1688.com Search Scraper

Scrape product listings from 1688.com — Alibaba's Chinese wholesale marketplace — by keyword. Enter one or more search terms and this Actor returns structured product data: titles, prices, quantity price tiers, images, sellers, supplier trust signals and location, ready to export as JSON, CSV or Excel. Narrow results by price range, minimum order quantity and marketplace, and sort by relevance, sales or price. No login, no browser automation, no CSS selectors — just a keyword and Run.

What is the 1688.com Search Scraper?

The 1688.com Search Scraper is a fast, lightweight tool that turns a keyword search on 1688.com into a clean dataset of products. It talks directly to 1688's internal search API (the same one the website uses), so it is quick and reliable — no headless browser required. For every product it captures the title, unit price, quantity price tiers, main image, seller, supplier trust signals (factory / verified), repeat-purchase rate, sales count and location. You can filter by price range, minimum order quantity and consumer vs. industrial marketplace and sort by relevance, sales volume or price, and it paginates automatically until it reaches your item limit or the end of the results.

Because 1688.com is a Chinese wholesale marketplace, product titles are returned in their original Chinese — perfect for sourcing agents, resellers and price-research tools.

What can the 1688.com Search Scraper do?

• 🔍 Search by keyword — scrape any 1688.com search term; pass a whole list to scrape several searches in one run.
• 📦 Extract full product listings — title, price, quantity price tiers, supplier trust signals and location for each result.
• 🎯 Filter and sort — narrow results by price range, minimum order quantity and consumer vs. industrial marketplace, and sort by relevance, sales volume or price.
• 🏭 Supplier trust signals — see which suppliers are factories or 1688-verified/inspected.
• 📄 Auto-pagination — fetches results in pages of 60 up to your chosen limit or 1688's ~2,000-result cap (use a price range to split past the cap).
• 💾 Export anywhere — download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML, or pull it via the Apify API.
• 🌐 Built-in proxy rotation — route requests through Apify Proxy to avoid rate limiting and blocks.
• ⏱️ Schedule & monitor — run on a schedule, monitor runs, and get notified through the Apify platform.
• 🔗 Integrate — connect the output to Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Slack and more, or trigger runs from your own code.

What data does the 1688.com Search Scraper extract?

Each product in the dataset includes the following fields:

Field	Description
keyword	The search term this product was found under
offerId	Unique 1688 product (offer) ID
title	Product title (in original Chinese)
url	Direct link to the product detail page
imageUrl	Main product image URL
price	Numeric unit price
priceInfo	Raw price object (type, description, integer/decimal parts)
priceTiers	Quantity-based wholesale pricing — array of {quantity, price} tiers
bookedCount	Number of units sold / booked
salesText	Network-wide sales label (e.g. 全网500+件)
repurchaseRate	Seller repeat-purchase rate (e.g. 35%)
sellerName	Supplier / shop name
sellerMemberId	Supplier member ID
sellerUrl	Link to the supplier's storefront
sellerType	Supplier business type (e.g. manufacturer)
city	Seller city
province	Seller province
isAd	Whether the listing is a paid/promoted result
isFactory	Whether the supplier is a factory (super factory)
isVerified	Whether the supplier passed a 1688 inspection
businessInspection	Supplier passed 1688 business inspection
factoryInspection	Supplier passed 1688 factory inspection
serviceTags	Service badges (e.g. deep-verified supplier)
page	Result page the product came from

How do I scrape 1688.com by keyword?

You can run the 1688.com Search Scraper in a few clicks — no coding needed:

1. Click Try for free / open the Actor in the Apify Console.
2. Type one or more search keywords (English or Chinese) into the Search keywords field.
3. Set Max products per keyword to control how many results you want per search.
4. (Optional) Enable Apify Proxy to avoid rate limiting — it's on by default.
5. Click Run.
6. When the run finishes, download your data as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Output tab, or fetch it via the API.

Input

The 1688.com Search Scraper takes a simple input:

• Search keywords — the terms to look up on 1688.com. Each keyword runs as its own search, so you can scrape several at once. Keywords may be in English or Chinese.
• Max products per keyword — the maximum number of products to scrape for each keyword. Higher values mean longer, more thorough runs.
• Marketplace — search the consumer (pcmarket) or industrial (pcindustry) marketplace.
• Min price / Max price (CNY) — restrict results to a price range in Chinese Yuan.
• Minimum order quantity — only return products with an MOQ at or below this number of units.
• Sort results by — order results by relevance, sales volume or price, ascending or descending.
• Proxy configuration — select proxies (Apify Proxy datacenter recommended and enabled by default) to avoid rate limiting and blocks.

