1688 Supplier Leads Scraper

What does 1688 Supplier Leads Scraper do?

1688 Supplier Leads Scraper turns 1688 product-search results into a sourcing shortlist: one dataset row per distinct supplier, with company identity, shop link, location, factory signals, platform tenure, transaction context, and representative wholesale offers. It is built for sourcing teams, importers, dropshippers, and ecommerce operators comparing suppliers across focused product keywords.

What data can you extract from 1688?

• Supplier identity — supplierId, supplierName, supplierUrl, location, businessRole
• Factory and marketplace signals — factoryStatus, platformLevel, yearsOnPlatform, isFactoryInspected, isBusinessInspected, isSuperFactory
• Sourcing evidence — searchMatches, sourceKeywords, transactionCount, representative offer titles, URLs, CNY prices, and MOQs

Repeated product cards from the same supplier are deduplicated. The searchMatches field keeps the keyword and one-based source position that surfaced each supplier, which makes the shortlist traceable when several searches overlap.

How to use 1688 Supplier Leads Scraper

1. Open the actor and enter one or more focused keywords in English or Chinese. Chinese product terms usually return the richest 1688 results.
2. Set maxSuppliersPerKeyword and maxPagesPerKeyword to bound the shortlist. Use province, price limits, or maxOrderQuantity when you need a tighter sourcing slice.
3. Choose bestSelling, price sorting, or newest-first when ranking matters; leave relevance selected for the default order.
4. Click Run and open the Supplier leads dataset view.
5. Download JSON, CSV, or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API and connect it to a scheduled sourcing workflow.

How much does it cost?

The launch price is $0.45 per 1,000 supplier leads at the free tier, plus a $0.004 apify-actor-start event that covers fixed source-fetch work even when filters produce zero rows. A supplier lead is billable only when its validated row is written to the dataset; rejected cards and duplicate suppliers are not emitted. Keep maxPagesPerKeyword at 1 for a low-cost shortlist refresh.

Input

The required input is keywords, a list of product, factory, or manufacturer terms. Optional controls include the supplier cap, page cap, representative-offer cap, CNY price range, maximum MOQ, province, source sort order, manufacturer-only filtering, proxy configuration, and dry-run validation. Residential Apify Proxy is enabled by default because direct cloud requests may be challenged by 1688; disable it only when your own access path is reliable.

{
  "keywords": ["手机壳", "wireless earbuds factory"],
  "maxSuppliersPerKeyword": 10,
  "maxPagesPerKeyword": 1,
  "maxOffersPerSupplier": 2,
  "maxOrderQuantity": 50,
  "province": "广东",
  "sortBy": "bestSelling",
  "manufacturersOnly": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  },
  "dryRun": false
}

Output

Each item is one deduplicated supplier. representativeOffers contains the product cards that surfaced the supplier, and searchMatches preserves the source keyword and rank.

{
  "searchMatches": [{"keyword": "手机壳", "position": 1}],
  "supplierId": "b2b-2850655109d72ea",
  "supplierName": "佛山市南海区三丰手机配件有限公司",
  "supplierUrl": "http://shop1460393846166.1688.com/",
  "location": "广东, 佛山市",
  "businessRole": "生产加工",
  "factoryStatus": "super_factory",
  "platformLevel": null,
  "yearsOnPlatform": 11,
  "isFactoryInspected": true,
  "isBusinessInspected": false,
  "isSuperFactory": true,
  "transactionCount": 2536,
  "representativeOffers": [{"offerId": "931027992821", "title": "透明磁吸手机壳", "url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/931027992821.html", "priceCny": 4.2, "minimumOrderQuantity": 30, "transactionCount": 2536}],
  "sourceKeywords": ["手机壳"],
  "sourceUrl": "https://s.1688.com/selloffer/offer_search.htm?keywords=%E6%89%8B%E6%9C%BA%E5%A3%B3&beginPage=1",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-26T23:49:11.326Z"
}

Integrations

Use the Apify API or a webhook to send supplier leads to Make, n8n, Zapier, a spreadsheet, or a CRM. Scheduled runs can refresh a supplier shortlist without storing 1688 login cookies.

Related actors

• Amazon Best Sellers Scraper — compare ranked product demand snapshots for marketplace research.
• Shopify New Products Monitor — track new catalog items after sourcing a supplier.
• YouTube Video Scraper — collect product and supplier discovery signals from video channels.

FAQ

How does 1688 Supplier Leads Scraper work?

It reads the JSON search feed used by 1688's public product-search page, normalizes each offer card, then groups cards by the source supplier member ID before writing one validated row per supplier.

Can I use 1688 Supplier Leads Scraper as an API?

Yes. Start a run with the Apify API, then read the default dataset items endpoint from the run response or the actor's Integrations tab.

Can I use 1688 Supplier Leads Scraper in Python or Node.js?

Yes. Install apify-client, call the actor with a JSON input, and iterate over the returned dataset items.

What does this actor access?

The actor reads 1688 search-result data through an actor-managed residential proxy by default and keeps direct 1688 supplier and offer links in each row. It does not open product detail pages and does not require a buyer login, API key, or pasted cookies.

Is it legal to scrape 1688?

Rules differ by country, use case, and the data being collected. Review the laws, contracts, and policies that apply to your workflow, and use the actor only for data you are allowed to access and process.

Why are Chinese keywords recommended?

1688 is a China-domestic wholesale marketplace, so Chinese product terms generally produce denser and more relevant search results. English keywords are accepted when that is the term used by your sourcing workflow.

Does one row represent one product?

No. One row represents one deduplicated supplier. The representative offers array shows the products that caused that supplier to appear in the selected searches.

Your feedback

If a source field changes or you need another supplier filter, open an issue from the actor page with the input and a small example. Feature requests that improve sourcing exports are welcome.