1688 Scraper

What is 1688 Scraper?

1688 Scraper is a tool that lets you scrape wholesale products and suppliers from 1688.com, Alibaba's Chinese wholesale marketplace: title, unit price in yuan, quantity price breaks, minimum order quantity, variants (colors, sizes, models) with their own prices and stock, units sold, specifications, photos and video, plus the supplier's company name, province and city, years on 1688, trade scores, repeat-buyer rate and verification badges. Search by keyword in Chinese or English, open a category or a supplier's shop, or paste 1688 product links, click Start, and download the products as Excel, CSV or JSON.

• 🔎 English or Chinese keywords: phone case or 手机壳, wireless earbuds or 蓝牙耳机
• 💰 Real wholesale pricing: every quantity price break (1+, 100+, 2,000+ pieces) and the minimum order
• 🎨 Full variant matrix: every color, size and model with its own price and stock
• 🏭 Supplier checks built in: years on 1688, Super Factory, factory and business inspection, six trade scores, repeat-buyer rate
• ⚡ Fast: about 1,000 search results a minute, details for 20 products in about 15 seconds
• 🔓 No login: no 1688 account, cookies or Chinese phone number needed

What can 1688 Scraper do?

• Scrape 1688 search results for any keyword, like 手机壳, 连衣裙, 蓝牙耳机, phone case or LED strip
• Scrape a 1688 category by its id, like 1031910 (dresses)
• Scrape every product of a 1688 supplier from its shop link or member id
• Scrape 1688 product pages from their links or offer ids, with price breaks, variants and specifications
• Find factories and suppliers for a product, with their location, years on 1688 and trade scores
• Filter like on the site: price range in yuan, supplier province or city, sort by best match, best selling or price
• Monitor 1688 prices and stock with a daily schedule
• Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML, or send the data to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier and more

What data can you extract from 1688?

🏷️ Title and product link	💰 Unit price (CNY)	📦 Units sold
📸 Main photo, all photos, video*	📉 Quantity price breaks*	🔢 Minimum order quantity*
🎨 Variants with price and stock*	📋 Specifications*	🗂️ Category*
⭐ Rating, review count, review tags*	🚚 Ships from, delivery promise*	🛒 Dropshipping channels*
🏭 Supplier name and company	📍 Province and city	📅 Years on 1688
📊 Six supplier trade scores	🔁 Repurchase and repeat-buyer rates	✅ Super Factory, inspected factory or business

* With Include full product details (on by default), and always for product links.

How to scrape 1688.com

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open 1688 Scraper.
3. Enter keywords, category ids, supplier shops or product links, one per line.
4. Set Max products per search, a sort order and any filters. Leave Include full product details on for price breaks, variants and supplier details.
5. Click Start, then download the products as Excel, CSV, JSON or HTML.

How much does it cost to scrape 1688?

You pay per product saved, with no monthly fee. A product with full details (price breaks, variants, specifications, supplier profile) costs a little more than a product from a search list alone.

Apify plan	Products per 1,000	Products with full details per 1,000
Free	$1.79	$3.99
Starter (Bronze)	$1.69	$3.79
Scale (Silver)	$1.49	$3.49
Business (Gold) and higher	$1.29	$2.99

Platform usage is included in these prices, so you pay nothing else for the run.

Example: 1,000 products with full details cost $3.99 on the Free plan and $2.99 on Business. From search lists alone, the same 1,000 cost $1.79 and $1.29.

Every Apify account gets $5 of free usage each month, enough to try the scraper on real searches. Max products per search keeps a run's cost under control, and you can also set a maximum cost per run.

⬇️ Input

Setting	What it does
Search keywords	What to search for, like phone case or 手机壳, one per line. Chinese keywords usually find the most
Max products per search	Most products to save for each keyword, category or shop (default 100). Set 0 for all
Include full product details	Adds price breaks, minimum order, variants, specifications, photos and the supplier profile (on by default)
Sort by	Best match, best selling, price low to high or high to low
Minimum / maximum price (CNY)	Unit price range in Chinese yuan
Supplier province / city	Only suppliers in a province or city, in Chinese, like 广东 or 义乌
Categories	1688 category ids, like 1031910
Supplier shops	Shop links like https://gdglove.1688.com, or member ids like b2b-1674820511
Product links or offer IDs	Links like https://detail.1688.com/offer/617247852601.html or ids like 617247852601; search links work too
Proxy configuration	Leave the default

Phone cases and Bluetooth earphones from Guangdong suppliers, best sellers first:

{
  "searchQueries": ["phone case", "蓝牙耳机"],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "sortBy": "bestSelling",
  "province": "广东",
  "includeDetails": true
}

A supplier's whole catalogue and two product links:

{
  "shops": ["https://gdglove.1688.com"],
  "maxItems": 0,
  "startUrls": [
    "https://detail.1688.com/offer/617247852601.html",
    "888190063353"
  ]
}

⬆️ Output

Each product is one row. A product from a search with full details looks like this (shortened):

