SoldComps makes $26,158 a month selling eBay data that eBay won’t give developers
An API that returns real eBay sold prices in one call. Revenue went from $4,337 in July to $25,759 in October with fewer than a thousand visitors a month. On the day we looked, its core search was down.
Product at a glance
Summary
What this business is
SoldComps sells eBay sold-listing data through an API. One request returns up to 240 completed sales with price, shipping, date, condition and seller; the data is fetched live from eBay, because eBay’s own API restricts access to sold listings for new developers. Plans run from free to $79 a month, with high-volume plans up to $999. Revenue went from $4,337 in July to $25,759 in October 2026, and MRR is $26,158 from 592 subscriptions. The site does not name who runs it; TrustMRR lists Canada.
Why these scores? See the reasons in Key takeaways →
Momentum
Rising fast. Revenue: last three complete months 9.2 times the three before.Derived
Best suited for
Builder (main). Reliable scraping and parsing, fixed fast when the source changes.
Operator (second). Quotas, plans and uptime are the product.
What you need to start. A data source people need that its owner won’t sell, and tolerance for that owner’s risk.Our read
Key findings
Product overview
One GET request, up to 240 real eBay sales.
A request with an API key returns up to 240 completed eBay sales with price, shipping, date, condition and seller, across eight eBay sites and up to 90 days of history[2]. The site says data is fetched live and never cached, that parser fixes usually ship within the hour when eBay changes its pages, and that commercial use is allowed on every plan[2]. It has docs, a changelog and a status page, and is listed on Apify and RapidAPI[2].
The problem it names: eBay’s Finding API heavily restricts sold-listing access and is often unavailable to new developers[1]. The site names no company or owner[2]; TrustMRR lists Canada[1].
What the site looks like
Captured Nov 11, 2026 · Screenshots: sold-comps.com.
What to look for
- 1“Real eBay sold prices. One API call.” with a live search box and sample results.Fact
- 2A yellow banner says sold searches are failing and a fix is in progress. See §09.Fact
- 3“Free tier · no credit card · instant API key” under the search.Fact
| Plan | Requests a month | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | 100 | $0 |
| Starter | 2,000 | $9 |
| Growth | 10,000 | $29 |
| Scale | 50,000 | $79 |
| High volume | 100,000–2,000,000 | $129–$999 |
From the homepage, read Nov 11, 2026[2]. Each request counts once whatever it returns; failed requests do not count.
Revenue analysis
Near zero until June, then up every month.
Hover or tap a bar. Monthly verified revenue from TrustMRR[1], April to November 2026: the API’s whole record. November covers Nov 1–10.
Our arithmetic on the verified data in this report. Revenue ÷ MRR uses the last 30 days; the share of all-time revenue counts the months in the chart above; the swing is the median change between complete months.
Revenue was under $1,100 a month until June, then $4,337 in July, $12,791 in August, $19,984 in September and $25,759 in October[1]. October was 5.9 times July.Derived
| Date | MRR | Active subscriptions | MRR per subscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | $15,789 | 451 | $35.01 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $26,158 | 592 | $44.19 |
September from an archived copy of the TrustMRR page[3]; November from the live page[1]. The last column is our division.
MRR rose 66% while subscriptions rose by 141. Most of the gain came from customers on bigger plans.Derived
Daily revenue
Hover or tap a bar. Verified daily revenue, Oct 13 – Nov 9, 2026 (UTC), from TrustMRR[1]. Blue: Saturdays and Sundays. Nov 10 is left out because the day was not complete at sync.
20 weekdays.Derived
8 weekend days.Derived
973 visitors in 30 days, on TrustMRR.Fact
Last 30 days.Fact
Market
Other sold-price tools exist for resellers. We found no rival with verified revenue on the same basis, so revenue is not compared.
Pricing: pay by request
Free to try, cheap to start, expensive at volume.
Four standard plans run from free to $79 a month, and high-volume plans from $129 to $999[2]. Over-quota requests are blocked until the next cycle rather than billed[2]. MRR per subscription is $44.19, above the $29 Growth plan, which points to a meaningful number of Scale and high-volume customers.Derived
Where customers come from
Developers who search for a way around eBay’s limits.
What we could not read
Revenue through API marketplaces and the owner’s own promotion are not public.
Growth strategies
Three moves, each visible from outside.
Timeline
- Mar 282025ProductFounding date on TrustMRR.[1]
- Apr2026Revenue$347, the first month on record.[1]
- Sep 142026RevenueMRR $15,789 from 451 subscriptions.[3]
- Oct2026Revenue$25,759, the best month so far.[1]
- Nov 102026RevenueMRR $26,158 from 592 subscriptions; $74,930 all-time.[1]
- Nov 112026ProductSite banner: sold searches failing, fix in progress.[2]
Key takeaways
SoldComps shows how quickly a narrow data API can grow when it unlocks something a big platform keeps closed, and how fragile that business is when the platform changes a page.
Why we scored it this way
Copy
Avoid
- Building on someone else’s HTML without a plan B. One layout change breaks the product. §09
- Ignoring the platform’s terms. Scraping a marketplace carries legal and access risk. §09
- Hiding who runs it. Buyers of an API want to know who keeps it alive. §01
Our predictions
Three claims with dates. We mark each one right or wrong on its date and keep the result on the page.
Track record: the predictions in our earlier reports are still open; the first checks land Dec 1, 2026. We mark each prediction right or wrong on its date and keep the result on the page.
What could prove us wrong
Things that would change our read, and how to check them.
- The outage could last. On Nov 11 the site said sold searches were failing. A long outage would hit renewals.Check: the status page and December MRR.
- eBay could block it. Access depends on eBay’s pages and tolerance.Check: the status page on the next review.
- The bigger-plan reading is our inference. MRR per subscription rose, but the plan mix is not shown.Check: not public.
- Marketplace sales may sit elsewhere. Revenue through Apify or RapidAPI may not flow through this Stripe account.Check: not public.
Appendix
FAQ
How much does SoldComps make?
$26,625 in the 30 days to Nov 10, 2026, verified through Stripe on TrustMRR. MRR is $26,158 from 592 subscriptions; all-time revenue is $74,930.
What does SoldComps cost?
Basic is free for 100 requests a month. Starter is $9 for 2,000, Growth $29 for 10,000 and Scale $79 for 50,000. High-volume plans run from $129 for 100,000 to $999 for 2,000,000.
Where does the data come from?
The site says each request fetches sold listings live from eBay and nothing is cached. It says it is not affiliated with the marketplaces it covers.
Who runs SoldComps?
The site does not name an owner or company. TrustMRR lists Canada as the country.
Sources
- [1]TrustMRR: SoldComps — revenue, MRR, subscriptions, traffic, daily and monthly data. Verified through a Stripe API key. Synced 2026-11-10 16:11 UTC.
- [2]sold-comps.com — product, plans and limits, data source, status banner. Read 2026-11-11.
- [3]Wayback Machine capture of the TrustMRR page on Sep 14, 2026 — MRR, subscriptions and all-time revenue on that date. Read 2026-11-11.
Screenshots © SoldComps, used for commentary. Oddig has no business relationship with SoldComps or eBay. Numbers change daily; check the sources for the latest.
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