# Alibaba Supplier Search Scraper & API - Verified Manufacturers (`rel8ble/alibaba-supplier-search-scraper`) Actor

Alibaba supplier search scraper and API: find suppliers and manufacturers for any product keyword. One result = one supplier: country, manufacturer or trader, years, Verified / Gold / Trade Assurance, rating, response rate, staff, revenue band, price range, MOQ. No start fee. $0.60 per 1,000.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rel8ble/alibaba-supplier-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Giovanni Rich](https://apify.com/rel8ble) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.60 / 1,000 results

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# README

## Alibaba Supplier Search Scraper & API - Verified Manufacturers

This **Alibaba supplier search scraper** finds the **suppliers behind any product keyword** on Alibaba.com and returns **one clean row per supplier**: company name, country, **manufacturer or trading company**, years on Alibaba, **Verified / Verified PRO / Gold / Trade Assurance** flags, inspection company (SGS, TÜV, Intertek ...), store rating and sub-scores, response rate, transactions, **online revenue band**, staff count, factory size, main products and export markets, plus what they sell for your keyword: number of matching products, price range, lowest MOQ and up to 5 sample products.
Use it as an **Alibaba supplier finder**, an **Alibaba manufacturer list builder**, a **B2B sourcing lead generator** or an unofficial **Alibaba supplier API** from your own code, Make, Zapier or n8n. **$0.60 per 1,000 suppliers, no start fee**: a 50-supplier shortlist costs $0.03.

Type a product (`yoga mat`, `custom tote bags`, `cnc machining parts`), pick your filters (Trade Assurance only, manufacturers only, minimum years, rating, staff ...), and get a deduplicated supplier shortlist in seconds. Plain HTTP, **no headless browser and no login**. A 50-supplier cloud run took 35 seconds, start-up included (3.8 s of crawling in a local test).

### What you get

- **Company**: supplier ID and name, storefront, company profile, full product list and Alibaba "Contact supplier" form links, country, logo.
- **Trust signals**: business type (Manufacturer / Trading Company), years on Alibaba, Verified, Verified PRO, Gold Supplier, Trade Assurance, inspection company, certification tags, star level.
- **Performance**: store rating out of 5 with product quality / supplier service / on-time shipment scores, review count, what buyers praise most, response rate (text and number), response time, online transactions and their value, Alibaba's online revenue band in USD.
- **Size**: staff count, factory size in m², main products, main export markets.
- **For your keyword**: rank, how many of the scanned results are theirs (`matchingProducts`), sponsored listings, first position in the search, product price range, lowest MOQ, total "sold" count, product categories and certifications, up to 5 sample products with link, image, price and MOQ.

No personal contact details are collected: no contact person names, phone numbers or emails. To reach a supplier, use its `contactSupplierUrl` (Alibaba's own inquiry form).

### Sample output

Real rows from a local test run on 2026-10-30 (default input `yoga mat`, 50 suppliers from 96 products in 3.8 s), a few of the 50 fields:

| rank | supplier | type | years | verified | rating (reviews) | response | staff | revenue band | products | price | lowest MOQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuqing Shengde Ruibo Technology Co., Ltd. | Trading Company | 3 | SGS | 4.4 (14) | 89.3% | 10 | $220K+ | 4 | $2.80-9.99 | 100 |
| 2 | Xiamen Kejinqu Toy Products Co., Ltd. | Trading Company | 1 | - | 4.6 (22) | 98.8% | - | $50K+ | 2 | $1.80-27.80 | 1 |
| 3 | Wenzhou Qiangfeng Technology Co., Ltd. | Manufacturer + Trading | 5 | - | 4.7 (11) | 98.8% | - | $150K+ | 7 | $3.99-14.60 | 2 |
| 4 | Hefei Avant Fitness Co., Ltd. | Trading Company | 2 | Intertek | 4.8 (29) | 99.1% | - | $110K+ | 3 | $0.15-10.60 | 1 |
| 5 | Tianjin Xiqing District Baoya Trading Firm | Trading Company | 1 | - | 5.0 (1) | 83.7% | - | $1K+ | 3 | $4.72-6.45 | 20 |

### Use cases

- **Supplier shortlists**: the 20-50 best suppliers for a product, already filtered to Trade Assurance, verified manufacturers with 5+ years and a 4.5+ rating
- **B2B lead generation**: lists of manufacturers by product and country for sales of packaging, logistics, inspection, certification or software services to exporters
- **Market mapping**: who dominates a product on Alibaba (`matchingProducts`, `sponsoredListings`, revenue band, sold counts)
- **Sourcing at scale**: run 100 keywords at once, one row per supplier across all of them (`matchedSearchTerms` shows every keyword a supplier sells)
- **Vetting before outreach**: sort by `responseRatePct`, `rating`, `yearsOnAlibaba`, `onlineRevenueUsd`

