse"],
  "searchMaxResultsPerKeyword": 10,
  "searchCondition": "new",
  "searchBuyingFormat": "buy-it-now"
}

Product Details only

{
  "country": "US",
  "enableProductSearch": false,
  "enableProductDetails": true,
  "itemIds": ["123456789012"]
}

Seller Feedback only

{
  "country": "US",
  "enableProductSearch": false,
  "enableSellerFeedback": true,
  "sellerUsernames": ["example_seller"],
  "feedbackMaxPerSeller": 25
}

Scrape By URL only

{
  "country": "US",
  "enableProductSearch": false,
  "enableScrapeByUrl": true,
  "scrapeUrls": ["https://www.ebay.com/itm/123456789012"]
}

Category Browse only

{
  "country": "US",
  "enableProductSearch": false,
  "enableCategoryBrowse": true,
  "categoryIds": ["171485"],
  "categoryMaxProducts": 25
}

Deals only

{
  "country": "US",
  "enableProductSearch": false,
  "enableDeals": true,
  "dealsMaxProducts": 30,
  "dealsOffset": 0
}

Seller Profile only

{
  "country": "US",
  "enableProductSearch": false,
  "enableSellerProfile": true,
  "sellerUsernames": ["worldofbooks08"],
  "includeSellerProducts": true,
  "sellerProductsMaxResults": 20
}

Catalog Product only

{
  "country": "US",
  "enableProductSearch": false,
  "enableCatalogProduct": true,
  "catalogEpids": ["18034936573"]
}

Multiple features in one run

{
  "country": "US",
  "enableProductSearch": false,
  "enableProductDetails": true,
  "enableCatalogProduct": true,
  "itemIds": ["123456789012"],
  "catalogEpids": ["18034936573"]
}

Filter output rows by featureType. Dataset views: overview, search, details, feedback, deals, category, sellers, catalog.

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Output fields by featureType

product_search

Field	Type	Description
featureType	string	Always product_search
keyword	string	Search term
position	integer	Rank on SERP (1-based)
itemId	string	Numeric eBay item ID
title	string	Listing title
price	number	Current price
currency	string	ISO currency
condition	string	Item condition
buyingFormat	string	Auction, Buy It Now, etc.
sellerUsername	string	Seller username
sellerFeedbackScore	integer	Seller feedback score
imageUrl	string	Primary image URL
url	string	Listing URL
country	string	Marketplace code
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

product_details

Field	Type	Description
featureType	string	Always product_details
itemId	string	Item ID
title	string	Listing title
price	number	Current price
currency	string	ISO currency
condition	string	Item condition
buyingFormat	string	Listing format
quantity	integer	Available quantity
shipping	string	Shipping summary
itemSpecifics	array	{ name, value } pairs
description	string	Listing description
imageUrls	array	Gallery URLs
seller	object	{ username, feedbackScore, feedbackPercentage, storeName }
url	string	Listing URL
country	string	Marketplace code
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

seller_feedback

Field	Type	Description
featureType	string	Always seller_feedback
seller	string	Seller username
feedbackId	string	Feedback entry ID
feedbackComment	string	Comment text
feedbackType	string	Positive / Neutral / Negative
rating	number	Star rating if shown
feedbackDate	string	Date string
itemId	string	Related item ID
title	string	Related item title
url	string	Feedback profile URL
country	string	Marketplace code
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

scrape_by_url

Field	Type	Description
featureType	string	Always scrape_by_url
pageType	string	Detected page type (listing, search, deals, …)
itemId	string	Item ID when applicable
title	string	Page or listing title
price	number	Price when applicable
currency	string	Currency when applicable
data	object	Parsed payload for detected type
url	string	Source URL
country	string	Marketplace code
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

category_browse

Field	Type	Description
featureType	string	Always category_browse
itemId	string	Item ID
title	string	Listing title
price	number	Price
categoryId	string	Category ID
position	integer	Rank on category page
rating	number	Star rating if shown
reviewCount	integer	Review count if shown
imageUrl	string	Primary image
url	string	Listing URL
country	string	Marketplace code
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

deals

Field	Type	Description
featureType	string	Always deals
itemId	string	Item ID
title	string	Listing title
price	number	Deal price
originalPrice	number	Was price
discountPercent	number	Discount percentage
dealBadge	string	Deal label
rating	number	Star rating if shown
reviewCount	integer	Review count if shown
imageUrl	string	Primary image
url	string	Deal URL
country	string	Marketplace code
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

seller_profile and seller_products

Seller Profile returns one seller_profile row per username, plus optional seller_products rows when includeSellerProducts is true.

