# Flippa Scraper (`gio21/flippa-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Flippa listings: online businesses, websites, SaaS, apps and domains for sale with price, revenue, profit, category, age and verification data. Search by keyword and filter by price or revenue.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/flippa-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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

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# README

## Flippa Scraper

Extract listings from [Flippa](https://flippa.com), the largest marketplace for buying and selling online businesses, websites, SaaS products, apps, ecommerce stores and domains.

Each listing includes asking price, monthly revenue and profit, revenue multiple, category, business age, country, verification badges and more.

Built for acquisition deal sourcing, market research, valuation benchmarking and investment analysis.

### Features

- **Keyword search** across all Flippa listings
- **Price and monthly-revenue filters** (min / max), enforced on every result
- Pass an exact Flippa search URL for advanced filter combinations (property type, monetization, sale method...)
- Rich output: 40+ fields per listing including verified revenue/traffic flags, profit multiples, bid counts and traffic stats
- Fast HTTP scraping, automatic pagination and de-duplication

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | string | Keyword (e.g. "saas", "newsletter", "shopify"). |
| `startUrl` | string | Exact Flippa search URL. Overrides other filters. |
| `priceMin` / `priceMax` | integer | Asking price range in USD. |
| `revenueMin` / `revenueMax` | integer | Average monthly revenue range in USD. |
| `includeUnpriced` | boolean | Keep confidential / open-to-offer listings when a price filter is set. Default `false`. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max listings. `0` = no limit. Default `100`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify Proxy recommended (default). |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "saas",
  "priceMin": 50000,
  "priceMax": 300000,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "listingId": "12223339",
  "title": "Established SaaS business in Education with $63K ARR revenue",
  "propertyType": "SaaS",
  "price": 170000,
  "monthlyRevenue": 7411,
  "monthlyProfit": 3675,
  "revenueMultiple": 2.7,
  "category": "Education",
  "country": "United States",
  "ageYears": "8 years",
  "hasVerifiedRevenue": true,
  "hasVerifiedTraffic": true,
  "saleMethod": "classified",
  "url": "https://flippa.com/12223339"
}
```

### Common use cases

- Source online-business acquisition targets by budget and revenue
- Benchmark valuations: price-to-revenue multiples by category
- Track new SaaS / ecommerce / content listings daily
- Feed deal-flow tools, newsletters and investor dashboards

### Pricing

Pay per result: a small fee to start the run plus a per-listing fee. Errors and duplicates are never charged.

### FAQ

**Can I use Flippa's own filters?** Yes, build the search on flippa.com, copy the URL and pass it as `startUrl`.

**Why do some listings have no price?** Confidential and "open to offer" listings hide the price until you sign an NDA on Flippa. Exclude them with the default settings or keep them with `includeUnpriced`.

**Is this affiliated with Flippa?** No. This is an independent tool for extracting publicly available data. Please respect Flippa's terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search listings for (e.g. "saas", "ecommerce", "newsletter"). Leave empty to browse all listings.

## `startUrl` (type: `string`):

Exact Flippa search URL to scrape (e.g. https://flippa.com/search?query\[keyword]=food\&filters\[property\_type]=website). Overrides the keyword and filter fields.

## `priceMin` (type: `integer`):

Only include listings priced at or above this value.

## `priceMax` (type: `integer`):

Only include listings priced at or below this value.

## `revenueMin` (type: `integer`):

Only include listings with average monthly revenue at or above this value.

## `revenueMax` (type: `integer`):

Only include listings with average monthly revenue at or below this value.

## `includeUnpriced` (type: `boolean`):

Confidential and open-to-offer listings do not disclose a price. Include them even when a price filter is set.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listings to return. Set 0 for no limit.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy used for requests. Apify Proxy (automatic) is recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "saas",
  "includeUnpriced": false,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQuery": "saas"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/flippa-scraper").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 = { "searchQuery": "saas" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/flippa-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "saas"
}' |
apify call gio21/flippa-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gio21/flippa-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ra4wJO05lb4KXz2b5/builds/tzsUY71Qd9q7u7zN1/openapi.json