### Pricing

**$0.60 per 1,000 suppliers** (pay per result; one result = one supplier saved). **No start fee**, and Apify platform usage and proxies are included in the price. Search pages are free: suppliers dropped by your filters, duplicates across keywords and failed requests are never charged.

| You get | You pay |
|---|---|
| 20 suppliers (the prefilled input) | $0.012 |
| 50 suppliers | $0.03 |
| 1,000 suppliers | $0.60 |
| 10,000 suppliers | $6.00 |

The Apify free plan's $5 monthly credit covers about 8,300 suppliers. Platform usage is tiny because no browser runs (one request per 48 products). If you set a maximum cost per run, the actor stops cleanly when it reaches it.

#### Why this one

- **Cheapest paid Alibaba.com supplier scraper on the Store**, no start fee. Per 1,000 rows (30-day users in brackets): devcake supplier scraper (34) $1.20 + $0.001 start, ozer-studio finder (27) $4.00 + $0.05 start, blueskyscraper supplier scraper (21) $1.00, nifty.codes (11) $2.00 + $0.005 start, apt_marble supplier catalogue (9) $1.20, xtracto company scraper (7) $5.00 + start, scrapesage supplier leads (7) $5.00, apt_marble supplier finder (4) $2.00, omkar-cloud (2) $2.00 + start, one_dollar_store (1) $1.00 + start. The cheapest general Alibaba product scrapers (blackfalcondata $0.63 + $0.01 start, v0iddo $0.75, dami_studio $0.85 + start) return products, not one row per supplier. dami_studio's 1688 supplier ratings actor ($0.40 + start) returns 1688.com scores, not Alibaba.com search results, and one free-to-use Alibaba actor leaves platform usage to you.
- **One row per supplier, deduplicated**, with what they sell for your keyword (count, price range, lowest MOQ, samples) next to their trust signals.
- **Filters that matter for sourcing**: Trade Assurance, Verified, Verified PRO, Gold, manufacturers only, country, minimum years / rating / reviews / staff, product price and MOQ.
- **Fast**: about 4 seconds for 50 suppliers.

### How to use

1. Type one or more product keywords into **Product keywords** (or paste Alibaba search URLs).
2. Set **Max suppliers per keyword** (default 50) and, if you like, the supplier filters (Trade Assurance, manufacturers only, minimum years / rating / staff, country) and product filters (price, MOQ).
3. Click **Start**. Download the suppliers as JSON, CSV or Excel from the **Output** tab, or fetch them through the Apify API.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `searchTerms` | `["yoga mat"]` | Product keywords or Alibaba search URLs |
| `maxSuppliersPerSearch` | 50 | Suppliers saved per keyword after filters. 0 = all from the scanned pages |
| `maxPagesPerSearch` | 10 | Result pages scanned per keyword (48 products, usually 30-40 suppliers each), 1-20 |
| `supplierCountry` | - | 2-letter code, e.g. `CN`, `IN`, `VN`, `TR` |
| `verifiedSuppliersOnly` / `verifiedProOnly` / `goldSuppliersOnly` / `tradeAssuranceOnly` | false | Badge filters |
| `manufacturersOnly` | false | Skip pure trading companies |
| `minYearsOnAlibaba` / `minRating` / `minReviews` / `minEmployees` | - | Minimums (rating on a 0-5 scale) |
| `minPrice` / `maxPrice` / `maxMoq` | - | Only consider products in this price / MOQ range |
| `includeAds` | true | Suppliers found through sponsored listings count too |
| `dedupeAcrossSearches` | true | One row (one charge) per supplier across all keywords |

### Input example

```json
{
    "searchTerms": ["yoga mat", "yoga block"],
    "maxSuppliersPerSearch": 15,
    "manufacturersOnly": true,
    "tradeAssuranceOnly": true,
    "minYearsOnAlibaba": 3,
    "minRating": "4.5"
}
```

(Tested locally on 2026-10-30: 30 suppliers, 62 + 60 seen, 67 filtered out free of charge, 4 requests, 3.9 s.)