Field	Type	Applies to	Description
featureType	string	both	seller_profile or seller_products
username	string	profile	Seller username
sellerUsername	string	products	Seller username
feedbackScore	number	profile	Total feedback score
positiveFeedbackPercent	number	profile	Positive feedback %
itemsSold	number	profile	Items sold count
memberSince	string	profile	Registration date
location	string	profile	Seller location
storeName	string	profile	Store display name
storeDescription	string	profile	Store about text
storeUrl	string	profile	Store page URL
itemId	string	products	Listing item ID
title	string	products	Listing title
price	number	products	Listing price
currency	string	products	ISO currency
condition	string	products	Item condition
imageUrl	string	products	Primary image
position	integer	products	Rank in seller listings
url	string	both	Source URL
country	string	both	Marketplace code
scrapedAt	string	both	ISO timestamp

catalog_product

Field	Type	Description
featureType	string	Always catalog_product
epid	string	eBay catalog product ID (ePID)
title	string	Catalog product title
brand	string	Brand name
model	string	Model name
mpn	string	Manufacturer part number
upc	string	UPC barcode
images	array	Product image URLs
aggregateRating	number	Average star rating
reviewCount	integer	Review count
priceRange	string	Price range across listings
listingCount	integer	Number of matching listings
productSpecs	array	{ name, value } spec pairs
category	string	Category breadcrumb or name
url	string	Catalog page URL
country	string	Marketplace code
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

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featureType reference (dataset API filtering)

Use these values in dataset queries, webhooks, and downstream ETL:

featureType	Feature checkbox	Description
product_search	enableProductSearch	Keyword search SERP results
product_details	enableProductDetails	Listing detail pages
seller_feedback	enableSellerFeedback	Seller feedback comments
scrape_by_url	enableScrapeByUrl	Auto-detected URL scrape
category_browse	enableCategoryBrowse	Category page listings
deals	enableDeals	eBay Deals hub
seller_profile	enableSellerProfile	Seller store profile summary
seller_products	enableSellerProfile + includeSellerProducts	Active listings from seller
catalog_product	enableCatalogProduct	eBay catalog reference page

Example dataset filter (Apify API):

GET /v2/datasets/{datasetId}/items?filter={"featureType":"product_search"}

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Apify API — sync run with dataset items

Run the Actor synchronously and return dataset rows in one request:

POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/{actorId}/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token={APIFY_TOKEN}
Content-Type: application/json
{ "country": "US", "enableProductSearch": false, "enableDeals": true, "dealsMaxProducts": 10 }

Replace {actorId} with this Actor's ID (e.g. username~ebay-real-time-data). Add &format=json for JSON (default) or use view parameters such as &view=search.

MCP: Connect via Apify MCP server and use call-actor with the same JSON payloads above — ideal for LLM agents that need live eBay data without writing HTTP clients.

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Proxy configuration

eBay uses Akamai bot protection. Apify Proxy → Residential is strongly recommended and set as the default in proxyConfiguration:

{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Match apifyProxyCountry to your marketplace when possible (e.g. GB for UK). Datacenter proxies often fail on eBay.

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Example workflows

Competitor monitoring — Product Search + Product Details on your keyword list → daily schedule → webhook when price or seller changes.

Seller due diligence — Seller Profile + Seller Feedback on a username → CSV export for reputation review.

Catalog enrichment — Catalog Product on ePIDs → match listings to normalized brand/model/UPC data.

Morning deal feed — Deals with 50–100 items → Google Sheets or email via Zapier every morning.

Category report — Category Browse on 171485 → weekly snapshot for trend decks.

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Integrations

Works with the full Apify ecosystem:

• Webhooks on run success
• REST API for dataset items
• Slack, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, Airbyte, custom ETL
• Scheduled runs for hands-off price monitoring and deal alerts
• Apify MCP for LLM and agent workflows

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This Actor vs alternatives

Approach	Problem	This Actor
Copy-paste	Slow, doesn't scale	Automated, repeatable
DIY scripts	Break on HTML changes; CAPTCHA pain	Maintained parsers + built-in CAPTCHA recovery
eBay Trading API	Seller approval, limited public data	Broad coverage of public pages
Generic scrapers	No eBay-specific fields	Purpose-built for SERP, PDP, deals, sellers, catalog

You pay for the scrape you need — enable only the checkboxes that matter.

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FAQ

Do I need to write code?
No. Configure inputs, run, export. Developers can use the Apify API or MCP for full automation.

Do I need a 2Captcha account?
No. CAPTCHA and Akamai splash handling is built into the Actor and configured by the developer on Apify. You do not add API keys — just use residential proxy and run.

Which proxy should I use?
Apify Proxy → Residential, country matched to your marketplace. This is the default and works best on eBay.

Can I run multiple features in one run?
Yes. Enable any combination — each record is tagged with featureType so you can split results downstream.

What's the difference between Seller Feedback and Seller Profile?
Seller Feedback returns individual feedback comments. Seller Profile returns store summary data (score, location, member since) and optionally active listings (seller_products rows).

What's a catalog product (ePID)?
eBay's catalog reference pages (/p/{epid}) group listings under a normalized product identity — useful for matching, enrichment, and UPC/MPN lookup.

Does Product Search run by default?
Yes. Uncheck it if you only want details, feedback, deals, seller profile, or catalog scraping.

What memory and timeout should I use?
2048 MB and 900 s (defaults) work for most runs. Increase memory for large multi-feature batches.

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Get started now

1. Click Try for free or Start.
2. Pick your marketplace and features.
3. Use Residential proxy.
4. Run — then schedule or integrate.

Live eBay data. Structured JSON. Zero maintenance.