eBay Seller Intelligence + Keyword Search

Two scrapers in one Apify Actor. Paste a seller URL and get a full intelligence record (feedback, DSR, GMV, tier). Or paste keywords and get a list of matching listings (sold or active) across 10 eBay marketplaces.

Drop-in replacement for ZIK Analytics, Algopix, Terapeak Research and most standalone eBay scrapers - pay per result, no subscription.

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Two modes

1. SELLER_INTELLIGENCE (default)

Paste any eBay URL pointing to a seller -> get one rich JSON record:

• Identity - username, profile URL, avatar, country
• Reputation - lifetime feedback score, star-tier (1-13), positive %, total feedback received, revised feedback count
• Profile flags - Top Rated Seller, ID Verified, Business Seller, eBay Store + store URL
• Feedback breakdown - 1-month / 6-month / 12-month positive / neutral / negative matrix
• Detailed Seller Ratings (DSR) - Accurate description, Reasonable shipping cost, Shipping speed, Communication (rating + count)
• Active listings - total count + sample (title, price, condition)
• Sold last 90 days - total count + price sample -> GMV estimate
• Marketplace intelligence - monthlyGmvEstimate, annualGmvEstimate, sellVelocityPerDay, sellThroughRate, repeatBuyerRatio, feedbackVelocity, tier (SOLO / SIDE_HUSTLE / GROWING / POWER_SELLER / ENTERPRISE / MEGA)
• Global intelligence - globalTier, globalMonthlyGmvEstimate, globalAnnualGmvEstimate, globalCurrency (always derived from feedback velocity / prices, regardless of marketplace - lets you compare sellers across countries)
• Currency - 3 perspectives: currency (marketplace), globalCurrency (buyer-mix), sellerCurrency (seller's home country - what they list in)
• Source transparency - tierSource (sold_90d / feedback_velocity) and gmvEstimateSource (sold_90d / feedback_prices)
• Recent feedback - 25 most recent reviews with buyer pseudonym, item ID, price, comment, date bucket, verified-purchase flag

2. KEYWORD_SEARCH

Paste search keywords + filters -> get one row per matching listing:

• Per-listing data - listingId, title, subtitle, priceText, priceAmount, currency, soldDate, itemUrl
• Filters - listingType (SOLD / ACTIVE / COMPLETED), daysToScrape (1-90), count, category ID, sortOrder, minPrice, maxPrice, condition, itemLocation
• Optional detailedSearch - visit each /itm/{ID} page for full description, item specifics, seller info
• Multilingual sold markers - parses Sold / Verkauft / Vendu / Vendut[oaie] / Vendido / Verkocht across all 10 sites
• Locale-tolerant prices - handles US $1,234.56, DE EUR 1.234,56, FR 1 234,56 EUR, etc.

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Why this is better

Feature	This Actor	ZIK Analytics	Algopix	Other Apify scrapers
GMV / month estimate	yes	yes	no	no
Global tier across marketplaces	yes	no	no	no
Sell-through rate	yes	yes	no	no
DSR (4 axes)	yes	no	no	no
Repeat-buyer ratio	yes	no	no	no
1m / 6m / 12m feedback matrix	yes	no	no	no
Keyword search (sold/active)	yes	yes	no	yes (separate actors)
10 international eBay sites	yes	no	yes	partial
Pay-per-event	yes ($5-15 / 1k seller, $1 / 1k listing)	no ($30+/mo)	no ($35+/mo)	mixed
Auto-resolve any eBay URL form	yes (/usr/, /str/, /fdbk/, /sch/, /itm/)	no	no	rarely
API / Apify integrations (Make, Zapier, n8n)	yes	no	no	yes

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Input - mode 1: SELLER_INTELLIGENCE

{
  "mode": "SELLER_INTELLIGENCE",
  "profileUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.ebay.com/usr/musicmagpie" },
    { "url": "https://www.ebay.es/str/htowngadgets" },
    { "url": "https://www.ebay.fr/itm/389695915817" }
  ],
  "ebaySite": "EBAY_US"
}