Output example

The Actor stores each product as one record in the dataset. Here is a real example result:

{
  "keyword": "michael jackson",
  "offerId": 1033778508529,
  "title": "2026春夏季Michael Jackson美式街头情侣上衣直喷印花水洗男短袖",
  "url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/1033778508529.html",
  "imageUrl": "https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN01rELFIM1Yz8QfDFEzA_!!2217950923129-0-cib.jpg",
  "price": 53.9,
  "priceInfo": {
    "price": "53.9",
    "priceType": "NORMAL",
    "priceInteger": "53",
    "priceDecimal": ".9",
    "priceDescription": "",
    "priceDescriptionColor": "#FF4000"
  },
  "priceTiers": [
    { "quantity": "2~49件", "price": 85.0 },
    { "quantity": "50~199件", "price": 82.0 },
    { "quantity": "≥200件", "price": 78.0 }
  ],
  "bookedCount": "287",
  "salesText": "全网500+件",
  "repurchaseRate": "35%",
  "sellerName": "广州反自商贸",
  "sellerMemberId": "b2b-2217950923129f9c9f",
  "sellerUrl": "https://m.1688.com/winport/b2b-2217950923129f9c9f.html?__existtitle__=1",
  "sellerType": "生产加工",
  "city": "佛山市",
  "province": "广东",
  "isAd": false,
  "isFactory": true,
  "isVerified": true,
  "businessInspection": true,
  "factoryInspection": false,
  "serviceTags": ["深度验商"],
  "page": 1
}

Use cases

• 🛒 Product sourcing — find wholesale suppliers and products on 1688.com for dropshipping or import.
• 💰 Price research & monitoring — track wholesale prices across suppliers for a product category.
• 📊 Market analysis — measure how many suppliers and listings exist for a keyword, and how competitive it is.
• 🔁 Reseller & arbitrage research — spot high-sales, high-repurchase-rate products to resell on other marketplaces.
• 🌏 Sourcing agents — build product shortlists with supplier names, locations and links for clients.
• 🤖 Feed your own apps — pipe 1688 product data into spreadsheets, dashboards or AI tools via the API.

Free vs. Premium plan

Both plans return the same rich product data (all fields, filters, sorting and proxy support). Premium simply removes the per-run limits so you can scrape at scale:

Capability	Free plan	Premium plan
Keywords per run	1	✅ Unlimited
Products per keyword	10	✅ Up to 2,000 (1688's cap)
Output fields (24)	✅ All	✅ All
Filters & sorting (price, MOQ, marketplace, sort)	✅ All	✅ All
Quantity price tiers & supplier trust signals	✅	✅
Apify Proxy support	✅	✅
Scheduling, monitoring & API access	✅	✅

On the free plan, each run is automatically limited to 1 keyword and 10 products, so you can test the Actor and inspect the output before upgrading. On a paid (premium) plan, those limits are lifted — pass as many keywords as you like and raise Max products per keyword up to 1688's ~2,000-result cap per search.

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FAQ

Is it legal to scrape 1688.com?

Scraping publicly available data is generally legal, but you are responsible for how you use the data. Only collect publicly accessible information, respect 1688.com's terms of service, and avoid collecting personal or copyrighted data you don't have the right to use. When in doubt, consult a legal professional. See Apify's guide on the legality of web scraping.

What's the difference between the free and premium plan?

On the free plan every run is capped at 1 keyword and 10 products per keyword — enough to try the Actor and check the output. A premium (paid) plan removes both caps: unlimited keywords per run and up to 1688's ~2,000 results per search. All output fields, filters, sorting and proxy support are available on both plans. See the Free vs. Premium plan table above.

Why are the product titles in Chinese?

1688.com is a Chinese wholesale marketplace, so titles are stored in their original Chinese. You can translate them afterwards with your own translation tool or an AI step in your workflow.

Can I scrape multiple keywords at once?

Yes. Add several search keywords and each one runs as its own search in a single run.

How many products can I scrape per keyword?

As many as you set in Max products per keyword, up to 1688.com's own limit of roughly 2,000 results per search.

Can I access the 1688.com Search Scraper via API?

Yes. Like every Apify Actor, you can run it and retrieve its dataset through the Apify API, the API clients for Python and JavaScript, or the CLI — and schedule and monitor runs from the platform.

In what formats can I export the data?

You can export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML, or fetch them programmatically through the Apify API.

Support

Found a bug or need a new field? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab in the Apify Console — we actively maintain this Actor. Need a custom 1688.com or Alibaba scraping solution? Reach out and we'll help.