🛍️ Taobao & Tmall 淘宝 Product Scraper — Details, Reviews, Prices, SKUs & HD Photos (淘宝 & 天猫 API)

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[!TIP] 💰 Cheapest Full-Detail Taobao & Tmall Scraper on Apify Store: Only $1.50 per 1,000 items ($0.0015/item) — 3x to 10x cheaper than competitors who charge $5.00 to $15.00. Extracts 50+ clean data points per item (including real customer reviews, DSR ratings, SKUs, and HD image galleries) directly into Excel, CSV, or JSON with zero duplicate items.

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[!NOTE]

🚀 Dual-Catalog Engine: Taobao & Tmall Retail + Mainland Factory Wholesale

Choose your target catalog directly from the Catalog Source (catalogSource) dropdown:

• taobao_retail (Default — Taobao & Tmall Retail via world.taobao.com): Official retail Taobao & Tmall Flagship shops. Supports both Full 50+ Field Detail Extraction (scrapeDetails: true, Default)—including 3-axis Seller DSR Scores, Real Customer Reviews (with buyer photos & video proofs), Buyer Sentiment Tags, Category Breadcrumbs, Full HD Image Galleries, and Dual-Currency Pricing (CNY + local export currency)—and Fast Retail Summary (scrapeDetails: false) (~1s/page). Every itemId scraped in retail mode is 100% compatible with itemUrls.
• mainland_wholesale (Mainland Factory & Wholesale Catalog): Ultra-fast, high-volume Mainland factory & B2B search (~30 items/second, up to 10,000 items/run). Extracts 28+ supplier & bulk-sourcing fields in a single pass (tierPricing volume discounts, repurchaseRate, isSuperFactory, businessType, shopAgeYears, and permanent HD photos).

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🚀 How to Use in 3 Simple Steps (No Coding Required!)

You don't need any programming skills, proxies, or Chinese accounts to use this scraper. Follow these 3 easy steps:

┌─────────────────────────────────┐      ┌───────────────────────────────┐      ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│  Step 1: Enter Keywords or URLs │ ───► │  Step 2: Click Start          │ ───► │  Step 3: Download Spreadsheet   │
│  'phone case', '女装' or URLs    │      │  Scraper runs in the cloud    │      │  Export to Excel, CSV or Sheets │
└─────────────────────────────────┘      └───────────────────────────────┘      └─────────────────────────────────┘

1. Step 1: Enter your search keywords or product URLs
   In Search Queries, type what you are looking for in English or Chinese (e.g. phone case, smart watch, wireless earbuds, or 女装), or paste direct product links into Product URLs / IDs (itemUrls).
2. Step 2: Click "Save & Start"
   Hit the green button at the bottom of the screen. The actor runs securely in the cloud and extracts full product details, reviews, and ratings in real time.
3. Step 3: Download your results
   When the run finishes, click Export to download your complete product catalog as an Excel (XLSX), CSV, or Google Sheet file, complete with permanent, working HD product photo links.

[!TIP] No Chinese Phone Number or Login Required!
Visiting Taobao directly forces you through QR codes, SMS verification walls, and account logins. This scraper bypasses all login walls completely—you get rich Taobao & Tmall product intelligence without ever needing an account.

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📊 What Data You Get (Spreadsheet Columns Preview)

Every product extracted includes rich e-commerce, review, supplier, and product intelligence. Here are the key columns in your exported spreadsheet:

