🏭 1688 in English - Wholesale Scraper with Price Tiers, Factory Suppliers & English Titles (阿里巴巴 1688)

Search 1688 in English or Chinese. Get wholesale-ready rows: price tiers by quantity, factory flag, supplier company and city, sold counts, years on 1688, English titles and clean links.

1688 in English, as clean data. Type what you are looking for in English, and this Actor searches 1688.com in Chinese for you, then hands back wholesale products with English titles, price tiers by quantity, a factory vs wholesaler flag, and the supplier's company and city, ready for a spreadsheet, your own tools or an AI agent. No Chinese, no 1688 account and no browser translation plugin needed.

⚡ Why This Actor?

Search 1688, China's biggest wholesale marketplace, and get rows built for sourcing: price tiers by order quantity, a factory flag, the supplier's company name, province and city, how many years the supplier has been on 1688, sold counts, repurchase rate, a dropship flag, images and clean product links. Type keywords in English or Chinese. English titles are added to every row.

Turn on product details to add the full price ladder with minimum order quantities, all product specs, all images, the shipping promise and whether the offer supports wholesale, dropship or both.

This Actor returns search results (and optional product details) only. It does NOT return supplier contact people, phone numbers or chat IDs, buyer data, reviews, or stock levels. It does not sort or filter results: 1688's own ranking is what you get.

🏭 What You Get for Each Product

• Price tiers (priceTiers): the supplier's quantity price ladder, for example 2-4 pieces ¥109, 5+ pieces ¥105 (on most offers, about 80% in our tests; a single price is always there)
• Factory flag (isFactory): true when the supplier is listed as a manufacturer (生产加工) or passed 1688's factory inspection
• Supplier: company name, province, city, years on 1688 and storefront link
• Demand signals: sold count (已售1400+件 → 1400), repurchase rate, and a sponsored flag (isAd)
• English title (titleEn) next to the original Chinese title

🌐 English Keywords on 1688

1688's search is built for Chinese. English keywords often match the wrong products: in our own live test, the English word "dress" returned zipper tools and sticker books among the top results.

This Actor handles it automatically:

• English (or other non-Chinese) keyword: translated to Chinese first, and the Chinese keyword is what gets searched.
• Keyword that already contains Chinese characters: searched exactly as you typed it.
• Full transparency: every row has searchedAs, the exact Chinese keyword that was searched.

Tip: Chinese keywords give you the most control. If results look off, add the Chinese term to your keywords.

🎯 Use Cases

• Supplier discovery - find factories and wholesalers for a product type, with company name, city and years on 1688
• Wholesale price research - compare price tiers by quantity across many suppliers before you ask for quotes
• Factory vs reseller screening - shortlist suppliers flagged as manufacturers or factory-inspected
• Dropshipping and private-label research - find offers that support dropship (isDropshipOffer) and compare prices
• Market research - see which product types sell most by sold counts and repurchase rates
• Cost benchmarking - compare 1688 wholesale prices with retail prices from Taobao, Google Shopping or TikTok Shop
• 1688 in English for non-Chinese buyers - search 1688 with English keywords and read every product with an English title, no translation plugin needed
• 1688 dropshipping research - shortlist offers flagged for dropship, then turn on product details to see the trade modes (wholesale, dropship) and the shipping promise
• Find China wholesale suppliers and manufacturers - search a product type and filter the rows by isFactory, businessType, province, city and supplierYearsOn1688
• A 1688 API for your own tools - start runs through the Apify API, schedule them, or call this Actor from AI agents and MCP clients, and read the results as JSON
• Shortlists for your 1688 agent or supplier talks - every row has a clean https://detail.1688.com/offer/<offerId>.html link to send to whoever places your order

🚀 Quick Start

1. Click Try for free on this Actor's page
2. Enter one or more keywords (English or Chinese)
3. Run the Actor
4. Download results as JSON, CSV, or XLSX, or pull via Apify API

⚙️ Inputs Overview

Input	Type	Required	Description	Example/Allowed Values
keywords	array of strings	✅	English or Chinese keywords, 1 to 200 per run. English keywords are translated to Chinese before searching; Chinese keywords are searched as typed.	["phone case", "连衣裙"]
maxProductsPerKeyword	integer	❌	⚠️ COST WARNING: each product costs $0.00349 (plus $0.02499 with details). Cap per keyword. Default 60. 0 = all available (usually about 60-80 per keyword). Free Apify plan: up to 5 results per run; paid plans: no limit.	60
translateTitles	boolean	❌	Add English titles. Default true. The price is the same whether this is on or off.	true
fetchDetails	boolean	❌	Add full product details to each row (extra $0.02499 per product). Default false. Ignored on the free plan.	false

There are no sort, price-range, region or factory-only inputs. The search source does not accept them, and this Actor never filters out rows you have already paid for. Use isFactory, isAd and the other fields to filter the dataset yourself.

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event model on Apify. You pay only for products delivered.

Event	Price	When it is charged
apify-actor-start	$0.02 per run	Once per run (Apify's standard start event)
product	$3.49 per 1,000 ($0.00349 each)	Once per unique product, English title included
product-details	$24.99 per 1,000 ($0.02499 each)	Only when fetchDetails is on, once per product whose details were added

Never charged: error rows, "no results" rows, any other information row, and details that could not be fetched.

Worked examples

Run	Products	Without details	With details
1 keyword, default cap (60)	60	$0.23	$1.73
10 keywords × 60	600	$2.11	$17.11
200 keywords × 60 (maximum keywords)	12,000	$41.90	$341.78

(Each total = $0.02 start + products × $0.00349, plus products × $0.02499 with details. A keyword can return fewer products than the cap; you only pay for what you get.)

⚠️ Cost Warning: product details cost about 7 times more than the product row. Turn them on for a shortlist, not for every keyword. Use Apify's "Maximum cost per run" setting for extra safety.

See exact per-event pricing on the Actor's Apify page.

