eBay Search Scraper (Apify Actor)

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Need live, structured eBay listings for price tracking, market research, or inventory intelligence—without fiddling with proxies or HTML?
eBay Search Scraper turns any eBay keyword into clean JSON or CSV in seconds. Point it at one of 17 regional domains, add filters for “Sold items”, “Free shipping”, “Buy It Now”, and more, then let Apify handle the heavy lifting.

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Table of Contents

1. Key Benefits
2. Typical Use Cases
3. Features
4. Input Parameters
5. Example Input
6. Output
7. Limitations & Best Practices
8. Support

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Key Benefits

• Global Reach – 17 eBay domains including .com, .co.uk, .de, .fr, .au, and more.
• Laser-Targeted Results – Country “Location” codes, buying format filters, and granular Show only flags (Sold, Completed, Deals, Lots, Charity, etc.).
• Rich Seller Data – Grab username, feedback count, and positive-feedback %.
• Scalable & Serverless – Built on Apify’s headless tech with smart proxy rotation for > 99 % success.
• Plug-and-Play – One-click run in the Apify UI or call via REST/SDK; stream results straight to S3, BigQuery, SQL or Webhooks.

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Typical Use Cases

Use Case	What you get
Price Intelligence	Track live and sold prices to refine your pricing strategy.
Product Sourcing / Arbitrage	Spot under-priced lots, auctions, or local-pickup deals before competitors do.
Brand Compliance	Detect unauthorized or grey-market listings and monitor MAP violations.
Demand & Trend Analysis	Compare sold vs. active inventory to gauge product velocity.
Seller Benchmarking	Evaluate competitor feedback scores, shipping policies, and listing quality.

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Features

• 🔍 Keyword-Driven Search – Scrape any eBay keyword with domain-level localization.
• ⚙️ Robust Filters – Sort by price, time, distance; limit to BIN, Auction, Offers; apply Sold/Completed, Free Returns, Authenticity Guarantee, etc.
• 📄 Detailed Listing Fields – Title, condition, price, shipping cost, returns, seller stats, sponsored flag, thumbnail, and listing URL.
• 📑 Flexible Pagination – Choose items_per_page (25 – 200) and crawl depth with max_pages.
• 📈 Clean Data Out-of-the-Box – Download JSON, CSV, XLSX, or view in a spreadsheet right in Apify Console.
• 🗓 Scheduled Jobs – Run hourly/daily scrapes to feed BI dashboards or price-watch alerts.

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Input Parameters

Key	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	Yes	–	Search keywords (e.g. "vintage seiko diver").
domain	string	No	ebay.com	eBay marketplace (17 domains supported).
location	string	No	–	Numeric location code (see dropdown in Apify UI) to refine regional results.
sort	string	No	12	Sorting: Best Match (12), Time ending soonest (1), Price + Shipping lowest first (15), etc.
show_only	array	No	–	Filters such as "Sold", "Complete", "FS" (Free Shipping), "AV" (Authenticity Guarantee)…
buying_format	string	No	–	Auction, BIN (Buy It Now), or BO (Accepts Offers).
max_pages	integer	No	1	How many result pages to crawl.
items_per_page	string	No	"50"	Results per page: 25, 50, 100, or 200.

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Example Input

{
  "query": "lego star wars sealed",
  "domain": "ebay.co.uk",
  "location": "3",
  "sort": "1",
  "show_only": ["Sold", "FS"],
  "buying_format": "Auction",
  "items_per_page": "100",
  "max_pages": 5
}

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Output

Each record looks like:

{
  "title": "LEGO 75092 Star Wars Naboo Starfighter NEW SEALED RETIRED",
  "sponsored": false,
  "link": "https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185123456789",
  "condition": "New",
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XYZAAOSw~123/s-l1600.jpg",
  "price": "£249.95",
  "shipping": "£3.49 Royal Mail 2nd Class",
  "returns": "30-day returns",
  "seller_username": "brick-king-uk",
  "seller_reviews": 1468,
  "seller_positive_feedback_in_percentage": 99.8
}

Instant preview: Open Dataset → Overview to see a sortable table inside Apify.

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Limitations & Best Practices

• 🔄 Dynamic Inventory – eBay listings expire fast; schedule frequent runs to keep datasets fresh.

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Support

• 🙋 Community – Create an issue, send us an email or Join the Apify Discord to ask questions or share tips.
• 🛠 Custom Work – Need category-specific scraping, buyer location filtering, or direct warehouse export? Message us on Apify.
• 🖥 Enterprise SLA – 24/7 support, dedicated proxies, and advanced rate-limit handling available.

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Why Choose eBay Search Scraper?

Because you want bulletproof, plug-and-play access to eBay data—without babysitting HTML selectors or proxy lists. Deploy in one click, integrate with any stack, and focus on insights, not infrastructure.

Start scraping eBay today—click “Try for free” and get your first dataset in under a minute.

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Happy scraping!