Wholesale Marine Scraper

Scrape Wholesale Marine — a large online retailer of boat parts, marine electronics, trailer parts, watersports gear, and outdoor equipment. Search the entire catalog by keyword, browse any product category or brand, or pull rich product detail (price, SKU, brand, stock status, images, full description) straight from a product page URL.

No login, no API key, and no cookies are required — every mode works out of the box.

What this actor does

• Keyword search — full-text product search across the entire catalog, just like the site's own search box.
• Category browse — walk any of 200+ product categories (propellers, bimini tops, boat covers, engine parts, thermostats, solenoids, fuel filters, carburetor kits, and more) from the newest to the best-selling item.
• Brand browse — pull every product from a specific brand (Yamaha, Mercury Mercruiser, Garmin, Attwood, Jabsco, TACO Marine, and 60+ others).
• Direct product URL — feed in one or more exact product page URLs and get back the full product detail record (SKU, UPC/MPN, brand, stock quantity, gallery images, category breadcrumbs, and cleaned description).
• Sorting — apply the site's own sort orders (featured, newest, best selling, price low→high, price high→low, name A→Z / Z→A) to any listing mode.
• Price filtering — drop products outside a min/max USD price range.
• Stock filtering — restrict to in-stock products (only meaningful on direct_product_url, since listing pages don't expose per-item stock status).
• Ratings & reviews — average customer rating, total review count, and star breakdown for every product that has any (fetched from the store's own review widget; toggle off with includeRatings if not needed).
• Every output field is only included when real data is available — no placeholder or "N/A" values.

Output per product

Field	Type	Present on	Description
productId	string	all	Internal numeric product ID
title	string	all	Product name
brand	string	brand_browse, direct_product_url	Manufacturer/brand name
brandUrl	string (URL)	direct_product_url	Link to the brand's page on the site
sku	string	direct_product_url	Manufacturer/vendor SKU
upc	string	direct_product_url	UPC barcode, when a valid one is published
mpn	string	direct_product_url	Manufacturer part number
gtin	string	direct_product_url	Global Trade Item Number, when valid
price	number	all	Current selling price (USD)
priceFormatted	string	all	Price formatted as $X,XXX.XX
listPrice	number	when on sale	Original / list price (USD), only when higher than the current price
listPriceFormatted	string	when on sale	List price formatted
discountAmount	number	when on sale	listPrice - price
discountPercent	number	when on sale	Discount percentage
currency	string	all	Always USD
inStock	boolean	direct_product_url	Whether the item is currently purchasable
stockQuantity	integer	direct_product_url (when published)	Units currently on hand
description	string	all	Product blurb (listing) or full cleaned description (detail)
imageUrl	string (URL)	listing modes	Listing thumbnail image
images	array of strings (URL)	direct_product_url	Full-resolution gallery images
primaryImage	string (URL)	direct_product_url	First/main gallery image
categoryPath	array of strings	direct_product_url	Breadcrumb trail (e.g. ["Engine & Fuel", "Boat Propellers"])
categorySlug	string	category_browse	The category slug used for this run
variantOptions	array of objects	direct_product_url (when the product has purchase options)	Purchasable options such as Size or Color, e.g. {"name": "Size", "required": true, "values": ["S", "M", "L"]}. Color options rendered as unlabeled swatches (no text value on the page) are not included.
specifications	object	direct_product_url (when the product page publishes attribute specs)	Key/value technical specs straight from the product page's own spec block — the exact keys vary by category (e.g. Material, Voltage, Style, Warranty Length, USCG Rating, Supplier Number, Fast Ship). Values already captured as sku/mpn/upc are not duplicated here.
ratingValue	number	when the product has reviews	Average customer star rating (1–5)
reviewCount	integer	when the product has reviews	Total number of customer reviews
ratingDistribution	object	when the product has reviews	Review count per star, e.g. {"1": 2, "2": 1, "3": 0, "4": 4, "5": 57}
productUrl	string (URL)	all	Canonical product page URL
recordType	string	all	Always product
scrapedAt	string (ISO 8601)	all	UTC timestamp of when the record was scraped

