# Marketplace Flip Finder (`seeb/marketplace-flip-finder`) Actor

Score public local marketplace and classified listings for resale opportunities using asking price, category, location, and comp keywords.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seeb/marketplace-flip-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Techionik](https://apify.com/seeb) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 flip opportunity rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **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

## Marketplace Flip Finder

<p align="center"><img src="https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/dMvcRKFPcfKXiITSx/records/marketplace-flip-finder.svg" alt="Marketplace Flip Finder logo" width="720"></p>

Score public local marketplace and classified listings for resale opportunities using asking price, category, location, and comp keywords.

This actor is built for fast public-data runs with strict result caps, request timeouts, guarded error handling, and useful paid-result rows.

### What You Get

- structured source-backed rows
- signal or opportunity scoring where enough public data is available
- source issue notices in the key-value store when a page is blocked, login-only, unavailable, or empty
- monitoring support for new or changed rows
- clean exports through Apify datasets, API, CSV, Excel, JSON, and integrations

### Profit And Cost Control

- Use low result caps for tests.
- The actor stops before the configured runtime guard.
- Failed public pages are recorded as run notices instead of crashing the run or creating paid dataset rows.
- Pricing should be set per delivered useful row, not per raw page attempt.

### Notes

- Works only with public pages and public APIs available during the run.
- Some platforms may limit public access or return less data without login.
- This package is the Techionik variant of the fb-marketplace-flips product line, with account-specific metadata.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Optional public listing or sold-comp URLs.

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

Optional item keywords such as Pokemon cards, action figures, DVD box sets, or vintage toys.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Optional USA collectible categories. Leave empty to use the built-in category set.

## `maxCategories` (type: `integer`):

Maximum built-in categories to scan in one run.

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

Maximum dataset rows to write. Keep low for tests to control cloud cost.

## `monitorChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Save a snapshot and compare future runs.

## `onlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):

When monitoring is enabled, output only new or changed rows.

## `maxRunSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Hard runtime guard to avoid timeout and spend surprises.

## `requestTimeoutSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Timeout per public HTTP request.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [],
  "keywords": [
    "pokemon cards",
    "action figures",
    "dvd box sets"
  ],
  "categories": [],
  "maxCategories": 5,
  "maxResults": 25,
  "monitorChanges": false,
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "maxRunSeconds": 180,
  "requestTimeoutSeconds": 15
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Open the default dataset to view structured rows, source URLs, scores, and scraped timestamps.

# 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("seeb/marketplace-flip-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("seeb/marketplace-flip-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 seeb/marketplace-flip-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/o3uUYkKRA0whrpwqJ/builds/Bs6Meqzu8UDbppFfW/openapi.json