Amazon Bestsellers Scraper - Track Top Products & Rankings Extract Amazon bestseller data across all categories. Monitor top product rankings, prices, ratings, and reviews for market research, competitor analysis, and price tracking. Auto-discover 40+ categories or track specific ones. Export to JSON/CSV for automation workflows (n8n, Zapier, Make.com, Google Sheets). ## 🚀 Key Features - Auto-Discovery: Automatically finds all 40+ Amazon bestseller categories - Rank Tracking: Monitor bestseller positions (#1-100) with historical rank changes - Complete Product Data: Titles, prices, ratings, review counts, images, ASINs - Multi-Marketplace: US (amazon.com), UK (amazon.co.uk), Germany (amazon.de), France, Spain, Italy - Pay-Per-Event: Only pay for products successfully scraped - Automation-Ready: Flat JSON/CSV format for n8n, Zapier, Make.com, Google Sheets, Power BI - Stealth Scraping: Advanced anti-detection (Playwright + Stealth Plugin) - No Proxies Needed: Works reliably with smart rate limiting (20-30s delays) ## 📊 What Data You Get Each bestseller product includes: json { "asin": "B0CQMRKRV5", "rank": 2, "category": "Electronics", "categoryUrl": "https://amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics", "title": "Amazon Fire TV Stick HD (newest model)", "price": 19.99, "currency": "USD", "rating": 4.7, "reviewCount": 43718, "imageUrl": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/...", "productUrl": "https://amazon.com/dp/B0CQMRKRV5", "scrapedAt": "2025-10-28T12:00:00.000Z" } All fields included: - asin - Amazon product ID (for API lookups) - rank - Bestseller position (1-100) - category - Category name (e.g., "Electronics", "Books") - categoryUrl - Direct link to category bestseller page - title - Full product title - price - Current price (numeric, ready for calculations) - currency - USD, GBP, EUR (auto-detected from domain) - rating - Average rating (1-5 stars) - reviewCount - Total number of reviews - imageUrl - High-res product image URL - productUrl - Direct Amazon product page link - scrapedAt - Timestamp (ISO 8601 format) ## 🎯 Use Cases ### E-commerce & Selling - Product Research: Find trending bestsellers to source for your store - Competitor Price Tracking: Monitor competitor pricing on top products - Niche Discovery: Identify profitable product categories and price points - Rank Monitoring: Track your own products' bestseller ranking changes ### Market Research & Analysis - Trend Analysis: Identify seasonal trends and emerging product categories - Demand Forecasting: Analyze review counts and ratings for demand signals - Market Size Estimation: Estimate market size from bestseller data - Competitor Intelligence: See which competitors dominate categories ### Automation & Integration - Price Alerts: Set up n8n/Zapier workflows for price drop notifications - Rank Change Alerts: Get notified when rankings shift significantly - Data Pipelines: Feed data to Google Sheets, Airtable, databases - Dashboard Analytics: Build real-time dashboards in Power BI, Tableau ## 📥 Input Configuration ### Auto-Discovery Mode (Recommended) Leave categories empty to auto-discover all Amazon bestseller categories: json { "categories": [], "maxProductsPerCategory": 5, "maxCategories": 2, "includeSubcategories": false, "trackRankChanges": false, "amazonDomain": "amazon.com", "useProxies": false } ### Specific Categories Mode Track specific categories by providing URLs: json { "categories": [ "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics", "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books", "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/kitchen" ], "maxProductsPerCategory": 100, "maxCategories": 20, "includeSubcategories": true, "trackRankChanges": true, "amazonDomain": "amazon.com", "useProxies": false } ### Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | categories | array | [] | Category URLs to scrape. Empty = auto-discover all categories | | maxProductsPerCategory | number | 5 | Products per category (1-100). Start small to avoid timeouts | | maxCategories | number | 2 | Maximum categories to process (1-100). Increase gradually | | includeSubcategories | boolean | true | Include subcategory discoveries (e.g., "Electronics > Headphones") | | trackRankChanges | boolean | false | Track rank changes over time (requires scheduled runs) | | amazonDomain | string | amazon.com | Marketplace: amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.es, amazon.it | | useProxies | boolean | false | Enable Apify Proxy (NOT recommended - causes slow timeouts) | ## ⏱️ Performance & Reliability ### Speed - Single category: ~15 seconds - Multiple categories: ~20-30 seconds