Mercado Libre Scraper — Search & Prices (MX, AR, CO, CL)

Search Mercado Libre Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile by keyword and get every listing back as structured data: price, crossed-out price, discount %, installments, seller, official-store flag, rating, units sold, shipping flags and more. Pick the country, type your search terms, and the actor follows the site's own pagination up to 1,000 items per query, with optional sponsored-ad filtering.

Built for price monitoring, competitor tracking, repricing and market research across Latin America's largest marketplace.

En español: extrae los resultados de búsqueda de Mercado Libre México, Argentina, Colombia y Chile por palabra clave: precios, descuentos, meses sin intereses, vendedores, tiendas oficiales, calificaciones, unidades vendidas y envío, en una tabla lista para Excel. Ideal para monitorear precios, seguir a la competencia e investigar el mercado.

What you get

One row per listing. Real output from an "audifonos bluetooth" search on Mercado Libre Mexico:

{
  "country": "MX",
  "query": "audifonos bluetooth",
  "position": 6,
  "itemId": "MLM3933441312",
  "productId": "MLM52845211",
  "title": "Auriculares in-ear inalámbricos Samsung Galaxy Buds Core SM-R410N negro",
  "url": "https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/auriculares-in-ear-inalambricos-samsung-galaxy-buds-core-sm-r410n-negro/p/MLM52845211",
  "price": 672.6,
  "originalPrice": 999,
  "discountPct": 32,
  "currency": "MXN",
  "installments": "24 meses de $ 40.64",
  "freeShipping": false,
  "isFull": true,
  "sellerName": "samsung",
  "isOfficialStore": true,
  "rating": 4.9,
  "soldQuantity": 10000,
  "isAd": false,
  "categoryId": "MLM7533",
  "domainId": "MLM-HEADPHONES",
  "thumbnail": "https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_953007-MLA100016696047_122025-O.webp",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T22:08:38.987Z"
}

Field	Meaning
country / query / position	The site searched, the search term and where the listing ranked
price / originalPrice / discountPct	Current price, crossed-out price and discount %
currency	Local currency: MXN, ARS, COP or CLP
installments	Installment plan as shown on the card (e.g. "15 meses sin intereses")
sellerName / isOfficialStore	Seller and whether it's an official store
rating / soldQuantity	Star rating and units sold, when the card displays them
freeShipping / isFull	Free shipping and Fulfillment (FULL) flags
isAd	true for sponsored placements — filter with Include sponsored ads
url / itemId / productId	Canonical listing link and IDs — feed them to the reviews actor
error	Set only on failed queries — those rows are not charged

How to use it

1. Choose the Country: Mexico, Argentina, Colombia or Chile.
2. Type search terms into Search queries exactly as a shopper would ("audifonos bluetooth", "freidora de aire") — up to 20 per run.
3. Set Max items per query (default 100, up to 1,000) — the actor follows the site's pagination until the limit or the last page.
4. Leave Include sponsored ads on to keep paid placements (marked isAd: true), or turn it off for organic-only results.
5. Run and export to CSV, Excel or JSON — or schedule it daily to track prices over time.

To compare countries, run once per country (one task per country works well with the Apify scheduler).

Pricing

Pay per event: a small start fee opens a residential session in the chosen country, then a flat fee per listing delivered. Blocked pages, failed queries and invalid input are never charged — and every run respects the maxTotalChargeUsd budget you set on Apify.

Scenario	Approximate cost
100 listings (1 query)	~US$ 0.17
1,000 listings (1 query, max per query)	~US$ 1.52
10,000 listings (10 queries)	~US$ 15.02

FAQ

Is scraping Mercado Libre legal? The actor reads publicly listed search results — no login, no paywall bypass, and no personal data beyond the public store/seller name already shown on every listing card.

Why do some queries come back blocked? Mercado Libre runs aggressive anti-bot protection. When a session gets blocked, the actor drops it, opens a fresh residential IP in the same country and retries the same page — up to 3 times. If it still fails, the query is abandoned with an error row and you are not charged for it.

Is proxy included? Yes — residential proxies in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile are included in the per-listing price. Nothing to configure.

What about Brazil? Brazil runs on a separate domain (Mercado Livre). Use the Mercado Livre Scraper for it.

Honest limitations

• Mercado Libre itself serves at most ~2,000 results per search term — nothing can scrape deeper than the site offers.
• Per query this actor collects up to 1,000 items per run; for more volume, spread terms across queries (up to 20 per run) or schedule multiple runs.
• Ratings, sold counts and installments appear only when the listing card displays them.
• One country per run. Peru, Uruguay and other Mercado Libre sites are not supported yet.

From the same maker

• Mercado Libre Product & Reviews Scraper — full product page data plus customer reviews for MX, AR, CO and CL.
• Mercado Livre Scraper (Brazil) — the same search data for Mercado Livre Brazil.

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