AliExpress 速卖通 Scraper - Products, Prices & Sold Counts

AliExpress 速卖通 Scraper searches AliExpress by keyword and returns the public product cards as clean, flat JSON. Every record has the item ID, title, price as a number, sold count, star rating, an ad flag, the image and the product link. You can sort by best selling or price, limit the price range and pick the currency (USD, EUR or GBP). It is for dropshippers, sellers, product researchers and price monitors who want an AliExpress API alternative with no AliExpress account, API keys, proxies or cookies. Pricing is pay-per-event: $0.008 per product, plus a $0.018 start fee per run.

What data can you get?

One record per product, the same fields for every keyword.

Field	What it contains
itemId	AliExpress item ID
url	Link to the product page
title	Product title
price	Price shown on the result card (the promotion price when there is one), as a number in the chosen currency
currency	Currency code of the price (the currency you asked for)
soldCount	Number of units sold, as AliExpress shows it (0 when it shows none)
rating	Average star rating out of 5; empty for products without ratings
isAd	True for a sponsored result (an advertisement slot in the search results)
imageUrl	Main product image
searchKeyword	The keyword the product was found with
type	Record type, always product

How the data is shaped

• Numbers you can use. price, soldCount and rating are numbers, not text.
• Flat fields, nothing nested. One record per product, so you can merge runs of different keywords without remapping columns.
• Ads are marked, not hidden. Sponsored slots come back in the same list with isAd set to true; filter them out in your own code if you only want organic results. Each returned product is charged, ads included.

How to use AliExpress 速卖通 Scraper

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. Keep the mode Search products by keyword (the only mode).
3. Add one or more Keywords.
4. Optionally choose a Sort, a Currency and a Minimum price and Maximum price.
5. Set Max results to the total number of products you want for the whole run.
6. Click Start. When the run finishes, download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the Apify API.

The Actor also runs in seconds with an empty input: {} searches "phone case".

Input

Field	Type	Required	What it does	Default
mode	string	Optional	search (products by keyword), the only mode	search
keywords	array of strings	Optional	Search keywords, searched one after the other until maxResults is reached	Falls back to phone case when empty
sort	string	Optional	relevance, bestSelling, priceLowToHigh, priceHighToLow	relevance
currency	string	Optional	Currency of the prices and of the price range: USD, EUR or GBP	USD
minPrice	number	Optional	Only products priced at or above this value, in the chosen currency	no lower bound
maxPrice	number	Optional	Only products priced at or below this value, in the chosen currency	no upper bound
maxResults	integer	Optional	Maximum number of products for the whole run (1 to 5000). The run stops as soon as it is reached. You are charged per product returned	20

Example: best sellers in a price range

{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywords": ["phone case", "usb c cable"],
  "sort": "bestSelling",
  "currency": "USD",
  "minPrice": 1,
  "maxPrice": 10,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Output example

The values below are illustrative.

{
  "type": "product",
  "itemId": "3256800000000001",
  "url": "https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256800000000001.html",
  "searchKeyword": "phone case",
  "currency": "USD",
  "title": "Magnetic Clear Phone Case For iPhone 16 Pro Max Shockproof Cover",
  "price": 1.09,
  "soldCount": 4905,
  "rating": 4.7,
  "isAd": false,
  "imageUrl": "https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/example.jpeg"
}

How much does it cost?

The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. These are the charge events and their prices:

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
run-start	$0.018	Once per run, charged when the first request to the data source succeeds, even if that request returns nothing. It is not charged when the data source fails from the start, or when your spending limit cannot cover it. When you give several keywords, each one after the first pays one more start fee, but only if the run actually reaches it. That extra fee is charged before that keyword's first request and is kept even if that keyword then returns nothing.
result	$0.008	For each product returned

Worked examples:

• 100 products from one keyword: $0.018 + 100 x $0.008 = $0.818.
• 20 products (the default run): $0.018 + 20 x $0.008 = $0.178.
• 100 products in total from two keywords, where the first keyword runs out after 40 products and the other 60 come from the second: 2 x $0.018 + 100 x $0.008 = $0.836. If the first keyword alone fills all 100 products, the second keyword is never searched, no second start fee is charged, and the cost stays $0.818.

You never pay for more than maxResults items, you are never charged for items that were not delivered, and the run stops by itself if your spending limit is reached.

On the free Apify plan, every run returns a sample dataset: a real result of this Actor's prefilled input, captured on the date shown in the run status, so you can see exactly what the output looks like. Your own input is not used and nothing is charged. To run your own searches, use any paid Apify plan.

Use cases

• Product research and dropshipping: see what sells for a keyword, at what price and with how many units sold.
• Price monitoring: run the same keyword on a schedule and track price moves in your own currency.
• Competitor and niche watch: compare best sellers across keywords and price bands.
• AI and data projects: use clean, flat product records for catalogs, price models and recommendations.

Integrations and API

You can start runs from your own code with the Apify API, schedule runs, and connect the dataset to Apify integrations and webhooks. Results can be read from the API as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Example with the Python apify-client package:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("clover_folktale/aliexpress-scraper").call(run_input={
    "mode": "search",
    "keywords": ["phone case"],
    "sort": "bestSelling",
    "currency": "USD",
    "maxResults": 100,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Tips and limits

• Page size. A search page holds about 20 products; large runs make one request per page, roughly 2-5 seconds each. Different pages of one search do not overlap.
• Fewer results than requested. A listing ends when a page comes back thin or empty, so you may get fewer products than maxResults for narrow searches or tight price ranges.
• Searches that find nothing. A keyword that finds nothing is skipped. If too many keywords return nothing, the run stops to protect your budget.
• Order can change between runs. AliExpress mixes in ads and personalised ranking, so the same keyword can list products in a different order on a different day. Sorting by best selling or price is steadier.
• Currency. price is in the currency you chose (USD, EUR or GBP). Prices are what AliExpress shows at the time of the run.
• Which fields are often empty: rating is empty for products without ratings; soldCount is 0 for new products.
• Free plan. Every run on the free Apify plan returns a stored sample dataset (a real result of the prefilled input); your own input is not used and nothing is charged. Use any paid Apify plan to run your own searches.
• Feedback. Missing a field or a filter? Open an issue from the Actor page and it will be looked at.

FAQ

Do I need an AliExpress account, API key or cookies?

No. You only need an Apify account to run the Actor.

Is it legal to scrape AliExpress?

The Actor returns only public listing data: what anyone sees on an AliExpress search results page. It returns no account data and no buyer data, and no private data such as phone numbers or messages. You are responsible for how you use the data and for following the laws and terms that apply to you.

How fresh is the data?

Each run reads AliExpress at the time of the run.

How many results can I get?

Up to 5000 products per run, set with maxResults. Narrow searches can return fewer products.

Does it return product details, variants or reviews?

No. This Actor returns the search result cards only: title, price, sold count, rating, image and link.

Can I schedule runs and export the data?

Yes. You can schedule runs in Apify, start them through the API, and export every dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.

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