Ebay Product Scraper

What does eBay Product Scraper do?

eBay Product Scraper extracts structured product data from eBay product pages (ebay.com/p/... and item pages). Give it a list of eBay product URLs and it returns one record per product: the product group ID, name, category, description, the full list of product details (brand, MPN, UPC and more) and every variant with its price, currency, image and link. It works as a simple eBay product API alternative that you can schedule and call from your own tools.

Why scrape eBay products?

• Price monitoring: track the price and currency of every variant of a product.
• Catalog enrichment: collect identifiers such as brand, MPN and UPC to match products across stores.
• Market research: compare variants and product details of competing listings.
• Apify platform benefits: schedule runs, start them through the API, export the data in several formats, connect it to other tools and use proxy rotation without managing anything yourself.

What data can eBay Product Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
ProductGroupID	string	eBay product group ID
Name	string	Product name
Category	string	Category label
Description	string	Product description
ProductDetails	array	List of {Section, Name, Value} entries, for example Brand, MPN, UPC
Variants	array	List of variants with VariantID, SKU, VariantName, ImageURL, Price, Currency and ProductURL

How to scrape eBay products

1. Open the Actor on Apify and go to the Input tab.
2. Add one or more eBay product URLs, for example https://www.ebay.com/p/15051683639?iid=195730531718.
3. Keep the default proxy setting (Apify residential proxy).
4. Click Start.
5. When the run finishes, open the Output tab to view the products or download them.

How much will it cost to scrape eBay?

You pay for the Apify platform usage of the run. A product page takes only a few seconds, so small runs are cheap. See the pricing information on this Actor's page for the current model.

Input

See the Input tab for all options.

Field	Type	Description
urls	array, required	eBay product page URLs to scrape
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings, residential by default

Example:

{
    "urls": ["https://www.ebay.com/p/15051683639?iid=195730531718"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}

Output

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV or Excel. Example item (shortened):

{
    "ProductGroupID": "15051683639",
    "Name": "Pioneer DMH1700NEX Digital Media Receiver (No CD)",
    "Category": "ebay",
    "Description": "(Touch digitizer not included. ). 1 x LCD Display Panel (No Touch Screen).",
    "ProductDetails": [
        { "Section": "Product Identifiers", "Name": "Brand", "Value": "Pioneer" },
        { "Section": "Product Identifiers", "Name": "MPN", "Value": "DMH1700NEX" },
        { "Section": "Product Identifiers", "Name": "UPC", "Value": "0884938478939" }
    ],
    "Variants": [
        {
            "VariantID": "195730531718",
            "SKU": null,
            "VariantName": "Pioneer DMH1700NEX Digital Media Receiver (No CD)",
            "ImageURL": "https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nOoAAOSw3~5h38TV/s-l640.jpg",
            "Price": "88.90",
            "Currency": "USD",
            "ProductURL": "https://www.ebay.com/p/15051683639?iid=195730531718"
        }
    ]
}

Tips

• Use full product URLs copied from eBay.
• One URL gives one product record, so the number of records equals the number of URLs that load.
• eBay sometimes answers with a block page; the Actor retries through other proxies automatically.

FAQ, disclaimers and support

Is it legal to scrape eBay? Our Actors are ethical and do not extract any private user data, such as email addresses, gender or location. They only extract what the user has chosen to make public on eBay. Always make sure your use of the data complies with eBay's terms and the laws that apply to you, such as GDPR.

The run failed with "No items scraped". The product pages were blocked or the URL is not a product page. Check the URL and run again. If it keeps failing, open an issue on the Issues tab with the run link.

Can I use it through the API? Yes, see the API tab of this Actor.