Alibaba.com Scraper: products, suppliers, MOQ and image search

Scrape Alibaba.com search results without login or cookies: products with the full price-tier ladder, MOQ, units sold and ratings, plus the supplier behind each product (country, years as Gold Supplier, staff, factory size, revenue on Alibaba.com, response rate, Verified and Trade Assurance badges). Search by keyword in any language, by image, or find similar products to one you already have. Switch to supplier mode to get one row per company.

Built for B2B sourcing, dropshipping and Amazon FBA research, price monitoring and supplier shortlists.

At a glance

• $1.00 per 1,000 results (products or suppliers). Full product page: +$1.00 per 1,000. Image search: $0.004 per image, which already includes its first 60 products.
• Every page on every plan. Up to 100 pages (4,800 products) per keyword, no paywall on depth.
• Filters Alibaba.com applies and we check again on every row: max MOQ, price range in USD, supplier country, Trade Assurance, Verified, Verified Pro, minimum store rating, words to exclude, sponsored listings out. Products outside your filters are never charged.
• Any language: English, German, Spanish and French go straight in; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Arabic and Thai keywords are translated to English first, because Alibaba.com answers them with off-topic products.
• 50+ fields per product, 70+ with the full product page.
• Fast and small: about 3 to 5 seconds per page of 48 products, so it fits API calls and AI agents well.
• Error rows are free: an invalid link, a taken-down product or an empty search comes back as a row with an errorCode, never as a charge.

Quick start

Search two keywords, cap the MOQ at 50 and keep only Trade Assurance suppliers:

{
  "keywords": ["coffee mug", "yoga mat"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxMinOrderQuantity": 50,
  "tradeAssurance": true
}

Find suppliers from a photo:

{
  "imageUrls": ["https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514228742587-6b1558fcca3d?w=640"],
  "maxResultsPerImage": 40
}

One row per supplier for a keyword, only companies in Vietnam:

{
  "keywords": ["coconut bowl"],
  "searchType": "suppliers",
  "supplierCountry": "VN",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Input

Field	What it does
keywords	Products to search, one per line, in any language. An Alibaba.com search link also works and keeps its filters.
searchType	products (default) or suppliers (one row per company found in the search).
maxItems	Total results for the run (default 20). 0 = no limit.
maxItemsPerKeyword	Optional cap per keyword.
sortBy	relevance (default) or bestSelling (most sold in the last 180 days).
minPrice, maxPrice	Price range in US dollars.
maxMinOrderQuantity	Only products whose MOQ is at or below this number.
supplierCountry	2-letter code or English name: CN, IN, VN, TR, PK, US...
tradeAssurance, verifiedSupplier, verifiedProSupplier	Badge filters.
minStoreRating	Only suppliers rated at least this (out of 5).
excludeKeywords	Skip products whose title has any of these words.
excludeAds	Skip sponsored listings.
imageUrls, imageFile	Search by image: public photo links or one uploaded file (JPG, PNG, WebP, up to 10 MB).
similarToProducts	Alibaba.com product links or ids: returns visually similar products from other suppliers.
maxResultsPerImage	Products per image, up to 100 (default 20).
productUrls	Product links or ids to read directly, with the full product page.
includeDetails	Also open each product page (variants, lead time, package, supplier capabilities).
translateKeywords	On by default. Off sends the keyword exactly as typed.
proxyConfiguration	Apify datacenter proxy by default; switches to residential by itself if needed.

Output: product rows

Every row has type (product, supplier or error), scrapedAt, errorCode and error.

Field	Example
productId, title, url	1601594117802, "Stainless Steel Double Wall Vacuum Insulated Tumbler", product link
priceMin, priceMax, currency, priceText	0.88, 1.78, USD, "US $0.88-$1.78"
priceTiers	[{"minQuantity": 50, "maxQuantity": 999, "priceUsd": 1.78}, ...]
minOrderQuantity, unit, minOrderText	50, piece, "50 pieces"
soldCount, soldText	118, "118 sold"
productionLeadDays	31 (shortest production time shown on the card)
promotionPriceMin, promotionDiscountPercent, shippingCostUsd, deliveryLabel, easyReturn	when Alibaba.com shows them
categoryId, categoryName, attributes	100003291, "Stainless Steel Tumblers", [{"name": "Occasion", "value": "Business Gifts"}]
productCertifications	["CE", "ROHS"]
productRating, reviewCount, reviewTags	4.7, 33, [{"tag": "excellent service", "count": 13}]
imageUrl, images, hasVideo	main photo, gallery, true
isAd, position, page, searchInput, searchedAs	sponsored flag, rank, page, your keyword, the English keyword used
supplier.companyId, supplier.companyName	247366542, "Hangzhou Able Import & Export Co., Ltd"
supplier.country, supplier.countryName	CN, "China"
supplier.goldSupplier, supplier.goldSupplierYears	true, 7
supplier.verified, supplier.verifiedPro, supplier.tradeAssurance, supplier.verifiedBy	true, false, true, "Intertek"
supplier.employees, supplier.factorySizeM2	20, 50
supplier.platformRevenueUsd, supplier.transactions, supplier.transactionsVolumeUsd	1200000, 271, "1,200,000+"
supplier.responseRate, supplier.exportCountries, supplier.mainProducts	81.5, ["United States", "Germany", ...], ["Drinkware", ...]
supplier.storeRating, supplier.serviceRating, supplier.shippingRating	4.7, 4.7, 4.6
supplier.storeUrl, supplier.profileUrl, supplier.productListUrl, supplier.certifications	store links, ["ISO"]

