What Are eBay Completed Listings?
eBay "completed listings" are all listings that have ended — both sold and unsold. When a seller lists an item and the auction or fixed-price period ends, it becomes a completed listing regardless of whether it sold.
Sold listings are a subset of completed listings — only those where a buyer actually paid. For pricing research, sold listings are what matters. An unsold completed listing just means the price was too high or the listing wasn't good enough.
When resellers talk about "eBay price history" or "eBay sold prices", they mean sold listing data — what buyers actually paid, not what sellers asked.
Why eBay Sold Prices Matter for Sellers
If you're pricing an item by looking at active listings, you're looking at asking prices — not what items actually sell for. A seller can list anything at any price. What matters is what buyers pay.
Sold price data tells you:
How to Filter eBay Sold Items (Step by Step)
Here's the manual method using eBay's built-in filter. It works, but it takes 5 steps every time.
That's 5 steps — and you lose your original search results. You have to repeat this for every item you research.
See Sold Prices Without Clicking Through Filters
The extension Sold Price & Profit Analyzer does all of this automatically — without you touching any filter.
When you search on eBay, it shows the average sold price as a banner at the top of the results page. Each listing gets a badge: ▲ if it's priced above average, ▼ if it's below. You see what items actually sell for — while looking at active listings, in real time.
Free tier includes: Sold Price Overlay on all eBay search pages (30-day history). No tab switching. No filter clicks.
Pro ($7.49/month): Extends history to 90 days, adds FlipCheck sidebar for per-listing deep dives, and includes eBay UK and Germany.
Add to Chrome — FreeeBay Sold Price History: How Far Back Does It Go?
eBay's own filter shows completed and sold listings from approximately the last 90 days. Older sales are not accessible through the standard interface.
Third-party tools like Terapeak (included with eBay Store subscriptions) provide up to 365 days of data — but it's in a separate interface, not inline on eBay pages.
The Sold Price & Profit Analyzer uses the same underlying eBay sold data available to any browser session: 30 days on the free tier and 90 days on Pro.