AliExpress Scraper — Products, Prices, Sold Counts & Sellers

Scrape AliExpress product listings, pricing data, seller metrics, and review counts. Handles CloudFront protection, browser fingerprinting, and CAPTCHAs automatically — so you get clean product data without getting blocked mid-run.

Why AliExpress Data?

AliExpress lists 100M+ products from millions of sellers worldwide. It's the primary data source for:

• Dropshipping product sourcing — find trending products with high sales and good margins
• Price tracking — monitor competitor pricing and discount patterns over time
• Market research — analyze product niches, pricing strategies, and demand signals
• Competitive intelligence — track seller performance, ratings, and inventory

Use Case: Dropshipping Product Research

Search a niche sorted by total_tranpro_desc (most orders) with a price band, and the soldCount + starRating + sellerRating combination tells you in one run which products actually move and which sellers are safe to source from:

{
  "action": "search",
  "query": "posture corrector",
  "sort": "total_tranpro_desc",
  "minPrice": 3,
  "maxPrice": 20,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Use Case: Competitor Price Tracking

Put your competitor's product URLs in urls with action: "product", schedule the run daily, and export to Google Sheets. price vs originalPrice exposes their real discount cadence over time — repricing intelligence for a fraction of a cent per product per day.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
action	string	Yes	"search"	Scrape mode: search for keyword search, product for direct URL scraping	"search"
query	string	For search	—	Search keywords	"bluetooth headphones"
urls	array	For product	—	Direct AliExpress product URLs	["https://aliexpress.com/item/..."]
maxItems	integer	No	5	Maximum items to return (1–500)	100
country	string	No	"US"	Ship-to country (ISO code) — affects prices and availability	"DE"
currency	string	No	"USD"	Display currency	"EUR"
sort	string	No	"default"	Sort order: default, total_tranpro_desc (most orders), price_asc, price_desc, latest	"total_tranpro_desc"
minPrice	number	No	—	Minimum price filter	5
maxPrice	number	No	—	Maximum price filter	50
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Apify residential	Proxy settings (residential recommended)	—

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	AliExpress product ID	"1005006234567890"
title	string	Product title	"TWS Wireless Earbuds Bluetooth 5.3"
price	number	Current price	8.99
originalPrice	number	Original/list price	22.00
discount	string	Discount percentage	"59%"
currency	string	Price currency	"USD"
soldCount	integer	Total units sold	15820
starRating	number	Average rating (0–5)	4.7
reviewCount	integer	Number of reviews	3241
sellerRating	string	Seller positive feedback rate	"97.8%"
shipping	string	Shipping info	"Free Shipping"
store	string	Store name	"TechGadgets Official Store"
storeId	string	Store ID	"910234567"
imageUrl	string	Main product image URL	"https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/..."
productUrl	string	Full product page URL	"https://www.aliexpress.com/item/..."

Example Input

{
    "action": "search",
    "query": "wireless earbuds",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "sort": "total_tranpro_desc",
    "minPrice": 5,
    "maxPrice": 50,
    "country": "US",
    "currency": "USD"
}

Example Output

{
    "id": "1005006234567890",
    "title": "TWS Wireless Earbuds Bluetooth 5.3 HiFi Stereo 40H Battery",
    "price": 8.99,
    "originalPrice": 22.00,
    "discount": "59%",
    "currency": "USD",
    "soldCount": 15820,
    "starRating": 4.7,
    "reviewCount": 3241,
    "sellerRating": "97.8%",
    "shipping": "Free Shipping",
    "store": "TechGadgets Official Store",
    "storeId": "910234567",
    "imageUrl": "https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/...",
    "productUrl": "https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006234567890.html"
}

Using with Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("cryptosignals/aliexpress-scraper").call(run_input={
    "action": "search",
    "query": "mechanical keyboard",
    "maxItems": 30,
    "sort": "total_tranpro_desc",
    "minPrice": 20,
    "maxPrice": 100,
})

for product in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{product['title'][:60]}")
    print(f"  ${product['price']} (was ${product.get('originalPrice', 'N/A')}) — {product.get('soldCount', 0)} sold")
    print(f"  Rating: {product.get('starRating', 'N/A')} — Store: {product.get('store', 'N/A')}")

Using with JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('cryptosignals/aliexpress-scraper').call({
    action: 'search',
    query: 'usb c hub',
    maxItems: 25,
    sort: 'price_asc',
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach(p => {
    console.log(`${p.title.slice(0, 50)} — $${p.price} (${p.soldCount} sold)`);
});

Proxy

AliExpress serves different prices and content by region, and blocks datacenter IPs immediately. Residential proxies are required for consistent results, especially at scale.

ThorData offers residential proxies in 195+ countries that handle AliExpress's aggressive anti-bot measures reliably.

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.005 per product scraped. No compute-unit surprises — you pay for data, not runtime.

• 100 products = $0.50
• 1,000 products = $5.00
• Daily tracking of 50 competitor products = ~$7.50/month

Integrations

Connect this actor to Google Sheets, Airtable, BigQuery, Slack, Zapier, Make, or use the Apify API for programmatic access and webhook notifications.

⭐ Leave a Review

If this actor saved you time, please take 30 seconds to leave a review: 👉 https://apify.com/cryptosignals/aliexpress-scraper/reviews

Reviews are the primary way this actor reaches new users and gets maintained and updated.

---

Built by cryptosignals