Column Name	Sample Value	What It Tells You
itemId	1085260672042	Unique numeric product ID on Taobao / Tmall.
platform	tmall / taobao	Marketplace indicator (tmall for official brand stores, taobao for retail merchants).
title	[殼膜套裝]圖拉斯QPro磁吸支點殼適用iPhone16ProMax	Full product listing title with keywords.
price / originalPrice	258.00 / 328.00	Current promotion price and original list price in Chinese Yuan (¥ CNY).
priceLocal / localCurrency	48.20 (SGD) / HKD / TWD	Automatic multi-currency cross-border retail pricing (SGD, HKD, TWD).
dsrDescription / dsrService / dsrDelivery	4.8 / 4.8 / 4.9	3-Axis Seller DSR Scores: Official Taobao/Tmall rating across Description Match, Seller Service, and Shipping Speed.
reviewCount / ratingGoodPercent	800 / 99%	Total buyer review volume and positive rating percentage.
reviews	[{"rating": 5, "content": "手感超好...", "sku": "鈦灰", "videos": [...]}]	Real Customer Reviews: Buyer comments, dates, purchased SKU variant, user avatars, and buyer video proofs.
reviewTags	[{"tag": "摸起來順手", "count": 40}, {"tag": "質感很高端", "count": 29}]	Buyer Sentiment Tags: Structured crowd-sourced product pros & cons with buyer vote counts.
categoryPath	首頁 > 阿裏B2C商城 > 手機及配件 > 保護套	Full category breadcrumb hierarchy for taxonomy mapping.
skus / skuCount	[{"skuId": "sku_1", "name": "沙漠金【16ProMax】", "price": 258.0}]	Extracted SKU variations, option names, and variant pricing.
shopName / sellerTypeLabel	圖拉斯數碼旗艦店 (Tmall Flagship Store)	Verified storefront name, seller nickname, shop age (shopOpenedAt), and item count (shopItemCount).
mainImage & images	https://img.alicdn.com/...	Permanent HD Photo Gallery: Master resolution links that never expire and work in Shopify/Excel.
url & taobaoUrl	https://world.taobao.com/item/... / https://detail.tmall.com/...	Direct links to both Taobao Global and domestic Taobao/Tmall product pages.
tierPricing & repurchaseRate	1~199 @ ¥15.0, ≥3000 @ ¥13.5 / 54%	Wholesale Mode Extras (mainland_wholesale): Bulk volume discount breaks, buyer repeat rate (回头率), and isSuperFactory verification.

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📤 Sample Output Preview

Clean flat columns ready for 1-click export to Excel, CSV, Google Sheets, Airtable, or Shopify (and natively token-efficient for AI Agents, Pandas, and MCP):

1. Taobao & Tmall Retail Full Product Detail (catalogSource: "taobao_retail", scrapeDetails: true / itemUrls)

{
  "itemId": "978797368275",
  "title": "適用新款17pro iPhone手機殼case磁吸深藍色18promax蘋果手機殼橙色16全包15防",
  "platform": "tmall",
  "url": "https://world.taobao.com/item/978797368275.htm",
  "taobaoUrl": "https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=978797368275",
  "price": 168.0,
  "originalPrice": 198.0,
  "promotionPrice": 168.0,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "priceLocal": 31.39,
  "localCurrency": "SGD",
  "priceHkd": 182.5,
  "priceTwd": 756.0,
  "discountType": "官方立減",
  "shopId": "539281742",
  "sellerUserId": "2214958201928",
  "shopName": "芒殼旗艦店",
  "sellerNick": "芒殼旗艦店",
  "sellerType": "B",
  "sellerTypeLabel": "Tmall Flagship Store",
  "shopItemCount": 142,
  "shopNewItemCount": 18,
  "shopUrl": "https://shop539281742.world.taobao.com",
  "taobaoShopUrl": "https://shop539281742.taobao.com",
  "dsrDescription": 4.8,
  "dsrService": 4.8,
  "dsrDelivery": 4.8,
  "ratingGoodPercent": 99,
  "ratingGoodCount": "200+",
  "reviewCount": 200,
  "reviewTags": [
    { "tag": "摸起來順手", "count": 40 },
    { "tag": "質感很高端", "count": 29 },
    { "tag": "外形外觀好看", "count": 26 },
    { "tag": "很貼合", "count": 15 }
  ],
  "reviews": [
    {
      "rating": 5,
      "content": "手機殼質感非常好，磁吸很穩，按鍵反饋清脆！",
      "date": "2026-10-12",
      "sku": "適用iPhone16ProMax【深海藍-磁吸款】",
      "user": "t***8",
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "categoryId": "50015056",
  "rootCategoryId": "1512",
  "categoryPath": "首頁 > 阿裏B2C商城 > 手機及配件 > 手機配件 > 保護套/矽膠套",
  "location": "廣東深圳",
  "freeShipping": true,
  "mainImage": "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i3/2214958201928/O1CN01ENie9321XlZreIJor_!!2214958201928.jpg",
  "images": [
    "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i3/2214958201928/O1CN01ENie9321XlZreIJor_!!2214958201928.jpg",
    "https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/2214958201928/O1CN01aBcDeF21XlZreIJor_!!2214958201928.jpg"
  ],
  "skuCount": 4,
  "skus": [
    {
      "skuId": "sku_1",
      "name": "適用iPhone16ProMax【深海藍-磁吸款】",
      "price": 168.0,
      "stock": 999
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T17:35:00+00:00",
  "searchQuery": "phone case",
  "detailLevel": "full"
}

