eBay Scraper

Extract listings from ebay.com at scale, in a clean, consistent structure ready for price monitoring, market research, catalogue analysis and resale tooling. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🎯 Built for ebay.com

A dedicated global scraper tuned for ebay.com — its categories, price formats and currency (USD), not a generic tool pointed at it.

💶 Structured pricing

Current price as a clean number in USD, plus discounts and previous prices where the source shows them. Items without a published price return null, never a guess.

🤝 Seller and condition

Seller details and item condition in structured fields, ready for filtering.

⭐ Review signals

Average rating and review count for every item that has them.

🖼️ Photos

Photo URLs for every listing where the source publishes them.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
market	string	"us"	eBay marketplace to scrape. Ignored when Start URLs are provided.
searchQuery	string	"vintage camera"	Keyword to search, e.g. "vintage camera".
searchQueries	array	(empty)	Run several keyword searches in one job. Each keyword is searched separately. Combines with the single Search query field.
listingType	string	"active"	Scrape active listings, sold/completed listings, or both.
condition	string	"any"	Filter by item condition (server-side).
minPrice	integer	(empty)	Only listings at or above this price (marketplace currency).
maxPrice	integer	(empty)	Only listings at or below this price (marketplace currency).
sortOrder	string	"bestMatch"	How eBay orders results. Price sorts include shipping.
buyItNowOnly	boolean	false	Exclude auctions — fixed-price listings only.
freeShippingOnly	boolean	false	Only listings with free shipping.
itemLocation	string	"any"	Filter by item location relative to the marketplace.
maxDaysBack	integer	(empty)	Sold listings only. Keep items sold within the last N days — ideal for recent price comps. Leave blank for all available sold listings.
startUrls	array	(empty)	eBay search URLs. Overrides Marketplace/Search. Market auto-detected per URL. Add &LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1 for sold listings.
maxResults	integer	5	Maximum listings to return. Set to 0 for unlimited.
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]}	Residential proxy required — eBay blocks datacenter IPs.

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Output schema

Every field below is present on every record. Fields the source does not publish for a given item are returned as null rather than omitted.

Field	Type	Description
itemId	string	eBay item number.
title	string	Listing title.
price	number	Price in the marketplace's native currency.
buyerPrice	number	Total a buyer pays: item price + shipping. The number that decides a flip.
currency	string	Currency code (USD, GBP, EUR, etc.).
condition	string	Item condition, e.g. Brand New, Pre-Owned, Refurbished.
buyingFormat	string	Buy It Now, Best Offer, or Auction.
bids	number	Number of bids (auction listings).
timeLeft	string	Time remaining (auction listings), e.g. "3d 18h".
rating	string	Product rating out of 5 (listings with aggregated reviews).
reviewCount	string	Number of product ratings.
soldCount	string	Number sold (active listings with a sold count).
soldDate	string	Date the item sold (sold listings only).
shipping	string	Shipping label, or "Free".
shippingCost	number	Shipping cost as a number (0 if free, null if unspecified).
freeReturns	boolean	Listing offers free returns.
sponsored	boolean	Sponsored placement in search results.
topRatedSeller	boolean	Carries eBay's Top Rated listing badge.
location	string	Item location.
url	string	Listing URL.
image	string	Primary image URL.
market	string	Marketplace code.
source	string	Source marketplace domain.
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp.
listingType	string	active or sold.

Example record

{
  "itemId": "278082692644",
  "title": "Rollei 35MM Compact 35MM Camera being sold AS IS",
  "price": 724.03,
  "buyerPrice": 1101.38,
  "currency": "USD",
  "condition": null,
  "buyingFormat": "Best Offer",
  "bids": null,
  "timeLeft": null,
  "rating": null,
  "reviewCount": null,
  "soldCount": null,
  "soldDate": null,
  "shipping": "+R$ 377.35 shipping",
  "shippingCost": 377.35,
  "freeReturns": false,
  "sponsored": true,
  "topRatedSeller": false,
  "location": null,
  "url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/278082692644",
  "image": "https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/H9gAAeSwbqtqLIfU/s-l500.jpg",
  "market": "us",
  "source": "ebay.com",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-27T12:31:28.856Z",
  "listingType": "active"
}

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Examples

Search for vintage camera:

{
  "searchQuery": "vintage camera",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Cap the price:

{
  "searchQuery": "vintage camera",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxPrice": 39.99
}

Scrape a specific search URL:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_nkw=kamera&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1"
    }
  ],
  "maxResults": 200
}

Daily monitoring (run on a schedule):

{
  "searchQuery": "vintage camera",
  "maxDaysBack": 1,
  "maxResults": 500
}

Schedule this input to run once a day in the Apify Scheduler — each run returns only items listed in the last 24 hours.

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💰 Pricing

$1.99 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.20
1,000	~$1.99
10,000	~$19.90
100,000	~$199

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Subscription tiers lower the rate further, down to $1.69 per 1,000 at the highest tier. Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Typical time
100 results	under 1 minute
1,000 results	2–4 minutes
10,000 results	20–35 minutes

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Known limitations

• Some fields (brand, condition, shipping) are only returned when the seller or source publishes them — expect null on a share of records.
• Prices and stock change constantly; records reflect the moment of scraping.
• Very large result sets are bounded by the source's own paging limits.
• Items can sell or be withdrawn at any time, so a small share of URLs may expire shortly after scraping.

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Technical details

• Source: ebay.com
• Coverage: everything the public search exposes, filterable via the input parameters above
• Retry: automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff

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