eBay Bid History Tracker

Track live eBay auctions over time. From a keyword, a search URL, or specific item IDs, this actor snapshots each auction's current price, number of bids, and time remaining — run it on a schedule and you get a bid-history timeline you can use to measure bidding activity and velocity as auctions head toward their close.

eBay no longer shows public watch counts, so the reliable demand signal for an auction is its bid count together with the current price and time left. That is exactly what this actor captures, snapshot by snapshot.

Why use this actor

• No account, no login, no API key — just give it keywords, search URLs, or item IDs.
• Bid velocity tracking — schedule repeated runs and compare snapshots to see how fast bids and price are climbing before an auction ends.
• Two ways in — search live auctions in bulk, or watch a hand-picked list of specific items.
• Clean, structured output — every record has the item ID, title, current price, bid count, and time left, ready for spreadsheets, databases, or pipelines.
• Works across eBay sites — www.ebay.com, ebay.co.uk, ebay.de, and more.
• Runs itself — automatic retries, no scrapers or browsers to babysit.

How it works

1. Pick a mode: search (find live auctions from keywords or search URLs) or item (snapshot specific items you already know).
2. The actor opens each auction the way a shopper would and reads the live figures: current price, how many bids have been placed, and how long is left.
3. Each auction becomes one row in your dataset, timestamped so you can line up snapshots from different runs.
4. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull straight from the dataset via API.

You do not manage any of the collection machinery — no scrapers, no browsers, and no blocks to work around.

Input

Search mode (default)

{
    "mode": "search",
    "searchQueries": ["rolex"],
    "searchUrls": ["https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=gold+coin&LH_Auction=1&_sop=1"],
    "siteDomain": "www.ebay.com",
    "maxItemsPerSearch": 60,
    "maxItems": 200,
    "maxConcurrency": 3
}

Item mode

{
    "mode": "item",
    "itemUrls": ["https://www.ebay.com/itm/127948260714", "206390032340"],
    "siteDomain": "www.ebay.com",
    "maxItems": 200
}

Field	Type	Description
mode	string	search (find auctions) or item (snapshot specific items). Default search.
searchQueries	array	Keywords to search live auctions for. Each becomes an "ending soonest" auction search.
searchUrls	array	Full eBay search URLs. The auction-only filter is applied automatically.
itemUrls	array	Item page URLs or bare item IDs (item mode).
siteDomain	string	eBay site to use. Default www.ebay.com; also ebay.co.uk, ebay.de, etc.
maxItemsPerSearch	integer	Cap snapshots per keyword / search URL. 0 = all available.
maxItems	integer	Overall cap for the run. 0 = no limit.
maxConcurrency	integer	How many searches / items to process at once.
proxyConfiguration	object	Residential proxy recommended; match the country to your eBay site.

Output

Search mode — one row per live auction

{
    "_input": "rolex",
    "_scrapedAt": "2026-07-10T00:51:01Z",
    "_source": "S1-search",
    "recordType": "AUCTION_SNAPSHOT",
    "itemId": "206390032340",
    "title": "Ladies Vintage Rolex Oysterdate Precision Watch Ref 6406 Oyster Flex Bracelet",
    "currency": "IDR",
    "currentPrice": 12033352.0,
    "currentPriceText": "IDR12,033,352.00",
    "bidCount": 21,
    "timeLeftText": "7h 1m",
    "condition": "Pre-Owned · Rolex",
    "url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/206390032340"
}

The currency above is IDR because this sample was captured from an Indonesian IP. On the cloud with a US Residential proxy, a www.ebay.com run reports US dollars ("currency": "USD", "currentPriceText": "US $..."). The field always tells you the currency.

Item mode — one detailed snapshot per item

{
    "_input": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/206390032340",
    "_scrapedAt": "2026-07-10T00:51:09Z",
    "_source": "S1-item",
    "recordType": "ITEM_SNAPSHOT",
    "itemId": "206390032340",
    "title": "Ladies Vintage Rolex Oysterdate Precision Watch Ref 6406 Oyster Flex Bracelet",
    "currency": "IDR",
    "currentPrice": 12033352.0,
    "currentPriceText": "IDR12,033,352.00",
    "bidCount": 21,
    "isAuction": true,
    "timeLeftText": "7h 1m",
    "seller": "Las Vegas Jewelry and Coin",
    "sellerFeedback": 39215,
    "sellerPositivePct": 100.0,
    "condition": "Pre-owned - Good",
    "url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/206390032340"
}

Field	Type	Description
_input	string	The keyword, URL, or ID this record came from.
_scrapedAt	string	UTC timestamp of the snapshot (line snapshots up across runs by this).
_source	string	Which collection path produced the row (S1-search / S1-item).
recordType	string	AUCTION_SNAPSHOT (search) or ITEM_SNAPSHOT (item).
itemId	string	eBay item number.
title	string	Listing title.
currency	string	Currency of the price (follows the eBay site / region).
currentPrice	number	Current bid / price as a number.
currentPriceText	string	The price exactly as shown on eBay.
bidCount	integer	Number of bids placed so far — the demand signal to track over time.
timeLeftText	string	Time remaining as shown (e.g. 7h 1m, 27s, <1m).
isAuction	boolean	(Item mode) whether the listing is an auction.
seller	string	(Item mode) seller name / store.
sellerFeedback	integer	(Item mode) seller feedback score.
sellerPositivePct	number	(Item mode) seller positive-feedback percentage.
condition	string	Item condition (e.g. Pre-owned - Good).
url	string	Direct link to the item.

Notes & limits

• Track bids over time. A single run is one snapshot. To measure bid velocity, run the actor on a schedule (for example every 15–30 minutes while auctions are open) and compare bidCount and currentPrice across the timestamped rows.
• Sort by ending soonest. Keyword searches automatically use eBay's "ending soonest" order, so the auctions most likely to already have bids come first.
• Volume per search. eBay shows a few dozen results per search page; use several keywords or search URLs for broader coverage.
• Prices are in the site's currency. A www.ebay.com run may show US dollars or the seller's local currency depending on the listing; currency always tells you which.
• Proxy recommendation. Use Residential proxy and match the country to your eBay site (for example US for www.ebay.com) for the most reliable results on the cloud.