eBay Scraper - Listings, Prices & Price Stats

This eBay scraper pulls eBay search results by keyword or URL from 8 eBay sites. Each row has the item price, shipping, total price, condition, format, bids, sold count, seller feedback, location and image. Each search also gets a price summary with the min, median, average and max price, so you can price an item without opening a spreadsheet.

Sold listings and eBay sign-in (October 2026). eBay now sends most logged-out visitors who open sold or completed searches to its sign-in page. This actor never logs in. In sold or completed mode it tries several fresh proxy sessions. If eBay still asks for sign-in, the search is recorded in the ERRORS record with the code SOLD_LISTINGS_SIGNIN_REQUIRED and nothing is charged. Active-listing searches (mode: "active") are not affected and work on all 8 sites.

Real output from a default run of eBay Scraper in Apify Console.

What can this eBay scraper do?

• Search by keyword or paste eBay URLs. Run many keywords in one go, or paste search and category URLs straight from eBay. A pasted URL keeps every filter you set on eBay.
• Cover 8 eBay sites: ebay.com, ebay.co.uk, ebay.de, ebay.ca, ebay.com.au, ebay.fr, ebay.it and ebay.es. Prices come back as numbers with an ISO currency code. The parser understands each site's price format and its labels in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.
• Filter on eBay's side: condition (new, open box, refurbished, used, for parts), minimum and maximum price, auction / Buy It Now / accepts offers, category ID, free shipping only and sort order.
• Pick a mode: active for live listings with asking prices, sold for sold prices and sold dates, or completed for every ended listing, sold and unsold, with a sell-through rate.
• Get price statistics per search. The SUMMARY record has count, min, 25th percentile, median, average, 75th percentile and max for the item price and for price + shipping. It also has listing-type and condition breakdowns and the free-shipping share. This record is not billed.
• Use a sold date cutoff. Keep only sales from the last N days or after a given date. Older rows are dropped before they are saved, so you don't pay for them.
• Monitor new listings and price drops. Turn on onlyNew and schedule the run: each run saves only listings it has not seen before, and with alertOnPriceDrop also listings whose total price dropped. Skipped listings are not billed.
• Avoid duplicate charges. Items that show up on two pages or in two searches are saved once.
• Respect your spending limit. The run stops cleanly at the maximum charge you set.

What data do you get?

Field	Description
itemId, url	eBay item number and listing link
title, subtitle	Listing title and the seller's subtitle line
listingStatus	active, sold or unsold
price, priceMax, currency	Item price as a number (sold price for sold rows, asking price or current bid for active rows), top of a price range, ISO currency
originalPrice	Struck-through "was" price when eBay shows a discount
buyItNowPrice	Buy It Now price of an auction that also offers it
shippingCost, freeShipping, totalPrice	Shipping (0 = free, null = not shown) and price + shipping
soldDate, soldDateText	Sold date as YYYY-MM-DD and eBay's original label (sold rows)
timeLeft	Time left on an active auction
condition, conditionNormalized	eBay's condition label in the site's language, plus new / open_box / refurbished / used / for_parts / other
listingType, bestOfferAccepted	auction, auction_with_bin, buy_it_now, best_offer or best_offer_accepted
bidsCount, soldCount, watchersCount	Bids, "N sold" on multi-quantity listings, watchers
sellerName, sellerFeedbackPercent, sellerFeedbackCount, sellerType	Seller details as shown on the search card. On EU sites eBay often shows only private/business.
location	Item location when eBay shows it (often only for items outside the site's country)
imageUrl, imageUrlLarge	Main image at 500 px and 1600 px
marketplace, searchQuery, searchUrl, page, position, scrapedAt	Where and when the row was found
isNew, priceDropped, previousPrice, priceChangePct	Monitoring runs only: new since the last run, total price lower than last time, last total price, change in %

The scraper reads search result pages only. It does not open item pages, so item specifics and full descriptions are not included.

How much does it cost?

You pay per listing saved: $2.00 per 1,000 results. The price summary, run statistics and error report are free key-value records. Searches that eBay sends to sign-in are not billed.

On paid Apify plans the per-result price drops automatically (Bronze and above get volume discounts); the Pricing tab shows your exact rate.

• Price check for one product. 1 keyword × 200 listings = 200 results ≈ $0.40.
• Weekly market scan. 25 keywords × 240 listings every week ≈ 6,000 results a week ≈ $12 a week.

Set a maximum charge per run in Apify Console and the scraper stops at that limit.

