# Trade Me NZ Marketplace Listings (`resourceful_playbook/trademe-nz-listings`) Actor

Search Trade Me, New Zealand's largest online marketplace, and get clean JSON listings: title, buy-now / asking price / current bid, region, suburb, closing date, image, auction vs classified and listing URL. Filter by keyword, category, region and sort order.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/resourceful_playbook/trademe-nz-listings.md
- **Developed by:** [AU Data Tools](https://apify.com/resourceful_playbook) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per event

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

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

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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

## Trade Me NZ Marketplace Listings

Search [Trade Me](https://www.trademe.co.nz), New Zealand's largest online marketplace, and get clean JSON listings. Each listing comes with its title, price (Buy Now, asking price or current bid), region, suburb, closing date, image, whether it is an auction or a classified, and a direct link. You can filter by keyword, category and region, and choose any of Trade Me's sort orders.

### What you get

```json
{
  "listingId": 6186180446,
  "title": "Electric Bike",
  "subtitle": "27.5\" 350W Step-Through E-Bike In Stock",
  "price": 1899,
  "priceType": "buy_now",
  "priceDisplay": "$1,899 per item",
  "buyNowPrice": 1899,
  "askingPrice": null,
  "startPrice": 0,
  "currentBid": null,
  "bidCount": 0,
  "reserveMet": null,
  "isClassified": false,
  "isAuction": false,
  "isBuyNowOnly": true,
  "isNew": true,
  "region": "Auckland",
  "suburb": "Waitakere",
  "category": "0005-0380-5441-",
  "categoryPath": "/Sports/Cycling/Electric-bikes",
  "closingDate": "2026-10-25T18:50:38.497Z",
  "startDate": "2026-10-18T18:50:38.497Z",
  "image": "https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/plus/1745155942.jpg",
  "thumbnail": "https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/thumb/1745155942.jpg",
  "photoCount": 16,
  "attributes": null,
  "isSponsored": false,
  "url": "https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/sports/cycling/electric-bikes/listing/6186180446",
  "source": "trademe.co.nz",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T23:47:04.051Z"
}
```

`price` is always the most useful single number for the listing, and `priceType` tells you what kind of price it is:

- `buy_now`: a fixed-price (Buy Now only) listing
- `current_bid`: an auction that has bids, showing the highest bid so far
- `starting_bid`: an auction with no bids yet, showing the opening price
- `asking`: a classified listing (common for cars, property and services), showing the asking price

Motors listings also include `attributes` such as odometer, engine size and body style. All dates are in ISO 8601 UTC.

### Use cases

- Price research and valuations for second-hand goods in New Zealand
- Reseller sourcing and flipping alerts: run it on a schedule with `sort` = `ExpiryDesc` to catch new listings
- Tracking auctions that close soon (`ExpiryAsc`) or attract the most bids (`BidsMost`)
- Comparing used car asking prices by region
- Feeding an AI agent that answers questions like "what do used e-bikes sell for on Trade Me in Wellington?"

### Input

| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| `searchQuery` | Keywords, e.g. `bike`, `iphone 15`, `toyota hilux` (default `bike`) |
| `category` | Optional. A category name (`Electric bikes`), a path (`Sports/Cycling`) or a category number (`0005-0380-`) |
| `region` | Optional. A Trade Me region, e.g. `Auckland`, `Wellington`, `Canterbury`, `North Island`, or `New Zealand` (excludes international sellers) |
| `sort` | `Default` (best match), `PriceAsc`, `PriceDesc`, `BuyNowAsc`, `BuyNowDesc`, `BidsMost`, `ExpiryDesc` (latest), `ExpiryAsc` (closing soon), `FeaturedFirst`, `TitleAsc`, `LargestDiscount` |
| `maxResults` | Cap on the number of listings (default 30, maximum 2000) |
| `includeSponsored` | Untick to skip promoted listings (default on) |

### Pricing

Pay only for what you use: **US$0.005 per run + US$0.001 per result** (about US$1 per 1,000 results). The free Apify plan's monthly credits cover thousands of results, so you can try it at no cost.

### Feedback

Found a bug or want a field added? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab and it will be looked at quickly.

### Notes

Results come from Trade Me's public search, the same data anyone sees when browsing the site without logging in. The tool reads search result cards only, so full descriptions, seller details, and questions and answers are not included. Prices are in NZD. Trade Me sometimes repeats promoted listings across pages, and duplicates are removed automatically using `listingId`. Please use the data responsibly and respect Trade Me's terms of use. This Actor is not affiliated with Trade Me.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Keywords to search Trade Me for, e.g. bike, iphone 15, lego, toyota hilux.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Limit to a Trade Me category. Use a name (e.g. Electric bikes), a path (e.g. Sports/Cycling) or a category number (e.g. 0005-0380-). Leave empty for all categories.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Limit to a Trade Me region (the same regions as the site's location filter).

## `sort` (type: `string`):

How Trade Me should order results.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many listings (1–2000).

## `includeSponsored` (type: `boolean`):

Trade Me mixes a few promoted listings into results. Untick to skip them.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "bike",
  "region": "",
  "sort": "Default",
  "maxResults": 30,
  "includeSponsored": true
}
```

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

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "bike"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("resourceful_playbook/trademe-nz-listings").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 = { "searchQuery": "bike" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("resourceful_playbook/trademe-nz-listings").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 '{
  "searchQuery": "bike"
}' |
apify call resourceful_playbook/trademe-nz-listings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,resourceful_playbook/trademe-nz-listings"
        }
    }
}
```

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/X0WJIfREfnNJMKJca/builds/ltQRmDhy32r0GijIf/openapi.json