Vatera Scraper - Hungarian Marketplace & Auction Data

Extract listings, prices, seller ratings, and images from Vatera.hu — Hungary's largest online marketplace and auction site, combining fixed-price sales and bid-based auctions across electronics, fashion, collectibles, vehicles, home goods, and dozens more categories.

How to scrape Vatera.hu data

Vatera Scraper collects structured listing data from Vatera.hu's search results by keyword. It reads the site's own tracking attributes embedded in each result card (product ID, price, category, seller type, listing type) so prices and categories are pulled from the same data Vatera itself uses for analytics, not fragile screen-scraped text. The scraper handles pagination automatically and filters by price range.

Vatera.hu is Hungary's equivalent of eBay — millions of active listings, a mix of private sellers and registered shops, and both "Fix" (fixed-price, buy-it-now) and auction-style listings with bid deadlines. All prices are in Hungarian Forints (HUF).

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Popular use cases:

• Market research — Track resale pricing for electronics, collectibles, and used goods across the Hungarian secondhand market.
• Price comparison — Compare fixed-price vs. auction pricing for the same item category.
• Lead generation — Find active sellers of specific products or categories in Hungary.
• Academic research — Study auction dynamics, seller reputation systems, and pricing behavior on a national marketplace.
• Collectibles tracking — Monitor stamps, coins, antiques, and other collector categories where Vatera is the dominant Hungarian venue.
• Competitive intelligence — Track how sellers price and describe products across Vatera's category tree.

What data does Vatera Scraper extract?

Each listing includes:

• itemTitle — Title of the listing
• price — Listed price in HUF
• currency — Currency code (always HUF)
• listingType — "fixed" for buy-it-now listings, "auction" for bid-based listings
• category — Full category breadcrumb (e.g., Mobiltelefon / Mobiltelefonok / Apple iPhone)
• condition — Item condition (új = new, használt = used)
• location — Seller's region in Hungary
• sellerName — Seller's username
• sellerRating — Seller's positive rating count
• sellerType — Seller account type (e.g., premium_seller, normal_seller)
• freeShipping — Whether the listing includes free shipping
• refurbished — Whether the item is listed as refurbished
• endDate — Listing/auction end date
• imageUrl — Primary listing image URL
• url — Full listing URL on Vatera.hu
• scrapedAt — ISO 8601 timestamp of data extraction

Input parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	String	"iphone"	Search keyword in Hungarian or product/brand name
startUrls	Array	—	Direct Vatera.hu search or listing URLs (overrides searchQuery)
minPrice	Integer	—	Minimum price filter in HUF
maxPrice	Integer	—	Maximum price filter in HUF
maxResults	Integer	100	Maximum listings to return (up to 2,000)

Tips

• Use Hungarian search terms for best results: "laptop", "telefon" (phone), "bútor" (furniture), "kerékpár" (bicycle), "bélyeg" (stamps).
• Each search results page returns ~50 listings. For 500 results, the scraper paginates through 10 pages.
• listingType lets you split fixed-price and auction results in downstream analysis — categories like collectibles and antiques skew heavily toward auctions, while electronics skew toward fixed-price.
• Price filters use HUF. Typical ranges: phones 5,000–500,000 HUF, collectibles 500–50,000 HUF, vehicles 500,000–5,000,000 HUF.

Output

Here is realistic example output from Vatera.hu:

[
  {
    "itemTitle": "iPhone 15 Black 128GB AKCIÓ !",
    "price": 149990,
    "currency": "HUF",
    "listingType": "fixed",
    "category": "Mobiltelefon, vezetékes készülék/Mobiltelefonok/Apple iPhone mobiltelefonok/Apple iPhone 15",
    "condition": "új",
    "location": "Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye",
    "sellerName": "vaterjanos73",
    "sellerRating": 503,
    "sellerType": "premium_seller",
    "freeShipping": false,
    "refurbished": false,
    "endDate": "2026/09/06 18:41:51",
    "imageUrl": "https://images.vatera.hu/listings/95/2a/0ffc_/iphone-15-black-128gb-akcio-3488653913_1.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.vatera.hu/iphone-15-black-128gb-akcio-3488653913.html",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-23T14:14:16.952Z"
  },
  {
    "itemTitle": "Iphone xr alkatrésznek",
    "price": 15000,
    "currency": "HUF",
    "listingType": "fixed",
    "category": "Mobiltelefon, vezetékes készülék/Mobiltelefonok/Apple iPhone mobiltelefonok/Apple iPhone X, XS, XR",
    "condition": "használt",
    "location": "Baranya megye",
    "sellerName": "Hunyadigsm",
    "sellerRating": 518,
    "sellerType": "normal_seller",
    "freeShipping": false,
    "refurbished": false,
    "endDate": "2026/09/02 00:41:09",
    "imageUrl": "https://images.vatera.hu/listings/ed/54/3fbc_/iphone-xr-alkatresznek-3421717982_18.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.vatera.hu/iphone-xr-alkatresznek-3421717982.html",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-23T14:14:17.101Z"
  }
]