2. Mainland Factory & Wholesale Output (catalogSource: "mainland_wholesale")

{
  "itemId": "1043802302596",
  "title": "适用苹果18ProMax科技布织物手机壳磁吸i phone 17相机按键保护套16",
  "platform": "taobao",
  "url": "https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=1043802302596",
  "price": 15.0,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "salesCount": "544",
  "shopName": "深圳市罗湖区洪星电子商行",
  "sellerNick": "深圳洪星生产",
  "shopAgeYears": 5,
  "businessType": "生产加工",
  "isSuperFactory": true,
  "location": "深圳市",
  "mainImage": "https://img.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN01txLhMd1gezw9SFwuB_!!2212690464168-0-cib.jpg",
  "repurchaseRate": "54%",
  "tierPricing": [
    { "quantity": "1~199个", "price": 15.0 },
    { "quantity": "200~2999个", "price": 14.5 },
    { "quantity": "≥3000个", "price": 13.5 }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T17:35:00+00:00",
  "searchQuery": "phone case",
  "detailLevel": "full"
}

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🎯 Who Is This For? Top Use Cases

📦 1. Product Research & Dropshipping for E-Commerce (Shopify, Amazon, TikTok Shop)

• Discover high-margin consumer products and emerging trends across apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, and home goods.
• Analyze real customer reviews, buyer video proofs, and sentiment tags (reviewTags) to spot quality issues before stocking a product.
• Photos are permanent, hotlink-unblocked master HD images so you can import directly into Shopify or WooCommerce without 403 Forbidden errors.

🏭 2. Factory Sourcing & Finding Direct Manufacturers

• Switch catalogSource to mainland_wholesale to filter out trading middlemen using businessType (生产加工 = Manufacturer) and isSuperFactory.
• Review shopAgeYears (e.g. 5+ years), repurchaseRate (e.g. 54%+ repeat buyers), and tierPricing volume discount breaks.

📈 3. Competitor Monitoring, Direct URL Tracking & Price Intelligence

• Paste competitor product links into itemUrls to track live pricing (CNY, SGD, HKD, TWD), 3-axis DSR scores, and review growth over time.
• Detect viral Chinese trends weeks or months before they appear on Amazon, TikTok Shop, or AliExpress.

🤖 4. AI Agents, LLM Fine-Tuning & Market Research

• Feed clean, flat e-commerce product details and buyer sentiment data into AI agents, market analysis bots, and recommendation engines via the Apify API or MCP server.

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🥊 Market Comparison: Why UnitBytes Outperforms Alternatives

Capability / Metric	🛍️ UnitBytes Scraper	⚠️ Other Market Scrapers
Price (per 1,000 items)	🟢 $1.50	🔴 $3.00 – $15.98
Free Monthly Allowance ($5 Credit)	🟢 3,330+ Products	🔴 ~500 items or limited runs
Full 50+ Field Product Details (scrapeDetails)	✅ Yes (Included at Same Price)	⚠️ Extra charge or broken by login walls
Real Customer Reviews & Buyer Videos	✅ Yes (Reviews + Sentiment Tags)	❌ Missing
3-Axis Seller DSR Scores (Desc / Serv / Ship)	✅ Yes (Included)	❌ Missing
Direct Product URL / ID Scraping (itemUrls)	✅ Yes (Taobao, Tmall & World URLs)	⚠️ Often search-only
Dual Retail + Factory Wholesale Catalogs	✅ Yes (taobao_retail + mainland_wholesale)	🔴 Single feed only
Zero Account / 100% Cookieless	✅ Yes (No cookies needed)	⚠️ Often requires manual cookies or accounts
Permanent Image Links (Shopify Ready)	✅ Yes (Hotlink Unblocked)	⚠️ Expiring CDN links (403 Forbidden)
Zero Duplicate Items Across Pages	✅ 100% Deduplicated	⚠️ Repeats items across pages
Empty Run / Unavailable Item Fee	✅ $0.00	⚠️ Charged full compute or run fee

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💡 Cost-Effective Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

You only pay for the products you actually extract. There are no hidden browser compute fees or hourly server surcharges:

Apify Plan Tier	Monthly Apify Fee	Apify PPE Discount	Price per 1,000 Products	What Apify's $5.00 Free Monthly Credit Gets You
Free Plan	$0 / mo	Base Rate	$1.50 ($0.0015 / item)	3,330+ Products completely free every month
Starter Plan	$49 / mo	10% OFF	$1.35 ($0.00135 / item)	Dropshipping catalog exports & price monitoring
Scale Plan	$499 / mo	20% OFF	$1.20 ($0.00120 / item)	Large-scale retail intelligence & daily scraping
Business Plan	$999+ / mo	30% OFF	$1.05 ($0.00105 / item)	Enterprise data pipelines & LLM training datasets

• Zero-Charge Billing Protection: The startup fee is nominal ($0.00005). If your search keyword returns 0 products or is blocked by target rate limits, you are charged $0.00.

