1688 Scraper: Wholesale Prices, Suppliers & Reverse Image Search

Scrape 1688.com (Alibaba's Chinese wholesale marketplace) by offer ID, URL, keyword, or a product photo. Get MOQ price ladders, SKUs with live stock, images, attributes, and the supplier, with titles and specs translated to English. Optional China-to-worldwide landed cost. No proxy, no login, no 1688 account.

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What is the 1688 Scraper?

The 1688 Scraper extracts wholesale product and supplier data from 1688.com and returns it as clean JSON or CSV. Give it an offer ID or a detail.1688.com URL and get the full offer: the quantity-break price ladder (the price at each MOQ tier), variants and SKUs with live stock, every product image, the product attributes, and the supplier (company name and shop URL). You can also search by keyword to discover offers, or run a reverse image search from a competitor's product photo to find the exact same item and its factories on 1688.

Unlike browser-based tools, this 1688 Scraper runs on a pure-HTTP backend that reads the official Alibaba wholesale data server-side, so there is no China residential proxy to pay for, no login wall, and no captcha. Titles and product attributes come back translated to English, and every offer can be enriched with a landed cost (product price plus China-to-destination shipping) so you see the number that actually decides a sourcing deal.

1688 sourcing use cases

• Reverse image sourcing: Drop a product photo from a TikTok or Facebook ad and get the matching 1688 offers with prices and suppliers.
• Dropshipping research: Pull cost, MOQ, and stock for hundreds of offers to size margins before you list.
• Amazon FBA / private label: Compare suppliers of the same product by price ladder and MOQ tiers.
• Landed-cost estimation: Turn a 1688 price into a delivered cost to France, the US, Germany, or anywhere, using the product weight.
• Catalog enrichment: Fill your PIM or Shopify store with 1688 images, English titles, variants, and specs keyed by offer ID.

Input

Set a mode (detail, search, or image) and a list of inputs. Minimal example:

{
  "mode": "detail",
  "inputs": ["642952568827"],
  "shippingCountry": "FR"
}

• detail: offer IDs or detail.1688.com URLs, one full offer record each (price ladder, SKUs, images, attributes, supplier).
• search: keywords in English (e.g. baby bag) or Chinese, returns a list of offers. Optional priceRange filter in CNY.
• image: one or more image URLs (a product photo), returns the same-product offers via reverse image search.

Set shippingCountry to a 2-letter code (e.g. FR, US, DE) in detail mode to enrich each offer with the landed cost.

Output

One record per offer. A trimmed detail example:

{
  "type": "offer",
  "offerId": "642952568827",
  "title": "Baby medicine feeder syringe pacifier set",
  "unit": "set",
  "priceLadder": [
    {"beginAmount": 3, "price": "4.00"},
    {"beginAmount": 100, "price": "3.50"}
  ],
  "priceMin": 3.5, "priceMax": 4.0, "moq": 3,
  "skus": [{"spec": "transparent", "skuId": "5280910728381", "stock": 779034}],
  "attributes": {"Material": "Silicone", "Age group": "0-3 years"},
  "images": ["https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/..."],
  "supplier": {"companyName": "Jinhua Congke Technology Co., Ltd."},
  "landedCost": {"country": "FR", "cheapest": {"totalFee": 62.75, "currency": "CNY", "deliveryDays": "8-12"}},
  "url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/642952568827.html"
}

Pricing

This actor uses PAY_PER_EVENT: $0.01 per offer ($10 / 1,000 offers) in every mode. There is no charge for failed runs, and blocked requests are never charged.

Automate & schedule

Schedule the 1688 Scraper to re-run daily or weekly to keep supplier prices, MOQ tiers, and stock current, or wire it to Google Sheets, Slack, or your PIM through Apify integrations. Recurring runs keep your sourcing data fresh, so you set it once and forget it.

FAQ: 1688 API, image search & English data

Is there a free 1688 API? 1688's official open API is limited to China-registered partners. This actor reads the public wholesale data for you, with no partner account, no app review, and no 1688 login.

How do I find a 1688 supplier from a product photo? Use image mode with the photo URL. The actor runs a reverse image search on 1688 and returns the same-product offers, so you can source directly from a competitor's ad creative.

Does the 1688 scraper require a 1688 account or a China proxy? No. It runs on a pure-HTTP backend, so there is no login, no cookies, and no residential proxy to buy.

Can I get 1688 product titles and specs in English? Yes. Titles and product attributes are returned translated to English, alongside the original.

How do I calculate the landed cost of a 1688 product to my country? Set shippingCountry in detail mode. Each offer is enriched with China-to-destination shipping options (cheapest and fastest) based on the product weight, giving you product plus shipping in one record.

What are the best alternatives for scraping 1688 without a proxy? Most 1688 scrapers drive a headless browser through a paid China residential proxy. This actor skips that entirely by querying the wholesale data server-side, which is why it is cheaper and does not hit login walls.

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