# Flippa Business Listings Scraper (`bovi/flippa-scraper`) Actor

Collect public Flippa business listings with visible headlines, asking prices, revenue, profit, asset type, industry, location, and seller details.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/flippa-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 flippa business listings scrapers

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Flippa Business Listings Scraper

Collect public business listings from https://flippa.com. The Actor follows the result page's pagination and writes one dataset row per unique listing. It reads the values shown on listing cards, including the listing URL and ID, visible headline, asset type, industry, location, seller label, broker name when shown, asking price, monthly revenue and profit, profit multiple, age, verification badge, and listing status. A field is omitted from a row when the page does not provide that value.

### Input

| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| startUrl | string | https://flippa.com/search?query%5Bkeyword%5D=food | A public Flippa search or category page. Add Flippa filters and sort options to this URL. |
| searchQuery | string | — | Optional search keyword. On a /search URL, this replaces the URL's keyword. |
| maxResults | integer | 50 | Maximum number of unique listings to return, from 1 to 1,000,000. |
| proxyConfiguration | object | {"useApifyProxy": false} | Optional proxy settings. The Actor uses a direct connection when this is omitted or disabled. |

Example input:

```
{
  "startUrl": "https://flippa.com/search?query%5Bkeyword%5D=food",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

### Example output

```
{
  "id": "13937864",
  "url": "https://flippa.com/13937864-established-australian-sports-nutrition-brand-20-years-trading-61-1-returning-customers-wholesale-e-commerce-trademarks-strong-growth-potential",
  "headline": "Established Australian sports nutrition brand | 20+ years trading | 61.1% returning customers | Wholesale + e-commerce | Trademarks | Strong growth potential",
  "asset_type": "Ecommerce",
  "industry": "Health and Beauty",
  "location": "Australia",
  "asking_price": 208949,
  "monthly_revenue": 27100,
  "monthly_profit": 5970,
  "currency": "USD",
  "profit_multiple": 2.9,
  "age_years": 23,
  "data_verified": true
}
```

### Pricing

The champion actor's reference price is **$0.01599 per result**. This local actor definition does not include a platform billing configuration.

No Flippa login is required. The Actor reads public search pages only and does not fetch private seller data.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrl` (type: `string`):

Public Flippa search or category URL. Use the URL itself for filters and sort order.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Optional keyword for a Flippa /search URL. When set, it replaces the URL's query keyword.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of unique listing records to collect.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional Apify proxy configuration. When omitted or disabled, requests use a direct connection.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrl": "https://flippa.com/search?query%5Bkeyword%5D=food",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset with the scraped Flippa listings.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrl": "https://flippa.com/search?query%5Bkeyword%5D=food",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/flippa-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrl": "https://flippa.com/search?query%5Bkeyword%5D=food",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bovi/flippa-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrl": "https://flippa.com/search?query%5Bkeyword%5D=food",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call bovi/flippa-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bovi/flippa-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/mdEeM6LVY3g3RaEtA/builds/oozYJDHjtfgdgSnOR/openapi.json