# E-commerce Profit Finder (`mrprince90/ecommerce-profit-finder`) Actor

Find profitable e-commerce opportunities by comparing public product prices, catalog signals, and demand trends.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mrprince90/ecommerce-profit-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Mr Prince](https://apify.com/mrprince90) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## E-commerce Profit Finder

**Find profitable product opportunities by analyzing pricing, demand signals, and competition across multiple sources. Identify products with high margin potential.**

### 🎯 Why This Matters

Finding profitable products to sell is the hardest part of e-commerce. This Actor automates product research across categories, giving you data-driven profit estimates in minutes.

#### Questions this answers:

- ✅ What products have the highest profit potential in my category?
- ✅ What are competitors pricing similar products at?
- ✅ Is there demand for this product (search volume, reviews)?
- ✅ What's the estimated profit margin after all costs?
- ✅ Which product categories have the best margin potential?

### ✨ Features

| Feature | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| **Multi-Source Data** | Combines pricing, demand, and competition data |
| **Profit Margin Estimation** | Calculates estimated margin based on price benchmarks |
| **Demand Scoring** | 0-100 demand signal based on search and review volume |
| **Profit Score (0-100)** | Composite score: margin + demand + competition |
| **Category Analysis** | Compare opportunities across different categories |

### 💰 Pricing Plan (Pay-Per-Event)

| Event | Price |
|-------|-------|
| Per keyword/category search | $0.005 |
| Full market scan | $0.02 |
| Weekly trending products | $0.01/run |

### 🚀 Use Cases

- **E-commerce Sellers**: Find your next winning product
- **Arbitrage & Reselling**: Identify underpriced products
- **Product Managers**: Understand pricing landscape in your category
- **Retail Buyers**: Validate product-market fit before ordering

***

**Find products people want — at prices they'll buy.**

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Product keywords to research. Examples: 'wireless earbuds', 'mechanical keyboard', 'smart watch'.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of profit opportunities to return.

## `minProfitMargin` (type: `integer`):

Only include items at or above this estimated gross margin when possible.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "electronics"
  ],
  "maxResults": 3,
  "minProfitMargin": 20
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mrprince90/ecommerce-profit-finder").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mrprince90/ecommerce-profit-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call mrprince90/ecommerce-profit-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mrprince90/ecommerce-profit-finder",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/1WIbApSDEsrZVzd75/builds/KYsFr1GYpLhbuUgDb/openapi.json