# Alibaba Scraper: Products, Suppliers, Prices & MOQ (`precious_bathmat/alibaba-supplier-research`) Actor

Scrape Alibaba.com products and suppliers for any keyword and supplier country: price tiers, minimum order, units sold, lead time, verified and Gold suppliers, ratings, years and orders. Plus a sourcing report per keyword. No login, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/alibaba-supplier-research.md
- **Developed by:** [Mariam Ahmed](https://apify.com/precious_bathmat) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 products

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Alibaba Scraper: Products, Suppliers, Prices & MOQ

Find **products and suppliers on Alibaba.com** for anything you want to source, from any supplier country, with no login and no API key, and get a **sourcing report for every keyword**:

- **Every product**: title, price range, **price per quantity tier**, **minimum order (MOQ)**, units sold, lead time and link
- **Every supplier**: name, country, years on Alibaba, **Verified** and **Gold** status, Trade Assurance, rating, response rate, total orders and revenue band, main products, export markets
- **Supplier countries**: China, India, Vietnam, Turkey, Pakistan, Thailand, the US and more, side by side
- **Filters**: verified suppliers only, Trade Assurance only, highest minimum order, highest unit price, supplier years, exclude words
- **No machinery by default**: Alibaba often ranks the printer or mould that *makes* a product above the product; those are left out unless you ask for them
- **Sourcing report**: unit price at minimum order and in bulk, typical MOQ, supplier quality, lead times, top suppliers, cheapest low-MOQ offers, best-rated established suppliers

### What does this Alibaba scraper do?

```
"bamboo toothbrush" · suppliers in China · 12,770 products on Alibaba
 Median price at minimum order $0.32, in bulk $0.20 (28% off)
 Median minimum order 100 pieces · 52% of suppliers verified · median 9 years on Alibaba
 Median lead time 15 days · top supplier by orders: Hebei Meixu Trade Co., Ltd.

Same keyword, suppliers in Vietnam: 978 products · $0.30 at MOQ · median MOQ 500
```