How to use it

1. Open the actor and add one or more Search keywords, or paste eBay search URLs.
2. Choose the eBay marketplace and Mode (active, sold or completed).
3. Optionally set condition, price range, listing type, category ID, sort order and a sold date cutoff.
4. Set Max items per search and click Start.
5. Listings appear in the Output tab. Price statistics per search are in the SUMMARY record of the key-value store, and anything that failed is in ERRORS.

Input example

{
  "keywords": ["nintendo switch oled", "steam deck 512gb"],
  "mode": "active",
  "marketplace": "ebay.com",
  "conditions": ["used"],
  "minPrice": 100,
  "listingType": "all",
  "maxItemsPerSearch": 240
}

Output example

One dataset row (values are illustrative):

{
  "itemId": "135500000001",
  "url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/135500000001",
  "title": "Nintendo Switch OLED 64GB White - Console Only - Tested",
  "listingStatus": "active",
  "price": 189.99,
  "priceMax": null,
  "currency": "USD",
  "originalPrice": null,
  "buyItNowPrice": null,
  "shippingCost": 0,
  "freeShipping": true,
  "totalPrice": 189.99,
  "soldDate": null,
  "soldDateText": null,
  "endedDateText": null,
  "timeLeft": null,
  "condition": "Pre-Owned",
  "conditionNormalized": "used",
  "listingType": "buy_it_now",
  "bestOfferAccepted": false,
  "bidsCount": null,
  "soldCount": 41,
  "watchersCount": null,
  "sellerName": "example_games_outlet",
  "sellerFeedbackPercent": 99.4,
  "sellerFeedbackCount": 4300,
  "sellerType": null,
  "location": "United States",
  "imageUrl": "https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EXAMPLE/s-l500.webp",
  "imageUrlLarge": "https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EXAMPLE/s-l1600.webp",
  "subtitle": "Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch (OLED Model)",
  "marketplace": "ebay.com",
  "searchQuery": "nintendo switch oled",
  "searchUrl": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=nintendo+switch+oled&_sacat=0&_ipg=240",
  "page": 1,
  "position": 1,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T20:05:19.144Z"
}

The SUMMARY record (one entry per search, shortened):

{
  "searches": [
    {
      "searchQuery": "nintendo switch oled",
      "marketplace": "ebay.com",
      "mode": "active",
      "status": "ok",
      "totalResultsOnEbay": 6600,
      "itemsPushed": 240,
      "currency": "USD",
      "price": { "count": 240, "min": 120, "p25": 170, "median": 199.99, "average": 212.4, "p75": 245, "max": 429 },
      "totalPrice": { "count": 240, "min": 128.5, "p25": 178.2, "median": 206.06, "average": 219.8, "p75": 249.18, "max": 439.99 },
      "byListingType": { "buy_it_now": 131, "best_offer": 96, "auction": 13 },
      "byCondition": { "used": 178, "open_box": 31, "refurbished": 22, "new": 9 },
      "freeShippingShare": 0.46
    }
  ]
}

In sold and completed mode the statistics use sold rows only. The summary also includes soldCount, unsoldCount, sellThroughRate (completed mode) and soldDateRange.

Monitor new eBay listings and price drops

Resellers and deal hunters usually want to know what changed since the last check, not the same 200 listings again. Monitoring mode remembers every listing it has seen and saves only what is new, so a scheduled run gives you an alert feed for new eBay listings.

1. Set your keywords or eBay search URLs and filters as usual.
2. Turn on Only new listings (onlyNew: true) and give the monitor a name in Monitor name (stateKey), for example switch-oled-us. Runs with the same name share their history; use a different name per monitor.
3. Optional: turn on Also alert on price drops (alertOnPriceDrop: true) to also get listings you have seen before whose price + shipping is now lower. Those rows carry previousPrice and priceChangePct.
4. Optional: set Alert only at or below total price (maxTotalPrice) to get only deals under your target price, shipping included.
5. Save the input as a task and add a schedule in Apify Console (Schedules → Create), for example every hour (0 * * * *) for fast-moving items or once a day (0 8 * * *) for a daily digest.
6. Add an integration to the task: Slack, email, Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n or a webhook. The integration fires after each successful run, and the run's dataset holds only the new listings and price drops, so that is all you are sent.

