# Alibaba Product & Supplier Scraper (`axlymxp/alibaba-product-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Alibaba.com products and suppliers: price tiers, MOQ, specs, lead times, certificates, plus each supplier's contact person, response time and 6-month order volume. Filter by country, Trade Assurance, MOQ and price. Pay only for results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/axlymxp/alibaba-product-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [axly](https://apify.com/axlymxp) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 dataset items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Alibaba Product & Supplier Scraper

Search Alibaba.com by keyword, or paste an Alibaba search, showroom or product URL, and get structured data back: products with their **price tiers, minimum order, specifications, SKU options, lead time and certificates**, together with the **supplier's contact person, response time, on-time delivery rate and orders in the last six months**. Switch to **Suppliers** mode to get one row per supplier instead, ready to use as a sourcing shortlist.

It reads the same pages a buyer sees, without a login. Alibaba does not publish suppliers' phone numbers or emails to logged-out visitors, so these are not in the data (see the FAQ).

### What you can do with it

- **Sourcing and procurement**: compare price tiers, MOQ and lead times for a product across hundreds of suppliers, filtered to Trade Assurance or verified suppliers.
- **Amazon FBA and dropshipping research**: find low-MOQ products (`minOrderQuantityTo`), sort by sales volume, and check how much each supplier actually sold in the last six months.
- **Supplier lead lists**: use **Suppliers** mode to list manufacturers and trading companies by country with the contact person, job title, response time and trade history.
- **Price and market monitoring**: schedule the same search every week and track price tiers and rankings (`rank` is the position in the results).
- **Category research**: ask for the best-selling products of a keyword and read their category ranking and ratings.

### Output

**Products mode** (one row per product). Fields marked \* need *Include product details* (on by default).

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `productId`, `url`, `title`, `query`, `page`, `rank` | Identity and position in the results |
| `priceText`, `currency`, `priceMin`, `priceMax` | Price as shown and as numbers |
| `minOrderText`, `minOrderQuantity`, `minOrderUnit` | Minimum order |
| `soldText`, `soldCount` | Units sold, when Alibaba shows it (keyword search without filters) |
| `imageUrl`, `images` | Images |
| `supplierId`, `supplierName`, `supplierCountry`, `supplierYears`, `supplierUrl` | The supplier |
| `tradeAssurance`, `ratingScore`, `ratingCount` | Order protection and store rating |
| `priceLadder` \* | Price tiers: `[{minQuantity, maxQuantity, price}]` |
| `priceUnit`, `priceTerm` \* | Unit and trade term (for example piece, FOB) |
| `attributes` \* | Specification attributes as `{name: value}` |
| `skuOptions` \* | Variant axes such as colour, size, power |
| `leadTimeDays` \* | Lead time by order quantity |
| `unitSize`, `unitWeightKg` \* | Packed unit size and weight |
| `customization`, `certificates` \* | Customisation options and certificates (name, number, authority, validity) |
| `productRating`, `productReviewCount`, `categoryRank`, `categoryRankName` \* | Product rating and Alibaba's category ranking |
| `supplier` \* | `contactName`, `jobTitle`, `businessType`, `yearsOnPlatform`, `responseTime`, `onTimeDeliveryRate`, `orders6m`, `orderAmount6m`, `tradeAssurance`, `verified`, `goldPlus`, `rating`, `storeUrl` |

**Suppliers mode** (one row per unique supplier): `supplierId`, `supplierName`, `supplierCountry`, `storeUrl`, `contactName`, `jobTitle`, `businessType`, `registerCountry`, `yearsOnPlatform`, `responseTime`, `onTimeDeliveryRate`, `orders6m`, `orderAmount6m`, `tradeAssurance`, `verified`, `goldPlus`, `rating`, `rank`, and `sampleProduct` (one product that matched, with its price and minimum order).

### Input

| Field | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `mode` | `products` (default) or `suppliers` |
| `searchQueries` | Keywords, one search each |
| `startUrls` | Alibaba search URLs (your filters are kept), showroom URLs or product URLs |
| `supplierCountries` | Two-letter country codes; each country is searched separately |
| `maxItemsPerQuery`, `maxItems` | Limit per keyword / URL and for the whole run |
| `includeDetails` | Open every product page for the starred fields (always on in Suppliers mode) |
| `tradeAssuranceOnly`, `verifiedSuppliersOnly`, `samplesAvailableOnly` | Alibaba's own filters |
| `minOrderQuantityFrom`, `minOrderQuantityTo`, `minPrice`, `maxPrice` | Order quantity and unit price range |
| `minSupplierRating` | 4, 4.5 or 5 and up |
| `sortBy` | Best match, sales volume or response rate |
| `maxConcurrency`, `proxyConfiguration` | Speed and proxy (keep Apify Residential, country US) |

Example, low-MOQ stainless steel tumblers from verified suppliers in China, best sellers first:

```json
{
    "mode": "products",
    "searchQueries": ["stainless steel tumbler"],
    "supplierCountries": ["CN"],
    "verifiedSuppliersOnly": true,
    "minOrderQuantityTo": 50,
    "sortBy": "salesVolume",
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 100,
    "includeDetails": true
}
```

