📱 Swappa Scraper

🚀 Export used and refurbished tech listings from Swappa in seconds. Search by keyword or category and download a clean dataset of prices, conditions, sellers, and specs.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-21 · 📊 16 fields per record · Thousands of listings · Phones, Laptops, Tablets & More

Swappa is one of the most trusted peer-to-peer marketplaces for used consumer electronics in the United States. This actor lets you extract individual for-sale listings directly from Swappa - real prices from real sellers - for any device you search for.

Each record includes the listing image, device title, brand, model, asking price, condition rating, storage capacity, color, carrier compatibility, seller name, seller feedback count, and seller location.

Coverage

Swappa hosts tens of thousands of active listings across cell phones, laptops, tablets, smartwatches, gaming consoles, cameras, and more. This scraper accesses all categories and returns up to 1,000,000 listings per run for paid users.

Audience	Use Case
Resellers	Monitor competitor pricing and find arbitrage opportunities
Consumers	Compare used device prices before buying
Market analysts	Track pricing trends for specific models over time
Price comparison sites	Power used-device price indexes
Journalists	Report on the used electronics market
Sustainability researchers	Quantify the refurbished device ecosystem

📋 What the Swappa Scraper does

• Searches Swappa by keyword (e.g. "iphone 13", "macbook pro", "ps5")
• Browses by category (Cell Phones, Laptops, Tablets, etc.)
• Filters by condition (Mint, Good, Fair)
• Extracts all listing fields: price, condition, storage, color, carrier, seller info, location
• Paginates through all results automatically
• Exports data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML

💡 Why it matters: Swappa is the go-to marketplace for vetted used devices. Unlike eBay, every listing is reviewed before going live. This makes Swappa price data uniquely reliable for market research and price comparison.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
searchQuery	String	Keyword to search (e.g. "iphone 13", "macbook")	iphone 13
maxItems	Number	Max listings to collect (free: 10, paid: up to 1M)	10
category	Select	Category to browse when no search query	cell-phones
condition	Select	Filter by device condition	Any

Example - Search by keyword:

{
  "searchQuery": "iphone 13",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example - Browse category with condition filter:

{
  "searchQuery": "",
  "category": "laptops",
  "condition": "mint",
  "maxItems": 200
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are limited to 10 listings per run. Upgrade to a paid plan to unlock up to 1,000,000 listings.

📊 Output

Each listing includes these fields:

Field	Description	Example
🖼️ imageUrl	Primary listing photo	https://static.swappa.com/...jpg
📝 title	Full device title	Apple iPhone 13
🏷️ brand	Device manufacturer	Apple
📱 model	Model name	iphone 13
🔗 url	Link to Swappa listing	https://swappa.com/listing/view/LAFJ35786
🆔 id	Swappa listing code	LAFJ35786
💲 price	Asking price in USD	$159
✅ condition	Device condition	Fair
💾 storage	Storage capacity	128 GB
🎨 color	Device color	Midnight
📡 carrier	Carrier compatibility	Unlocked
👤 seller	Seller name	Dibcote LLC
⭐ sellerRating	Number of seller ratings	45
📍 location	Seller location	Kansas City, MO
🗂️ category	Swappa model category	apple-iphone-13
🕒 scrapedAt	ISO timestamp	2026-05-22T01:28:50.618Z
❌ error	Error message if any	null

Sample records:

[
  {
    "imageUrl": "https://static.swappa.com/images/cache/9e/a1/9ea1b7d1facde50363b948c9bd5acb0d.jpg",
    "title": "Apple iPhone 13",
    "brand": "Apple",
    "model": "iphone 13",
    "url": "https://swappa.com/listing/view/LAFJ35786",
    "id": "LAFJ35786",
    "price": "$159",
    "condition": "Fair",
    "storage": "128 GB",
    "color": "Midnight",
    "carrier": "Bell Canada",
    "seller": "Dibcote LLC",
    "sellerRating": "45",
    "location": "Kansas City, MO",
    "category": "apple-iphone-13",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T01:28:50.618Z",
    "error": null
  },
  {
    "imageUrl": "https://static.swappa.com/images/cache/37/95/37954fc5a4d7c5ba6186a8f5bb65b945.jpg",
    "title": "Apple iPhone 13",
    "brand": "Apple",
    "model": "iphone 13",
    "url": "https://swappa.com/listing/view/LZFI62483",
    "id": "LZFI62483",
    "price": "$219",
    "condition": "Good",
    "storage": "128 GB",
    "color": "Midnight",
    "carrier": "AT&T",
    "seller": "Tech Gallery",
    "sellerRating": "1025",
    "location": "Garden City, MI",
    "category": "apple-iphone-13",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T01:28:50.619Z",
    "error": null
  }
]

