eBay UK Products Scraper

Scrapes eBay UK product listings by keyword search and/or category. Returns raw listing data including title, price, condition, shipping, seller info, and more. Uses HTTP requests with Cheerio for fast, efficient scraping.

What it does

This Actor searches eBay UK (ebay.co.uk) by keywords, optionally filtered by category ID, price range, Buy It Now, and free shipping. It uses direct HTTP requests with Cheerio HTML parsing — no browser overhead — making it very fast and cost-efficient. Results include full listing details: title, price, condition, shipping cost, seller, bid count, time remaining, and item location.

Use cases

• Market research — discover trending products and pricing patterns on eBay UK
• Competitor monitoring — track seller listings, pricing strategies, and shipping offers
• Retail arbitrage — compare eBay prices against Amazon, Argos, and other retailers
• Auction tracking — monitor bid counts and time-left data for competitive items
• Wholesale sourcing — filter by Buy It Now and free shipping for bulk purchasing

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
keywords	array	No	[]	Search keywords (e.g. "mechanical keyboard", "gaming headset")
categoryId	integer	No	—	eBay UK category ID (e.g. 293 = Electronics, 177 = Laptops, 1249 = Video Games)
pages	integer	No	1	Pages to scrape per keyword (1–100)
sortOrder	string	No	"best_match"	Sort: best_match, ending_soonest, newly_listed, price_asc, price_desc, distance_asc
minPrice	number	No	—	Min price filter in GBP
maxPrice	number	No	—	Max price filter in GBP
buyItNow	boolean	No	false	Only show Buy It Now listings
freeShipping	boolean	No	false	Only show listings with free shipping
delayMs	integer	No	1200	Delay between requests in ms (500–10000)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	No proxy	Proxy settings to avoid rate limiting

Note: At least one of keywords or categoryId should be provided.

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["mechanical keyboard", "gaming headset"],
  "pages": 2,
  "sortOrder": "newly_listed",
  "buyItNow": true,
  "freeShipping": true
}

Output

Each listing is pushed as a separate record to the Apify dataset.

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Listing title
price	string	Listed price (e.g. "£89.99")
condition	string	Item condition (e.g. "Brand New", "Used")
url	string	Full listing URL
image	string	Listing image URL
shipping	string	Shipping cost or "Free postage"
listingType	string	"Buy It Now" or "Auction"
seller	string	Seller username
bids	number | null	Number of bids (auctions only)
timeLeft	string | null	Time remaining (auctions only)
location	string	Seller location
keyword	string	The search keyword that found this listing

Example output

{
  "title": "Razer Huntsman Mini 60% Mechanical Gaming Keyboard",
  "price": "£89.99",
  "condition": "Brand New",
  "url": "https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123456789",
  "image": "https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/example/s-l500.jpg",
  "shipping": "Free postage",
  "listingType": "Buy It Now",
  "seller": "tech_deals_uk",
  "bids": null,
  "timeLeft": null,
  "location": "London, United Kingdom",
  "keyword": "mechanical keyboard"
}

How to run

On Apify Platform

1. Go to the Actor's page on Apify Console
2. Configure keywords, filters, and sorting in the UI
3. Click Start and wait for the run to finish
4. Download results from the Dataset tab in JSON, CSV, or Excel format

Locally

$apify run

Deploy to Apify

apify login
apify push

Built with

• Apify SDK — actor framework and dataset management
• Cheerio — fast HTML parsing without browser overhead