### Output example

```json
{
    "searchTerm": "yoga mat",
    "rank": 1,
    "supplierId": "282993354",
    "supplierName": "Fuqing Shengde Ruibo Technology Co., Ltd.",
    "supplierUrl": "https://shengdeproduct.en.alibaba.com/",
    "supplierProfileUrl": "https://shengdeproduct.en.alibaba.com/company_profile.html",
    "supplierProductsUrl": "https://shengdeproduct.en.alibaba.com/productlist.html",
    "country": "China",
    "countryCode": "CN",
    "businessType": ["Trading Company"],
    "isManufacturer": false,
    "yearsOnAlibaba": 3,
    "verifiedSupplier": true,
    "goldSupplier": true,
    "tradeAssurance": true,
    "verifiedBy": "SGS",
    "rating": 4.4,
    "reviewCount": 14,
    "ratingProductQuality": 4.5,
    "ratingSupplierService": 4.2,
    "ratingOnTimeShipment": 4.5,
    "responseRate": "89.3%",
    "responseRatePct": 89.3,
    "transactionsCount": 90,
    "transactionsValueText": "200,000+",
    "onlineRevenueUsd": 220000,
    "employees": 10,
    "factorySizeSqm": 160,
    "mainProducts": "Yoga Mat, Exercise Mat, Yoga Block, Yoga Roller, Fitness Set",
    "matchingProducts": 4,
    "sponsoredListings": 3,
    "productPriceMin": 2.8,
    "productPriceMax": 9.99,
    "lowestMoq": 100,
    "soldCountTotal": 3786,
    "productCategories": ["Yoga Mats"],
    "sampleProducts": [
        {
            "productId": "1601430051590",
            "title": "SHENGDE Yoga & Pilates Tapis Yoga Personalized Ecofriendly Recycled Slip Resistance Custom Logo TPE Yoga Mat",
            "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/SHENGDE-Yoga-Pilates-Tapis-Yoga-Personalized_1601430051590.html",
            "priceText": "US $2.80-$2.90",
            "moqText": "300 pieces",
            "isAd": false
        }
    ],
    "matchedSearchTerms": ["yoga mat"]
}
```

(Shortened: every row also has the contact-form link, Verified PRO flag, certification tags, review highlights, star level, response time, export markets, logo, first search position and page, product certifications and up to 5 sample products.) The `RUN_SUMMARY` record lists per keyword how many suppliers were seen, filtered out, duplicated and saved, and why the scan stopped.

### FAQ

**Does it need a browser, cookies or an Alibaba account?**
No. It reads the same JSON Alibaba's search page loads, over plain HTTPS, with no login.

**How is this different from your other Alibaba actors?**
The **Alibaba Product Search Scraper** returns one row per product. The **Alibaba Supplier Store Scraper** returns every product of chosen suppliers. This actor returns **one row per supplier** for a keyword: the shortlist you start from. Feed its `supplierUrl` column to the store scraper for full catalogs.

**Why fewer suppliers than I asked for?**
Your filters removed the rest within the scanned pages. Raise **Max search pages per keyword** (up to 20) or loosen a filter. Filtered suppliers are free.

**Is `isManufacturer` reliable?**
It is Alibaba's own business type code on the search card (manufacturer, trading company or both). Many factories also list themselves as trading companies, so both can be true.

**Are contact names, phone numbers or emails included?**
No. Only the public company card is collected. Use `contactSupplierUrl` to message a supplier through Alibaba.

**Is there an official Alibaba supplier search API?**
Not for buyers. The Alibaba.com Open Platform is for sellers, ISVs and approved partners, and it has no self-serve supplier search. This actor reads the public search results instead, with no account.

**How much does a typical run cost?**
A 20-supplier shortlist costs $0.012, 50 suppliers $0.03, and 10 keywords x 50 suppliers (500 rows) $0.30. A weekly refresh of those 10 keywords costs about $1.30 a month. Suppliers removed by your filters are free.

### Integrations

- **Our Alibaba Supplier Store Scraper**: pass the `supplierUrl` column to get each supplier's full catalog.
- **Our Alibaba Product Search Scraper**: one row per product for the same keyword, with price tiers and MOQ.
- **Our Alibaba Product Details Scraper**: pass `sampleProducts[].url` for full specs, SKUs and lead times.
- **Google Sheets / CRM**: export CSV or Excel, or send every run to a sheet with Make, n8n or Zapier.
- **API**: `curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/rel8ble~alibaba-supplier-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?format=csv" -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"searchTerms": ["yoga mat"], "tradeAssuranceOnly": true}'`, or the Python / JavaScript `apify-client`.
- **Schedules and webhooks**: refresh supplier lists weekly and get a webhook when a run finishes.
- **MCP for AI agents**: the Apify MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com) lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other agents call this actor as a tool: give it a product keyword, get a supplier shortlist ($0.03 for 50 suppliers).