Field	Description
mode	SELLER_INTELLIGENCE (default) or KEYWORD_SEARCH
profileUrls	Primary input. Paste any eBay URL: /usr/{user}, /fdbk/feedback_profile/{user}, /str/{slug}, stores.ebay.com/{slug}, /sch/i.html?_ssn={user}, /sch/{user}/m.html, or any /itm/{ID} item page. Actor auto-resolves to the technical username (HTTP fetch + JSON parse for item / store URLs).
usernames	Optional raw username slugs (advanced). Display names with spaces are lower-cased + space-stripped (best-effort, ~70% match rate). For mismatches the actor falls back to /str/{name} URL resolution.
datasetId	Optional Apify dataset id from a previous run. Items with seller, sellerName, username, or profileUrl fields are auto-extracted.
ebaySite	EBAY_US, EBAY_UK, EBAY_DE, EBAY_FR, EBAY_IT, EBAY_ES, EBAY_CA, EBAY_AU, EBAY_IE, EBAY_NL. Proxy country is auto-overridden to match (e.g. EBAY_DE -> DE proxy).
includeActiveListings	Fetch the active-listings SRP for count + sample (default true).
includeSoldListings	Fetch the sold-90-days SRP for count + sample -> GMV (default true).
includeRecentFeedback	Include the 25 most recent feedback comments in the output (default true).
sampleListings	How many items to keep in each sample array (0-60, default 25).
maxConcurrency	Parallel sellers (default 5).
maxRetries	Per-URL retries for 429 / 5xx / parse errors (default 5).
rawOutput	If true, every record carries _raw.feedbackHtml for debugging.

Filters (post-fetch, mode 1 only)

Filters drop records before they are pushed and charged.

Filter	Description
minFeedbackScore	Drop sellers below this lifetime feedback score.
minPositivePercent	Drop sellers below this positive-feedback % (0-100).
countries	Allow-list of countries. Accepts ISO codes ("US", "UK", "DE") and full names.
mustBeTopRated	Drop everyone without the Top Rated Seller badge.
mustHaveStore	Drop everyone without an eBay Store.
mustBeBusinessSeller	Drop personal sellers, keep only registered businesses.
minMonthlyGmvEstimate	Drop sellers below this estimated monthly GMV.
minActiveListings	Drop sellers with fewer active listings than this.
minSoldLast90Days	Drop dormant sellers below this 90-day sold count.
tiers	Allow-list of tier labels: ["POWER_SELLER", "ENTERPRISE", "MEGA"].

Filtered records are not charged. A mustBeTopRated + countries=["US"] filter that drops 80 of 100 sellers cuts the bill by 80%.

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Input - mode 2: KEYWORD_SEARCH

{
  "mode": "KEYWORD_SEARCH",
  "keywords": ["iphone 15 pro max", "samsung galaxy s24 ultra"],
  "listingType": "SOLD",
  "daysToScrape": 30,
  "count": 100,
  "category": 9355,
  "sortOrder": "endedRecently",
  "minPrice": 400,
  "maxPrice": 1500,
  "condition": "USED",
  "ebaySite": "EBAY_US"
}

Field	Description
keywords	List of search phrases. Each becomes a separate /sch/i.html query.
listingType	SOLD (last 90 days, default), ACTIVE (live now), COMPLETED (sold or expired).
daysToScrape	How many days back to scan for SOLD/COMPLETED (1-90, default 30).
count	Max items per keyword (1-10000, default 100).
category	Optional eBay category ID (58058 = Electronics, 9355 = Cell Phones & Smartphones, 11450 = Clothing, 6000 = Motors, 267 = Books, etc.).
sortOrder	endedRecently, newlyListed, endingSoonest, priceLowest, priceHighest, bestMatch.
minPrice / maxPrice	Price range in marketplace currency.
condition	ANY, NEW, NEW_OTHER, MANUFACTURER_REFURBISHED, SELLER_REFURBISHED, USED, FOR_PARTS_NOT_WORKING.
itemLocation	DEFAULT, LOCAL_COUNTRY, WORLDWIDE.
detailedSearch	If true, fetch each /itm/{ID} page for full description and seller info. Roughly doubles cost and latency.

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Output - mode 1: SELLER_INTELLIGENCE

{
  "username": "musicmagpie",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.ebay.com/usr/musicmagpie",
  "feedbackProfileUrl": "https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedback_profile/musicmagpie",
  "ebaySite": "EBAY_US",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-11T12:00:00+00:00",

  "feedbackScore": 13775056,
  "feedbackStarTier": 12,
  "positiveFeedbackPercent": 99.1,
  "totalFeedbackReceived": 21131790,

  "memberSinceDate": "Feb-02-11",
  "memberSinceCountry": "United Kingdom",
  "isTopRated": true,
  "isIdVerified": true,
  "isBusinessSeller": true,
  "hasStore": true,
  "storeUrl": "https://stores.ebay.com/musicmagpie",

