Alibaba Product Scraper — FOB ladders, MOQ, SKU & suppliers

Disclaimer: Unofficial tool — not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Alibaba Group or its affiliates. Data is read from publicly accessible product pages only. No login. You are responsible for complying with applicable law (including GDPR where personal data appears) and the site’s terms. No warranty on accuracy or availability. Provided for informational and research use.

Contact-data controls: Storefront contact names are omitted from the dataset by default. Enable includeContacts only for names already published on the product page and only when you have a lawful basis. Alibaba product pages do not publish supplier phone or email.

Crawloop China sourcing suite — Alibaba.com export PDPs, 1688 factory offers, and AliExpress retail comps.

Alibaba Product Scraper ◄── you are here	1688 Scraper	AliExpress Search Scraper
Alibaba.com FOB ladders, MOQ, Gold / Verified	China wholesale offers, factory flags	AliExpress retail search, sold count

Also see: Europages Scraper · WLW Scraper · North Data Scraper

Alibaba Product Scraper for Apify — turn Alibaba.com product URLs or numeric IDs into clean JSON without a public Alibaba API. Extract FOB quantity ladders, MOQ, SKU options, Gold / Verified / Trade Assurance badges, specs, images, ratings, and lead times.

Built for wholesale sourcing, landed-cost models, supplier shortlists, price monitoring, and CRM enrichment. Run from the Console or with Python, Node.js, cURL, or MCP / AI assistants. Fast HTTP crawl via curl_cffi (window.detailData) — no headless browser and no login for public fields.

When to use this Actor

• You already have Alibaba product URLs or product IDs and need full detail rows
• You care about quantity-tier FOB prices, not a single retail number
• You need MOQ + unit, manufacturer vs trader, and Gold / Verified / Trade Assurance on the same row
• You want an Alibaba API alternative that exports JSON / CSV / Excel from Apify
• You prefer a fast, browser-free product scrape on Apify

When not to use this Actor

• Keyword search / category browse — this Actor is product-detail only (pass URLs or IDs)
• 1688.com China-domestic wholesale — use 1688 Scraper; product IDs are not interchangeable
• AliExpress retail search — use AliExpress Search Scraper
• Supplier emails or phones — Alibaba does not publish them on product pages
• Sending RFQs or chat messages — read-only extraction, no account actions
• Buyer review bodies — aggregate rating/count only; individual reviews are out of scope

Key features

• Alibaba API alternative — structured dataset instead of manual PDP clicking
• URL or numeric ID — slug in the URL is ignored; productId is the key
• FOB ladder — every quantity band with display price and USD
• MOQ + unit — pieces, cartons, kg, and other published units
• SKU matrix — option groups plus per-SKU stock when shown
• Supplier trust — Gold years, assessed / verified manufacturer, Trade Assurance, on-time rate
• Specs & certs — attribute table plus CE / RoHS-style certificates
• Ship-to country — drives displayed currency (US → USD, DE → EUR, GB → GBP)
• Deduped input — same product id is fetched once per run
• Streaming results — rows appear while the run is in progress
• Lightweight — curl_cffi Chrome TLS, 256 MB default, optional proxy

Use cases

Use case	What you get
Landed-cost model	Quantity ladder + MOQ + lead-time bands
Factory vs trader filter	businessType, isManufacturer, Gold years
Shortlist vendors	Trade Assurance, assessed/verified flags, rating, response time
Catalog enrichment	Specs, images, SKU options, certifications
Price tracking	Re-run the same product IDs and diff ladderPrices
EU / DACH counterpart search	Chain to Europages / WLW after you know the category

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
productUrls	Array	example URL	Alibaba product detail URLs.
productIds	Array	[]	Numeric product ids (resolved on www).
shipToCountry	String	US	ISO alpha-2 ship-to (currency / logistics).
maxItems	Integer	50	Max dataset rows.
includeContacts	Boolean	false	Include public contact name.
requestDelaySecs	Number	0.4	Delay between HTTP requests.
proxyConfiguration	Object	off	Optional Apify Proxy.

Example — product URLs

{
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/product_1601175379813.html"
  ],
  "shipToCountry": "US",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example — numeric IDs

{
  "productIds": ["1601175379813"],
  "shipToCountry": "US"
}

Output fields

One dataset row per product (or an error row if the page was blocked / invalid).

