InStockTrades Scraper - Discount Graphic Novels & Manga Deals
Pricing
Pay per usage
InStockTrades Scraper - Discount Graphic Novels & Manga Deals
Scrape InStockTrades (instocktrades.com) discount graphic novels, trade paperbacks & manga. Get title, publisher, writer, artist, IST price, list price, discount %, availability, release date, image and URL for Batman, Marvel, manga and thousands more.
InStockTrades Scraper — Discount Graphic Novels, Trades & Manga
Scrape InStockTrades — one of the largest discount retailers of trade paperbacks, graphic novels, hardcovers and manga (up to 42% off list price). Search any title and get structured pricing and product data: current IST price, publisher list price (SRP), discount %, publisher, writer/artist credits, availability, release date, cover image and product URL.
What it does
For each search query, the actor scrapes InStockTrades search results (40 products per page, with pagination) and optionally enriches every product from its detail page.
Output fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
title | Product title (e.g. "Batman Detective Comics (2022) TP Vol 04") |
publisher | Publisher (DC Comics, Marvel, Image, Viz Media, ...) — detail pages |
writer | Writer credit(s) |
artist | Artist credit(s) |
coverArtist | Cover artist |
price | Discounted InStockTrades price (USD) |
listPrice | Publisher list price / SRP (USD) |
discount / discountPercent | Discount off list (e.g. "40% off" / 40) |
availability | In Stock (site only lists in-stock items) or Coming Soon |
releaseDate | Expected release date for coming-soon items |
format | Softcover / Hardcover (detail pages) |
pageCount | Page count (detail pages) |
productCode | Diamond product code (e.g. AUG247251) |
upc | UPC / ISBN (detail pages) |
description | Solicitation text |
imageUrl | Cover image URL |
url | Product page URL |
Input
{"searchQueries": ["batman", "one piece"],"maxItems": 40,"scrapeDetails": true}
- searchQueries — list of search terms (series, character, creator, publisher).
- maxItems — max products per query (~40 per results page).
- scrapeDetails — fetch each product page for publisher, format, page count, UPC and full description. Turn off for faster, listing-only scrapes (creators and prices still included).
- proxyConfiguration — US residential proxy by default (the site blocks datacenter IPs).
Example record
{"title": "Batman Detective Comics (2022) TP Vol 04 Gotham Nocturne Intermezzo Batman Outlaw","publisher": "DC Comics","writer": "Ram V, Dan Watters","artist": "Various","coverArtist": "Evan Cagle","price": 11.99,"listPrice": 19.99,"discount": "40% off","discountPercent": 40,"availability": "In Stock","format": "Softcover","pageCount": 200,"productCode": "AUG247251","upc": "9781779529459","imageUrl": "https://media.instocktrades.com/small/AUG247251.jpg","url": "https://www.instocktrades.com/products/aug247251/batman-detective-comics-(2022)-tp-vol-04-gotham-nocturne-intermezzo-batman-outlaw"}
Use cases
- Deal hunting & price tracking — monitor discounts on comics, omnibuses and manga.
- Price comparison — compare IST prices vs list price or other retailers.
- Collection tooling — pull structured metadata (creators, publisher, UPC, format).
- Restock / new release alerts — the site only lists in-stock items, so presence = availability.
Notes
- Data comes from server-rendered public pages; no login required.
- Coming-soon items (preorders) have no price yet — the actor returns their expected release date instead.