TikTok Shop to 1688 Arbitrage Finder

Find TikTok Shop products with supplier-margin potential on 1688. This Actor turns TikTok Shop product signals and 1688 supplier candidates into a ranked opportunity dataset for dropshipping, product research, and sourcing analysis.

It is designed to sit above product scrapers: feed it TikTok Shop data, feed it 1688 supplier data, and it calculates which matches look worth testing.

What It Does

• Normalizes TikTok Shop product records from manual input, Apify datasets, or a source Actor
• Normalizes 1688 supplier/product records from manual input, Apify datasets, or a source Actor
• Matches products by title similarity
• Converts CNY supplier prices to USD
• Estimates landed cost, marketplace fees, ad/creator costs, gross profit, and margin
• Scores opportunities using margin, product demand, supplier strength, and match quality
• Exports ranked results to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or the Apify API

Best Use Cases

• Find products selling well on TikTok Shop that appear cheaper on 1688
• Build a product research shortlist for dropshipping tests
• Compare supplier candidates before importing products to Shopify
• Monitor known TikTok products against changing supplier prices
• Enrich existing TikTok Shop and 1688 datasets with margin intelligence

Input Options

You can use this Actor in three ways.

1. Paste Products Directly

Paste TikTok Shop records into tiktokProducts and 1688 records into supplierProducts.

This is best for testing, CSV-to-JSON workflows, and small research batches.

2. Use Existing Apify Datasets

Add dataset IDs to:

• tiktokDatasetIds
• supplierDatasetIds

The Actor reads those datasets and automatically maps common field names such as title, price, soldCount, rating, url, imageUrl, moq, and supplierRating.

3. Run Source Actors

Enable runSourceActors and provide:

• tiktokSourceActorId
• tiktokSourceActorInput
• supplierSourceActorId
• supplierSourceActorInput

The supplier Actor can be called once per TikTok product. Use {{keyword}} in the supplier input template to search 1688 using the product keyword.

Example supplier input template:

{
  "query": "{{keyword}}",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output Fields

Each saved dataset item contains:

• opportunityScore
• marginPercent
• estimatedProfitUsd
• estimatedLandedCostUsd
• tiktokTitle
• tiktokPriceUsd
• tiktokSoldCount
• tiktokRating
• tiktokReviewCount
• supplierTitle
• supplierUnitCostUsd
• supplierMoq
• supplierRating
• matchScore
• demandScore
• supplierScore
• riskFlags
• source URLs and image URLs

Scoring Model

The opportunity score is based on:

• 35% title match quality
• 35% estimated margin
• 20% TikTok demand signals
• 10% supplier strength

The Actor also flags risks such as low match quality, thin margin, high MOQ, missing sales signals, or missing supplier rating.

Example Output

{
  "opportunityScore": 74.24,
  "marginPercent": 43.88,
  "estimatedProfitUsd": 13.16,
  "tiktokTitle": "Portable Blender 500ml USB Rechargeable Mini Juicer",
  "tiktokPriceUsd": 29.99,
  "tiktokSoldCount": 18500,
  "supplierTitle": "USB Portable Juicer Blender 500ml Electric Fruit Mixer Factory Wholesale",
  "supplierUnitCostUsd": 4.17,
  "supplierMoq": 2,
  "matchScore": 44.44,
  "riskFlags": []
}

Pricing Suggestion

Recommended pay-per-result pricing for Store launch:

• $6-$10 per 1,000 matched opportunities
• Free trial or low free-run cap for the first 10-20 opportunities

Notes

This Actor estimates opportunities. It does not guarantee product-market fit, ad performance, supplier reliability, legal compliance, delivery speed, or final profit. Always verify samples, shipping, platform policies, and product restrictions before selling.