Free plan limit: NOTE: Free Apify users receive up to 5 results per run. Upgrade to any paid Apify plan to remove this limit. This limit was set by the Actor developer, not by Apify.

🆓 Free Plan Limit

NOTE: Free Apify users receive up to 5 results per run. Upgrade to any paid Apify plan to remove this limit. This limit was set by the Actor developer, not by Apify.

The 5 results are counted across all keywords in the run. Error and information rows do not count toward the 5. Product details are not available on the free plan.

📊 Output Fields

One row per unique product. A product found under two keywords appears once, under the first keyword that found it.

Field	Type	Description
status	string	"ok" for product rows
keyword	string	Your keyword, exactly as entered
searchedAs	string	The Chinese keyword actually searched (same as keyword when it already had Chinese characters)
position	integer	Rank of the product within this keyword's results, starting at 1, after removing duplicates
offerId	string	1688 offer ID
title	string	Original Chinese title, with search-highlight tags removed
titleEn	string or null	Machine-translated English title. null when translateTitles is off or translation failed for this row
price	number or null	The offer's main price, in CNY
priceTiers	array	Quantity price ladder shown in search: [{ "quantity": "2~4件", "price": 109 }, { "quantity": "≥5件", "price": 105 }]. Shown on most offers (about 80% in our tests); empty when the supplier shows no ladder
currency	string	Always "CNY"
soldText	string or null	Sold label as shown, for example 已售1400+件 or 全网100+件
soldCount	integer or null	Number parsed from soldText (1400+ → 1400, 2.0万+ → 20000). null when there is no number
repurchaseRate	string or null	Repurchase rate shown by 1688, for example 12%
isFactory	boolean	true when businessType is 生产加工 (manufacturer) or factoryInspected is true
businessType	string or null	As shown: 生产加工 (manufacturer), 经销批发 (wholesaler), or null
factoryInspected	boolean	Supplier passed 1688's factory inspection
businessInspected	boolean	Supplier passed 1688's business inspection
isSuperFactory	boolean	Supplier is in 1688's super-factory program
isDropshipOffer	boolean	The offer is marked for dropship (代发) in search
serviceTags	array of strings	Service tags shown, for example 24小时发货 (ships within 24 hours)
supplierCompany	string or null	Supplier company name
supplierYearsOn1688	integer or null	Years the supplier has been on 1688
supplierUrl	string or null	Supplier storefront link, without tracking parameters
province	string or null	Supplier province
city	string or null	Supplier city
isAd	boolean	true when the listing is a paid placement
imageUrl	string or null	Main product image URL (https)
url	string	Clean product link: https://detail.1688.com/offer/<offerId>.html
details	object or null	Only with fetchDetails; see below. null when off, on the free plan, or when details could not be fetched
scrapedAt	string (ISO 8601)	When the row was collected

details object (only with fetchDetails=true):

Field	Type	Description
minOrderQuantity	integer or null	Smallest quantity in the price ladder
priceLadder	array	Full ladder: [{ "fromQuantity": 2, "price": 109 }, { "fromQuantity": 5, "price": 105 }]
unit	string or null	Unit, for example 件 (piece)
attributes	array	Product specs as [{ "name": "面料名称", "value": "粘胶纤维" }] (often 30-40 per product)
images	array of strings	All main product images
shipsFrom	string or null	Dispatch location, for example 广东东莞
shippingPromise	string or null	Shipping promise text, for example 承诺48小时发货·常发中通快递
tradeModes	array of strings	wholesale (批发), dropship (代发), or both
services	array of strings	Service names, for example 7天无理由退货 (7-day no-reason returns)
soldTotalText	string or null	Sold label from the product page, for example 全网销量300+件

Information and error rows (never charged)

error.type	When	What happens
INVALID_INPUT	The input could not be used (for example no keywords, more than 200 keywords, or a negative cap)	One row; nothing is searched
NO_RESULTS	A keyword returned no products, or only products already delivered under an earlier keyword in this run (the message says which)	One row for that keyword; the run continues
KEYWORD_NOT_PREPARED	An English keyword could not be translated	One row for that keyword; it is skipped (the untranslated English is never searched)
INVALID_KEYWORD	The search source rejected the keyword	One row for that keyword; the run continues
FREE_PLAN_LIMIT	The free plan's 5-result limit was reached	One row; the run stops
FREE_PLAN_NO_RESULTS	Free plan: 3 keywords returned no products	One row; the run stops
MAX_CHARGE_REACHED	Your "Maximum cost per run" was reached	One row (if the platform still allows it); the run stops
SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE	The product source was temporarily unavailable	One row; the run stops
INTERNAL_ERROR	Something unexpected went wrong in the Actor	One row; the run stops

Shape: { "status": "error" or "info", "keyword": "...", "error": { "type": "...", "message": "..." }, "charged": false }

Example product row (illustrative values from a live test)

{
  "status": "ok",
  "keyword": "dress",
  "searchedAs": "连衣裙",
  "position": 1,
  "offerId": "1071501284580",
  "title": "【现货批发】白色一字肩荷叶边连衣裙时尚气质修身包臀鱼尾长裙女",
  "titleEn": "(English machine translation)",
  "price": 109,
  "priceTiers": [{ "quantity": "2~4件", "price": 109 }, { "quantity": "≥5件", "price": 105 }],
  "currency": "CNY",
  "soldText": "全网100+件",
  "soldCount": 100,
  "repurchaseRate": "12%",
  "isFactory": false,
  "businessType": "经销批发",
  "factoryInspected": false,
  "businessInspected": false,
  "isSuperFactory": false,
  "isDropshipOffer": false,
  "serviceTags": ["24小时发货"],
  "supplierCompany": "东莞市礼会美服装有限公司",
  "supplierYearsOn1688": 1,
  "supplierUrl": "https://shop78175373u3538.1688.com",
  "province": "广东",
  "city": "东莞市",
  "isAd": true,
  "imageUrl": "https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN01jy8mkdoxXCL2XrJh_!!2222513808315-0-cib.jpg",
  "url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/1071501284580.html",
  "details": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T09:00:00.000Z"
}

Example product row with product details (real run, fetchDetails on)

details.attributes is shortened here to 4 of the 28 specs this product returned, for readability.