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⚡ UnitBytes · Chinese E-Commerce & Sourcing Ecosystem

⚡ UnitBytes · China Sourcing & E-Commerce Intelligence Ecosystem
🛍️ Taobao & Tmall 📍 You are here Search, Prices, Sales & Shops	🇨🇳 1688 Factory Direct Wholesale B2B & MOQ Direct factories & FBA specs	🌐 Alibaba Wholesale Global B2B Suppliers Verified audits & OEM/ODM	🐟 Goofish Xianyu C2C Resale & Samples Liquidation & arbitrage	📕 Xiaohongshu Trends Social Commerce & KOL Viral products & buyer intent

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📥 Input Parameters Guide

Parameter	Type	Default	How to Use It
queries	Array of Strings	["phone case"]	Your search terms. Enter any keywords in English (e.g. phone case, smart watch) or Chinese (e.g. 女装, 蓝牙耳机). You can list multiple terms to run in batch.
itemUrls	Array of Strings	[]	Direct product URLs or numeric IDs. Scrape specific Taobao, Tmall, or World Taobao items directly via Taobao Global to extract 50+ full detail fields (pricing, seller DSR scores, customer reviews, and gallery images).
startUrls	Array of Objects	[]	Search, category, or product URLs copied from your browser. Routed automatically to the matching catalog engine.
catalogSource	String	"taobao_retail"	Select your catalog: "taobao_retail" for Retail Taobao & Tmall consumer shops (world.taobao.com, compatible with scrapeDetails & itemUrls), or "mainland_wholesale" for Direct Chinese Factories & B2B bulk tier pricing (tierPricing, repurchaseRate).
scrapeDetails	Boolean	true	Deep Retail Detail Enrichment. Enriches every discovered product on taobao_retail with 50+ full detail fields (3-axis DSR scores, real customer reviews, buyer video proofs, sentiment tags, full image galleries, and category breadcrumbs) with zero duplicates. Disable (false) for ultra-fast summary-only scraping.
maxItems	Integer	30	Total number of products you want to extract (e.g. 50, 500, 5000).
startPage	Integer	1	Start scraping from page 2, 5, or 10 without needing cookies or tokens.
sortBy	String	default	Sort results by: default (Relevance), sales (Best Sellers), price_asc (Lowest Price), price_desc (Highest Price).
priceMin	Integer	None	Minimum price filter in Chinese Yuan (¥ CNY).
priceMax	Integer	None	Maximum price filter in Chinese Yuan (¥ CNY).

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💻 Developer API & Integrations

For developers building automated data feeds, integrations, or AI pipelines:

🐍 Python Integration

from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize client with your Apify API Token
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

# Run the actor (Search + Full 50+ Field Product Details, Reviews & Direct URLs)
run = client.actor("unitbytes/taobao-tmall-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "queries": ["phone case", "wireless earbuds"],
        "itemUrls": ["https://world.taobao.com/item/978797368275.htm"],
        "catalogSource": "taobao_retail",
        "scrapeDetails": True,
        "maxItems": 50,
        "sortBy": "sales",
    }
)

# Fetch results from dataset
dataset_items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(f"Scraped {len(dataset_items)} products.")
for item in dataset_items[:3]:
    print(
        f"- {item['title']} (¥{item['price']}) | Reviews: {item.get('reviewCount')} "
        f"| DSR: {item.get('dsrDescription')}/{item.get('dsrService')}/{item.get('dsrDelivery')} | Shop: {item.get('shopName')}"
    )

🟨 Node.js Integration

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('unitbytes/taobao-tmall-scraper').call({
    queries: ['phone case'],
    catalogSource: 'taobao_retail',
    scrapeDetails: true,
    maxItems: 50,
    sortBy: 'sales',
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Scraped ${items.length} products.`);

🔌 MCP Server Setup: Claude Code, Cursor & AI Agents

Connect this scraper directly to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI agent via the hosted Apify MCP server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,unitbytes/taobao-tmall-scraper"
    }
  }
}

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Do I need a Taobao account, Alipay, or a Chinese phone number?

No, absolutely not. The actor operates 100% cookieless and anonymously. You never have to register an account, scan QR codes, or verify SMS codes.

Can I search using English keywords?

