Does ebay.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
ebay.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from ebay.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 7 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 12
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#207)
Can AI assistants cite ebay.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
ebay.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on ebay.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How ebay.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; ebay.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; ebay.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; ebay.com is one of them.
- Among 177 sites of similar popularity, 34% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /*_kw Disallow: /*?maspect Disallow: /*modules=SEARCH_REFINEMENTS_MODEL_V2 Disallow: /*redirect=mobile Disallow: /*redirect%3Dmobile Disallow: /*rt%3Dnc Disallow: /*rt=nc Disallow: /*src=urllib Disallow: /?SSOWebDispatcher&tg=web&ru= Disallow: /act/ Disallow: /adchoice Disallow: /buyer-preferences Disallow: /motors/diy/blog/* Disallow: /motors/fnd/* Allow: /ads.txt Disallow: /ads Disallow: /adsrepository Disallow: /afs/ Disallow: /atc/ Disallow: /adell-mutfak Disallow: /ahu-kadin Disallow: /antika-sanat Disallow: /arama Disallow: */b2ajax/all-filter Disallow: /bebek-anne Disallow: /bilgisayar-tablet Disallow: /cep-telefonu-ve-aksesuar Disallow: /delicacy Disallow: /ev-bahce Disallow: /giyim-aksesuar Disallow: /muzik-plak-enstruman Disallow: /otomobil-motor-aksesuar Allow: /b/adidas-Yeezy-Sneakers-for-Men/15709/bn_86578781?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/Collectible-Sneakers/bn_7000259435?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/Jordan-Sneakers-for-Men/15709/bn_96541848?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/New-Balance-Sneakers-for-Men/15709/bn_58747?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/Sneakers-for-Men/15709/bn_57918?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/*?*_mwBanner Allow: /b/*?iid=*&var= Allow: /b/*?iid=*&chn=ps User-agent: Bytespider User-agent: CCBot User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: AmazonBot User-agent: meta-externalagent User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / Allow: /adchoice Allow: /authenticity-guarantee Allow: /motors/blog Allow: /motors/diy Allow: /help Allow: /sellercenter Allow: /ebaylive/seller Allow: /sl/sell Allow: /sh/landing Allow: /giftcards Allow: /shp/calc/rates User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-User Disallow: /*_kw Disallow: /*?maspect Disallow: /*modules=SEARCH_REFINEMENTS_MODEL_V2 Disallow: /*redirect=mobile Disallow: /*redirect%3Dmobile Disallow: /*rt%3Dnc Disallow: /*rt=nc Disallow: /*src=urllib Disallow: /?SSOWebDispatcher&tg=web&ru= Disallow: /act/ Disallow: /adchoice Disallow: /buyer-preferences Disallow: /motors/diy/blog/* Disallow: /motors/fnd/* Allow: /ads.txt Disallow: /ads Disallow: /adsrepository Disallow: /afs/ Disallow: /atc/ Disallow: /adell-mutfak Disallow: /ahu-kadin Disallow: /antika-sanat Disallow: /arama Disallow: */b2ajax/all-filter Disallow: /bebek-anne Disallow: /bilgisayar-tablet Disallow: /cep-telefonu-ve-aksesuar Disallow: /delicacy Disallow: /ev-bahce Disallow: /giyim-aksesuar Disallow: /muzik-plak-enstruman Disallow: /otomobil-motor-aksesuar Allow: /b/adidas-Yeezy-Sneakers-for-Men/15709/bn_86578781?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/Collectible-Sneakers/bn_7000259435?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/Jordan-Sneakers-for-Men/15709/bn_96541848?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/New-Balance-Sneakers-for-Men/15709/bn_58747?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/Sneakers-for-Men/15709/bn_57918?*_trkparms=*pageci:*|parentrq:*iid:0 Allow: /b/*?*_mwBanner Allow: /b/*?iid=*&var= Allow: /b/*?iid=*&chn=ps
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does ebay.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, ebay.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from ebay.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does ebay.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at ebay.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: ebay.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.