1688 Image Search Scraper

1688 Image Search Scraper finds any product on 1688.com by photo: paste image links from Amazon, AliExpress, Shopify, TikTok Shop or your own pictures and get the matching factory listings — title with English translation, price in CNY and USD, units sold, repeat-buyer rate and the supplier with years, province and audit badges. No account. $0.5 per 1,000 matches — no fee per photo, no start fee.

Tested head-to-head — 5 October 2026

The same requests went to this Actor and to the most-used 1688 scrapers on the Apify Store: 20 products for yoga mat typed in English, 3 product pages and 20 image-search matches for one photo.

	This Actor	The others
20 products returned in	13.2 s	7.4 s (10 of 20 rows) – 74 s
English titles and specs	yes, included	1 of 6
Price and stock of every variant (SKU)	yes, included	2 of 6
Rating summary and factory profile (staff, area, equipment)	yes, included	1 of 6, as a paid add-on
3 product pages returned in	9.3 s	11.7–32.8 s
Price per 1,000 products	$1	$1.00–5.24
Price per 1,000 product pages	$3	$3.00–6.63
Price per 1,000 image matches	$0.5	$0.75 + run fee – $5.00
Supplier list mode	yes	1 other — returned 0 rows
Start fee	none	2 of 6 charge one

What is 1688 Image Search Scraper?

The fastest way to find who makes a product and at what factory price. Each photo is uploaded to 1688's own image search, and every match comes back as a row — up to ~700 per photo. Switch on Open each product page for variants, specifications, stock and weight of each match.

Who uses it?

• Dropshippers and Amazon sellers — the 1688 source of a winning product, with real sales numbers.
• Sourcing agents — five factories for the photo a client sent, with price ranges.
• Brand protection — where copies of your product are sold wholesale.

How much does it cost?

Row	Price
Product (keyword search result)	$0.001 — $1 per 1,000
Image match (one product found by your photo)	$0.0005 — $0.5 per 1,000
Product page (full details)	$0.003 — $3 per 1,000
Supplier (one factory or wholesaler)	$0.002 — $2 per 1,000

No start fee, no proxy charge, no extra fee for English translations or image uploads. Error rows and rows removed by your filters are never billed. Maximum rows per run is a hard ceiling on the bill.

⬇️ Input

{
    "imageUrls": ["https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN01aFqi4A1LCVMseFDZZ_!!1012701263-0-cib.jpg"],
    "maxResultsPerInput": 50,
    "manufacturersOnly": true
}

⬆️ Output

{
    "type": "product",
    "source": "image search",
    "title": "外贸TPE12折双面折叠瑜伽垫便携式学生午睡午休垫家用防滑健身垫",
    "titleEn": "Export TPE 12-fold double-sided foldable yoga mat, portable nap mat, anti-slip fitness mat",
    "priceCny": 33,
    "priceUsd": 4.63,
    "soldCount": 22000,
    "repurchaseRate": "61%",
    "supplierName": "广州市力梵体育用品有限公司",
    "supplierProvince": "广东"
}

❓ FAQ

What is 1688.com?

1688.com is Alibaba's wholesale marketplace for China's domestic market — the factory prices that Alibaba.com, AliExpress, Amazon and TikTok Shop sellers buy from. Prices are in Chinese yuan (CNY) and usually far below Alibaba.com for the same item.

Can I search in English?

Yes. An English keyword is translated into the Chinese search words 1688 expects (both are in the row: keywordGiven and query), and every title, specification, variant and tag gets an English copy (titleEn, attributesEn, variantsEn…). Chinese keywords work as they are. Switch Add English translations off if you only want the Chinese originals.

Do I need a 1688 account, cookies or a proxy?

No. The Actor needs no login, no cookies and no proxy settings. 1688 limits how often one address may search; when it refuses, the request moves to a fresh address by itself.

How are USD prices worked out?

With the day's CNY→USD exchange rate (fetched once per run). The CNY price is always in the row too — it is what the supplier charges.

Why are some supplier scores empty?

1688 shows the service scores (overall, inquiries, logistics, disputes, returns, goods) only for some suppliers in search results. Years, type, province, repeat-buyer rate and audit badges are there for almost all.

Is it legal to scrape 1688?

The Actor reads only what 1688.com shows any visitor without an account: public listings and shop pages. It does not collect personal contact details.

Which images work best?

A clear photo of one product on a plain background. JPG, PNG and WebP up to 8 MB. 1688 picks the main object in the photo; crowded scenes give looser matches.

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