Made-in-China.com Suppliers & Manufacturers Lead Scraper

Extract B2B supplier and manufacturer lead data from Made-in-China.com, one of the world's largest directories of Chinese manufacturers. Search by product keyword to build targeted lists of verified factory contacts with business type, location, certifications, and membership status.

🏭 What does it do?

This actor searches Made-in-China.com for suppliers matching your keywords and extracts structured lead data including company name, product specialization, city/province, audit status (verified factory), Gold/Diamond member tier, ODM/OEM capabilities, and star ratings.

With the Fetch full profiles option enabled, you also get full street address, year established, employee count, and quality certifications (ISO 9001, CE, etc.) from each supplier's contact page.

Input multiple keywords in one run to collect leads across different product categories — each keyword returns a fresh set of top-ranked suppliers.

👤 Who is it for?

• Sourcing managers building shortlists of vetted Chinese manufacturers for RFQs
• Import businesses prospecting for new factory partners in a specific product category
• B2B sales teams at freight forwarders, inspection agencies, or trade finance companies who target active Chinese exporters
• Market researchers tracking which suppliers dominate a product niche on Made-in-China.com
• Procurement consultants building supplier databases for clients across multiple industries

💡 Why use it?

Made-in-China.com has no public API. Getting supplier contacts requires manual keyword searches and clicking through dozens of profile pages. This actor automates that workflow, giving you structured CSV/JSON data in minutes instead of hours.

Unlike generic web scrapers, this actor understands the MIC directory structure and correctly identifies:

• Audit badges — independently verified factories vs unverified listings
• Member tiers — Diamond/Gold members are premium subscribers who actively seek buyers
• Capability flags — ODM (can design for you), OEM (make to your spec), Own Brand
• Star ratings — supplier capability index shown on search results

📊 What data does it extract?

Field	Description	Example
companyName	Full legal company name	Shenzhen Enrich Lighting Co., Ltd.
companyUrl	Supplier's MIC showroom URL	https://hkenrich.en.made-in-china.com
companyId	Internal MIC company identifier	MoemIOnjbJiL
searchKeyword	Keyword that returned this result	led light
businessType	Manufacturer, Trading Company, etc.	Manufacturer/Factory
mainProducts	Comma-separated product list	LED Strip, LED Panel Light, LED Bulb
city	Supplier city	Shenzhen
province	Chinese province	Guangdong
location	City + Province combined	Shenzhen, Guangdong
isAudited	Factory has an Audited Supplier report	true
memberType	Gold, Diamond, Silver, or empty	Diamond
memberSince	Year the supplier joined as premium member	2016
capabilities	ODM · OEM · Own Brand flags	ODM · OEM · Own Brand
starRating	Supplier capability index (1-5 stars)	5
fullAddress	Full street address with zip (requires Fetch profiles)	No. 29, Xiangfeng South Road...
yearEstablished	Year company was founded (requires Fetch profiles)	2001
employeeCount	Number of employees (requires Fetch profiles)	397
annualRevenue	Annual revenue range (requires Fetch profiles)	US$10M-US$50M
exportPercentage	Share of revenue from exports (requires Fetch profiles)	91% - 100%
certifications	Quality certifications (requires Fetch profiles)	ISO9001:2015, CE

💰 How much does it cost to scrape suppliers from Made-in-China.com?

This actor uses Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing — you only pay for what you actually extract.

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.005
Per supplier result	see tiered pricing below

Tiered pricing — volume discounts for large runs:

Plan	Price per supplier
FREE (first 10)	~$0.003–0.004
BRONZE	~$0.003
SILVER	~$0.002
GOLD	~$0.0015

Cost examples:

• 10 suppliers (1 keyword, no profile fetch): ~$0.035
• 50 suppliers (5 keywords): ~$0.17
• 200 suppliers (20 keywords + profile fetch): ~$0.70

Runs without a proxy are fast (~5–10 seconds per keyword) and use no residential proxy bandwidth, keeping costs minimal.

🚀 How to use it

1. Open the actor and click Try for free
2. In the Search keywords box, enter one or more product terms (e.g. led light, solar panel, lithium battery)
3. Set Max suppliers per keyword — the actor returns the top 10 featured suppliers per keyword; add more keywords to collect more leads
4. Enable Fetch full supplier profiles if you need address, year established, employee count, and certifications
5. Click Start and download results as CSV, JSON, or Excel

Tip: Search related keyword variations to maximise coverage. For example, LED strip light, LED strip, and LED tape light each return a different set of featured suppliers.

⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
searchKeywords	string[]	Product keywords to search (one search per keyword)	["led light"]
maxResultsPerKeyword	integer	Max suppliers to collect per keyword (max ~10 per search)	10
fetchDetails	boolean	Fetch full supplier profiles (address, year, employees, certs)	false
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings — datacenter proxies work for most searches	useApifyProxy: true
maxConcurrency	integer	Parallel requests for detail page fetches	5

📤 Output format

Each result is a JSON object pushed to the default dataset. Example:

{
  "companyName": "Shenzhen Enrich Lighting Co., Ltd.",
  "companyUrl": "https://hkenrich.en.made-in-china.com",
  "companyId": "MoemIOnjbJiL",
  "searchKeyword": "led light",
  "businessType": "Manufacturer/Factory & Trading Company",
  "mainProducts": "LED Strip, LED Panel Light, LED Module, LED Bulb",
  "city": "Shenzhen",
  "province": "Guangdong",
  "location": "Shenzhen, Guangdong",
  "isAudited": true,
  "memberType": "Diamond",
  "memberSince": 2016,
  "capabilities": "ODM · OEM · Own Brand",
  "starRating": 5,
  "fullAddress": "Building A, 3rd Floor, Longhua New District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518109",
  "yearEstablished": "2008",
  "employeeCount": "201",
  "certifications": "ISO9001:2015, CE"
}