{
  "status": "ok",
  "keyword": "蓝牙耳机",
  "searchedAs": "蓝牙耳机",
  "position": 3,
  "offerId": "704013033417",
  "title": "炫颍厂家直销对讲机耳机 耳塞式对讲机耳机通用对讲机耳机",
  "titleEn": "Xuan Ying Factory Direct Sales Walkie-Talkie Headsets, In-Ear Walkie-Talkie Headsets, Universal Walkie-Talkie Headsets",
  "price": 18,
  "priceTiers": [
    { "quantity": "10~999个", "price": 18 },
    { "quantity": "1000~2999个", "price": 11 },
    { "quantity": "≥3000个", "price": 10.5 }
  ],
  "currency": "CNY",
  "soldText": null,
  "soldCount": null,
  "repurchaseRate": null,
  "isFactory": true,
  "businessType": "生产加工",
  "factoryInspected": false,
  "businessInspected": false,
  "isSuperFactory": false,
  "isDropshipOffer": false,
  "serviceTags": [],
  "supplierCompany": "东莞市石排兴涛电子厂",
  "supplierYearsOn1688": 10,
  "supplierUrl": "https://xuanyingdz.1688.com",
  "province": "广东",
  "city": "东莞市",
  "isAd": true,
  "imageUrl": "https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN01hG1DfX1WiWW2BLFmA_!!3261042822-0-cib.jpg",
  "url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/704013033417.html",
  "details": {
    "minOrderQuantity": 10,
    "priceLadder": [
      { "fromQuantity": 10, "price": 18 },
      { "fromQuantity": 1000, "price": 11 },
      { "fromQuantity": 3000, "price": 10.5 }
    ],
    "unit": "个",
    "attributes": [
      { "name": "耳机类别", "value": "入耳式耳机" },
      { "name": "品牌", "value": "炫颍" },
      { "name": "加印LOGO", "value": "可以" },
      { "name": "支持订制", "value": "支持" }
    ],
    "images": [
      "https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN01hG1DfX1WiWW2BLFmA_!!3261042822-0-cib.jpg",
      "https://cbu01.alicdn.com/img/ibank/O1CN01Yw6dxZ1WiWVpeRdI2_!!3261042822-0-cib.jpg"
    ],
    "shipsFrom": "广东东莞",
    "shippingPromise": "承诺48小时发货",
    "tradeModes": ["wholesale", "dropship"],
    "services": ["晚发必赔"],
    "soldTotalText": null
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T10:49:35.918Z",
  "_metadata": { "page": 1, "searchedAs": "蓝牙耳机" }
}

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["phone case", "连衣裙"],
  "maxProductsPerKeyword": 60,
  "translateTitles": true,
  "fetchDetails": false
}

Run summary and live view

• Run summary: each finished run stores a RUN_SUMMARY record in the run's key-value store, with products per keyword, the Chinese keyword searched, result pages fetched, details added, and the reason the run stopped early (if it did). It is linked from the run's Output tab.
• Live view: while a run is in progress, the Live view tab shows a progress page. The same data is available as JSON at /status on the run's container URL.

❓ FAQ

Q: Is this legal? A: This Actor calls a third-party product-data API, JustOneAPI, that handles the underlying data collection, and Google Cloud Translation for machine translation. Your downstream use of the data is your responsibility - see the full Terms of Service and the Actor-Specific Addendum below for details.

Q: Do I need an account with the data provider or 1688? A: No. You only need an Apify account.

Q: How many products do I get per keyword? A: Usually about 60, sometimes up to about 80. 1688's search repeats most products on later result pages, so this Actor removes duplicates and stops early instead of charging you for repeats. Use more specific keywords, or several related keywords, to find more suppliers.

Q: Why do some products have no price tiers? A: priceTiers appears only when the supplier shows a quantity ladder in search results (most offers, about 80% in our tests). A single price is always there. Turn on fetchDetails for the full ladder with minimum order quantities.

Q: What does isFactory mean? A: It is true when 1688 lists the supplier as a manufacturer (生产加工) or the supplier passed 1688's factory inspection. It is 1688's own label, not our verification. Always check a supplier yourself before ordering.

Q: Why are some results ads? A: 1688 mixes paid placements into its results (about 15% in our tests). They are real offers, so they are kept and flagged with isAd. Filter them out in your spreadsheet if you only want organic results.

Q: Should I use English or Chinese keywords? A: Either works. Chinese keywords give you full control, because nothing is translated. English keywords are convenient; check searchedAs, and if the translation is not the term you wanted, add the Chinese term directly.

Q: Can I sort by price, filter by region, or get factories only? A: Not inside the search. The search source accepts only a keyword. This Actor does not filter rows after the fact, because you would pay for rows you never see. Filter the dataset yourself by isFactory, province, price or any other field.

Q: Do I get supplier phone numbers or contact people? A: No. This Actor returns company-level business data only: company name, city, storefront link. Contact suppliers through 1688 itself.

Q: What do product details add, and are they worth it? A: The full price ladder with minimum order quantity, 30-40 product specs, all images, the shipping promise, trade modes (wholesale, dropship) and services such as 7-day returns. They cost about 7 times more than a product row, so use them on a shortlist.

Q: Can I use this data to train AI? A: Not on the Publisher's authority. Product titles and images belong to the suppliers who created them, and nothing in 1688's terms or in these Terms grants you AI-training rights. Get proper licensing first. See the Actor-Specific Addendum below.

