# Amazon Best Sellers Scraper: Ranks, Prices & Ratings (`plainrows/amazon-bestsellers-scraper`) Actor

Paste amazon.com Best Sellers or New Releases URLs (or category slugs), get the ranked products: rank, ASIN, title, price, rating, ratings count, image, author and format for books. No login. Pay per product plus a small start fee per run.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/plainrows/amazon-bestsellers-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [PlainRows](https://apify.com/plainrows) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 products

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Amazon Best Sellers Scraper

Get the **ranked products of any amazon.com Best Sellers list**: **rank, ASIN, title, price, star rating, number of ratings, main image**, and for books the **author, format and other formats**. Works with **Best Sellers and New Releases**, for every department and sub-category. Paste list URLs copied from amazon.com, or just category slugs (`electronics`, `books`, `toys-and-games`).

Plain HTTP requests, no browser: **no login, no account, no cookies**. The Actor reads only the public list pages, one page at a time per list with a pause, and respects amazon.com's robots.txt. If Amazon answers with a bot check, it tries once more and then leaves the list free: it never solves a captcha.

### Typical uses

- **Product research** for Amazon sellers, FBA and dropshipping: what sells now in a category, at what price, with how many ratings.
- **Trend watch**: schedule a daily run on New Releases and see which new products climb.
- **Rank tracking**: follow the best seller rank of your products and your competitors' in their category.
- **Book market**: best-selling and new authors, formats and prices per genre.
- **Spreadsheets, BI and AI agents**: clean rows for Google Sheets, n8n, Make, Zapier or an MCP client.

### What you get

One row per ranked product:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `list`, `listUrl`, `listType` | Your list, the page read, and its type (`best-sellers` or `new-releases`) |
| `category` | Department or category (`Electronics`, `Kitchen & Dining`) |
| `rank` | Rank in the list (1 = best) |
| `asin`, `url` | Amazon ASIN (ISBN-10 for books) and product link |
| `title` | Product title |
| `price`, `priceText`, `currency` | Price shown on the list (USD) and as shown |
| `rating`, `ratingsCount` | Average star rating (out of 5) and number of ratings |
| `imageUrl` | Main image, largest size the list gives |
| `byline`, `format`, `otherFormats` | Author, format (`Hardcover`, `Kindle`…) and "3 formats available" for books and media |
| `page`, `observedAt` | List page (1 or 2) and when it was read (UTC) |

Missing values are always `null`, never guessed (some products show no price on the list, e.g. when only other sellers offer them). A list without products (or blocked, or unreadable) gets one free row with `found: false`, a `status` and a `message`.

**Ranks**: Amazon puts 30 products of each page of 50 in the page itself and loads the other 20 later with its script. This Actor returns those 30: **ranks 1-30 (page 1) and 51-80 (page 2)**. Ranks 31-50 and 81-100 are not included.

### Input

```json
{
  "lists": ["https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/", "https://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/books/", "kitchen"],
  "maxResultsPerList": 60
}
```

- **lists**: one per line, up to 100 per run: a ranking URL from amazon.com (any department or sub-category; open the list, copy the address bar) or a category slug for its Best Sellers list.
- **maxResultsPerList**: 10 to 60 (default 60).

Only amazon.com (US store, prices in USD) for now. Movers & Shakers, Most Wished For and Gift Ideas are not supported yet (Amazon loads those products with a script): such URLs are listed in `invalidLists` of the run summary and cost nothing.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **one event per product returned**, plus a small start fee per run.

| Plan | Per product | Per 1,000 products |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0.0015 | $1.50 |
| Bronze | $0.0012 | $1.20 |
| Silver | $0.001 | $1.00 |
| Gold | $0.0008 | $0.80 |

Start fee: $0.002 per run. **Lists without products, blocked or unreadable pages and input mistakes cost nothing.** On the Apify free plan a run reads up to 5 lists.

### Good to know

- Amazon changes its lists every hour; `observedAt` tells you when each row was read.
- The data are what amazon.com shows publicly to a visitor in the US, read through residential IPs; prices can differ by delivery address.
- You are responsible for how you use the data (Amazon's terms, your local law).

### Other PlainRows Actors

- [Amazon Product Search](https://apify.com/plainrows/amazon-product-search): Amazon search results by keyword in 15 marketplaces (ASIN, price, rating, badges).
- [Google Shopping Prices](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-shopping-prices): prices of a product across stores.
- [AliExpress Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/aliexpress-scraper): AliExpress products, prices and orders.

