🐟 Goofish Scraper: 闲鱼 Xianyu (Idlefish) Search & Deals

Extract real-time product listings, historical pricing, uncompressed HD photo galleries, and verified seller reputation metrics from Goofish (闲鱼 / Xianyu / Idle Fish) — Alibaba’s premier second-hand marketplace with over 500 million active users.

Whether you are scouting cross-border e-commerce arbitrage opportunities, monitoring secondhand electronics depreciation, sourcing rare collectibles, or vetting Chinese suppliers, this Actor delivers the fastest and most affordable data extraction pipeline on Apify Store, engineered for 99.9% reliability and clean spreadsheet-ready data.

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⚡ Why Choose This Goofish / Xianyu Scraper?

Advantage	This Scraper	Traditional / Alternative Scrapers
Extraction Speed	⚡ Fastest on Apify (Scrapes hundreds of items in seconds with dual modes)	⏳ Slow (frequent page timeouts and minutes of waiting)
Affordability & Rates	💰 Cheapest Rates on Store (Up to 75% lower cost + $0.00 Free Compute)	💸 Expensive per-item rates plus heavy hourly server charges
Reliability & Uptime	🛡️ Auto-Healing Sessions (Handles thousands of items smoothly)	⚠️ Crashes or freezes when websites challenge sessions
Compute & RAM Fees	🆓 $0.00 Free Compute (You only pay for successful items)	💸 Expensive hourly server and heavy memory fees
Dual Extraction Modes	✅ Summary Mode (Fast & Cheap) + Full Detail Mode	❌ Rigid single-mode extraction with high costs
Seller Zhima Credit	✅ Full Seller Verification (信用极好, sales count, review rate)	❌ Missing or incomplete seller background data
Worldwide Accessibility	🌍 No Chinese phone number or account required	⚠️ Frequently blocked by login popups and SMS walls
Data Cleanliness	💎 Ready for Business (Clean columns for Excel & Google Sheets)	⚠️ Cluttered with raw nested codes and internal IDs

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💰 Transparent Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

You only pay for actual results extracted into your dataset. Server compute time and memory usage are 100% free ($0.00):

Event Name	Mode	What You Receive	Ideal For
search-item	Summary Mode	13 essential fields: Title, Price (¥ CNY), Product URL, Image, City, Free Shipping flag, Wants count, Seller Name & ID, and Post Timestamp.	Large-scale price tracking, competitive market discovery, new deal alerts, dropshipping margin research.
detail-item	Enriched Full Detail	25+ comprehensive fields: Full HD photo gallery, detailed description, physical condition, key specifications, seller Zhima credit rating, positive review rate, total items sold, and 24h reply rate.	In-depth supplier vetting, physical condition inspection, catalog cloning, complete listing archiving.

💡 Tier Discounts: Apify subscribers automatically receive platform volume discounts. Check the Pricing tab on this Actor page for current rates.

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🎯 High-Value Business Use Cases & Arbitrage

1. 🌐 Cross-Border E-Commerce Arbitrage (eBay, Mercari, Amazon, Shopee)

Source heavily discounted secondhand electronics, vintage cameras, designer goods, and gaming hardware from Chinese sellers on Goofish. Verify item condition with uncompressed HD photos and resell globally at substantial profit margins.

2. 🛡️ Safe Sourcing & Supplier Background Vetting

Inspect verified Zhima Credit ratings (信用极好 / 信用良好), historical transaction volume (totalSold), positive review percentage (goodReviewRate), and response times before placing wholesale or proxy buying orders.

3. 📉 Real-Time Secondary Market Intelligence & Price Alerts

Track genuine secondary-market pricing and depreciation trends across major global brands (Apple, DJI, Nintendo, Sony, Leica, NVIDIA, luxury watches, designer apparel). Use the wants counter to measure real consumer demand.

4. 🧸 Rare Collectibles & Limited-Edition Imports

Monitor rare Japanese import consoles, vintage film cameras, anime figures, designer sneakers, and custom mechanical keyboards before they appear on international marketplaces.

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📦 Dual Extraction Modes: What Data Do You Get?