Yes! Popular English terms (e.g. phone case, bluetooth earbuds, yoga pants, smart watch, hoodie, sneakers) work out of the box. For niche or localized items, you can also search using native Chinese keywords (e.g. 手机壳, 蓝牙耳机, 女装).

How do I export the data to Excel, CSV, or Google Sheets?

When the scraper finishes running in Apify:

1. Go to the Dataset tab of your run.
2. Click the Export button in the top right corner.
3. Select your desired format: Excel (XLSX), CSV, or JSON. You can also copy the API URL to connect directly to Google Sheets or Airtable.

Will the product photo links expire or break in Shopify / WooCommerce?

No. Other scrapers return temporary thumbnail links that expire or give 403 Forbidden errors when loaded on external websites. Our actor automatically unblocks and converts all image URLs to permanent, master-resolution links on img.alicdn.com. They will work reliably in Shopify, WooCommerce, Excel, and WordPress.

How does Taobao compare to 1688?

• Taobao & Tmall is China's leading consumer retail platform. It has no Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ = 1), consumer ratings, and instant dispatch. It is best for dropshipping, product research, and trend spotting.
• 1688.com is Alibaba's factory-direct wholesale marketplace (B2B). It offers bulk manufacturing tiers and raw factory contacts, but requires higher MOQs. If you need factory-direct wholesale orders, use our 1688 Wholesale Scraper.

How can I spot direct manufacturers instead of trading companies?

Select catalogSource: "mainland_wholesale" and look at the businessType column. If it says 生产加工, the seller is a verified manufacturing factory rather than a trading reseller. You can also check isSuperFactory (true) and shopAgeYears (e.g. 5+ years) to verify long-term reliability.

How many products can I scrape for free?

With Apify's default $5.00 free monthly credit, you can extract over 3,330 products completely free every month. There is no credit card required to start.

What is the difference between taobao_retail and mainland_wholesale in catalogSource?

• taobao_retail (Default — Taobao & Tmall Retail via world.taobao.com): Searches official retail Taobao & Tmall consumer shops. With scrapeDetails: true (default), it enriches every product with 50+ full detail fields—including 3-axis Seller DSR Scores (dsrDescription, dsrService, dsrDelivery), Real Customer Reviews (reviews with buyer text, rating, date, SKU purchased, photos, and video proof), Buyer Sentiment Tags (reviewTags), Full HD Image Galleries (images), Category Breadcrumbs (categoryPath), and Dual-Currency Pricing (CNY + local export currency). With scrapeDetails: false, it extracts fast retail summaries (~1s/page). Every itemId scraped in taobao_retail works 100% when pasted into itemUrls.
• mainland_wholesale (Mainland Factory & Wholesale Catalog): Searches the Mainland factory & B2B wholesale supply chain at ~30 items/second (up to 10,000 items/run), returning tierPricing (bulk volume discounts), repurchaseRate, isSuperFactory, and verified manufacturer profiles.

Can I scrape a list of direct product links (itemUrls)?

Yes! Paste any Taobao (item.taobao.com), Tmall (detail.tmall.com), or World Taobao (world.taobao.com) product URLs or numeric item IDs into itemUrls or startUrls. Products listed on Taobao's global export catalog (world.taobao.com) return full 50+ field details; offline or mainland-only restricted items return a clean status notice (UNAVAILABLE) at $0.00 charged.

What happens if my search returns zero results?

If a keyword returns 0 products, the actor finishes cleanly with exit code 0 and you are charged $0.00.

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⚖️ Compliance & Privacy

This actor extracts strictly publicly available e-commerce catalog data from Taobao and Tmall product pages. It does not log in, bypass private authentication walls, or collect private user messages. Personal data is protected by regulations such as GDPR and CCPA—see Apify's guide on the legality of web scraping and ensure you have a legitimate basis when processing public marketplace data.

Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Alibaba Group, Taobao, Tmall, or any of their subsidiaries.

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🔍 Search Keywords & Tags

taobao-scraper • tmall-scraper • taobao-product-details • taobao-reviews-scraper • tmall-reviews-scraper • world-taobao-scraper • taobao-api • tmall-api • taobao-dropshipping • taobao-product-scraper • taobao-sku-scraper • taobao-url-scraper • taobao-dsr-ratings • taobao-to-shopify • taobao-to-excel • china-sourcing • 1688-alternative • alibaba-alternative • scrape-taobao • scrape-tmall • taobao-pricing • taobao爬虫 • 天猫爬虫 • 淘宝商品详情采集 • 淘宝评论采集 • 淘宝数据采集 • 天猫数据采集 • taobao-seller-ratings • pay-per-event