Alibaba Supplier Finder | Reverse Image Search & Product Supplier Scraper

Find Alibaba suppliers faster using keywords, uploaded product images, or image + text search.

This actor helps ecommerce sellers, Amazon sellers, dropshippers, product researchers, importers, and sourcing teams discover suppliers behind products. Upload product photos, search product keywords, or combine images with matching descriptions to find Alibaba listings, supplier names, profile URLs, prices, MOQ, and supplier details.

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What can you use this for?

Use this actor when you want to:

• Find Alibaba suppliers for products you want to resell
• Reverse search product images from Amazon, TikTok Shop, Shopify stores, Instagram, Pinterest, or competitor websites
• Compare multiple Alibaba suppliers for the same product
• Build a sourcing list for trending products
• Find similar products from uploaded images
• Extract supplier profile URLs, prices, MOQ, location, and years in business
• Save results to CSV for research, outreach, or purchasing

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Popular product examples

You can search for common resale and sourcing products such as:

• Portable blender
• LED light strips
• Pet grooming brush
• Magnetic phone holder
• Mini projector
• Car vacuum cleaner
• Makeup organizer
• Travel toiletry bag
• Dog water bottle nizer
• Air fryer accessories
• Desk lamp

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How it works

Choose one search mode:

Mode	Best for	What you provide
Text search	Searching by product keyword	One or more product keywords
Image search	Finding visually similar Alibaba listings	Up to 20 product images or image URLs
Image + text search	Most accurate product matching	Product images plus matching text descriptions

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Quick start

Option 1: Search by product keyword

Use Text search if you already know what product you want to source.

Example input:

{
  "searchMode": "text",
  "searchTerms": [
    "portable blender",
    "pet grooming brush",
    "mini projector"
  ],
  "csvOutputMode": "both"
}

This searches Alibaba for each keyword and returns suppliers for each product.

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Option 2: Search by product image

Use Image search if you have product photos or screenshots.

Example input:

{
  "searchMode": "image",
  "uploadedImages": [
    "upload product images in the Apify input form"
  ],
  "csvOutputMode": "both"
}

You can upload up to 20 images per run.

Each image is searched separately.

Example:

portable-blender.jpg -> Alibaba reverse image search
pet-brush.jpg -> Alibaba reverse image search
phone-holder.jpg -> Alibaba reverse image search

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Option 3: Search by image + text

Use Image + text search for the most accurate results.

This is best when an image alone is too broad or when you want to guide Alibaba with a product description.

Example input:

{
  "searchMode": "image_text",
  "uploadedImages": [
    "upload product images in the Apify input form"
  ],
  "imageTextTerms": [
    "portable blender USB rechargeable",
    "pet grooming brush self cleaning",
    "magnetic phone car holder"
  ],
  "csvOutputMode": "both"
}

The actor pairs images and text by order:

Image 1 -> portable blender USB rechargeable
Image 2 -> pet grooming brush self cleaning
Image 3 -> magnetic phone car holder

It does not mix every image with every text term.

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Input fields explained

Search mode

Choose how you want to search Alibaba.

Value	Meaning
text	Search Alibaba by keywords
image	Upload images or use image URLs
image_text	Upload images and add matching text for each image

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Text search terms

Use this for Text search.

Add one product keyword per line.

Good examples:

portable blender
LED light strips
pet grooming brush
mini projector
magnetic phone holder
makeup organizer
travel toiletry bag

Avoid vague terms like:

hot product
good item
cheap thing
same as picture

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Upload product images

Use this for Image search or Image + text search.

Upload up to 20 product images.

Best image types:

• Clear product photos
• Product images with plain backgrounds
• Competitor product images
• Product screenshots cropped around the item
• Multiple angles of the same product

Avoid:

• Blurry images
• Collages with many products
• Images with large text overlays
• Screenshots where the product is very small
• Lifestyle images where the product is hard to identify

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Image URLs

Optional alternative to uploading images.

Use this when your product images are already online.

Example:

{
  "searchMode": "image",
  "imageUrls": [
    "https://example.com/portable-blender.jpg",
    "https://example.com/pet-grooming-brush.jpg"
  ]
}

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Text for each uploaded image

Use this for Image + text search.

Add one text description per uploaded image.

The order matters.

Example:

Image 1: portable blender USB rechargeable
Image 2: pet grooming brush self cleaning
Image 3: magnetic phone car holder

Good descriptions are short and product-specific.

Good examples:

portable blender USB rechargeable
pet grooming brush self cleaning
mini projector 1080p WiFi
magnetic phone car holder
makeup organizer acrylic
travel toiletry bag hanging
car vacuum cleaner cordless
insulated tumbler stainless steel

Bad examples:

same as image
product
good quality item
Amazon product
viral product
very cheap popular trending ecommerce product for dropshipping

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CSV output mode

Choose how CSV files are saved.

Option	What it does
Combined CSV	Saves one CSV with all results
Separate CSV per search	Saves one CSV per keyword, image, or image + text pair
Both	Saves one combined CSV and separate CSV files

Recommended setting:

{
  "csvOutputMode": "both"
}

This is useful when you upload multiple images or enter multiple keywords because each search can have its own output file.