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	keyword_search	keyword_search / category_browse / brand_browse / direct_product_url
searchQuery	string	propeller	Free-text query (mode=keyword_search)
categoryPath	select	–	Category to browse (mode=category_browse) — 200+ curated options
customCategoryPath	string	–	Any category URL slug not in the dropdown (overrides categoryPath)
brandSlug	select	–	Brand to browse (mode=brand_browse) — 60+ curated options
customBrandSlug	string	–	Any brand URL slug not in the dropdown (overrides brandSlug)
productUrls	array of strings	–	Product page URLs to scrape (mode=direct_product_url)
sortOrder	select	bestselling	featured / newest / bestselling / alphaasc / alphadesc / priceasc / pricedesc
minPrice	integer	–	Drop products priced below this (USD)
maxPrice	integer	–	Drop products priced above this (USD)
inStockOnly	boolean	false	Only emit in-stock products (direct_product_url only)
includeRatings	boolean	true	Fetch each product's rating/review count (adds one request per product)
maxItems	integer	20	Hard cap on emitted records (1–1000)

Example: keyword search sorted by price

{
  "mode": "keyword_search",
  "searchQuery": "bilge pump",
  "sortOrder": "priceasc",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: browse a category

{
  "mode": "category_browse",
  "categoryPath": "boat-propellers",
  "sortOrder": "bestselling",
  "minPrice": 50,
  "maxPrice": 300,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example: browse a brand not in the dropdown

{
  "mode": "brand_browse",
  "customBrandSlug": "CE-Smith",
  "sortOrder": "alphaasc",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: full detail for specific products

{
  "mode": "direct_product_url",
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.wholesalemarine.com/turning-point-hustler-3-blade-9x-9p-propeller-2111-0910/"
  ],
  "inStockOnly": true
}

Use cases

• Dropshipping & e-commerce — sync live prices, stock status, and images from Wholesale Marine to your own storefront.
• Price monitoring — track price changes and discounts across an entire category or brand over time.
• Competitor research — compare marine parts pricing and catalog breadth against other retailers.
• Marketplace listing enrichment — pull SKUs, UPCs/MPNs, specs, and gallery images to populate marketplace listings.
• Review/reputation analysis — aggregate rating distributions across a brand or category to spot standout products.
• Boat parts sourcing — find every product from a specific brand or category without manually browsing the site.

FAQ

Is this affiliated with Wholesale Marine? No, this is a third-party actor using the publicly accessible wholesalemarine.com website. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Wholesale Marine.

Do I need a proxy or login? No. All modes work with the default Apify datacenter proxy group, and no account or cookies are required.

What's the difference between the listing modes and direct_product_url? keyword_search, category_browse, and brand_browse read the fast listing-page cards (title, price, thumbnail, short blurb). direct_product_url fetches the full product page for maximum detail — SKU, UPC/MPN, stock quantity, full gallery, and category breadcrumbs — but costs one request per product URL.

Can I browse a category or brand that isn't in the dropdown? Yes — use customCategoryPath or customBrandSlug with the exact URL slug from the site (e.g. the part between wholesalemarine.com/ and the trailing slash for categories, or between /brands/ and .html for brands).

Why is stockQuantity sometimes missing even in direct_product_url mode? Some products don't publish exact on-hand quantities on their page; only inStock (true/false) is guaranteed when the site exposes availability at all.

Why don't listing modes include stock status? Wholesale Marine's category/search/brand listing pages don't render a stock indicator on the product card — only the full product page does. Use direct_product_url if you need to filter by inStockOnly.

How current are the prices? Prices are scraped live on every run, straight from the page the actor requests.

Where do ratings come from? The store's on-page review widget renders client-side via JavaScript, but its data comes from a public review-summary endpoint that the actor queries directly (one extra request per product) so ratingValue, reviewCount, and ratingDistribution reflect the same real numbers shown on the site. Products with zero reviews simply omit these fields rather than show a fake 0.

Limitations

• Stock quantity and in-stock status are only available in direct_product_url mode.
• The categoryPath and brandSlug dropdowns cover the site's full stable taxonomy at the time of writing; use the corresponding custom* field for anything newer.
• variantOptions only lists dropdown-style options (e.g. Size). Color options rendered as visual swatches with no text label on the page cannot be reported as real values, so they're omitted rather than guessed.