Makro SA Scraper: Prices, Specials, Deals & Sellers

Get products from Makro South Africa (makro.co.za) as structured data: prices, was-prices, discounts, More4Less (Buy More, Save More) deals, ratings and stock, and on request the seller, delivery estimate, category path and specifications. Groceries, liquor, household, appliances, electronics and more, including marketplace sellers. Search by keyword, open any category or filtered listing, or give product links. Requests go through South African home internet connections.

What it does

• Searches like the site's search box, reads any category or filtered listing link (filters and sort in the link are kept) and single products.
• Returns, for every product: price, was-price and saving, More4Less flag, star rating and rating count, stock status, brand, pack size, unit price per kg, litre or item for groceries and household products, category, key specifications, image and link.
• Read each product's page (optional): adds the seller (Makro or the marketplace seller), the delivery estimate, the full category path, all specifications and the full deal text with its end date ("Buy any 2 at R 358.00, ends 26th October 2026"), at the same price per product.
• Specials only: returns just the discounted products.
• Out-of-stock products can be included (Makro hides them by default).

Who uses it

• Retailers, wholesalers and spaza or tuck-shop suppliers comparing Makro's bulk and promotional prices.
• Marketplace sellers watching competitors' prices, discounts and ratings on makro.co.za.
• Price comparison and deal sites in South Africa.
• Brands checking how their products are priced and promoted, and which sellers carry them.

Example

The search "kettle" and one product link, with product pages read, on 4 October 2026 (7 products in 13 seconds):

Product	Price	Was	Seller	Delivery	Deal
Jacobs Kronung Instant Coffee 200 g	R198.95		Makro	by 06 Oct	Buy any 2 at R 358.00 (R179 each), ends 26 Oct 2026
DEFY WK5100JS Electric Kettle	R299	R399	DefyAppliancesPTYLTD	by 06 Oct
Russell Hobbs Illumina Glass Beverage Maker	R599	R699	NicheLiving	by 06 Oct
Black & Decker MBF90-B5 Electric Kettle	R999	R1,399	DVM International SA	by 06 Oct
Condere 48L Urn Beverage Maker	R990	R1,499	One collections	by 10 Oct

All six kettles in the search were sold by marketplace sellers rather than by Makro itself.

Other test runs the same day:

• 20 everyday search terms, up to 60 products each, listings only: 1,127 products in 38 seconds, no failed or blocked requests.
• 350 products of one search ("coffee", 7,467 on the site) in 25 seconds.
• Specials only for coffee and chocolate: 61 products; out-of-stock products included for "coffee": 8 of 200 marked not deliverable.

Input

{
  "searchTerms": ["coffee", "kettle"],
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.makro.co.za/food-products/coffee-powder/pr?sid=eat,dui" }],
  "maxItemsPerSource": 100,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "specialsOnly": false,
  "includeOutOfStock": false
}

Field	What it does
searchTerms	Words to search for.
startUrls	Search (/search?q=coffee), category or filtered listing (/food-products/coffee-powder/pr?sid=eat,dui) or product (any .../p/itm...?pid=... link), or a bare product id (COFHFSYFAYQUHSGX).
maxItemsPerSource	Products per search term or URL (default 100). A product link gives one.
maxItems	Products in total for the run; 0 means no total limit.
includeDetails	Also read each product's page (seller, delivery estimate, category path, specifications, full deal).
specialsOnly	Only discounted products.
includeOutOfStock	Also list products Makro shows as out of stock or not deliverable.
sort	relevance (default), popularity, price_low or price_high.
proxyConfiguration, maxConcurrency	Advanced: South African residential connections by default; requests at once (default 5).

Output

One row per product. This row is from the example above (product page read, specifications shortened):