How much does it cost?

Vatera Scraper fetches search-result pages directly (no browser rendering), so cost is driven by result volume, not compute time. This is a per-result cost estimate — you pay per scraped item, not per minute.

Scenario	Listings	Estimated cost	Time
Quick search	15	~$0.03	~15 sec
Standard search	100	~$0.15	~1 min
Large search	500	~$0.65	~5 min
Bulk extraction	2,000	~$2.50	~20 min

Usage cost only settles once a run reports SUCCEEDED — reading the dataset while a run is still in progress will undercount what you'll actually be charged.

Can I integrate?

Vatera Scraper connects to the full Apify integration ecosystem:

• Apify API — Trigger runs programmatically, stream results in real-time
• Webhooks — Notify your systems when scraping completes
• Google Sheets — Auto-export Vatera listings for team review
• Zapier / Make — Build no-code automations triggered by new listings
• Scheduled runs — Set up daily monitoring with Apify Schedules
• Direct download — CSV, JSON, XML, or Excel export from the Apify Console

Can I use it as an API?

Use Vatera Scraper as a Hungarian marketplace API. Start runs, poll for results, and process data in your application.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("studio-amba/vatera-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQuery": "laptop",
    "maxResults": 100,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item['itemTitle']} - {item['price']} HUF ({item.get('listingType', '')})")

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_API_TOKEN" });

const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/vatera-scraper").call({
  searchQuery: "bélyeg",
  maxResults: 200,
  maxPrice: 50000,
});

const { items } = await client
  .dataset(run.defaultDatasetId)
  .listItems();

items.forEach((item) => {
  console.log(`${item.itemTitle} - ${item.price} HUF (${item.listingType})`);
});

FAQ

What is Vatera.hu?

Vatera.hu is Hungary's largest online marketplace and auction site, similar to eBay or Allegro. It combines fixed-price "Fix" listings with traditional bid-based auctions, used by both private sellers and registered shops across every product category.

What's the difference between "fixed" and "auction" listings?

listingType: "fixed" means the item can be bought immediately at the listed price. listingType: "auction" means the price shown is the current bid and the final price depends on bidding activity until the endDate. Collectibles categories (stamps, coins, antiques) have a much higher share of auction listings than electronics.

Can I filter by price?

Yes, use minPrice and maxPrice in HUF. Listings without a resolvable price are excluded from price-filtered runs.

Does this scraper handle anti-bot protection?

Vatera.hu is protected by Cloudflare. The scraper routes requests through a managed unlocking service to reliably bypass this without needing your own proxy or browser setup.

Limitations

• Phone numbers — Seller contact details are not shown on search result pages and are not extracted.
• Full descriptions — Search result pages show titles and structured data only; full listing descriptions require visiting individual listing pages.
• Bid history — Individual bid amounts and bidder counts for auction listings are not extracted, only the current price and end date.
• Rate limiting — Very large runs (2,000+ listings) should use moderate maxResults per run to stay reliable.

Other European classifieds & marketplace scrapers

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• Jofogas Scraper — Hungary's general classifieds marketplace
• OLX Scraper — Poland
• Bazos Scraper — Czech Republic and Slovakia
• 2dehands Scraper — Belgium and Netherlands
• Willhaben Scraper — Austria
• Check the Apify Store for more European classifieds and marketplace scrapers from Studio AMBA.

Your feedback

If you notice any data quality issues, missing fields, or broken runs, let us know through the Apify Console. We actively monitor and update this scraper to ensure reliable operation on Vatera.hu.