# eBid Marketplace Scraper - Auction & Buy-Now Listings (`lulzasaur/ebid-scraper`) Actor Scrape eBid.net (an eBay alternative) auction and buy-now listings by category. Get titles, prices, listing type, condition, location, close times, images, and listing URLs. Built for cross-marketplace arbitrage resellers and price researchers. - **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/ebid-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## eBid Marketplace Scraper — Auction & Buy-Now Listings Scrape listings from [eBid.net](https://www.ebid.net), a long-running eBay alternative marketplace. Pull auction and fixed-price ("buy now") listings by category for **cross-marketplace arbitrage**, price research, and resale sourcing. ### What it does - Browses eBid category and subcategory pages and extracts every listing card - Follows pagination automatically (`/pageN.htm`) - Optionally opens each listing page for richer fields (exact condition, location, close time, full price) - Works across eBid country storefronts (US, UK, CA, AU, NZ, IE) ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `startUrls` | array | eBid category/subcategory browse URLs (e.g. `https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/collectibles/`) or individual listing URLs. The reliable entry point. | | `category` | string | Convenience alternative — a category slug under `/buy/`, e.g. `collectibles`, `electronics`, `jewelry-watches`. | | `searchQueries` | array | Best-effort keyword search. eBid's keyword search sits behind a bot-challenge and usually needs residential proxies; prefer category browsing. | | `country` | string | eBid storefront: `us`, `uk`, `ca`, `au`, `nz`, `ie`. Default `us`. | | `maxResults` | integer | Max listings to scrape (0 = unlimited up to ~5000). Default `50`. | | `scrapeDetails` | boolean | Open each listing for exact condition, location, and close timestamp. Slower, richer. Default `false`. | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional proxy. Recommended for large runs and keyword search. | #### Example input ```json { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/collectibles/disneyana/contemporary-1968-now/" }], "maxResults": 100, "scrapeDetails": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ```` ### Output Each listing produces a record: ```json { "listingId": "188807419", "title": "1969 House of Cartridges Cartridge Collector Catalog", "price": 9.0, "currency": "USD", "listingType": "auction-buynow", "condition": "Used", "location": "United States", "timeLeft": "06 days 18 hrs", "closeTime": "Thu 02 Jul 2026 00:48:11 (EDT)", "listingUrl": "https://www.ebid.net/us/for-sale/...-188807419.htm", "imageUrl": "https://pic.ebid.net/upload_big/...jpg", "scrapedAt": "2026-06-24T05:48:11.000Z" } ``` `listingType` is one of `auction`, `buy-now`, or `auction-buynow` (eBid often allows both on one listing). `condition`, `location`, and exact `closeTime` are only populated when `scrapeDetails` is enabled (the category grid provides a relative `timeLeft` instead). ### Notes - Uses HTTP + Cheerio (fast). Category browsing requires no proxy. - Keyword search via eBid's CGI endpoint is protected by an anti-bot challenge and may fail without residential proxies — category Start URLs are the dependable path. - Respect eBid's Terms of Service and rate limits. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): eBid.net category or subcategory browse URLs to scrape, e.g. https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/collectibles/ or a deep leaf like https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/electronics/cell-phones-smartphones/. You can also paste individual listing URLs (/us/for-sale/...-ID.htm). Leave empty to use the 'category' field instead. ## `category` (type: `string`): Convenience alternative to Start URLs. An eBid category path under /us/buy/, e.g. 'collectibles', 'electronics', 'jewelry-watches', 'coins-banknotes'. Combined with the country to build https://www.ebid.net/{country}/buy/{category}/. Ignored if Start URLs are provided. ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Keyword searches via eBid's search endpoint. NOTE: eBid's keyword search is behind a bot-challenge and often fails without residential proxies; category browsing (Start URLs / category) is the reliable path. Each query is attempted separately. ## `country` (type: `string`): Which eBid country storefront to scrape. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of listings to scrape across all start URLs / queries. Set to 0 for unlimited (up to ~5000). Default is 50. ## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, opens each listing page to capture exact condition, location, close/end timestamp, availability and full description. Slower but richer data. If disabled, fields are read from the faster category grid only. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. Not required for basic category scraping but recommended for large runs and for keyword search (which may need residential proxies). ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/collectibles/" } ], "category": "", "searchQueries": [], "country": "us", "maxResults": 50, "scrapeDetails": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/collectibles/" } ], "searchQueries": [] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/ebid-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/collectibles/" }], "searchQueries": [], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("lulzasaur/ebid-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/collectibles/" } ], "searchQueries": [] }' | apify call lulzasaur/ebid-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/ebid-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "eBid Marketplace Scraper - Auction & Buy-Now Listings", "description": "Scrape eBid.net (an eBay alternative) auction and buy-now listings by category. Get titles, prices, listing type, condition, location, close times, images, and listing URLs. Built for cross-marketplace arbitrage resellers and price researchers.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "Y2iO1T1EKE3H6fla1" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/lulzasaur~ebid-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lulzasaur-ebid-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~ebid-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-lulzasaur-ebid-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~ebid-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-lulzasaur-ebid-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs (category / listing pages)", "type": "array", "description": "eBid.net category or subcategory browse URLs to scrape, e.g. https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/collectibles/ or a deep leaf like https://www.ebid.net/us/buy/electronics/cell-phones-smartphones/. You can also paste individual listing URLs (/us/for-sale/...-ID.htm). Leave empty to use the 'category' field instead.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "category": { "title": "Category slug", "type": "string", "description": "Convenience alternative to Start URLs. An eBid category path under /us/buy/, e.g. 'collectibles', 'electronics', 'jewelry-watches', 'coins-banknotes'. Combined with the country to build https://www.ebid.net/{country}/buy/{category}/. Ignored if Start URLs are provided.", "default": "" }, "searchQueries": { "title": "Search Queries (best effort)", "type": "array", "description": "Keyword searches via eBid's search endpoint. NOTE: eBid's keyword search is behind a bot-challenge and often fails without residential proxies; category browsing (Start URLs / category) is the reliable path. Each query is attempted separately.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "country": { "title": "eBid country site", "enum": [ "us", "uk", "ca", "au", "nz", "ie" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which eBid country storefront to scrape.", "default": "us" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of listings to scrape across all start URLs / queries. Set to 0 for unlimited (up to ~5000). Default is 50.", "default": 50 }, "scrapeDetails": { "title": "Scrape Full Details", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, opens each listing page to capture exact condition, location, close/end timestamp, availability and full description. Slower but richer data. If disabled, fields are read from the faster category grid only.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. Not required for basic category scraping but recommended for large runs and for keyword search (which may need residential proxies).", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```