### Limits

- **Up to 20 search pages per keyword** (about 960 products, usually 400-600 different suppliers). Use more specific keywords to go deeper.
- **Search-card data.** Province, address and detailed capabilities are on the supplier's profile and store pages; use our Alibaba Supplier Store Scraper for those.
- **Fill rates (50 "yoga mat" suppliers):** name, country, years, Gold, Trade Assurance, response rate, main products, price range and MOQ on every row; rating 96%, revenue band 98%, star level 92%, verified 62%, factory size 60%, export markets 52%, staff and transactions 46%, response time 12%.
- **Alibaba matches loosely**: a narrow or misspelled keyword still returns related suppliers. Check `sampleProducts` when precision matters.

Need a custom scraper or a ready dataset? Hire me on Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/rel8ble

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Provide at least one. Product keywords to find suppliers for, e.g. \["yoga mat", "custom tote bags"], or Alibaba search URLs (https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?SearchText=...). One output row = one supplier selling that product. Default \["yoga mat"].

## `maxSuppliersPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Maximum suppliers saved per keyword (after your filters), integer >= 0. Default 50; 0 = as many as the scanned pages give. You pay per supplier saved.

## `maxPagesPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Optional. How many Alibaba result pages (48 products each, usually 30-40 different suppliers) to scan per keyword, integer 1-20. Default 10. Pages are free; only saved suppliers are charged.

## `supplierCountry` (type: `string`):

Optional. 2-letter uppercase country code of the supplier, e.g. "CN", "IN", "VN", "TR", "US". Omit for all countries.

## `verifiedSuppliersOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Optional boolean. true = only suppliers with the "Verified" badge (inspected by SGS, TUV or similar). Default false.

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

Optional boolean. true = only suppliers whose orders are covered by Alibaba Trade Assurance. Default false.

## `goldSuppliersOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Optional boolean. true = only Gold Suppliers. Default false.

## `verifiedProOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Optional boolean. true = only Verified PRO suppliers. Default false.

## `manufacturersOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Optional boolean. true = skip pure trading companies, keep suppliers Alibaba lists as manufacturers. Default false.

## `minYearsOnAlibaba` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Minimum years on Alibaba, integer >= 0, e.g. 5. Omit for no minimum.

## `minRating` (type: `string`):

Optional. Minimum store rating on a 0-5 scale, e.g. "4.5". Suppliers without reviews are dropped when set. Omit for no minimum.

## `minReviews` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Minimum number of store reviews, integer >= 0, e.g. 10. Omit for no minimum.

## `minEmployees` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Minimum staff count, integer >= 0, e.g. 50. Suppliers that do not show a staff count are dropped when set.

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Only consider products priced at or above this many US dollars, integer >= 0.

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

Optional. Only consider products priced at or below this many US dollars, integer >= 0.

## `maxMoq` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Only consider products with a minimum order quantity at or below this, integer >= 1, e.g. 100 for low-MOQ suppliers.

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

Optional boolean. true = suppliers found through sponsored (ad) listings count too. Default true.

## `dedupeAcrossSearches` (type: `boolean`):

Optional boolean. true = a supplier found for several keywords is saved (and charged) once, with all keywords in matchedSearchTerms. Default true.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Optional, advanced. Parallel requests, integer 1-20. Default 5. Leave unset.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Optional, advanced. Retries per failed or blocked request, integer 0-20; each retry uses a new proxy session. Default 6. Leave unset.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional, advanced. Apify Proxy settings object. Default {"useApifyProxy": true} (datacenter). Switch to {"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": \["RESIDENTIAL"]} only if the log shows repeated blocks.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "yoga mat"
  ],
  "maxSuppliersPerSearch": 20,
  "maxPagesPerSearch": 10,
  "verifiedSuppliersOnly": false,
  "tradeAssuranceOnly": false,
  "goldSuppliersOnly": false,
  "verifiedProOnly": false,
  "manufacturersOnly": false,
  "includeAds": true,
  "dedupeAcrossSearches": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "maxRequestRetries": 6,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `suppliers` (type: `string`):

One row per supplier with verification, rating, years, staff, revenue band and matching products.

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

Per-keyword counts, filtered-out suppliers and stop reasons.

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "yoga mat"
    ],
    "maxSuppliersPerSearch": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rel8ble/alibaba-supplier-search-scraper").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 = {
    "searchTerms": ["yoga mat"],
    "maxSuppliersPerSearch": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rel8ble/alibaba-supplier-search-scraper").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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "yoga mat"
  ],
  "maxSuppliersPerSearch": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call rel8ble/alibaba-supplier-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rel8ble/alibaba-supplier-search-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/FOCfFWrJZuuDKcTSa/builds/s7bIrMIvGrfR2981u/openapi.json