  "feedbackBreakdown": {
    "1m":  { "positive": 156496,  "neutral": 1105,  "negative": 715  },
    "6m":  { "positive": 871631,  "neutral": 6467,  "negative": 3735 },
    "12m": { "positive": 1565989, "neutral": 13459, "negative": 8594 }
  },
  "feedbackVelocity": {
    "feedbackPerDay30d":  5277.20,
    "feedbackPerDay180d": 4899.07,
    "feedbackPerDay365d": 4350.80
  },
  "detailedSellerRatings": [
    { "name": "Accurate description",     "rating": 4.9, "ratingsCount": 230861 },
    { "name": "Reasonable shipping cost", "rating": 5.0, "ratingsCount": 710415 },
    { "name": "Shipping speed",           "rating": 4.9, "ratingsCount": 270651 },
    { "name": "Communication",            "rating": 5.0, "ratingsCount": 627234 }
  ],

  "activeListingsCount": 190000,
  "activeListingsIsCapped": false,
  "activeListingsSample": [...3 items...],

  "soldLast90DaysCount": 93000,
  "soldSamplePriceStats": { "min": 3.01, "max": 7.39, "mean": 4.80, "median": 4.58 },
  "averageSoldPrice": 4.80,
  "gmv90dEstimate": 446400.00,
  "monthlyGmvEstimate": 148800.00,
  "annualGmvEstimate": 1785600.00,
  "soldVelocityPerDay": 1033.33,
  "currency": "USD",
  "gmvEstimateSource": "sold_90d",

  "sellThroughRate": 0.328,
  "repeatBuyerRatio": 0.3077,
  "tier": "MEGA",
  "tierSource": "sold_90d",

  "globalTier": "MEGA",
  "globalMonthlyGmvEstimate": 158316.00,
  "globalAnnualGmvEstimate": 1899792.00,
  "globalCurrency": "GBP",
  "sellerCurrency": "GBP",

  "recentFeedback": [...25 items...]
}

Three currencies explained

Field	Source	Meaning
currency	Most-common currency in sold-listings sample	What buyers see/pay on the chosen marketplace
globalCurrency	Most-common currency in recent feedback prices	Buyer-mix currency (e.g. CAD for a US seller with mostly Canadian buyers)
sellerCurrency	Derived from memberSinceCountry -> ISO	Seller's home-market currency (what they list in)

When currency and sellerCurrency differ, you're seeing a cross-border seller (e.g. US seller on EBAY_CA gets currency=CAD, sellerCurrency=USD).

Two tier perspectives

Field	Source	Use when
tier	sold-listings count on the chosen marketplace, or feedback velocity when sold is unavailable	Comparing marketplace-specific scale
globalTier	Always 30-day feedback velocity (global)	Comparing sellers across marketplaces

A UK MEGA seller queried via EBAY_US shows tier=SOLO (their US sold count is tiny) but globalTier=MEGA (worldwide they're huge).

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Output - mode 2: KEYWORD_SEARCH

One row per listing:

{
  "keyword": "iphone 15 pro max",
  "ebaySite": "EBAY_DE",
  "listingType": "SOLD",
  "listingId": "267659233833",
  "title": "Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max 256GB Titan Schwarz",
  "subtitle": "Gebraucht |",
  "priceText": "EUR 925,00",
  "priceAmount": 925,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "soldDate": "11. Mai 2026",
  "itemUrl": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/267659233833",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-11T12:00:00+00:00"
}

With detailedSearch=true rows also include seller (technical username) and detailTitle (full title from the listing page) plus the on-page sold counter.

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Seller-tier classification

tier and globalTier use a coarse label based on monthly sold volume:

Tier	Monthly sold	Profile
SOLO	0-5	Hobbyist, garage clean-out
SIDE_HUSTLE	6-49	Part-time arbitrageur
GROWING	50-249	Full-time individual
POWER_SELLER	250-999	Small business
ENTERPRISE	1 000-9 999	eBay Store / brand outlet
MEGA	10 000+	Top 0.1%

For tier, monthly_sold comes from sold-90d / 3 when available, or 30-day feedback velocity as fallback. globalTier always uses feedback velocity (cross-marketplace consistent).

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Use cases

• Competitor research - size up rivals before listing in their category
• Investor due diligence - verify GMV claims of acquisition targets
• Wholesale outreach - find Top-Rated power-sellers in your niche
• Price discovery - get the sold-price distribution for any product across 10 marketplaces (KEYWORD_SEARCH)
• Cross-marketplace arbitrage - same product, different marketplaces, compare prices in local currency
• Repricing engines - feed seller velocity data into dynamic pricing
• Trend monitoring - track DSR drift across a panel of competitors
• Brand protection - detect counterfeit-seller patterns by feedback velocity

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Pricing

Tiered pay-per-event. You pay only for what you fetch.