per category + 20-30s delays between categories - 2 categories (default): ~1-2 minutes - 10 categories: ~8-12 minutes ### Success Rate - Without proxies (recommended): 85-100% success rate with 20-30 second delays - With proxies: 0-40% success rate (Apify proxies cause 30s+ timeouts on Amazon) ### Rate Limiting Strategy The scraper uses 20-30 second random delays between categories to avoid Amazon's "Request was throttled" blocking. This is more reliable than using proxies. ## 💰 Pricing ### Apify Platform Costs - Compute: Low compute cost per category scraped (Apify credits) - Storage: Negligible (JSON/CSV dataset storage) - Proxies: NOT required (we disabled them for better performance) ### Pay-Per-Event Pricing Transparent pay-per-event pricing. See current pricing in the Apify Console when starting a run: - Event name: item-scraped - You only pay for products successfully scraped Cost scales with the number of products extracted. Configure your run to control costs. ## ⚠️ Important Limitations ### Amazon Rate Limiting Amazon protects bestseller pages with anti-bot detection and rate limiting: ✅ How this scraper handles it: - Uses Playwright + Stealth Plugin to avoid basic detection - Adds 20-30 second random delays between categories - Saves full-page screenshots for debugging blocked pages - Detects "Request was throttled" errors with clear logging ⚠️ Expected behavior: - Success rate: 85-100% with proper delays - Occasional blocking: Normal for 1-2 out of 20 categories - Rate limit errors: "Request was throttled" - increase delays or retry later - Empty pages: Usually means bot detection - check debug screenshots ### Best Practices 1. Use default delays (20-30s) - Don't decrease or you'll get rate limited 2. Run once per hour max - More frequent runs increase blocking 3. Start with 5-10 categories - Test before scaling to 20+ 4. Don't enable proxies - They cause 30s+ timeouts on Amazon 5. Use scheduled runs - Apify Scheduler for consistent tracking 6. Check debug screenshots - All runs save screenshots to Key-Value Store ## 🔧 Technical Details ### Technology Stack - Browser: Playwright with Chromium - Anti-Detection: playwright-extra + puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth - Language: TypeScript - Runtime: Node.js 20 - Dockerfile: apify/actor-node-playwright-chrome:20 ### Architecture - Class-based scraper with clear separation of concerns - Input validation with Zod schemas - Per-item error handling - one failure doesn't crash entire run - State management for rank change tracking (optional) - Screenshot debugging - full-page captures for all categories - Pay-per-event billing with fallback handling ### Selectors (2025 verified) typescript const SELECTORS = { productCard: '[data-component-type="s-search-result"]', asin: '[data-asin]', title: 'h2 a span', price: '.a-price .a-offscreen', rating: '.a-icon-star-small .a-icon-alt', reviewCount: '.a-size-base.s-underline-text', image: '.s-image', }; ## 💡 FAQ Q: Why do some categories return 0 products? A: Amazon's anti-bot detection occasionally blocks requests. Check the debug screenshot in Key-Value Store. If you see "Request was throttled", wait 5-10 minutes or reduce maxCategories. Q: Can I scrape all 40+ categories at once? A: Yes, but start with 5-10 to test. 20 categories takes ~15-25 minutes. More than 20 increases blocking risk. Q: How often should I run this? A: Once per hour max. More frequent runs trigger Amazon's rate limiting. Use Apify Scheduler for consistent tracking. Q: Should I enable proxies? A: No. We tested and Apify proxies cause 30+ second timeouts on Amazon. The scraper works better without proxies using smart delays. Q: Can I track rank changes over time? A: Yes. Enable trackRankChanges: true and run on a schedule. Previous rankings are stored in Apify state. Q: Can I use this with n8n, Zapier, or Make.com? A: Yes! The output is flat JSON perfect for automation tools. Access via Apify API or webhook triggers. Q: Which Amazon marketplaces are supported? A: US (.com), UK (.co.uk), Germany (.de), France (.fr), Spain (.es), Italy (.it). Currency auto-detects (USD, GBP, EUR). Q: What's the difference between this and Amazon Product API? A: Amazon Product API doesn't provide bestseller rankings. This scraper extracts real-time rank positions (1-100) which are not available via API. ## 🔗 Integration Examples ### n8n Workflow 1. Apify Node → Run this actor with schedule trigger 2. Filter Node → Only products with rank ≤ 10 3. Gmail Node → Send top 10 bestsellers email ### Zapier Automation 1. Trigger: Apify Run Finished 2. Action: Filter by price threshold 3. 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