Q: What if 1688 or Alibaba sends a cease-and-desist? A: Notify UnseenUser within 48 hours via the Apify profile contact form (apify.com/UnseenUser) and cease using this Actor immediately.

Q: What about minors? A: This Actor returns product listings and supplier company data, not user profiles. The Terms still prohibit using any output to target children. See the Actor-Specific Addendum below.

Q: Why did I get fewer products than my cap? A: Some keywords have fewer products, 1688 repeats products across result pages, and duplicates are removed before charging. On the free plan, the run stops at 5 results.

Q: Retail prices instead of wholesale? A: See the sister Actor unseenuser/taobao-product-search for Taobao and Tmall retail listings with English keywords and titles.

Q: How do I search 1688 in English? A: Add your English keywords to keywords and run the Actor. Each English keyword is translated to Chinese, searched on 1688.com, and every product comes back with an English title (titleEn). The searchedAs field shows the Chinese term that was used.

Q: Is there a 1688.com English version or English website? A: 1688.com has no full English version: its own site and search are in Chinese. Browser translation (for example Chrome's "Translate to English") translates the page you are looking at, but the search itself still works best with Chinese keywords. 1688 also runs global.1688.com, a cross-border section with selected suppliers. This Actor does the Chinese-keyword step for you: it translates each English keyword to Chinese before searching, shows the term it used in searchedAs, and returns every product with an English title (titleEn) as structured data.

Q: Is there a 1688 API in English? A: 1688's official open platform is in Chinese and built for registered developers and sellers, with app approval and its own access rules. This Actor works as a 1688 API in English without that setup: start a run through the Apify API with your keywords, then read the results as JSON from the run's dataset. You need no 1688 account or API key.

Q: Can I use it for 1688 dropshipping? A: Yes, for research. isDropshipOffer flags offers marked for dropship in search, and product details add tradeModes (wholesale, dropship or both) and the shipping promise. It does not place orders, sync products to a store or ship anything.

Q: Is this a 1688 agent? How do I buy from 1688? A: No. This Actor is a search and data tool: it finds products and returns their details and links. It does not buy, pay, ship or contact suppliers. Many buyers use it to build a shortlist in English, then order through the 1688 agent or sourcing service they already use. Every row has a clean url (https://detail.1688.com/offer/<offerId>.html) you can send to them.

Q: How do I find China wholesale suppliers and manufacturers on 1688? A: Search the product type, then filter the dataset by isFactory (manufacturer or factory-inspected), businessType, supplierYearsOn1688, province and city. These are 1688's own labels, so always verify a supplier yourself before ordering.

Q: Can AI agents and MCP clients use it? A: Yes. Apify Actors can be called from AI agents through Apify's MCP server or the Apify API, so an agent can search 1688 in English and read the results as structured data.

Q: Is there a free plan limit? A: NOTE: Free Apify users receive up to 5 results per run. Upgrade to any paid Apify plan to remove this limit. This limit was set by the Actor developer, not by Apify.

Q: Are 1688 and Alibaba the same company? What is the difference? A: Both belong to Alibaba Group. 1688.com is the domestic Chinese wholesale marketplace, in Chinese and priced in CNY for buyers inside China. Alibaba.com is the international B2B site. This Actor searches 1688 only and returns its own prices and quantity price tiers in CNY, so you can compare them with quotes you already have.

Q: Are Taobao and 1688 the same? A: No. Both belong to Alibaba Group, but Taobao is a retail marketplace (single items, consumer prices) and 1688 is a wholesale marketplace (price tiers by order quantity, factories and wholesalers). For Taobao and Tmall retail listings in English, see the Taobao in English product search scraper.

Q: Can I buy from 1688 if I live outside China? A: 1688 is built for buyers inside China, and most suppliers ship within China, so overseas buyers usually order through a buying agent or freight forwarder. This Actor does not buy, pay or ship anything. It helps you find and compare products and suppliers in English first, and gives you a clean product url to pass on.

Q: Do I need a 1688 API key or an Open Platform account? A: No. 1688's official Open Platform needs a registered developer account and app approval. With this Actor you need only an Apify account: start a run through the Apify API or the Console and read the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

🎬 Demo Videos

Run your 1688 keyword searches on a schedule, for example every Monday, to watch wholesale prices and new suppliers:

Send new 1688 results straight to Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier or your own webhook:

🔗 Related Actors

• Taobao in English product search scraper - the retail side of the same market: Taobao and Tmall products with English keywords and English titles
• Google Shopping scraper - compare 1688 wholesale prices with what Western online stores charge
• TikTok Shop product scraper - see which products sell on TikTok Shop before you source them on 1688
• TikTok Shop product reviews scraper - read what buyers say about a product before you order it in bulk

🔧 How It Works

• Live data: every run searches 1688 at the moment you run it. Nothing is served from a stored copy.
• No login, no cookies, no proxies: you only need an Apify account.
• Keywords: English keywords are translated to Chinese before searching; Chinese keywords are searched exactly as typed. The searchedAs field shows what was searched.
• Results: products come in 1688's own ranking, usually about 60 per keyword (sometimes up to about 80), and each product is delivered once per run even if several keywords find it.
• What ends a run: every keyword reaches your maxProductsPerKeyword cap or runs out of new products; your "Maximum cost per run" is reached; on the free plan, 5 results are delivered or 3 keywords return no products; or the data source stays unavailable after automatic retries. In every case the run finishes with a plain-English status message, and products already delivered stay in your dataset.
• Output: results stream into an Apify dataset as they are found. Download them as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull them via the Apify API. A live progress view and a run summary are included.
• Memory: the default 256 MB is enough; you do not need to raise it.

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• Source Platform terms (1688.com) governing the public data accessed
• Applicable law in your jurisdiction and the jurisdictions of data subjects

These Terms incorporate the actor-specific addendum published in each Actor's individual listing ("Addendum"). In the event of a conflict, the more restrictive provision applies.

