diff --git a/packages/core/src/scrapers/ebay.ts b/packages/core/src/scrapers/ebay.ts
index ca8b5af..06e365b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/scrapers/ebay.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/scrapers/ebay.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   ensureCookies,
   formatCookiesForHeader,
 } from "../utils/cookies";
-import { fetchHtml, HttpError } from "../utils/http";
+import { fetchHtml, HttpError, RateLimitError } from "../utils/http";
 import { logger } from "../utils/logger";
 import { classifyUnstableListings } from "../utils/unstable";
 
@@ -511,9 +511,9 @@ export default async function fetchEbayItems(
     logger.log(`Parsed ${filteredListings.length} eBay listings.`);
     return finalizeResults(filteredListings);
   } catch (err) {
-    if (err instanceof HttpError) {
+    if (err instanceof HttpError || err instanceof RateLimitError) {
       logger.warn(
-        `Failed to fetch eBay search (${err.statusCode}): ${err.message}`,
+        `Failed to fetch eBay search (${err instanceof HttpError ? err.statusCode : 429}): ${err.message}`,
       );
       return finalizeResults([]);
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/ebay-core.test.ts b/packages/core/test/ebay-core.test.ts
index 69c8de1..f82f56f 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/ebay-core.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/ebay-core.test.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,21 @@ describe("eBay Scraper Cookie Handling", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  test("returns empty results when eBay rate-limits the request", async () => {
+    global.fetch = mock(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        ok: false,
+        status: 429,
+        headers: { get: () => "0" },
+        text: () => Promise.resolve(""),
+      }),
+    ) as unknown as typeof fetch;
+
+    const results = await fetchEbayItems("laptop", 1000);
+
+    expect(results).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   test("deduplicates repeated item links from the same card", async () => {
     global.fetch = mock(() =>
       Promise.resolve({