# ShopGoodwill Completed-Price Lookup (Hammer-Price Comps) (`querymill/shopgoodwill-comp-lookup`) Actor

Look up actual ShopGoodwill completed-auction hammer prices — the sold-price history the platform itself does not publish. Get recent real closing prices with bid counts, dates, category and seller region, plus per-query median and percentile statistics for setting bid ceilings.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/querymill/shopgoodwill-comp-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Eric Trammell](https://apify.com/querymill) (community)
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## Pricing

$50.00 / 1,000 comp lookups

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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,
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

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# README

## ShopGoodwill Completed-Price Lookup (Hammer-Price Comps)

**ShopGoodwill doesn't publish sold prices.** Closed auctions are visible
only to the accounts that bid on them, so resellers set their bid ceilings
from eBay comps — even though Goodwill's smaller, as-is buyer pool clears
at systematically different prices.

This actor answers comp lookups from an archive of **actual ShopGoodwill
hammer prices**, harvested daily from the public buyer API across the
major categories (electronics, gaming, jewelry, instruments, cameras,
collectibles, and more) and growing every day.

### What you get

For each query phrase you pass in:

- **Comp records** (newest first): title, final hammer price, bid count,
  closing date, full category path, seller region, and a link to the
  (closed) listing.
- **A summary record** with statistics over *all* matches in the
  archive: count, median, 25th/75th percentiles, min/max, mean — the
  numbers a bid ceiling should come from.

### Input

| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `queries` | string\[] | One phrase per lookup, e.g. `"ipod classic 160gb"`. Every term must appear in the title (order-free). |
| `categoryId` | integer (optional) | Restrict to a top-level category: 7 Electronics, 33 Gaming, 6 Jewelry, 13 Instruments, 170 Cameras. |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | integer | Comp records per query (default 25, max 200). Stats always cover all matches. |

### Notes

- Records are real completed auctions; 0-bid closes (no sale) are never
  included.
- Prices are hammer prices — they exclude shipping/handling and tax,
  which vary by seller.
- The archive is a living dataset: it deepens daily and cannot be
  replicated from the platform after the fact.

*(Draft listing copy — actor is private while the archive seasons.)*

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.05 per lookup** (one query, including its summary statistics).

# Actor input Schema

## `categoryId` (type: `integer`):

Optional top-level ShopGoodwill category id to restrict matches (7 = Computers & Electronics, 33 = Gaming Systems & Games, 6 = Jewelry & Gemstones, 13 = Musical Instruments, 170 = Cameras & Camcorders). Leave empty to search the whole archive.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Maximum comp records returned per query (newest first). Statistics are computed over ALL matches, not just the returned page.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One search phrase per lookup, e.g. "ipod classic 160gb". Every term must appear in the item title (order-free, prefix-tolerant).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 25,
  "queries": [
    "ipod classic 160gb",
    "snes classic",
    "lockly secure pro"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

## `items` (type: `string`):

No description

## `itemCount` (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 = {
    "queries": [
        "ipod classic 160gb"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("querymill/shopgoodwill-comp-lookup").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 = { "queries": ["ipod classic 160gb"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("querymill/shopgoodwill-comp-lookup").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 '{
  "queries": [
    "ipod classic 160gb"
  ]
}' |
apify call querymill/shopgoodwill-comp-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,querymill/shopgoodwill-comp-lookup"
        }
    }
}
```

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/p9Yd33zvRVq9nTfMA/builds/ExAxeaaRsxdQ08S8U/openapi.json