Extra fields with the full product page

variantOptions (color, size... with photos), all attributes, leadTimeTiers (days per quantity range), packageSizeCm, unitWeightKg, tradeTerm (FOB...), shipsFrom, customization (what can be customized and its MOQ), videoCoverUrl, productReviewCount, categoryPath, and for the supplier: businessType (Manufacturer, Trading Company), yearsOnAlibaba, employeesRange, responseTime, onTimeDeliveryRate, goldSupplierPlus, tradeAssuranceLimitUsd, orders6Months, revenue6MonthsUsd, ratingsByAspect and capabilities (store rating, on-time dispatch, private labels and the other verified cards).

Output: supplier rows (searchType: suppliers)

One row per company, the first time it shows up in your searches: all the supplier.* fields above at the top level, plus productsFound, lowestPriceUsd, lowestMinOrderQuantity, categories and sampleProducts (the product that brought the company in, with price and MOQ). Good for building a supplier shortlist in one run.

Example row (trimmed)

{
  "type": "product",
  "productId": "1601594117802",
  "title": "Stainless Steel Double Wall Vacuum Insulated Thermos Tumbler 12-24 Hours Thermal Performance",
  "priceMin": 0.88,
  "priceMax": 1.78,
  "currency": "USD",
  "priceTiers": [{"minQuantity": 50, "maxQuantity": 999, "priceUsd": 1.78},
                 {"minQuantity": 500000, "maxQuantity": null, "priceUsd": 0.88}],
  "minOrderQuantity": 50,
  "unit": "piece",
  "soldCount": 118,
  "productionLeadDays": 31,
  "productRating": 4.7,
  "reviewCount": 33,
  "supplier": {
    "companyName": "Hangzhou Able Import & Export Co.,Ltd",
    "country": "CN",
    "goldSupplierYears": 7,
    "verified": true,
    "tradeAssurance": true,
    "employees": 20,
    "platformRevenueUsd": 1200000,
    "responseRate": 81.5,
    "storeRating": 4.7
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T02:23:57Z",
  "errorCode": null,
  "error": null
}

Pricing

Event	Price	When
Result delivered	$0.001	each unique product, or each unique supplier in supplier mode
Full product page delivered	$0.001	each product that came back with its product page
Image search	$0.004	each image (or similar-to product) that returned products; covers the first 60

So 1,000 products cost $1.00, 1,000 products with full pages $2.00, and an image search with 40 matches $0.004. Apify plan discounts apply on top. Duplicates, rows outside your filters and error rows are free.

Errors

errorCode	Meaning
INVALID_INPUT	Not an Alibaba.com link or id, or a filter value that cannot be read.
NO_RESULTS	The search (with your filters) or the image returned nothing.
NOT_FOUND	The product link is invalid or the product was taken down.
IMAGE_UNREADABLE	The photo could not be downloaded (private link, not an image, over 10 MB).
BLOCKED	Alibaba.com refused several fresh IPs in a row. Run again in a few minutes.
UNEXPECTED	Anything else; the run still ends normally with what was already delivered.

Integrations, scheduling and AI agents

• Schedules: run a keyword list every day or week to watch prices, MOQ and new suppliers.
• Export: JSON, CSV, Excel or XML from the dataset, or the API (/datasets/{id}/items).
• Make, n8n, Zapier, Google Sheets, Slack: use the Apify integrations to push every new run.
• AI agents: the Actor works as a tool in the Apify MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT and other agents can call it with a keyword and get structured supplier data back. Small runs (20 to 50 results) finish in a few seconds.

FAQ

Do I need an Alibaba.com account or cookies? No. Everything is public data read without login.

Which currency are prices in? US dollars, whatever country the run comes from.

Why translate Chinese keywords? Alibaba.com is the international site and indexes product titles in English. A Chinese keyword like 水杯 brings drinking straws and phone pouches; translated to "water cup" it brings water cups. The original keyword stays in searchInput and the English one in searchedAs. Turn translateKeywords off to send it as typed.

Is the MOQ filter real? Yes. It is sent to Alibaba.com and checked again on each row; a product above your MOQ is skipped and not charged. The same goes for price, country, badges and store rating.

Do you return personal data? No. Product pages carry the seller's personal name, gender, photo and account login; none of it is returned. Supplier rows describe the company only. E-mail addresses found in free text are replaced with "[contact removed]".

How deep can a keyword go? Alibaba.com serves up to 100 pages of 48 products per keyword. Image search stops at 100 products per image.

Limitations

• Supplier mode collects companies from the product search, so it returns suppliers that sell products matching your keyword (not every company on Alibaba.com).
• Search cards show up to 4 price tiers and a short attribute list; turn on the full product page for everything.
• Image search returns visually similar products; it does not guarantee the exact same item.
• Store pages on supplier subdomains (company profile, reviews list) are not read.

Changelog

• 17 Oct 2026: first version. Keyword search in any language, image search, similar products, supplier mode, server-side and re-checked filters, full product page option.