eBay Monitor — New Listings, Prices & Discord Alerts

Disclaimer: Unofficial tool — not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by eBay Inc. Data is read from publicly accessible search pages only. No login. You are responsible for complying with applicable law and the site’s terms. No warranty on accuracy or availability. Provided for informational and research use.

eBay Monitor watches newly listed eBay search cards and sends Discord or Telegram alerts when an unseen item appears. Each run reads one newest-listed page and exports price, condition, bids, seller, and photo as JSON. Call it from Python, Node.js, or an MCP assistant. Fast HTML fetch, no browser.

Best for: resellers who want an eBay monitor for new listings, not a sold-comps dump.

eBay Monitor	Active listings	Sold listings	Price intelligence
eBay Monitor ◄── you are here	eBay Active Listings Scraper	eBay Sold Listings Scraper	eBay Sold Price Intelligence

Vinted alerts	Depop alerts
Vinted Monitor	Depop Monitor

When to use this Actor

• New listing alerts — Apify Scheduler plus Discord / Telegram for unseen newest-listed cards
• eBay monitor keyword run — one newest-listed page of prices, conditions, and sellers
• Auction watch — bid count and time left on cards that are still live
• Python / Node.js / MCP pipelines — structured dataset, JSON or CSV export

When not to use this Actor

• Completed sales and sold prices — use eBay Sold Listings Scraper. Its monitor mode tracks new sales and a price report, and it does not send chat alerts
• A deep active catalog — use eBay Active Listings Scraper when you need many pages of live competition
• Recommended price and demand — use eBay Sold Price Intelligence
• Private messages, emails, or phone numbers — not collected

Key features

• Keyword or search URL — newest-listed sort (newly listed). Pasted search URLs keep their filters
• One search page — newest-listed results only. No item-page crawl
• Sponsored cards skipped — alerts are organic results only
• Monitor mode — named Key-Value store of seen item IDs; the first run seeds silently
• Discord and Telegram — photo, price, condition, listing type, seller
• 14 eBay sites — US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, CA, AU, NL, PL, IE, AT, CH, BE

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchTerms	Array	—	Keywords. One newest-listed page each
startUrls	Array	—	eBay /sch/ URLs. Filters in the URL are kept
ebaySite	String	ebay.com	Site for keyword searches
maxItems	Integer	40	Organic cards kept per page (max 60)
listingType	String	any	any, auction, or buy_it_now
itemCondition	String	any	any, new, or used
minPrice / maxPrice	Number	—	Price window for keyword searches
freeShippingOnly	Boolean	false	Keyword searches only
monitorMode	Boolean	false	Delta tracking and alerts
emitExisting	Boolean	false	Also write the seed snapshot
monitorStoreName	String	ebay-monitor-state	Named store for seen IDs
discordWebhook	String	—	Discord webhook
telegramToken / telegramChatId	String	—	Telegram alerts
proxyConfiguration	Object	Residential	Apify Proxy

Input example

{
    "searchTerms": ["nike dunk"],
    "ebaySite": "ebay.com",
    "maxItems": 40,
    "monitorMode": false,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
    }
}

Monitor example (Scheduler)

{
    "searchTerms": ["psa 10 charizard"],
    "ebaySite": "ebay.com",
    "maxItems": 40,
    "listingType": "buy_it_now",
    "monitorMode": true,
    "monitorStoreName": "ebay-charizard-us",
    "discordWebhook": "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/example"
}

Schedule every few minutes. The first run only stores IDs. Later runs save new cards and send alerts.

Output

Field	Description
itemId	eBay item ID
title	Card title
url	Listing URL
price / currency	Current price or bid, and currency
condition	Condition label
listingType	buy_it_now or auction
bidsCount	Bid count on auctions
shippingPrice / shippingType	Shipping amount. free is 0
photoUrl	Primary photo
sellerUsername	Seller when the card shows one
badge	new_listing when eBay marks the card
isNew	True when monitor mode emits an unseen card
scrapedAt	UTC parse time

{
    "itemId": "123456789012",
    "title": "Nike Dunk Low Panda",
    "url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/123456789012",
    "site": "ebay.com",
    "price": 120.0,
    "currency": "USD",
    "condition": "Pre-Owned",
    "listingType": "buy_it_now",
    "shippingPrice": 0.0,
    "shippingType": "free",
    "sellerUsername": "sellerone",
    "badge": "new_listing",
    "isNew": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-23T18:00:00Z"
}

Use cases

• Snipe a keyword the moment a new eBay listing hits search
• Alert a Discord channel when a graded card is newly listed under a price cap
• Compare a new ask with completed sales from eBay Sold Listings Scraper
• Pull a one-off newest-listed page into Python or Node.js and export JSON or CSV

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor("crawloop/ebay-monitor").call({
    searchTerms: ["nike dunk"],
    ebaySite: "ebay.com",
    maxItems: 40,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token="YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("crawloop/ebay-monitor").call(run_input={
    "searchTerms": ["nike dunk"],
    "ebaySite": "ebay.com",
    "maxItems": 40,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item["price"])

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~ebay-monitor/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms":["nike dunk"],"ebaySite":"ebay.com","maxItems":40}'

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call this Actor by its Store name.

Example prompts:

• "Run eBay Monitor for nike dunk on ebay.com and return the top 20 rows as JSON"
• "Start an eBay monitor for PSA 10 Charizard and list only new Buy It Now listings"
• "Chain eBay Monitor then eBay Sold Listings Scraper for the same keyword and compare the new ask with sold prices"

Suite next step

When a new card looks cheap, run eBay Sold Listings Scraper for completed comps, then eBay Sold Price Intelligence for a recommended price. For the full live market, run eBay Active Listings Scraper. The same alert loop on other marketplaces is Vinted Monitor and Depop Monitor.

FAQ

Is this an eBay scraper?
Yes. A keyword or search URL returns the current newest-listed page as a dataset you can download as JSON or CSV.

Is this an eBay API alternative?
It reads the public search page and returns structured JSON. There is no login and no official API key.

Does this replace sold-listing monitor mode?
No. This Actor alerts on newly listed active cards. Sold-listing monitor mode tracks completed sales and writes a price report without chat alerts.

Why is the first monitor run empty?
It stores the current page so later runs can alert only on new item IDs. Turn on emitExisting if you also want that snapshot.

Why one page?
A monitor tick reads one newest-listed search page. A challenge page fails the run and leaves seen IDs unchanged.

The run failed with a block message.
Keep the residential proxy on.