{
  "retailer": "Makro",
  "productId": "COFHFSYFAYQUHSGX",
  "sku": "ITMB371E9FA288F5",
  "barcode": null,
  "name": "Jacobs Kronung Instant Coffee",
  "brand": "Jacobs",
  "size": "200 g",
  "sizeValue": 200.0,
  "sizeUnit": "g",
  "packCount": 1,
  "soldByWeight": null,
  "price": 198.95,
  "currency": "ZAR",
  "wasPrice": null,
  "promoPrice": null,
  "onSpecial": true,
  "savings": null,
  "unitPrice": 994.75,
  "unitPriceUnit": "kg",
  "loyaltyPrice": null,
  "loyaltyProgram": null,
  "loyaltyValidFrom": null,
  "loyaltyValidUntil": null,
  "promotions": [
    {
      "text": "Buy any 2 at R 358.00",
      "type": "Buy More, Save More",
      "memberOnly": false,
      "promoUnitPrice": 179.0,
      "minQuantity": 2,
      "description": "JACOBS 200G (All Variants) Excl Decaf",
      "endsOn": "26th October 2026",
      "promotionId": "nb:mp:06dbb1d125"
    }
  ],
  "inStock": true,
  "stockStatus": "In stock",
  "stockQuantity": null,
  "category": "Food Products > Coffee Powder > Jacobs Coffee Powder",
  "categories": ["Food Products", "Coffee Powder", "Jacobs Coffee Powder"],
  "imageUrl": "https://www.makro.co.za/asset/rukmini/fccp/832/832/ng-fkpublic-ui-user-fbbe/coffee/c/c/x/-original-imah9zhxy7zptdru.jpeg?q=70",
  "url": "https://www.makro.co.za/jacobs-kronung-instant-coffee/p/itmb371e9fa288f5",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "reviewCount": 239,
  "seller": "Makro",
  "deliveryEstimate": "Delivery by 06 Oct",
  "store": null,
  "position": 1,
  "sourceType": "product",
  "sourceValue": "https://www.makro.co.za/jacobs-kronung-instant-coffee/p/itmb371e9fa288f5?pid=COFHFSYFAYQUHSGX&lid=LSTCOFHFSYFAYQUHSGXI96XNE",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-04T16:12:47Z",
  "listingId": "LSTCOFHFSYFAYQUHSGXI96XNE",
  "subtitle": "200 g",
  "sellerId": "155410923f68483e",
  "attributes": { "Brand": "Jacobs", "Quantity": "200 g", "Container Type": "Glass Bottle", "Shelf Life": "36 Month" },
  "detailsIncluded": true
}

• wasPrice is Makro's crossed-out price; promotions holds the More4Less (Buy More, Save More) deal with the price per item it works out to and its end date when product pages are read. In listings a More4Less product is flagged without the deal's text.
• reviewCount is the number of ratings.
• seller, deliveryEstimate (for Makro's default delivery area, Sandton 2157) and the full category path come from product pages.
• unitPrice is given for groceries, household and personal-care products; for appliances and other goods a size is a capacity, so no unit price is given.
• All prices are in rand, VAT included. (Makro's platform labels amounts INR internally; the site shows rand.)

Use it from code, automations and AI agents

• API: run it and get the results in one call: POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zaiq~makro-sa-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN with the input as JSON. The API tab on this page has ready-made Python, JavaScript and cURL examples.
• Python (pip install apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("zaiq/makro-sa-scraper").call(run_input={'searchTerms': ['coffee', 'kettle'], 'startUrls': [{'url': 'https://www.makro.co.za/food-products/coffee-powder/pr?sid=eat,dui'}], 'maxItemsPerSource': 20})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

• No code: connect it to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make or n8n from the Integrations tab, schedule runs in Apify Console, and get a webhook when a run finishes.
• AI agents (MCP): add it as a tool to Claude, Cursor or any MCP client through Apify's MCP server: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=zaiq/makro-sa-scraper.

Pricing

$4.00 per 1,000 products ($0.004 per product row), with or without product pages. Apify's platform usage is included.

Each product row is one charged event. Failed, blocked and empty pages, retries and duplicates are free. Your spending limit is respected: the run stops cleanly before going over it.

Limits

• Makro does not publish barcodes, so barcode is empty.
• Delivery estimates are for Makro's default delivery area; store-by-store stock is not shown online.
• Some searches are narrowed by Makro to one product type (for example "toilet paper" lists 26 products); a category link reaches the rest.
• No member (mRewards) prices appear in Makro's online product data, so loyaltyPrice is empty.
• Use the data in line with Makro's terms and South African law. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Makro or Massmart.

FAQ

Does it include marketplace sellers? Yes. Listings include every seller's products; read product pages to get the seller's name in seller (the listing gives only sellerId).

Why is reading product pages optional? It is one more, larger request per product, so runs take longer: 30 products took 26 seconds in testing against a few seconds for 30 listings. The price per product is the same.

Can I keep the site's filters? Yes. Filter and sort on makro.co.za, copy the link and put it in the URLs.