Example, a supplier lead list for garden hoses made in India:

```json
{
    "mode": "suppliers",
    "searchQueries": ["garden hose"],
    "supplierCountries": ["IN"],
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 100
}
```

### Limits worth knowing

- Without filters Alibaba serves about 20,000 results per keyword; with filters or a sort about 4,800. Use several keywords, countries or price ranges to go further.
- Prices are in US dollars when the default US proxy country is kept.
- Alibaba shows a slider after a few requests from one IP, so the actor changes IP for every request. Keep the default Residential proxy setting; without it most runs will be blocked.
- Each product and each supplier is returned once per run, even if several keywords find it.

### Scheduling and integrations

Run it on a schedule (for example weekly) and send the dataset to Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable or your own webhook with Apify integrations. The `rank`, `priceLadder` and `orders6m` fields make week-over-week comparisons easy.

### Use it from AI assistants

The actor can be called from the Apify MCP server and from the Apify API, so an AI assistant can ask for "the ten best-selling low-MOQ yoga mats from verified suppliers in India" and read the rows back.

### FAQ

**Do I get suppliers' emails or phone numbers?** No. Alibaba only shows these to logged-in buyers who send an inquiry. You get the contact person's name and job title when Alibaba shows them, the supplier's store URL and the trade figures; reach the supplier through its store.

**Which supplier details are missing?** Factory size, staff counts and similar company-profile fields, supplier verification reports and store reviews are not included.

**How fresh is the data?** Every run reads Alibaba live.

**Why did my run stop early with "blocked"?** Alibaba rate-limits aggressively. The actor retries on new IPs and keeps what it collected; run it again with the same input to continue where it stopped, and make sure the proxy is Apify Residential.

**Is it legal?** The actor collects publicly visible product and company information. You are responsible for using it in line with Alibaba's terms and applicable law, and for not using personal data without a legal basis.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

<b>Products</b>: one row per product. <b>Suppliers</b>: one row per unique supplier found by your search (contact person, job title, response time, on-time delivery, orders in the last 6 months), plus one sample product.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

One search per keyword, e.g. <code>stainless steel tumbler</code>, <code>led strip lights</code>. Each product (or supplier) is returned once per run.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional. Paste a search results page (<code>alibaba.com/trade/search?SearchText=…</code> with your filters), a showroom page (<code>alibaba.com/showroom/led-light.html</code>) or a product page (<code>alibaba.com/product-detail/…\_1600123456789.html</code>).

## `supplierCountries` (type: `array`):

Only suppliers located in these countries (two-letter codes such as <code>CN</code>, <code>IN</code>, <code>VN</code>, <code>TR</code>). Each country runs as its own search, so you get up to the per-keyword limit for every country.

## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Stop each keyword or search URL after this many rows. Without filters Alibaba serves about 20,000 results per keyword; with filters about 4,800.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard limit for the whole run across all keywords and URLs.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Open every product page to add the price tiers, specs, SKU options, lead time, certificates and the supplier block (contact person, response time, on-time delivery, 6-month orders). Billed per product as an extra event. Always on for <b>Suppliers</b> (billed per supplier).

## `tradeAssuranceOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only products from suppliers that offer Alibaba Trade Assurance order protection.

## `verifiedSuppliersOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only suppliers whose credentials were inspected by a third-party company.

## `samplesAvailableOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only products that can be ordered as a sample.

## `minOrderQuantityFrom` (type: `integer`):

Only products whose minimum order is at least this many units.

## `minOrderQuantityTo` (type: `integer`):

Only products you can buy in a quantity of this many units or fewer (for example 10 to find low-MOQ products).

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Lowest unit price. Prices are in US dollars when the default US proxy country is kept.

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Highest unit price.

## `minSupplierRating` (type: `string`):

Only suppliers with at least this store rating (out of 5).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of the results. <b>Sales volume</b> ranks by units sold in the last 180 days; <b>Response rate</b> ranks by supplier response rate.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many product pages are opened at the same time. Lower it if you see blocks.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Alibaba shows a slider after a few requests from one IP, so the actor needs a new IP for every request: keep Apify <b>Residential</b> proxies with country <b>US</b> (also gives US-dollar prices).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "products",
  "searchQueries": [
    "stainless steel tumbler"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 20,
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "tradeAssuranceOnly": false,
  "verifiedSuppliersOnly": false,
  "samplesAvailableOnly": false,
  "minSupplierRating": "any",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "maxConcurrency": 8,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "stainless steel tumbler"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("axlymxp/alibaba-product-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": ["stainless steel tumbler"],
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("axlymxp/alibaba-product-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "stainless steel tumbler"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}' |
apify call axlymxp/alibaba-product-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,axlymxp/alibaba-product-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/62wXQEgdfSpQWvFpA/builds/h0OfpERXfZOHC85OL/openapi.json