1. Enter **product keywords** and **supplier countries** (two-letter codes: CN, IN, VN, TR...).
2. Optionally filter by **verified suppliers**, **Trade Assurance**, **maximum minimum order**, **maximum price** or **supplier years**.
3. You get **one row per product** in the dataset and **one sourcing report per keyword and country**.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    A[Keywords] --> C[Alibaba supplier<br/>pages per country]
    B[Supplier countries<br/>CN, IN, VN, TR...] --> C
    C --> D{Filters<br/>machinery, verified,<br/>MOQ, price, years}
    D --> E[Products<br/>price tiers, MOQ,<br/>supplier details]
    E --> F[Sourcing report<br/>prices, MOQs,<br/>supplier quality]
```

### Who is it for?

- **Amazon, Shopify and TikTok Shop sellers**: what a product really costs at your order size, and which suppliers take small test orders
- **Sourcing agents and importers**: shortlist verified, established suppliers with Trade Assurance, and compare countries
- **Brands looking beyond China**: the same product from India, Vietnam or Turkey, with prices and minimum orders side by side
- **Market researchers**: how many suppliers make a product, price levels and bulk discounts, where they export

### What data do you get?

**Products** (dataset, one row per product)

| Field | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| `keyword`, `searchCountry`, `rank` | Which search, and the product's place in Alibaba's list |
| `productId`, `title`, `url`, `imageUrl` | The product |
| `priceMin`, `priceMax`, `priceText`, `currency`, `unit` | Price range in US dollars (`priceMax` = price at the minimum order, `priceMin` = best bulk price) |
| `priceTiers` | Every quantity tier with its price |
| `minOrder`, `minOrderText` | Minimum order quantity |
| `sold`, `leadTimeDays`, `productScore`, `isAd` | Units sold, days to ship the first tier, product rating, sponsored or not |
| `supplierName`, `supplierId`, `supplierUrl`, `supplierCountry`, `supplierYears` | The supplier company |
| `verifiedSupplier`, `goldSupplier`, `tradeAssurance` | Verification, Gold status, Trade Assurance |
| `supplierRating`, `supplierReviews`, `onTimeDeliveryRating`, `responseRate` | How buyers rate the supplier |
| `supplierOrders`, `supplierRevenue`, `mainProducts`, `exportsTo` | Size, range and markets |

**Sourcing report** (`REPORTS`, one per keyword and supplier country)

| Field | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| `totalOnAlibaba`, `productsRead`, `suppliers` | How big the market is, and how much the report covers |
| `pricePerUnit` | Median and range at minimum order, median bulk price, median bulk discount |
| `minOrder` | Median and range, share you can order in 10 or fewer |
| `supplierQuality` | Verified %, Gold %, Trade Assurance %, median years, rating and response rate |
| `medianLeadTimeDays`, `adsPercent` | Typical lead time, sponsored share |
| `topSuppliersByProducts`, `topSuppliersByOrders` | Who dominates the keyword |
| `cheapestAtLowMinOrder`, `bestRatedEstablished`, `bestSellers` | Shortlists to start from |
| `topExportMarkets` | Where these suppliers sell |

### Example: 3 October 2026

Six products from suppliers in China, India and Vietnam, 120 products each: **2,106 products and 18 reports in 1 minute 53 seconds**. Median prices per unit in US dollars:

| Product | China: at MOQ / bulk / MOQ | India: at MOQ / MOQ | Vietnam: at MOQ / MOQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoga mat | $7.35 / $5.00 / 10 | $7.93 / 50 | $5.00 / 100 |
| Bamboo toothbrush | $0.32 / $0.20 / 100 | $8.65 / 50 | $0.30 / 500 |
| Gaming chair | $44.00 / $35.25 / 25 | $38.00 / 5 | $69.00 / 10 |
| Phone case | $1.05 / $0.81 / 50 | $8.57 / 20 | $1.76 / 100 |
| Custom hoodies | $13.90 / $9.55 / 20 | $8.30 / 30 | $12.73 / 50 |
| Water bottle | $2.29 / $1.50 / 50 | $9.00 / 50 | $3.03 / 100 |

- **China has depth**: 94,958 yoga-mat products against 2,652 from India and 892 from Vietnam, and half of the Chinese yoga-mat listings take orders of **10 or fewer**.
- **Verification varies a lot by country**: 31% to 76% of Chinese suppliers were verified, depending on the product, against 0% to 26% in India and Vietnam.
- **Bulk discounts** ran from 7% (Vietnamese gaming chairs) to 42% (Vietnamese bamboo toothbrushes).
- **"Phone case" from China**: Alibaba's own list is crowded with UV printers and moulding machines; with machinery hidden, 110 real phone cases were kept from 640 products read.
- A second run read **2,000 LED strip products in 1 minute 39 seconds**.

### Pricing

**$0.002 per product** and **$0.02 per sourcing report**.

- 120 products and a report: **$0.26**
- The run above (2,106 products, 18 reports): **$4.57**

Turn off reports to pay for products only.

### Good to know

- **Prices are in US dollars as Alibaba lists them**, before shipping, duties and sample costs. `priceMax` is usually the price at the minimum order and `priceMin` the price at the largest tier.
- **Spellings**: Alibaba has supplier pages for some spellings only ("phone cases" but not "phone case"). The keyword, its plural and its singular are tried, and `RUN_SUMMARY` says when none exists. Try a broader term if so.
- **Up to 4,000 products** per keyword and country (Alibaba shows 100 pages of 40), in Alibaba's own order.
- **Filters are applied as products are read**, so a strict filter reads more pages to find enough products.
- **Ratings**: a supplier with no reviews yet has an empty rating, not zero.
- **Companies only**: supplier companies and their public profile pages; no contact people, emails or phone numbers.
- Pages are read directly. If Alibaba ever challenges the run, it continues through Apify Proxy on its own, at no extra cost to you.
- Data comes from Alibaba.com's public supplier search pages. **Not affiliated with Alibaba.**

### Input

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| **Product keywords** | What you want to source |
| **Supplier countries** | CN, IN, VN, TR, PK, TH, US... (default CN) |
| **Products per keyword and country** | 1 to 4,000 (default 120) |
| **Hide machinery** | On by default |
| **Exclude words** | Leave out titles containing these |
| **Verified suppliers only / Trade Assurance only** | Off by default |
| **Highest minimum order / Highest unit price / Supplier years** | Optional limits |
| **Include sponsored products** | On by default |
| **Reports** | On by default |

### Integrations

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets, or connect through the Apify API, webhooks, Make, Zapier and n8n. **Schedule it** to watch prices and new suppliers for the products you sell.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

What you want to source, e.g. "yoga mat", "bamboo toothbrush", "gaming chair". One report per keyword and supplier country.

## `supplierCountries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter country codes of the suppliers, e.g. CN (China), IN (India), VN (Vietnam), TR (Turkey), PK (Pakistan), TH (Thailand), US.

## `maxProducts` (type: `integer`):

Most products to save for each keyword and country (1 to 4,000; Alibaba shows up to 100 pages of 40).

## `hideMachinery` (type: `boolean`):

Leave out printers, machines, moulds and production lines unless your keyword asks for them. Alibaba often ranks the machine that makes a product above the product.

## `excludeWords` (type: `array`):

Leave out products whose title contains any of these words, e.g. "sticker", "accessory".

## `verifiedOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only suppliers verified by a third-party inspection.

## `tradeAssuranceOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only products covered by Alibaba's Trade Assurance.

## `maxMinOrder` (type: `integer`):

Only products you can order in this quantity or fewer, e.g. 10 for small test orders.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Only products priced at or below this per unit at the minimum order.

## `minSupplierYears` (type: `integer`):

Only suppliers with this many years or more.

## `includeAds` (type: `boolean`):

Keep products Alibaba marks as ads.

## `includeReports` (type: `boolean`):

One sourcing report per keyword and country: price per unit at minimum order and in bulk, minimum orders, supplier quality, lead times, top suppliers, cheapest offers.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "yoga mat"
  ],
  "supplierCountries": [
    "CN"
  ],
  "maxProducts": 120,
  "hideMachinery": true,
  "verifiedOnly": false,
  "tradeAssuranceOnly": false,
  "includeAds": true,
  "includeReports": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

One row per product: title, price and price tiers, minimum order, units sold, lead time, supplier name, country, years, verified, Gold, Trade Assurance, rating, response rate, orders, link.

## `reports` (type: `string`):

Per keyword and country: unit price at minimum order and in bulk, minimum orders, supplier quality, lead times, top suppliers, cheapest offers, best-rated established suppliers.

## `reportsCsv` (type: `string`):

One flat row per keyword and country.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Requests, problems and the limits of the data.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "yoga mat"
    ],
    "supplierCountries": [
        "CN"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("precious_bathmat/alibaba-supplier-research").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keywords": ["yoga mat"],
    "supplierCountries": ["CN"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("precious_bathmat/alibaba-supplier-research").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "yoga mat"
  ],
  "supplierCountries": [
    "CN"
  ]
}' |
apify call precious_bathmat/alibaba-supplier-research --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,precious_bathmat/alibaba-supplier-research"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/tZ5KfLemJ99VSworj/builds/cXB1SFJS2JtdSm1Tk/openapi.json