{
  "offerId": "891445205395",
  "title": "跨境X6骨传导蓝牙耳机内存长续航听音乐看剧运动跑步游泳耳机",
  "url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/891445205395.html",
  "price": 119,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "soldCount": 200,
  "soldText": "已售200+件",
  "image": "https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN010TXQtf1HgxFcony3a_!!944280788-0-cib.jpg",
  "province": "广东",
  "city": "东莞市",
  "supplierName": "深圳市声德数码科技有限公司",
  "supplierUrl": "https://sounder.1688.com",
  "supplierYears": 7,
  "supplierScores": { "overall": 5, "consultation": 5, "goods": 5, "logistics": 4.14, "returns": 5, "disputes": 5 },
  "superFactory": true,
  "factoryInspected": true,
  "badges": ["深度验厂", "回头率23%", "定制"],
  "priceMin": 105,
  "priceMax": 119,
  "priceTiers": [
    { "minQuantity": 1, "price": 119 },
    { "minQuantity": 1000, "price": 109 },
    { "minQuantity": 5000, "price": 105 }
  ],
  "minOrderQuantity": 1,
  "unit": "台",
  "variants": [
    { "skuId": "6111304185819", "name": "X6-白红32g内存", "options": ["X6-白红32g内存"], "price": null, "stock": 0, "image": null }
  ],
  "video": "https://cloud.video.taobao.com/play/u/944280788/p/2/e/6/t/1/511588032064.mp4",
  "attributes": [
    { "name": "芯片类型", "value": "杰理" },
    { "name": "功能", "value": "骨传导,支持音乐" }
  ],
  "categoryId": "1048186",
  "categoryName": "蓝牙耳机",
  "rating": 5.0,
  "positiveRatePercent": 97.9,
  "reviewCount": 47,
  "shipsFrom": "广东省东莞市",
  "deliveryPromise": "最快支付后7天发货",
  "dropshipChannels": ["Lazada", "Amazon", "Shopify", "Shopee"],
  "guarantees": ["退货包运费", "晚发必赔", "极速退款"],
  "listedAt": "2025-02-22T03:31:19Z",
  "companyName": "深圳市声德数码科技有限公司",
  "supplierType": "super factory",
  "supplierCardType": "factory",
  "supplierServiceScore": 5,
  "repeatBuyerRatePercent": 22.95,
  "rank": 7,
  "sourceType": "search",
  "source": "蓝牙耳机",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T13:14:24Z"
}

Without details, a row has the fields up to isAd plus where it came from. The Output tab has three tables: Products, Prices and details and Suppliers.

What can you do with 1688 data?

• Product sourcing for Amazon FBA, Shopify, TikTok Shop and dropshipping: compare suppliers' real price breaks and minimum orders before you contact anyone.
• Find factories, not middlemen: filter on Super Factory, inspected factories and years on 1688, and read the supplier's company name and city.
• Landed-cost and margin checks: take the price at your order size from the price breaks, add shipping, and compare with your selling price.
• Market research: units sold, repurchase rates and review tags show what sells on China's biggest wholesale market.
• Price and stock monitoring: schedule a run every day and watch price breaks and stock change for the products you buy.
• Supplier lists: every product row carries the supplier's shop link and member id; paste them into Supplier shops to get each supplier's full catalogue.

How to scrape a 1688 supplier's products

Copy the supplier's shop link (it looks like https://name.1688.com) or its member id (b2b-..., in every product row as supplierMemberId), paste it into Supplier shops, set Max products per search to 0 for the whole catalogue, and click Start.

Can I search 1688 in English?

Yes. English keywords like phone case or yoga mat work, and 1688 finds Chinese listings for them. Chinese keywords (手机壳, 瑜伽垫) usually return more and closer matches, since suppliers write their titles in Chinese. Titles, specifications and variant names come back in Chinese, as the suppliers wrote them.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

AI agents can run 1688 Scraper through the Apify MCP server. Ask in plain words, for example "Find 50 Bluetooth earphone suppliers on 1688 in Guangdong with their price breaks", and the agent sends an input like:

{ "searchQueries": ["蓝牙耳机"], "province": "广东", "maxItems": 50, "includeDetails": true }

Integrations and API

Run 1688 Scraper from the Apify API, the Python or JavaScript client, or on a schedule in Apify Console. Each run can call a webhook when it finishes, so Make, Zapier, n8n or your own code can pick up new products. Results can go straight to Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack or any database.

❓FAQ

How many products can I get per keyword?

1688 lists up to 2,000 products per search and sort order. When you ask for more (or set 0), the scraper reads the same search in the other sort orders and adds the products it has not saved yet. Narrow searches with a price range, a province or a more specific keyword reach more of a large market.

Do I need a 1688 account?

No. 1688 Scraper reads only what 1688 shows to visitors who are not logged in. You don't need an account, cookies, a Chinese phone number or a VPN.

Why do some products have no price breaks?

Some suppliers price each variant on its own instead of by quantity. Those products have priceTiers empty and a price on each variant. Products sold by quantity have the breaks and no per-variant price.

Are the prices in US dollars?

No, all prices are in Chinese yuan (CNY), as 1688 shows them. Convert with today's exchange rate in your spreadsheet.

What does the "Sponsored" column mean?

isAd is true for products that suppliers paid to place in the search results. They are real products and are saved like any other; filter them out if you want only organic results.

Is it legal to scrape 1688?

The scraper collects publicly available product and business information that anyone can see on 1688 without logging in. It does not collect personal data. Make sure your use of the data follows the laws that apply to you and 1688's terms. This tool is not affiliated with or endorsed by 1688.com or Alibaba Group.

A run returned fewer products than I asked for. Why?

A keyword, category or shop can simply list fewer products than your maximum, and a product found by two of your inputs is saved once. The run report (in the Storage tab, report-summary) shows, for each input, how many products 1688 listed and how many were saved.

Something is missing or wrong. What should I do?

Open an issue in the Issues tab with the input you used. We read every issue and usually reply within a day. If the scraper works well for you, a review on the Store helps other buyers find it.