Data is automatically structured into clean, human-readable fields ready for Excel, Google Sheets, or database pipelines:

Field	Summary Mode (search-item)	Full Detail Mode (detail-item)	Description
id	✅	✅	Goofish unique product ID
title	✅	✅	Product listing title
price	✅	✅	Listed price in Chinese Yuan (¥ CNY)
currency	✅	✅	Currency code (CNY)
url	✅	✅	Direct product URL
pictureUrl	✅	✅	Primary product photo
city	✅	✅	Seller location / shipping origin city
freeShipping	✅	✅	Free shipping availability
tags	✅	✅	Listing tags (e.g. 6小时前发布, 卖家信用极好, 验货宝, freeShippingIcon)
wants	✅	✅	Number of interested buyers (想要)
seller.id	✅	✅	Seller profile ID
seller.name	✅	✅	Seller display username
postedAt	✅	✅	Listing publication timestamp
priceOriginal	—	✅	Original retail price before discount (¥ CNY)
priceDropPercent	—	✅	Percentage price drop from original price (e.g. 50.4%)
description	—	✅	Full product description
condition	—	✅	Physical condition (e.g. 全新 Brand New, 良好 Good, 轻微划痕磨损)
images	—	✅	Complete array of uncompressed HD photos
specs	—	✅	Key product attributes (Brand, Model, Version, Storage capacity, Packaging, etc.)
tradeGuarantee	—	✅	Alibaba Alipay trade guarantee escrow protection flag
reportUrl	—	✅	Official Alibaba dispute resolution & counterfeit reporting URL
seller.signature	—	✅	Seller personal bio / store signature
seller.lastActive	—	✅	Seller last seen online status (e.g. 6小时前来过)
seller.averageReplyTime	—	✅	Average response time (e.g. 2小时)
seller.registeredDays	—	✅	Account age in days (e.g. 1811 days)
seller.zhimaAuth	—	✅	Real-name identity and Alipay authentication flag
seller.zhimaCredit	—	✅	Official Zhima Credit tier (信用极好 Excellent, 信用良好 Good, 信用中等 Medium)
seller.totalSold	—	✅	Historical number of completed sales
seller.goodReviewRate	—	✅	Positive customer feedback percentage (e.g. 100%)
seller.replyRate24h	—	✅	24-hour message response rate
stats.views	—	✅	Number of listing page views
stats.wants	—	✅	Number of direct buyer inquiries
stats.favorites	—	✅	Number of buyer bookmarks

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🚀 Easy-to-Run Input Examples

Example 1: High-Speed Market Discovery (Summary Mode)

Find used iPhones under ¥4,000 from private sellers:

{
  "keyword": "iPhone 15",
  "detailLevel": "summary",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "priceMax": 4000,
  "sortBy": "priceAsc",
  "quickFilters": ["filterPersonal"]
}

Example 2: Deep Product Enrichment & Seller Vetting (Full Detail)

Extract complete specifications, HD image galleries, and Zhima credit ratings for Nintendo Switch consoles:

{
  "keyword": "Switch OLED",
  "detailLevel": "full",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "sortBy": "newest"
}

Example 3: Direct Item URL or ID Enrichment (Auto-Full Detail)

Enrich specific Goofish listings directly by URL or product ID (automatically defaults to full detail):

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.goofish.com/item?id=1082638287441",
    "1084132717206"
  ]
}

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⚙️ Input Parameters Reference

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
keyword	string	—	Search query in English or Chinese (e.g. iPhone 15, Switch OLED, RTX 4090, 手办). You can also paste a Goofish web link directly!
startUrls	array	[]	Direct Goofish item URLs or numeric product IDs to enrich. Defaults automatically to detailLevel: "full" and charges detail-item for comprehensive specs.
searchUrls	array	[]	Goofish search URLs (keywords and parameters extracted automatically; scrapes multiple search queries sequentially).
detailLevel	string	"summary"	"summary" (ultra-fast, 13 core fields) or "full" (complete specs, HD gallery, seller stats).
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of items to collect (supports long runs up to 3,000+ items).
sortBy	string	"newest"	Sort order: newest, priceAsc, priceDesc, priceDrop, credit, relevance.
priceMin	integer	—	Minimum price in Chinese Yuan (¥ CNY).
priceMax	integer	—	Maximum price in Chinese Yuan (¥ CNY).
quickFilters	array	[]	filterPersonal (private sellers only), filterFreePostage (free shipping), filterNew (brand new), filterAppraise (verified authentic).
regionIds	array	[]	Filter by Chinese province or city code (e.g. 440100 for Guangzhou, 310100 for Shanghai).
proxyConfiguration	object	Residential	Apify Proxy configuration (residential proxies recommended for large-scale runs).

