# Countdown API, free: eBay search API

> Request search results for a search_term or Ebay search results page url.

Countdown API's eBay search API on its Free trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns all 7 key fields we check: Price, Condition, Buying format, Sold count, Shipping, Seller feedback, Sponsored.
We ran Countdown API in [our eBay search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-ebay-search-api.txt). We didn't score any Countdown API plan.
This plan is free. We rank 152 plans for eBay search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.445 per 1,000 searches or less.
[Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-ebay-search/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 searches: $0.15.
[PerceptLayer](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/perceptlayer/399-pack/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt) and [Spidra](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/spidra/249-monthly-pro-post-scrape/llms.txt) are the best eBay search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/free
- [eBay search API: 8 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-ebay-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.countdownapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.countdownapi.com/request`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.countdownapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.trajectdata.com/countdownapi/ebay-product-data-api/parameters/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Countdown API (https://www.countdownapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Price: ✓
- Condition: ✓
- Buying format: ✓
- Sold count: ✓
- Shipping: ✓
- Seller feedback: ✓
- Sponsored: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: page of 240
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Product · Reviews · Autocomplete · Deals · Seller Profile · Seller Feedback

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Request search results for a search_term or Ebay search results page url.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: ScraperAPI hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, personal, non-transferrable, non-sublicensable, non-assignable license to access and use the Service [...] solely for your personal use on a Device that you own or control. [...] You may not: (i) cause, permit or authorize the modification, copying, creation of derivative works, translation, reverse engineering, decomplication, disassembly, or hacking of the Service, (ii) sell, assign, rent, lease, or grant rights in the Service, including, without limitation, through sublicense, to any other person or entity, or (iii) use the Service for any unlawful, prohibited, abnormal, or unusual activity as determined by ScraperAPI [...]. [...] All products and services sold by or received from ScraperAPI are intended to be used for personal purposes only, and you may not sell or resell any products or services you purchase or otherwise receive from ScraperAPI.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 100 pages

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 12.21 s

## The call

- You send: type "search", one of search_term or url. Optional: ebay_domain, category_id, listing_type, sort_by, condition, page, max_page, num, authorized_sellers, returns_accepted, free_returns, authenticity_verified, deals_and_savings, sale_items, facets, allow_rewritten_results, customer_location, customer_zipcode
- Method: GET
- Path: /request

## About the plan

- Plan: Free trial
- Who can get it: anyone 18 or older, for temporary, non-commercial evaluation

## The 38 fields the plan's answer can hold

credits used, credits remaining, search ID, created at, processed at, time taken, request URL, search parameters, position, title, item ID, product URL, image, sold count, watchers, condition, buying format, Buy It Now, free returns, sponsored, best offer, located in, rating, rating count, shipping, price, price range, currency, currency symbol, is sold, sold date, seller, seller reviews, seller positive feedback, filters, page, next page, total results

## Countdown API's plans (9)

- [Countdown API, free](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Countdown API, $216 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/216-yearly/llms.txt): $36.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Countdown API, $792 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/792-yearly/llms.txt): $6.60 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Countdown API, $4,500 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/4500-yearly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Countdown API, $12,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/12000-yearly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Countdown API, $26,400 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/26400-yearly/llms.txt): $0.88 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Countdown API, $48,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/48000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Countdown API, $108,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/108000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.45 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Countdown API, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete, live

## Countdown API's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /request`: [Countdown API, free](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/free/llms.txt)

## Countdown API's APIs (2)

- [Countdown API: eBay search API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/countdown-api/free/llms.txt)
- [Countdown API: eBay product API pricing, 9 plans, GET /request, Product](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-product-apis/countdown-api/free-trial-get-request-product/llms.txt)
- [Countdown API: eBay product API pricing, 9 plans, GET /request, Product, full](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-product-apis/countdown-api/free-trial-get-request-product-full/llms.txt)

## Countdown API: eBay search API alternatives

- [Serpent API, top-up from $10, Default, POST /api/ebay/search/async](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-10-default-post-api-ebay-search-async/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 43% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/scrapingdog/90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.45 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [SoldComps, $999 monthly, 2,000,000 requests / month, GET /v1/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/soldcomps/999-monthly-2000000-requests-month-get-v1-scrape/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/ebay-search-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 71% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-04.

- https://docs.trajectdata.com/countdownapi/ebay-product-data-api/overview?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.trajectdata.com/countdownapi/ebay-product-data-api/pagination?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.trajectdata.com/countdownapi/ebay-product-data-api/parameters/common?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.trajectdata.com/countdownapi/ebay-product-data-api/parameters/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.trajectdata.com/countdownapi/ebay-product-data-api/results/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- https://trajectdata.com/traject-data-terms-of-service/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- https://www.countdownapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing
- https://www.countdownapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ebay-search-api-pricing