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1. NATURE OF THE SERVICE

1.1 What the Actor Is

The Actor is a software program published on the Apify platform. Each Actor:

• (a) Accepts structured input from you on the Apify platform
• (b) Translates that input into HTTP requests to a third-party API operated by JustOneAPI
• (c) Receives HTTP responses from that third-party API
• (d) Returns the response data to you in a structured format on the Apify platform

The Actor's source code is hosted on Apify's infrastructure. The Actor runs in Apify's cloud, not on the Publisher's servers. The Publisher operates no servers running the Actor.

1.2 What the Actor Is Not

The Actor is not:

• (a) A scraping tool - the Publisher does not operate scraping infrastructure, proxies, headless browsers, or fake accounts
• (b) A direct connection to any source platform - connections to source platforms are made by JustOneAPI
• (c) A data storage or data retention service - the Publisher does not maintain a database of any data the Actor returns
• (d) A licensed access channel to 1688.com (Alibaba Group) or any other source platform
• (e) Affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or authorized by any source platform

1.3 The Publisher's Limited Role

The Publisher's role is limited to:

• (a) Designing and writing the Actor's source code
• (b) Publishing the Actor on the Apify Store
• (c) Maintaining the Actor (updating it when API providers change schemas)
• (d) Providing documentation and customer support via Apify's contact mechanism

The Publisher is a software vendor, similar to a developer who publishes an app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. The Publisher is not a data provider, data broker, data processor, or data controller for purposes of GDPR, CCPA, Israel's Privacy Protection Law, or equivalent.

1.4 The Third-Party API Provider's Role

JustOneAPI (https://justoneapi.com) is an independent third-party company. It:

• (a) Operates data infrastructure that retrieves publicly listed product data from source platforms and returns it
• (b) Maintains relationships with source platforms (or accepts the operational risk of accessing public data without such relationships)
• (c) Provides its own Terms of Service governing its operations
• (d) Is responsible for compliance obligations relating to the data collection itself

Google Cloud Translation (https://cloud.google.com/translate) is used only to translate search keywords and product titles.

The Publisher is a customer of this provider. The Publisher is not its agent, partner, or representative.

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2. WHO MAY USE THE ACTOR

2.1 Eligibility

You may use the Actor only if:

• (a) You are at least 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction
• (b) You have legal capacity to enter into binding contracts
• (c) You are not located in or resident of a country subject to comprehensive sanctions by the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, or Israel
• (d) You are not on any prohibited persons list

2.2 User Representations

By using any Actor, you represent and warrant that:

• (a) Truthful identity: Information you provide about your identity and intended use is accurate
• (b) Lawful intent: Your intended use complies with applicable law in your jurisdiction
• (c) Source platform compliance: You will independently comply with the Terms of Service of any source platform whose data you obtain through the Actor
• (d) Data subject rights: Where Actor outputs include personal data, you will respect data subject rights under applicable law
• (e) No prohibited use: You will not use the Actor for any of the purposes prohibited in Section 4

These representations are continuous - they must remain true throughout your use.

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3. PERMITTED USES

The Actor may be used for any lawful purpose, including:

• Market research and competitive analysis
• Academic research
• Journalism and investigative reporting
• Internal business intelligence
• Brand monitoring
• Recruitment research where consistent with applicable employment law
• Building products that further process publicly available information lawfully

Specific permitted uses for each Actor are described in that Actor's individual listing and Addendum.

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4. PROHIBITED USES

You may not use the Actor for any of the following:

4.1 Illegal Activity

Activity illegal under the law of your jurisdiction, the User's jurisdiction, or the jurisdiction of any data subjects.

4.2 Harassment, Stalking, and Personal Targeting

• Compiling profiles for harassment, stalking, or doxxing
• Tracking individuals' movements or activities without their knowledge
• Building profiles of journalists, activists, dissidents, or vulnerable populations for retaliatory purposes

4.3 Discrimination

• Using outputs for discriminatory employment, lending, housing, or insurance decisions based on protected characteristics
• Building lists for discriminatory purposes

4.4 Spam and Unsolicited Commercial Communication

• Sending unsolicited marketing in violation of CAN-SPAM, CASL, GDPR, PECR, Israeli Anti-Spam Law (סעיף 30א לחוק התקשורת), or equivalent laws
• Building "lead lists" from scraped contacts without proper consent infrastructure
• Reselling contact data for spam purposes

4.5 Fraud and Deception

• Identity theft or impersonation
• Generation of fake reviews, testimonials, or coordinated inauthentic behavior
• Election interference or political disinformation
• Securities fraud

4.6 Source Platform Abuse

• Using outputs to circumvent technical protection measures of source platforms
• Creating fake accounts on source platforms based on Actor outputs
• Vote manipulation, engagement manipulation, or platform algorithm gaming
• Building services that competitively substitute for source platforms

4.7 Reselling the Actor's Service

• Reselling raw Actor outputs as your own data product or scraping-as-a-service
• Sharing your Apify credentials to provide third parties indirect access
• Building competing API services using Actor outputs

4.8 AI Training Without Authorization

• Using Actor outputs as training data for commercial AI/ML models without separate licensing authority from the source platform

4.9 Sensitive Targeting

• Specifically targeting or profiling based on health conditions, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, political opinions, or other sensitive characteristics
• Targeting children under 16 (or local age of consent for data processing)

4.10 Privacy Law Violations

• Processing personal data of EU/UK/California/Israeli residents without complying with applicable privacy law
• Failing to honor data subject access, deletion, or objection requests
• Processing data for purposes incompatible with its publication context

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5. SOURCE PLATFORM TERMS - YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

5.1 Acknowledgment

The Actor accesses publicly visible data on third-party platforms ("Source Platforms") through the Third-Party API Provider (JustOneAPI). Source Platforms include 1688.com (Alibaba Group).