Field	Description
productId	Stable numeric id
title / url	Listing title and canonical PDP URL
ladderPrices	{ minQuantity, maxQuantity, price, priceUsd, priceFormatted }
priceMin / priceMax / currency	Ladder endpoints in display currency
moq / moqUnit	Minimum order quantity and unit
leadTimes	{ minQuantity, maxQuantity, days }
variants / skuInventory	Option groups and per-SKU stock
specifications / certifications	Specs and certificates
companyName / companyId / businessType	Supplier identity
goldSupplier / goldYears / verifiedManufacturer / tradeAssurance	Trust badges
rating / reviewCount / onTimeDeliveryRate	Performance
images / imageUrl	Gallery
shipToCountry / scrapedAt	Provenance

Example row

{
  "source": "alibaba",
  "recordType": "product",
  "productId": "1601175379813",
  "title": "Custom Neon Sign …",
  "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/product_1601175379813.html",
  "priceFormatted": "$13.11-17.51",
  "currency": "USD",
  "moq": 1,
  "moqUnit": "piece",
  "ladderPrices": [
    { "minQuantity": 1, "maxQuantity": 49, "price": 17.51, "priceUsd": 19.9 }
  ],
  "companyName": "Example Electronics Co., Ltd.",
  "goldYears": 7,
  "verifiedManufacturer": true,
  "tradeAssurance": true
}

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" });
const run = await client.actor("crawloop/alibaba-product-scraper").call({
  productIds: ["1601175379813"],
  shipToCountry: "US",
  maxItems: 10,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
for (const item of items) {
  console.log(item.title, item.priceFormatted, item.companyName);
}

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("crawloop/alibaba-product-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "productIds": ["1601175379813"],
        "shipToCountry": "US",
        "maxItems": 10,
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("title"), item.get("priceFormatted"), item.get("companyName"))

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~alibaba-product-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"productIds":["1601175379813"],"shipToCountry":"US","maxItems":10}'

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call this Actor by its Store ID / name.

Example prompts:

• "Run Alibaba Product Scraper for product id 1601175379813 with shipToCountry US and return the FOB ladder as JSON"
• "Scrape these Alibaba product URLs and summarize MOQ, Gold years, and whether each seller is a manufacturer"
• "Chain Alibaba Product Scraper then 1688 Scraper for China-domestic MOQ, or AliExpress Search Scraper for retail comps"

Suite next step

After you shortlist Alibaba factories, pull China-domestic MOQ with 1688 Scraper, or retail sold-count comps with AliExpress Search Scraper. Map EU / DACH manufacturers with Europages Scraper or WLW Scraper; for commercial-register identity, run North Data Scraper.

FAQ

Is this an Alibaba API?
There is no public Alibaba product API for FOB ladders. This Actor is an Alibaba API alternative: you pass URLs or IDs and get a structured Apify dataset (JSON / CSV / Excel).

Do I need an Alibaba account?
No. The Actor reads publicly visible product pages.

Does keyword search work?
Not in this Actor. Pass product URLs or numeric IDs from search, a spreadsheet, or another tool.

Is this the same as an AliExpress scraper?
No. Alibaba.com is B2B wholesale (FOB, MOQ, Gold suppliers). AliExpress is B2C retail. Product IDs are not interchangeable.

Why is the currency not USD?
Displayed prices follow shipToCountry. Use US for USD, DE for EUR, GB for GBP. USD equivalents stay in priceUsd / priceMinUsd on each ladder row.

Can I scrape 1688.com with this?
No. 1688 is a different wholesale site. Product IDs are not interchangeable.

Will I get supplier email or WhatsApp?
No. Those fields are not on public product pages. Contact name is opt-in only.

What if a page comes back empty?
Alibaba sometimes returns a challenge or an empty shell. Enable Apify Proxy (residential if needed) and retry; failed URLs are stored as recordType: error.

Can I scrape Alibaba with Python or Node.js?
Yes. Use the Apify API clients (examples above) or call the Actor from MCP-compatible AI tools.

Can I run this from ChatGPT, Claude, or another MCP client?
Yes. Connect Apify MCP and call crawloop/alibaba-product-scraper with product URLs or IDs.

Related Actors

Actor	Use for
Alibaba Product Scraper ◄── you are here	Alibaba.com product detail: FOB ladders, MOQ, SKU, Gold / Verified
1688 Scraper	China-domestic wholesale offers, MOQ, factory flags
AliExpress Search Scraper	AliExpress retail search cards
Europages Scraper	Europe-wide B2B directory after you shortlist a category
WLW Scraper	DACH (DE / AT / CH) suppliers from Wer liefert was
North Data Scraper	EU commercial-register identity, officers, published financials