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Web Scraping eBay

The company eBay, founded in September 1995 by Pierre Omidyar, is an online auction site where one can buy a wide variety of items below their market value, but not only that. There are indeed two methods for purchasing products on eBay: either one can immediately buy the item at a fixed price, or one can also bid on a chosen item and try to win it at a lower price. Any adult registered on the eBay site in their country can participate in auctions from all countries and buy or sell new or, more often, used goods.

Regarding its visibility on the web, eBay is not necessarily well-referenced, as one needs to specifically search for "buy pants on eBay" to find the site. As for reviews on Trustpilot, the online auction site has a rating of 1.3 (bad).

Why should you scrape on eBay

To find out where eBay resellers are getting and selling high-end products, we need to track down the products using codes like EAN or other identifying numbers. This will help us figure out the source websites and calculate the profit margin for these resellers.
Identify the products by analyzing the items tracked in the "Events and Promotions" category, as well as their starting prices.

Scraped page

Here's one of the pages that you can scrape with our eBay Scraper:

On this page, you can see that we will scrape information about a car stereo (autoradio) from the eBay website. You can view its price, description, various images, and details about the autoradio, as well as the categories or specifications to which the product belongs.

Returned JSON

And here you can see the JSON that is returned after scraping with Scraping Bot:

{
    "data": {
        "title": "Peugeot 407 MP3 GSM CD Autoradio Radio Navigation 96614505YP RT3 + ÉCRAN LCD",
        "description": "Les meilleures offres pour Peugeot 407 MP3 GSM CD Autoradio Radio Navigation 96614505YP RT3 + DISPLAY LCD sont sur ✓ Comparez les prix et les spécificités des produits neufs et d 'occasion ✓ Pleins d 'articles en livraison gratuite!",
        "image": "https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZAIAAOSwg2FbWDLZ/s-l400.jpg",
        "price": 399.99,
        "shippingFees": null,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "isInStock": true,
        "EAN13": null,
        "ASIN": null,
        "ISBN": null,
        "color": null,
        "brand": null,
        "category": {
            "name": "Unités principales systèmes stéréo",
            "url": "https://www.ebay.fr/b/Unites-principales-de-systemes-stereo-pour-vehicules/174119/bn_16552220"
        },
        "categories": [
            {
                "name": "eBay",
                "url": "https://www.ebay.fr"
            },
            {
                "name": "Auto, moto - pièces, accessoires",
                "url": "https://www.ebay.fr/b/Pieces-et-accessoires-pour-auto-et-moto/131090/bn_16576168"
            },
            {
                "name": "Autoradios, Hi-Fi, vidéo, GPS",
                "url": "https://www.ebay.fr/b/Autoradios-Hi-Fi-video-et-GPS-pour-vehicule/38635/bn_16552218"
            },
            {
                "name": "Multimédia embarqué",
                "url": "https://www.ebay.fr/b/Multimedia-embarque-pour-vehicule/171101/bn_7037186313"
            },
            {
                "name": "Unités principales systèmes stéréo",
                "url": "https://www.ebay.fr/b/Unites-principales-de-systemes-stereo-pour-vehicules/174119/bn_16552220"
            }
        ],
        "siteURL": "https://www.ebay.fr/itm/163166570303",
        "siteHtml": null,
        "productHasVariations": null,
        "statusCode": 200,
        "isFinished": null,
        "isDead": null,
        "htmlLength": 502201,
        "captchaFound": false,
        "isHtmlPage": true,
        "host": "www.ebay.fr",
        "deliveryDate": "",
        "originalPrice": null
    }
}

With our eBay scraper, you can extract data from a diverse range of product listings on the platform. Capture details such as item names, prices, and explore the extensive offerings available on eBay. Scraping eBay allows you to navigate through different categories, understand pricing dynamics, and gain insights into the variety of products listed on the platform.

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eBay

Web Scraping eBay

Why should you scrape on eBay

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Scraped page

Returned JSON