5.2 Your Sole Responsibility

You acknowledge:

• (a) You are solely responsible for ensuring your downstream use of data obtained through the Actor complies with the Source Platform's Terms of Service
• (b) The Publisher makes no representation that any specific use is permitted under any Source Platform's terms
• (c) The Third-Party API Provider, not the Publisher, bears responsibility for the lawfulness of the data collection itself
• (d) You should review Source Platform terms, and the terms of the services this Actor relies on, before commercial use:
  • 1688 Platform Service Terms (English version prevails): https://terms.alicdn.com/legal-agreement/terms/common_platform_service/20230920180838377/20230920180838377.html
  • JustOneAPI Terms of Service: https://justoneapi.com/en/terms
  • Google Cloud Terms of Service: https://cloud.google.com/terms

5.3 Cease-and-Desist Compliance

If you receive a cease-and-desist letter or other legal demand from a Source Platform regarding your use of Actor outputs, you must:

• (a) Cease the contested use immediately
• (b) Notify UnseenUser within 48 hours via UnseenUser's Apify profile contact form (https://apify.com/UnseenUser)
• (c) Cooperate with the Publisher as needed to mitigate
• (d) Not assert against the Publisher any claim arising from your inability to use the Actor for that Source Platform

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6. DATA PROTECTION - REFLECTING ACTUAL ARCHITECTURE

6.1 Roles Under Privacy Law

For purposes of GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA, Israel's Privacy Protection Law (PPL) including Amendment 13, and equivalents:

• You (the User) are the Data Controller of any personal data you obtain through the Actor and subsequently process for your own purposes
• JustOneAPI is the entity that collects data from source platforms - it bears the responsibilities of a data processor or controller (depending on context) for the collection itself
• The Publisher acts solely as a software vendor, not as a data controller or processor, because the Publisher does not store, retain, or substantively process personal data - the Actor merely passes API responses through

6.2 No Data Retention by the Publisher

The Publisher confirms:

• (a) The Publisher does not maintain a database of personal data obtained through the Actor
• (b) The Actor passes data from the Third-Party API directly to you on the Apify platform - data does not flow through the Publisher's infrastructure
• (c) Apify's standard execution and operational logging may include limited information about Actor runs (input parameters, run duration, data volume) - this is governed by Apify's own privacy practices
• (d) The Publisher does not access, view, or analyze your Actor outputs except as needed for technical support if you specifically share them with the Publisher

6.3 Your Obligations as Data Controller

Where your use of the Actor involves processing personal data, you are responsible for:

• (a) Establishing a lawful basis for your processing (consent, legitimate interest with documented balancing test, contract, etc.)
• (b) Providing transparent notice to data subjects as required by applicable law
• (c) Honoring data subject access, rectification, erasure, restriction, and portability requests
• (d) Implementing appropriate security measures
• (e) Conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments where required
• (f) Appointing a Data Protection Officer if your operations require one
• (g) Registering databases with applicable supervisory authorities
• (h) Honoring opt-out requests for direct marketing
• (i) Cross-border transfer safeguards where data crosses borders

6.4 Israel's Amendment 13 - User Compliance

If your use of the Actor involves Israeli residents' personal data, you must comply with the Privacy Protection Law as amended (Amendment 13, effective August 14, 2025). These obligations are yours as the data controller, not the Publisher's as the software vendor.

6.5 Sensitive Data Targeting Restrictions

You will not use the Actor to specifically target, profile, or build datasets focused on:

• Health or medical conditions
• Religious beliefs
• Political opinions
• Sexual orientation or gender identity
• Genetic or biometric data
• Criminal history
• Children under 16

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7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

7.1 Actor Code

The Actor's source code, schemas, documentation, and branding are owned by the Publisher. You receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Actor for permitted purposes during your active subscription/run with Apify.

7.2 Output Data

The Publisher claims no ownership over the public data the Actor returns. Source Platforms may have copyright, database rights, or other rights in their data; data subjects may have copyright in user-generated content. Your use of output data must respect these rights independently.

7.3 Restrictions

You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or reuse the Actor's code in a competing actor.

7.4 Feedback

Feedback you provide may be used by the Publisher to improve products without compensation to you.

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8. PRICING AND PAYMENT

8.1 Apify Platform Billing

Pricing is administered through Apify's pricing models. Apify processes all payments. Apify's payment terms govern refunds and disputes.

8.2 Pricing Changes

The Publisher may change Actor pricing with at least 14 days' notice via the Actor's Apify listing.

8.3 No Refunds for Misuse

If your access is suspended or terminated for breach of these Terms, you forfeit any unused balance and are not entitled to refunds.

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9. SERVICE AVAILABILITY AND CHANGES

9.1 No Uptime Guarantee

The Actor depends on:

• (a) The Apify platform
• (b) Underlying API providers (JustOneAPI for product data; Google Cloud Translation for translation)
• (c) Source Platforms' continued public accessibility

Any of these may change behavior, restrict access, or become unavailable without notice. The Publisher makes no uptime guarantees.

9.2 Service Discontinuation

The Publisher may discontinue any Actor at any time. Reasonable notice will be provided when feasible.

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10. DISCLAIMERS

10.1 "AS IS" Service

THE ACTOR IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ACCURACY OF DATA.

10.2 No Representation of Lawfulness

The Publisher makes no representation that your specific use of the Actor or the data it returns is lawful in your jurisdiction or under any Source Platform's terms. The burden of determining lawfulness for your use case is yours.

10.3 No Endorsement of Source Content

Content returned by the Actor was created by third parties. The Publisher does not endorse, verify, or take responsibility for it.

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11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

11.1 Aggregate Liability Cap

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE PUBLISHER FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE ACTOR EXCEED THE GREATER OF:

• (a) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100), OR
• (b) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID THROUGH APIFY FOR USE OF THE ACTOR IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT

11.2 Excluded Damages

THE PUBLISHER IS NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, OR DATA, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY.

11.3 Time Limit

Any claim must be brought within one (1) year of the event.