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📤 Sample Output Data

{
  "id": "1082638287441",
  "title": "switch oled 喷射战士3限定港版",
  "price": 1340,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "url": "https://www.goofish.com/item?id=1082638287441",
  "pictureUrl": "http://img.alicdn.com/bao/uploaded/i2/2212259311853/O1CN01Dd3gwqAchoG3thAe_!!4611686018427384045-0-xy_item.jpg",
  "city": "九江",
  "freeShipping": true,
  "tags": [
    "6小时前发布",
    "freeShippingIcon"
  ],
  "postedAt": "2026-09-16T14:34:20+00:00",
  "description": "switch oled 喷射战士3限定港版\n原装配件齐全，箱说全，五码合一，轻微使用痕迹，机身有轻微划痕，滑轨有轻微掉漆，按键灵敏，功能正常\n外加一张64g和一个港版电源转接头\n支持自提，外地顺丰到付不议价",
  "status": "online",
  "condition": "轻微划痕磨损",
  "specs": {
    "品牌": "Nintendo/任天堂",
    "型号": "Switch OLED",
    "成色": "轻微划痕磨损",
    "游戏机版本": "港版",
    "内存容量": "64GB",
    "包装": "有原包装盒"
  },
  "seller": {
    "id": "2212259311853",
    "name": "寄存器0x00",
    "url": "https://www.goofish.com/personal?userId=2212259311853",
    "city": "九江",
    "lastActive": "6小时前来过",
    "averageReplyTime": "2小时",
    "registeredDays": 1811,
    "zhimaAuth": true,
    "zhimaCredit": "信用中等",
    "totalSold": 9,
    "totalListed": 8,
    "goodReviewRate": "100%",
    "replyRate24h": "66%"
  },
  "tradeGuarantee": true,
  "reportUrl": "https://h5.m.goofish.com/wow/moyu/moyu-project/cro-report-center/pages/report-type?...",
  "stats": {
    "views": 41,
    "wants": 0,
    "favorites": 0
  },
  "detailLevel": "full"
}

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🔌 Automated Integrations & Workflows

Connect your scraped Goofish dataset directly to your favorite tools:

• 📊 1-Click Spreadsheet Exports: Download data instantly as Excel (.xlsx), CSV, or JSON from the Apify Console, or schedule continuous sync to Google Sheets.
• 🤖 AI Translation & Analysis: Pipe data directly into OpenAI (ChatGPT) or Anthropic (Claude) to auto-translate Chinese descriptions, summarize seller notes, or detect counterfeit risks.
• ⚡ Webhooks & Alerts: Trigger instant notifications to Slack, Discord, or Telegram via Zapier or Make.com whenever new deals or price drops match your criteria.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Do I need a Chinese phone number or Goofish account?

No! This scraper works completely out-of-the-box worldwide. You do not need a Chinese phone number, Alipay account, or identity verification.

Can I search using English keywords?

Yes. Global brand names, models, and numbers (e.g. iPhone 15, Switch OLED, RTX 4090, Sony A7M4, Leica) work natively. For specialized local goods (such as anime figures or vintage tea sets), searching with Chinese terms (e.g. 手办, 胶片相机) returns the highest volume of listings.

How does the scraper handle large jobs (e.g. 3,000+ items)?

The scraper is engineered for high durability on massive jobs. It features automatic session refresh, pre-emptive token renewal, and built-in auto-healing session rotation. Data is streamed continuously into the dataset as it is scraped, so even large multi-thousand item jobs run smoothly and reliably without data loss.

What does Zhima Credit tell me about a seller?

Zhima Credit (芝麻信用) is Alibaba's official credit rating system. Sellers with 信用极好 (Excellent Credit) have verified government identities, linked banking credentials, and an exemplary transaction track record. Filtering by credit score helps you avoid unverified accounts and counterfeit goods.

What is the benefit of filterPersonal?

Goofish hosts both individual sellers and commercial vendors. Enabling filterPersonal filters out commercial dropshippers and shows only personal individuals selling their own pre-owned items, where the best arbitrage deals are found.

How fast does the scraper collect data?

The scraper is optimized for maximum throughput. It collects hundreds of listings in seconds—consistently outperforming traditional scrapers by up to 10x while consuming zero server compute fees.