Terms of service

Last updated: September 19, 2026

These terms govern your use of trawl (https://trawl.dev) and its APIs, operated by Trawl, Inc. By creating an account or calling the API you agree to them.

The service

trawl provides data APIs. Each plan includes a monthly allowance of credits and a per-second rate limit; requests beyond either limit are rejected, never billed. Only successful (2xx) responses count against your allowance.

Your account

• Keep your API keys secret. Calls made with your key are yours.
• You're responsible for what you build with the data, including complying with the laws that apply to you.
• Don't circumvent rate limits or metering, probe or disrupt the service, or resell raw API access itself. Using the data inside your own products is what the service is for and is fine.

Billing

• Paid plans renew automatically each month through Stripe until cancelled.
• Cancel anytime — your plan stays active until the end of the period you've paid for, then drops to Free. No partial-period refunds.
• Upgrades apply immediately with prorated credit for unused time; downgrades take effect at the end of the current period.

Data sources

The information returned by our APIs is publicly available information: details of listings, products and other records that any member of the public can view without holding an account with the source. We do not log in to, access, or collect information from any user account with any source, and we do not collect non-public information such as private messages, purchase histories, payment details, or the identities of buyers. Information about sellers and other participants is returned as the source publicly displays it, including any masking the source applies.

Data is compiled from these sources and provided as-is. We work hard on freshness and accuracy but don't guarantee either, and we're not responsible for decisions made on top of it.

Third-party content, including titles, descriptions and photographs, belongs to its respective owners, and trawl claims no ownership of it. Image fields are links to images hosted by the source; we do not host or redistribute the images themselves. You are responsible for how you use the data, including compliance with applicable law and with the rights of third parties.

No affiliation with data sources

trawl is an independent service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or in any way officially connected with any marketplace, retailer, platform or other third party whose publicly available information our APIs describe, including eBay Inc., or with any of their subsidiaries or affiliates. No trawl API is an official API of any such third party, and none is offered by or on behalf of one. A third party's name in the name of a trawl API identifies the source the data describes, and nothing more.

“eBay” and related names, marks and logos are trademarks of their respective owners (eBay Inc.). Third-party names and marks are used on this site solely to identify the source that the data describes. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners, and their use here does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.

Removal requests

If you believe information returned by our APIs infringes your rights or should not be available, write to [email protected] with the listing concerned and the basis for your request, and we will review it promptly.

Availability and changes

Self-serve plans carry no uptime SLA (enterprise agreements can). We may add, change, or retire endpoints; for breaking changes to a live API we give notice through the docs and by email.

Suspension and termination

We may suspend accounts that violate these terms or threaten the service's integrity. You can delete your account at any time from the console.

Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the service is provided without warranties, and our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the three months before the claim arose.

Changes to these terms

If these terms change materially, we'll note it here with a new date and email active subscribers. Questions: [email protected].