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12. INDEMNIFICATION

12.1 Your Indemnification of the Publisher

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Publisher from any:

• Claims arising from your use of the Actor
• Claims arising from your violation of these Terms
• Claims arising from your violation of any law (including privacy law)
• Claims arising from your violation of any Source Platform's Terms of Service
• Claims arising from your processing of personal data obtained through the Actor
• Reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of defending such claims

12.2 Defense

The Publisher may assume defense at your expense. You will cooperate with the Publisher's defense.

12.3 Scope

The indemnification covers reasonable, foreseeable third-party claims arising from your use. It does not extend to:

• Claims arising from the Publisher's gross negligence or willful misconduct
• Claims regarding the Actor's source code itself (those are the Publisher's responsibility)
• Claims regarding the Third-Party API Provider's data collection (those are their responsibility)

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13. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

13.1 Termination by the Publisher

The Publisher may terminate your access for material breach, illegal use, breach of warranty, or upon credible legal demand.

13.2 Effects of Termination

Your license ends, you must cease use, and applicable provisions survive.

13.3 Termination by You

You may stop using the Actor at any time on Apify.

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14. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

14.1 Informal Resolution First

Send a detailed written description of the dispute via UnseenUser's Apify profile contact form (https://apify.com/UnseenUser) and wait 60 days for resolution attempt before any formal claim.

14.2 Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the substantive laws of the State of Israel, without regard to conflict of law principles.

14.3 Exclusive Jurisdiction

Any dispute shall be brought exclusively in the competent civil courts of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel.

14.4 No Class Actions

You agree to bring claims only in your individual capacity.

14.5 Attorneys' Fees

The prevailing party recovers reasonable attorneys' fees.

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15. MISCELLANEOUS

15.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms (with Addendum and incorporated documents) are the entire agreement.

15.2 Severability

Unenforceable provisions are reformed to the minimum extent or severed.

15.3 Assignment

You may not assign without the Publisher's consent. The Publisher may assign to affiliates, successors, or acquirers.

15.4 Force Majeure

Neither party is liable for failure due to events beyond reasonable control, including changes by Source Platforms or Third-Party API Providers, or actions by Apify.

15.5 Third-Party Beneficiaries

Apify and JustOneAPI are intended third-party beneficiaries of Sections 4 (Prohibited Uses), 5 (Source Platform Compliance), and 12 (Indemnification).

15.6 Survival

Sections 0 (Acceptance), 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15 survive termination.

15.7 Language

English controls. Translations are for convenience only.

15.8 Publisher Identification for Legal Process

The Publisher operates on the Apify platform under the username UnseenUser (apify.com/UnseenUser). The Publisher is a registered legal entity. Upon receipt of valid legal process (subpoena, court order, or equivalent) directed through Apify's official channels, the Publisher's full legal identity may be disclosed as required by law. This Section ensures that you have a valid path to legal recourse if needed.

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16. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

By using any Actor, you acknowledge that:

• (a) You have read these Terms
• (b) You understand the architecture: you are using software (the Actor) on Apify's platform that calls third-party APIs
• (c) You accept responsibility for your use, including for compliance with Source Platform terms
• (d) Your indemnification obligations cover third-party claims arising from your use
• (e) Disputes are resolved in Israeli courts
• (f) The Publisher's identity, while not publicly disclosed in this listing, can be obtained through valid legal process via Apify

For questions, use UnseenUser's Apify profile contact form (https://apify.com/UnseenUser) before running the Actor.

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APPENDIX - Document Version History

Version	Date	Summary
1.0	May 5, 2026	Initial publication
2.0	May 5, 2026	Hardened (over-broad - treated User as data broker)
3.0	May 5, 2026	Architecturally accurate - Publisher as software vendor
4.0	May 5, 2026	Anonymous Publisher. All personally identifying information removed. Acceptance-by-Use mechanism formalized.

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These Terms reflect best practices for anonymous Apify actor publishing as of May 2026. Not a substitute for legal advice.

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🛡️ Actor-Specific Terms of Service Addendum

🛡️ Actor-Specific ToS Addendum - 🏭 1688 Wholesale Scraper - Factory Suppliers, Price Tiers & English Titles

This addendum supplements the Master Terms of Service V4.0. By running this Actor, you accept both the Master ToS and this addendum.

A. Architectural Disclosure

This Actor is a software wrapper. It accepts your input parameters, calls up to THREE third-party endpoints in one run (the JustOneAPI 1688 product search /api/1688/search-item-list/v1; the JustOneAPI 1688 product detail /api/1688/get-item-detail/v1, only when you turn on product details; and the Google Cloud Translation /language/translate/v2 endpoint, used only to translate keywords and product titles), combines the results into a structured output, and returns the combined data to you on the Apify platform. UnseenUser does not store, log, or substantively process the data returned. The data flows from the third-party services through Apify's runtime directly to you.

B. Nature of Data Returned

This Actor returns: public 1688.com search-result listings for your keywords. Each row contains the offer ID, the Chinese product title and a machine-translated English title, the main price and the quantity price tiers shown in search, the currency, the sold label and a number parsed from it, the repurchase rate, the supplier's business type and inspection labels, a dropship flag, service tags, the supplier company name, years on 1688, storefront link, province and city, a paid-placement flag, the main image URL, and a clean product link. With product details turned on, it adds the full price ladder, minimum order quantity, unit, product specifications, product images, dispatch location, shipping promise, trade modes and service names.

It does NOT return supplier contact people, phone numbers, chat IDs, buyer data, reviews, or account IDs (raw loginId, memberId, custId, sellerLoginId, sellerUserId and sellerMemberId are dropped).

Where the Actor's output includes individual people's names, photos, contact details, or content authored by them, that data constitutes personal data subject to GDPR, CCPA, Israeli Privacy Protection Law (including Amendment 13), and equivalent privacy laws in your downstream processing - but only in your hands as the data controller, not in UnseenUser's hands as the software vendor.