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Output fields

Each result can include:

Field	Description
search_input	Keyword, image name, or image + text used for the search
vendor_name	Alibaba supplier name
vendor_profile_url	Supplier profile URL
name	Product listing title
product_url	Alibaba product listing URL
price	Displayed price range
min_order	Minimum order quantity
supplier_from	Supplier location
years_in_business	Years active on Alibaba

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Example output

{
  "search_input": "portable blender USB rechargeable",
  "vendor_name": "Shenzhen Example Home Appliance Co., Ltd.",
  "vendor_profile_url": "https://example.en.alibaba.com/",
  "name": "Portable USB Rechargeable Blender for Smoothies",
  "product_url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/...",
  "price": "$3.80 - $6.50",
  "min_order": "100 Pieces",
  "supplier_from": "China",
  "years_in_business": "6 YRS"
}

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Recommended workflows

Find suppliers for trending products

Use text search with multiple product ideas.

{
  "searchMode": "text",
  "searchTerms": [
    "portable blender",
    "LED light strips",
    "pet grooming brush",
    "mini projector"
  ],
  "csvOutputMode": "both"
}

Best for:

• Product research
• Trend validation
• Finding multiple supplier options

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Find suppliers from competitor product photos

Use image search.

{
  "searchMode": "image",
  "uploadedImages": [
    "upload competitor product images in the Apify form"
  ],
  "csvOutputMode": "both"
}

Best for:

• Amazon competitor research
• TikTok Shop product research
• Shopify product research
• Finding visually similar Alibaba listings

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Find more accurate suppliers with image + text

Use image + text search.

{
  "searchMode": "image_text",
  "uploadedImages": [
    "upload product images in the Apify form"
  ],
  "imageTextTerms": [
    "portable blender USB rechargeable",
    "pet grooming brush self cleaning",
    "magnetic phone car holder"
  ],
  "csvOutputMode": "both"
}

Best for:

• Reducing irrelevant image search results
• Matching specific product types
• Searching multiple product photos with different descriptions

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Search using image URLs

Use image URLs if your images are already hosted online.

{
  "searchMode": "image",
  "imageUrls": [
    "https://example.com/product-1.jpg",
    "https://example.com/product-2.jpg"
  ],
  "csvOutputMode": "both"
}

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Advanced API input with image/text pairs

Use imageTextPairs if you are calling the actor through the API and want each image source and text term inside one object.

{
  "searchMode": "image_text",
  "imageTextPairs": [
    {
      "imageUrl": "https://example.com/portable-blender.jpg",
      "textTerm": "portable blender USB rechargeable"
    },
    {
      "imageUrl": "https://example.com/pet-brush.jpg",
      "textTerm": "pet grooming brush self cleaning"
    }
  ],
  "csvOutputMode": "both"
}

Each item must include exactly one image source:

• imageUrl
• imageKey
• imagePath

and one:

• textTerm

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Best practices

For text search

Use specific product keywords.

Better:

portable blender USB rechargeable
mini projector 1080p WiFi
pet grooming brush self cleaning

Worse:

blender
projector
pet product

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For image search

Use clear product images.

Better:

• Product centered in the image
• Minimal background
• One product per image
• High resolution
• Cropped screenshot focused on the product

Worse:

• Multiple products in one image
• Heavy text overlays
• Blurry screenshots
• Lifestyle photos where the product is small

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For image + text search

Keep the text short and descriptive.

Better:

magnetic phone car holder
travel toiletry bag hanging
makeup organizer acrylic

Worse:

this item from Amazon
viral TikTok product
same as uploaded picture

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Limits

• Up to 20 uploaded images per run
• Up to 20 image URLs per run
• Up to 20 image + text pairs per run
• Results depend on Alibaba’s current website layout and listing availability
• Some listings may not show supplier information directly

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Troubleshooting

I uploaded images but got no results

Try:

• using a clearer product image
• cropping the image around the product
• using image + text search
• testing with one image first
• enabling Apify Proxy if requests are blocked
• using an image URL instead of a file upload

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My image + text results look wrong

Check that your text terms are in the same order as your images.

Correct:

Image 1 -> text 1
Image 2 -> text 2
Image 3 -> text 3

Incorrect:

Image 1 -> all text terms
Image 2 -> all text terms

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I entered multiple text searches but only see one CSV

Set CSV output mode to:

Both combined and separate CSV files

or:

Separate CSV file for each search

The Apify dataset is always combined, but CSV output files can be split by keyword, image, or image + text pair.

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The input form still looks old

Try:

1. Rebuild the actor
2. Hard refresh the browser
3. Make sure .actor/actor.json points to the schema file you edited
4. Check that you updated the active input_schema.json

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Alibaba blocks the run

Try enabling Apify Proxy or running fewer pages per search.

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CSV output examples

If you choose Combined CSV, you get:

alibaba_results.csv

If you choose Separate CSV per search, you may get:

portable_blender.csv
pet_grooming_brush.csv
mini_projector.csv

If you choose Both, you get:

alibaba_results.csv
portable_blender.csv
pet_grooming_brush.csv
mini_projector.csv

For image search, separate files are named after the uploaded image:

portable-blender.jpg.csv
pet-brush.jpg.csv
phone-holder.jpg.csv

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Who is this for?

This actor is useful for:

• Amazon sellers
• TikTok Shop sellers
• Shopify store owners
• Dropshippers
• Ecommerce product researchers
• Importers
• Sourcing agents
• Procurement teams
• Private label brands
• Product development teams

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Summary

Alibaba Supplier Finder helps you turn product ideas, product photos, and competitor images into supplier research.

Use it to:

• search Alibaba faster
• find supplier profile URLs
• compare product pricing and MOQ
• organize results by keyword or uploaded image
• build sourcing lists for ecommerce products

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Disclaimer

Use this actor responsibly and in compliance with Alibaba’s terms of service and all applicable laws.