SELLER_INTELLIGENCE mode

Event	Price	What you get	Charged when
seller_profile	$5 / 1k	Username, lifetime feedback, %, 1m/6m/12m matrix, DSR, badges, country, recent feedback, repeat-buyer ratio, feedback velocity, seller tier, globalTier + globalGmv	Always (per pushed record)
seller_active_summary	+$3 / 1k	Active listings count + sample	When includeActiveListings=true and the fetch succeeded
seller_sold_intelligence	+$7 / 1k	90-day sold count, sample, GMV estimate (monthly/annual), sold velocity, sell-through rate	When includeSoldListings=true and the fetch succeeded
Bundled max	$15 / 1k	All of the above	When all three fetches succeeded

Mode	Per-1k cost	Use case
Profile-only (includeActiveListings=false, includeSoldListings=false)	$5	Bulk reputation lookup
Profile + active	$8	Wholesale-outreach prospecting
Profile + sold + GMV	$12	Investor due diligence
Full intelligence	$15	Competitor research

KEYWORD_SEARCH mode

Event	Price	Charged when
listing_item	$1 / 1k	One per pushed listing

Failed sub-fetches and filtered records are not charged.

Apify's free $5 monthly credit covers ~330 full-bundle seller profiles or ~5 000 keyword-search listings.

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Anti-bot resilience

• Marketplace + feedback proxy separation - marketplace requests use a country-matched residential IP (EBAY_DE -> DE proxy) so eBay returns local-inventory listings instead of "ships to US" filtered results. Feedback requests always go through a US IP so eBay.com returns the seller's home currency without display-conversion.
• 3 independent retry budgets - proxy errors (5), bot-wall challenges (5), and transient HTTP errors (5) all have separate counters.
• Soft-block detection - degraded SRP layouts (cards rendered but count heading missing) trigger an IP rotation.
• Signin-redirect detection - eBay's "Sign in to see sold history" redirect is caught and retried with a fresh IP.
• Multilingual sold markers - Sold / Verkauft / Vendu(e)s? / Vendut[oaie] / Vendido(s)? / Verkocht.
• Locale-tolerant numbers - _to_int accepts US (1,234), DE/IT/ES (1.234), FR/NL (1 234), and non-breaking-space (1\xa0234) thousand separators.

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Run locally

git clone <repo>
cd ebay-seller-intelligence
pip install -r requirements.txt
apify run                    # uses storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json
# or
python -m src

Deploy

npm install -g apify-cli      # requires Node.js 22+
apify login                   # or: apify login --token YOUR_API_TOKEN

deploy.bat                    # Windows
./deploy.sh                   # macOS / Linux / WSL

The deploy script verifies the Apify CLI is installed, that you're logged in, and that .actor/actor.json exists before pushing. On success it opens the Actor's page in your browser.

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FAQ

Q: Do I need an eBay developer / Trading API key? No. The actor extracts only publicly visible data - exactly what any visitor to ebay.com can see.

Q: Why are some counts shown as "10,000+" or "4,000+"? Those are eBay's own display caps on its search UI. The actor surfaces a *IsCapped flag and treats the headline number as a floor.

Q: Can I get the actual sales of every item, not a sample? For SELLER mode, the actor captures up to 60 sold-listings sample by default. For full per-item dumps use KEYWORD_SEARCH mode with count=10000.

Q: Which marketplaces are supported? US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, CA, AU, IE, NL. Set ebaySite accordingly.

Q: How fast is it? ~3-6 seconds per seller (mode 1). ~5-15 seconds per 240-item page (mode 2). With maxConcurrency: 10 you can profile 1 000 sellers in ~10 minutes.

Q: What happens if a username/URL doesn't exist? The actor pushes {"username": "...", "ebaySite": "...", "error": "..."} and continues. Failures never abort the run.

Q: Can I integrate with Make / Zapier / n8n / Google Sheets? Yes. Apify provides native integrations and webhooks for all major automation platforms.

Q: Why does currency differ from sellerCurrency? Cross-border seller. currency is what buyers see on the chosen marketplace (e.g. CAD on EBAY_CA), sellerCurrency is the seller's home-market currency (e.g. USD for a US seller). Both are useful - one for marketplace context, one for seller home view.

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Tags

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