🔍 Tips for better results

• Use specific product terms — aluminum extrusion profile returns more relevant suppliers than just aluminum
• Add plural/variant forms — lithium battery, lithium batteries, and LiFePO4 battery each return different top suppliers
• Filter by audit status — use isAudited: true in downstream processing to shortlist only factory-verified suppliers
• Use member tier as a quality signal — Diamond members are the most active buyers-ready suppliers on the platform
• Run multiple keyword batches — MIC highlights ~10 premium suppliers per keyword; run 20–50 keywords to build a comprehensive category list
• Enable Fetch full profiles for outreach — addresses and certifications let you verify supplier legitimacy before contacting

🔗 Integrations

Export to Google Sheets for sourcing workflows

Connect this actor with the Google Sheets actor to automatically populate a supplier shortlist spreadsheet. Set it to run on a weekly schedule to track new premium members entering your product category.

CRM enrichment pipeline

Pipe results into your CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce, Airtable) using Zapier or Make with the Apify trigger. Filter by isAudited: true and memberType: Diamond to auto-create only top-tier prospects.

Supplier monitoring with Slack alerts

Schedule this actor daily with your target keywords and route new Diamond members to a Slack channel via the Apify → Slack integration. Know the moment a new premium supplier enters your category.

Multi-platform B2B sourcing

Combine with the Alibaba Supplier Scraper to cross-reference suppliers across both platforms and identify which companies maintain premium listings on multiple B2B directories (a strong signal of serious exporters).

🤖 Use with AI agents (MCP)

This actor is available as a tool for AI coding assistants via the Apify MCP server:

Claude Code / Claude Desktop:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automation-lab/madeinchina-suppliers-scraper"

Cursor / VS Code (settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automation-lab/madeinchina-suppliers-scraper",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  }
}

Once configured, ask your AI assistant:

• "Find the top 5 LED light manufacturers on Made-in-China.com with ISO 9001 certification"
• "Build a list of Diamond-tier solar panel suppliers from Guangdong province"
• "Get contact details for aluminum extrusion suppliers with OEM capability"

💻 API usage

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('automation-lab/madeinchina-suppliers-scraper').call({
  searchKeywords: ['led light', 'solar panel'],
  maxResultsPerKeyword: 10,
  fetchDetails: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Found ${items.length} suppliers`);
items.filter(s => s.isAudited && s.memberType === 'Diamond').forEach(s => {
  console.log(`${s.companyName} | ${s.location} | ${s.certifications}`);
});

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("automation-lab/madeinchina-suppliers-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchKeywords": ["led light", "solar panel"],
    "maxResultsPerKeyword": 10,
    "fetchDetails": True,
})

items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
diamond_audited = [s for s in items if s.get("isAudited") and s.get("memberType") == "Diamond"]
print(f"Found {len(diamond_audited)} Diamond-tier audited suppliers")

cURL

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automation-lab~madeinchina-suppliers-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "searchKeywords": ["led light"],
    "maxResultsPerKeyword": 10,
    "fetchDetails": false
  }'

⚖️ Legality & ethical considerations

This actor scrapes publicly accessible pages on Made-in-China.com that display company listings and contact information. The data extracted (company names, locations, product categories, certifications, and membership badges) is the same information visible to any visitor browsing the site without an account.

You are responsible for complying with Made-in-China.com's Terms of Service, applicable data protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.), and your local regulations when using scraped data for outreach or commercial purposes. This actor does not extract private information, login-gated data, or any personal contact details beyond what suppliers publicly publish on their showroom pages.

❓ FAQ

How many suppliers can I get per run? Each keyword returns approximately 10 top-featured suppliers — the premium-tier companies that Made-in-China.com highlights for that search. To collect 100+ suppliers, search 10+ related keywords in a single run.

Can I get supplier email addresses or phone numbers? Phone and email contact information on Made-in-China.com requires signing in to the platform; this actor does not log in and therefore cannot extract those fields. The telephone field is always empty. For contact outreach, use the companyUrl to visit the supplier's showroom and send an inquiry via the platform's messaging system.

Why do some results not have businessType or certifications? Not all suppliers fill in every field on their MIC profile. The actor extracts what's available — missing fields are returned as empty strings. Generally, higher-tier members (Diamond/Gold) have more complete profiles.

The actor returned fewer than maxResultsPerKeyword — why? Made-in-China.com highlights a fixed set of 10 premium suppliers per keyword search. If fewer are available for a very niche keyword, you'll get fewer results. Try broader or related keyword terms.

Is it safe to run without a proxy? Yes — Made-in-China.com's public search and company pages are accessible without a proxy. The actor works reliably with or without useApifyProxy: true. If you encounter rate limits on large batches (50+ keywords), enable Apify's datacenter proxy.

I'm getting duplicate companies across keywords — is that normal? Yes — top suppliers often advertise across multiple product categories on MIC, so the same Diamond-member company may appear for LED strip and LED panel. The actor deduplicates within a single run (same company won't appear twice in the output even if two keywords match it).

I got 0 results — what went wrong? Check that your keyword is spelled correctly and returns supplier results when searched manually on Made-in-China.com. Very narrow or unusual terms may return product listings but no featured supplier cards. Try a broader keyword variation.

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