{
  "keywords": ["nintendo switch oled"],
  "marketplace": "ebay.com",
  "conditions": ["used"],
  "onlyNew": true,
  "alertOnPriceDrop": true,
  "stateKey": "switch-oled-us",
  "maxTotalPrice": 220,
  "maxItemsPerSearch": 120
}

How it works:

• The first run saves everything it finds and remembers it. Later runs save only listings that are new, or cheaper when price-drop alerts are on.
• A listing counts as new until any run with the same stateKey has seen it once. Price drops compare the total price (price + shipping) with the last run that saw the listing. A drop is reported when the seller cut the item price or made shipping free; small total changes caused only by eBay's location-based shipping estimate are ignored.
• With sort auto, active searches are sorted newly listed first, and Max items per search is how many of the top results are checked each run. Pick a number larger than the number of new listings you expect between two runs.
• Only saved rows are billed. A run that finds nothing new saves no rows, so no results are charged. Listings above maxTotalPrice are remembered but not saved, so if one later drops under your target it is reported as a price drop.
• The history is kept in your named key-value store ebay-monitor-<stateKey>. Listings not seen for 120 days are forgotten. To start over, use a new stateKey or delete that store.
• The SUMMARY record shows how many listings were checked, how many were new and how many dropped in price. The price statistics cover every listing checked, not only the saved rows.

Use with the API

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/groupoject~ebay-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords":["lego 75192"],"mode":"active","marketplace":"ebay.co.uk","maxItemsPerSearch":100}'

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("groupoject/ebay-scraper").call(run_input={
    "keywords": ["lego 75192"],
    "mode": "active",
    "marketplace": "ebay.co.uk",
    "maxItemsPerSearch": 100,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["price"], item["currency"], item["title"])
summary = client.key_value_store(run["defaultKeyValueStoreId"]).get_record("SUMMARY")["value"]
print(summary["searches"][0]["price"]["median"])

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('groupoject/ebay-scraper').call({
    keywords: ['lego 75192'],
    mode: 'active',
    marketplace: 'ebay.co.uk',
    maxItemsPerSearch: 100,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
const summary = await client.keyValueStore(run.defaultKeyValueStoreId).getRecord('SUMMARY');
console.log(items.length, summary.value.searches[0].price.median);

Use with AI agents / MCP

Connect the Apify MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com?tools=groupoject/ebay-scraper in Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client. Example prompt: "Find used Nintendo Switch OLED listings on ebay.com and tell me the median price including shipping."

Integrations

Send results to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack or your own endpoint with Apify integrations and webhooks. A common setup is a weekly schedule that writes each search's median price to a sheet.

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape eBay?

The actor collects only what eBay shows to any logged-out visitor on public search pages: titles, prices, conditions, public seller usernames and feedback scores. It does not log in, collect private contact data or solve CAPTCHAs. Check eBay's terms and the data-protection rules that apply to you before you use the data, especially seller names.

Why did my sold search return no rows?

eBay currently asks most logged-out visitors to sign in before it shows sold or completed results. The actor does not log in, so these searches end with SOLD_LISTINGS_SIGNIN_REQUIRED in the ERRORS record and are not charged. Active searches still work. For demand signals without sold mode, use the soldCount ("N sold") and watchersCount fields on active listings.

How many listings can I get per search?

Up to 10,000 per search (maxItemsPerSearch), at 240 listings per page. eBay itself rarely serves more than a few thousand results for one query, so split very broad searches by category, condition or price range.

Do I need a proxy?

Yes. eBay rejects many automated requests, so the actor uses Apify Proxy. It starts on datacenter proxies, keeps each proxy session's cookies, retries on fresh sessions when eBay shows a block page or a "Pardon our interruption" page, and switches to residential proxies only if datacenter keeps failing (residentialFallback).

How fast is it?

In local tests a 50-listing search finished in 12–17 seconds, and 1,000 listings took 30–65 seconds on datacenter proxies. Time varies with how often eBay blocks a session.

Why are some fields empty?

The actor reads what eBay prints on the search card. eBay doesn't show condition for some categories (antiques, for example). On EU sites it often shows "private"/"business" instead of a seller name, and it shows item location mostly for items located abroad. Empty fields are null, not guesses.

Can I schedule it to monitor new listings or prices?

Yes. Turn on onlyNew (and alertOnPriceDrop if you want price drops), set a stateKey, save the input as a task and add an hourly or daily schedule. Each run saves only listings that are new since the last run, and an Apify integration can post them to Slack or email. To track the market price instead, run without onlyNew and read the median from the SUMMARY record. See Monitor new eBay listings and price drops.

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