✨ Why choose this Actor

Feature	Details
🚀 Real-time data	Every run pulls live listings - no stale cache
🛡️ Cloudflare bypass	Residential proxy + stealth browser for reliable access
📊 Rich fields	16 fields per listing including seller stats and location
🔍 Flexible search	Search by keyword or browse by category and condition
📄 Multiple formats	Download as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML
💰 Fair pricing	Pay per result - only charged for successful data

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Feature	Swappa Scraper	Manual browsing	Other scrapers
Scale	Up to 1M listings	Dozens per hour	Varies
Data format	JSON/CSV/Excel/XML	None	Often JSON only
Condition filter	Yes	Yes	Rare
Seller info	Yes	Yes	Rare
Cloudflare bypass	Yes	N/A	Often fails
Maintenance	Active	N/A	Often abandoned

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account (includes $5 credit)
2. Open the Swappa Scraper actor
3. Enter a search query like iphone 13 or select a category
4. Set maxItems to the number of listings you want
5. Click Run and wait for completion
6. Download your dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel

💼 Business use cases

Price Benchmarking

Know exactly what a used iPhone 13 sells for in Fair vs. Mint condition, by carrier, right now. Set competitive prices when reselling or create fair-value alerts for buyers.

Inventory Monitoring

Track when specific models appear on Swappa, filter by condition and carrier, and integrate with your inventory system via Apify webhooks or the API.

Market Research

Analyze price trends for refurbished devices across brands and models. Compare Unlocked vs. carrier-locked pricing, or benchmark one generation against another.

Price Comparison Tools

Power a used-device price comparison widget or database. Swappa's vetted listings make the data more reliable than unmoderated marketplaces.

🔌 Automating Swappa Scraper

Connect Swappa Scraper to your workflow tools:

• Make (Integromat): Schedule daily runs and push results to Google Sheets or Airtable
• Zapier: Trigger a Zap when new listings arrive in your dataset
• Slack: Post new listings or price drops to a Slack channel automatically
• Google Sheets: Export dataset directly to a spreadsheet via Apify integrations
• REST API: Call the actor programmatically from any language

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Study the economics of the circular tech economy. Track how iPhone resale values depreciate by generation. Compare refurbished device pricing to new retail prices.

Creative Projects

Build a personal "deal alert" bot that notifies you when a specific phone model drops below your target price on Swappa.

Non-profit

Help low-income communities find affordable refurbished devices by monitoring Swappa for the best-value listings in specific conditions.

Experimentation

Test price prediction models using historical Swappa data. Build ML models to estimate resale value based on condition, carrier, and storage tier.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

You can ask Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI assistant: "How do I use the Swappa Scraper on Apify to find the cheapest unlocked iPhone 13 in Mint condition?" - and get step-by-step instructions.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

❓ Is this legal to use?

Swappa is a public marketplace. Scraping publicly available listing data for research, price comparison, and market analysis is standard practice. Always use data responsibly and in accordance with your local regulations.

❓ How many listings can I get?

Free users: up to 10 listings per run. Paid users: up to 1,000,000 listings per run.

❓ Does it work with all device categories?

Yes - Cell Phones, Laptops, Tablets, Smartwatches, Gaming Consoles, Cameras, Audio, Smart Home, Monitors, and more.

❓ Can I filter by condition?

Yes - filter by Mint, Good, or Fair condition using the condition input field.

❓ How often is the data updated?

Every time you run the actor, it pulls live listings from Swappa in real-time. Schedule runs daily or weekly to track price changes.

❓ What format can I download the data in?

JSON, CSV, Excel (.xlsx), and XML - all available directly from the Apify dataset page after your run completes.

❓ Can I search for laptops, tablets, or gaming consoles?

Yes - leave searchQuery empty and set category to laptops, tablets, gaming-consoles, etc.

❓ Does it include seller ratings?

Yes - sellerRating contains the number of feedback ratings the seller has received on Swappa.

❓ What happens if Swappa's layout changes?

The actor is actively maintained by the ParseForge team. If Swappa updates their layout, we update the actor.

❓ Can I run this on a schedule?

Yes - use Apify Schedules to run the actor automatically daily, weekly, or at any cron interval.

❓ Does it capture the seller's location?

Yes - the location field contains the city and state the seller ships from (e.g. "Kansas City, MO").

❓ What is the sellerRating field?

It's the number of completed transaction ratings on Swappa, not a star score. A seller with 8,546 ratings like "Forlessfones" is highly experienced.

🔌 Integrate with any app

• Google Sheets
• Airtable
• Slack
• Microsoft Excel
• Zapier
• Make (formerly Integromat)
• n8n
• Notion
• BigQuery
• Snowflake
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• REST API (any language)
• Python pandas
• R
• Power BI
• Tableau

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Disclaimer: This actor is an independent tool not affiliated with or endorsed by Swappa. It accesses only publicly available data. Use responsibly and in compliance with applicable laws and Swappa's Terms of Service.