Alibaba Products Scraper: Wholesale Suppliers, MOQ, Price Tiers

What does Alibaba Products Scraper do?

Alibaba Products Scraper turns an Alibaba.com product search into a clean wholesale sourcing table. Type a search term like bluetooth earbuds and get one row per unique offer with its wholesale price range, every quantity price break, minimum order quantity (MOQ), lead time, sold count, certificates and the supplier behind it: country, years on Alibaba, Gold Supplier and Verified status, Trade Assurance, response rate, rating, staff, factory size and main products.

Think of it as an Alibaba product search API with no API key, login or cookies: it reads the same public search data the Alibaba.com website loads in your browser, with plain HTTP requests (no browser), so it is quick and costs $5 per 1,000 products. Searches with no matching products are free.

Not affiliated with Alibaba.com or Alibaba Group. You are responsible for using the data in line with Alibaba's terms and the laws that apply to you.

This Actor covers the B2B Alibaba.com marketplace (wholesale lots and MOQs). For retail single-unit listings on AliExpress, use our separate AliExpress Keyword Scraper: different site, different data.

Why use it?

• 📦 Product sourcing for dropshipping and Amazon FBA: compare unit prices at the quantity you will really order, not just the headline "from" price.
• 🏭 Supplier shortlists: rank offers by years on Alibaba, Verified badge, Trade Assurance, response rate and review score before you send a single inquiry.
• 💰 Landed-cost and margin models: the full price-break table (priceLadder) plus MOQ and lead time per offer, ready for a spreadsheet.
• 📈 Market research: see how many suppliers sell a product, at what price spread, from which countries, and how many units they have sold.
• 🧾 Procurement and RFQ prep: filter by price, maximum MOQ, supplier country, verified suppliers or Trade Assurance and export the list.
• 🤖 AI agents and pipelines: call it from the Apify API, the MCP server, Make, Zapier or n8n and get consistent JSON.

What data can it extract?

Field	Example
productId, title, productUrl	1601233565568, New Arrival Bt5.3 Hifi Stereo Bass Neckband Earbuds ..., product page URL
imageUrl, imageUrls	full-size product images (thumbnail suffix removed)
category, categoryId	Non-Noise Cancelling TWS Earphones & Headphones, 202063712
priceMin, priceMax, currency, priceUnit	2.1, 2.4, USD, piece (currency is read from the offer, not assumed)
priceLadder	[{ "minQty": 10000, "maxQty": 49999, "price": 2.4, "salePrice": null }, ...] (maxQty: null = no upper limit)
moq, moqUnit	10000, pieces
soldCount	units sold, when Alibaba shows it (on roughly a third to half of offers), else null
leadTimeDays	35
certificates, hasVideo	["DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY", "ROHS"], true
isAd, adType	false, null (sponsored or top_sponsor_listing when ads are included)
supplier.name, country, countryCode	Shenzhen Jinma Communication Co., Ltd., China, CN
supplier.yearsOnAlibaba, isGoldSupplier, isVerified, tradeAssurance	16, true, true, true
supplier.responseRate, reviewScore, reviewCount, serviceScore, shippingTimeScore	98, 5, 3, 5, 5
supplier.transactionCount, gmvUsd	41, 170000 (Alibaba's rounded online sales figure, a lower bound)
supplier.employees, factorySizeM2, mainProducts, exportMarkets	30, 2600, ["TWS Earbuds", ...], ["United States", ...]
supplier.certifications, verifiedBy, storeUrl	["SEDEX"], TÜV Rheinland, supplier storefront URL
searchTerm, position, page, pagePosition, scrapedAt	where the offer ranked in your search, and when

Business data only: the Actor does not collect contact persons, emails or phone numbers.

How to scrape Alibaba products

1. Click Try for free.
2. Enter one or more search terms (e.g. bluetooth earbuds, yoga mat, stainless steel water bottle), or paste an Alibaba.com search URL.
3. Set Max products per search term (up to 2,500).
4. Optionally add filters: min / max price, max MOQ, supplier country, verified suppliers only, Trade Assurance only.
5. Click Start, then download the table as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read it through the API.

How much does it cost to scrape Alibaba?

$5 per 1,000 products ($0.005 per unique product row) plus a $0.00005 run start fee. The proxy is included.

Free, never charged:

• a search term with no matching products, or filters that match nothing (you get one row with status: "no-results"),
• a search that fails or is blocked (one row with status: "error" or "blocked"),
• duplicates: a product that appears on several pages or under several of your terms is returned and charged once,
• sponsored listings, which are skipped unless you turn on Include sponsored products.

Example: 3 search terms x 200 products = 600 rows = $3.00. On the Apify free plan, the $5 monthly credit covers about 1,000 products. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops as soon as it is reached.