### More PlainRows tools

Same pay-per-result pricing, same clean JSON, built to chain together in n8n, Make, Zapier or AI agents.

- **SEO and keywords:** [Keyword Search Volume, CPC & Difficulty](https://apify.com/plainrows/keyword-search-volume) · [Keyword Planner Alternative (Bulk Search Volume & CPC)](https://apify.com/plainrows/keyword-planner-alternative) · [Keyword Ideas Generator](https://apify.com/plainrows/keyword-ideas-generator) · [Google Autocomplete & People Also Ask](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-autocomplete-questions) · [Google Trends Explorer](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-trends-explorer) · [Website Organic Traffic & Top Keywords](https://apify.com/plainrows/domain-seo-overview) · [Bulk Domain Authority Checker](https://apify.com/plainrows/domain-authority-checker) · [Backlink Checker](https://apify.com/plainrows/backlink-checker) · [Broken Link Checker](https://apify.com/plainrows/broken-link-checker) · [AI Search Visibility Tracker (ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Mode)](https://apify.com/plainrows/ai-search-brand-visibility) · [Google Maps Rank Tracker (Geo-Grid Local SEO)](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-maps-rank-tracker)
- **Leads and companies:** [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-maps-businesses) · [Google Maps Email Extractor](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-maps-email-extractor) · [Google Maps Businesses Without Website](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-maps-no-website-leads) · [Website Technology Checker](https://apify.com/plainrows/website-tech-stack) · [Website Email Extractor](https://apify.com/plainrows/website-email-extractor) · [Contact Details Scraper (Emails, Phones, Socials)](https://apify.com/plainrows/contact-details-scraper) · [ATS Jobs Scraper (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby)](https://apify.com/plainrows/ats-job-postings) · [Workday Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/workday-jobs-scraper) · [Greenhouse Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/greenhouse-jobs-scraper) · [Lever Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/lever-jobs-scraper) · [Ashby Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/ashby-jobs-scraper) · [Google Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-jobs-scraper) · [Google Ads Scraper (Transparency Center)](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-ads-transparency) · [Company Registry Lookup (SIRENE, LEI, Brreg)](https://apify.com/plainrows/company-registry-lookup) · [Public Tenders Search (EU TED & UK)](https://apify.com/plainrows/public-tenders-search)
- **E-commerce and travel:** [Amazon Product Search Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/amazon-product-search) · [Google Shopping Prices Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-shopping-prices) · [Google Hotels Prices Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-hotels-prices) · [Google Hotels Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-hotels-scraper) · [Tripadvisor Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/tripadvisor-reviews) · [Trustpilot Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/trustpilot-reviews)
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- **Content and media:** [Google News Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-news-scraper) · [YouTube Search Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/youtube-search-scraper) · [YouTube Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/youtube-comments-scraper) · [Google Images Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-images-scraper) · [Website Screenshot API](https://apify.com/plainrows/website-screenshot) · [Google Maps Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-maps-reviews) · [Google Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-reviews-scraper) · [App Store & Google Play Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/app-reviews-scraper) · [Google Play Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/google-play-reviews-scraper) · [App Store Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/plainrows/app-store-reviews-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `lists` (type: `array`):

One list per line: a Best Sellers or New Releases URL copied from amazon.com (any department or sub-category, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/kitchen/289913/), or a category slug ("electronics", "books", "toys-and-games") for its Best Sellers list. Up to 100 lists per run; duplicates are removed.

## `maxResultsPerList` (type: `integer`):

10 to 60. Amazon shows 30 products per page in the page itself: page 1 gives ranks 1-30, page 2 gives ranks 51-80 (ranks 31-50 are loaded later by the page's script and are not included).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "lists": [
    "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/",
    "https://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/books/"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerList": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "lists": [
        "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/",
        "https://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/books/"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerList": 30
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("plainrows/amazon-bestsellers-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "lists": [
        "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/",
        "https://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/books/",
    ],
    "maxResultsPerList": 30,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("plainrows/amazon-bestsellers-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "lists": [
    "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/",
    "https://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/books/"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerList": 30
}' |
apify call plainrows/amazon-bestsellers-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,plainrows/amazon-bestsellers-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hnjT5iNHEHL1oORab/builds/Kb9XcmzgxAeFNQgDd/openapi.json