Input

{
    "searchTerms": ["bluetooth earbuds", "yoga mat"],
    "maxProductsPerSearch": 200,
    "includeAds": false,
    "maxPrice": 15,
    "maxMoq": 100,
    "supplierCountry": "CN",
    "verifiedSuppliersOnly": true,
    "tradeAssuranceOnly": false,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output

{
    "productId": "1601967304641",
    "title": "White Noise Cancelling TWS Earbuds Bluetooth 5.4 Wireless Earphones Spatial Audio Swipe Control for Daily Use",
    "productUrl": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/White-Noise-Cancelling-TWS-Earbuds-Bluetooth_1601967304641.html",
    "imageUrl": "https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/Hbf0b5ae3ddbb4b339024312ceef5873bk.png",
    "imageUrls": ["https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/Hbf0b5ae3ddbb4b339024312ceef5873bk.png"],
    "category": "Noise Cancelling TWS Earphones & Headphones",
    "categoryId": "202055012",
    "priceMin": 11,
    "priceMax": 11,
    "currency": "USD",
    "priceUnit": "piece",
    "priceLadder": [{ "minQty": 1, "maxQty": null, "price": 11, "salePrice": null }],
    "moq": 1,
    "moqUnit": "piece",
    "soldCount": 2,
    "leadTimeDays": 15,
    "certificates": [],
    "hasVideo": false,
    "isAd": false,
    "adType": null,
    "supplier": {
        "id": "292504755",
        "name": "Beijing Chuangsheng Yunda Technology Co., Ltd.",
        "country": "China",
        "countryCode": "CN",
        "yearsOnAlibaba": 1,
        "isGoldSupplier": true,
        "isVerified": false,
        "tradeAssurance": true,
        "responseRate": 99.4,
        "reviewScore": 5,
        "reviewCount": 1,
        "serviceScore": 5,
        "shippingTimeScore": 5,
        "transactionCount": null,
        "gmvUsd": 1000,
        "employees": null,
        "factorySizeM2": null,
        "mainProducts": ["Bluetooth Earbuds", "smart watch", "Wireless Earbuds"],
        "exportMarkets": [],
        "certifications": [],
        "verifiedBy": null,
        "storeUrl": "https://bjcsyd.en.alibaba.com/"
    },
    "searchTerm": "bluetooth earbuds",
    "position": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "pagePosition": 3,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-23T11:37:53.682Z"
}

You can download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML. A term without results appears as { "searchTerm": "...", "error": "no matching products", "status": "no-results" } and costs nothing.

Tips

• Use the price breaks, not only the range. priceMin/priceMax is the range Alibaba shows on the card; priceLadder tells you the unit price at each order quantity. salePrice is filled while the supplier runs a promotion.
• Mind the currency. Almost every offer is priced in USD, but a few suppliers list in EUR or other currencies. Always read currency before you compare prices.
• Deep searches: Alibaba shows 48 products per page and up to 60 pages, and its pages overlap, so the practical maximum is about 2,400 unique products per term. Add more specific terms (e.g. tws earbuds anc, open ear earbuds) to go wider.
• Sponsored listings fill 10 to 24 of the 48 slots on the first pages of popular searches. They are skipped by default; turn on Include sponsored products to see them with isAd: true.
• No-results check: Alibaba never says "no results"; for a misspelled or nonsense term it shows unrelated products. The Actor detects this (none of the titles match your words) and returns a free no-results row instead of charging you for unrelated products.
• Supplier trust at a glance: sort by supplier.yearsOnAlibaba, supplier.isVerified and supplier.responseRate to build a shortlist, then open supplier.storeUrl.
• Speed: about 1,500-2,000 products a minute on deep searches; short searches run 3 terms at a time. Deep searches run one term after another, which keeps later pages relevant. For more than about 50 deep terms in one run, raise the run timeout (default 1 hour).
• Schedule the Actor weekly on the same terms to track price and MOQ changes over time.

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Give Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client this Actor as a tool through Apify's MCP server: add https://mcp.apify.com?tools=tenfoldfleet/alibaba-products-scraper as a remote MCP server and sign in with your Apify account. The agent fills in the input, runs the Actor and reads the results itself; you pay the same per-event price as a normal run.

FAQ

Does it scrape product detail pages, variants or reviews?

No. It reads Alibaba's search results, which already include the price breaks, MOQ, lead time, certificates and the supplier's trust data. Detail pages, SKU variants and product reviews are not part of this Actor.

Do I need an Alibaba account, cookies or an API key?

No. The Actor reads public search data that Alibaba shows to every visitor. It never logs in and never solves CAPTCHAs or sliders.

How is this different from an AliExpress scraper?

Alibaba.com is the B2B wholesale marketplace (MOQs, price breaks, manufacturers); AliExpress is its retail site. Use AliExpress Keyword Scraper for AliExpress.

Why do I get fewer products than I asked for?

Alibaba ran out of matching products for that term, or its later pages repeated products you already have (each product is returned once). Your filters can also shrink the result set.

What do "Verified" and "Gold Supplier" mean here?

isVerified is Alibaba's Verified badge: the company was checked by a third-party inspection company (verifiedBy names it when Alibaba shows it). isGoldSupplier marks a paid Gold Supplier membership; yearsOnAlibaba is how long the supplier has been on the platform.

Can I use it from code?

Yes, through the Apify API, the JavaScript or Python client, or the MCP server. Every run returns the same field names.

Support

Found a search that returns wrong data? Open an issue in the Issues tab with the search term.

This Actor reads only public product listings and business information shown in Alibaba.com search results. It does not log in, bypass CAPTCHAs or collect personal contact data. Alibaba and Alibaba.com are trademarks of their owner; this Actor is independent and not endorsed by Alibaba Group.

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