C. Permitted Use Cases

You may use this Actor for the following purposes (non-exhaustive list):

• Supplier discovery - find factories and wholesalers for a product type
• Wholesale price research - compare quantity price tiers across suppliers before requesting quotes
• Factory vs reseller screening - shortlist suppliers by 1688's own business-type and inspection labels
• Dropshipping and private-label research - compare offers that support dropship
• Market research - compare product types by sold counts and repurchase rates
• Cost benchmarking - compare wholesale prices with retail prices from other marketplaces

D. Specifically Prohibited Uses

In addition to Master ToS Section 4 prohibitions, you may NOT:

• Republish product titles, images or listings in bulk as your own catalog or storefront without the suppliers' permission
• Build a "1688 mirror", supplier directory or search engine that substitutes for 1688 using this data
• Resell the raw output as a data product or feed
• Use the data to coordinate prices with competitors, or to support any other conduct prohibited by competition law
• Publicly accuse a supplier of selling counterfeits, or of not being a real factory, based only on this data, without your own verification
• Use the data to identify, profile or contact individual people (for example sole-proprietor suppliers) for unsolicited marketing
• Train commercial AI/ML models on titles or images without proper licensing (see Section I)

E. Platform Terms of Service Considerations

1688's Platform Service Terms prohibit program code that obtains platform or user data without authorization, and refer to separate 1688 Platform Rules. Chinese courts have treated platform data products as protected business interests under the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (for example, Taobao v. Anhui Meijing, Hangzhou, 2018). This Actor accesses publicly visible 1688 listing data via the third-party data provider named in Section A - that provider bears responsibility for the lawfulness of the data collection. Your downstream use must independently comply with 1688's terms and rules.

If 1688.com or Alibaba Group issues a cease-and-desist regarding data obtained via this Actor, notify UnseenUser within 48 hours via the Apify profile contact form (apify.com/UnseenUser) and cease your use immediately.

F. Combined-Endpoint Data Sensitivity

This Actor combines up to three endpoints in one run. For this Actor the combination adds convenience, not sensitivity:

• Product search alone: low sensitivity (public product listings; suppliers are businesses)
• Product detail alone: low sensitivity (specs, prices, images, shipping promise; no contact data)
• Translation alone: no data from 1688; it only receives your keywords and the Chinese titles
• Combined: the same listings with more product detail and an English title. No personal data is added by the combination.

Two things still matter:

• Your keywords are sent to the translation service. Do not put confidential information (unreleased product names, client names, personal data) into keywords.
• The combined dataset is still a copy of a commercial platform's catalog. Don't sell it as a product, don't build a "1688 replacement" with it, and use it for your own internal research and sourcing.

G. Machine Translation - Accuracy

searchedAs and titleEn are machine translations. They can be wrong, literal, or miss product-specific terms (sizes, materials, brand names, certifications).

• searchedAs decides what was searched. If a translated keyword does not match what you meant, results will not match either. Check it, and use Chinese keywords for full control.
• Attribute names and values in details.attributes are returned in Chinese as the supplier wrote them.
• Do not rely on machine-translated titles alone for legal, safety, customs, or compliance decisions (for example product classification, certifications, or restricted goods). Verify with a fluent reader or the supplier.

H. Product Listing Copyright and Images

Each listing's title, images and specifications are created by the supplier and may be protected by copyright, trademark, or Alibaba's own rights. You may:

• Analyze listings (prices, tiers, sold labels, categories, rankings)
• Quote small parts with attribution where fair use or fair dealing applies
• Use aggregated metrics (counts, averages, price ranges)

You may NOT:

• Download and reuse product images in your own store, ads or marketplace listings without the rights holder's permission
• Republish titles or descriptions verbatim as your own product copy
• Strip supplier or brand attribution before redistribution
• Use brand names from listings in a way that suggests a relationship with the brand

imageUrl and details.images are links to images hosted by the source platform. Possession of a link is not a license to use the image.

I. AI Training - Special Notice

Nothing in 1688's terms, or in these Terms, authorizes you to use product titles, images or listing data to train AI/ML models. The Publisher (UnseenUser) does NOT authorize, and has no ability to authorize, AI training use.

Recent litigation (NYT v. OpenAI, Andersen v. Stability AI, Reddit v. Perplexity, multiple class actions) demonstrates AI training on platform data is contested. Product images are a common subject of such disputes. Get proper licensing or do not train on this data.

Your AI training use is your own legal exposure.

J. Supplier Company Data

Supplier company names, cities, business types, inspection labels and storefront links are business information. However, some 1688 suppliers are sole proprietors (for example names ending in 商行 or 经营部), so a company name can sometimes identify a person. Treat it accordingly:

• Use supplier data for sourcing and market research, not to build profiles of individual people
• Do not combine supplier data with other sources to find a person's identity, home address or personal contacts
• If you contact suppliers, do it through 1688's own channels and in line with anti-spam laws (GDPR, CAN-SPAM, CASL, and China's Personal Information Protection Law where it applies)
• province and city are business locations as 1688 shows them; never use them to locate a person
• isFactory, factoryInspected and businessInspected are 1688's own labels, not UnseenUser's verification. Verify any supplier yourself before ordering

This Actor deliberately never returns supplier contact people, phone numbers, chat IDs or account IDs.

K. Prices, Tiers, Sold Figures and Consumer Law

Prices, price tiers and sold labels are point-in-time snapshots shown by the listing. They change often and may depend on promotions, coupons, shipping destination, variants or 1688 membership terms that this Actor does not see.

• Not authoritative: do not present this data as a guaranteed price, minimum order quantity, stock level or sales volume. Confirm the final price, MOQ and shipping cost with the supplier
• Sold labels are rounded text (for example 已售1400+件 or 全网100+件). soldCount is a number parsed from that text, not an exact figure. 全网 labels count sales across 1688's network, 已售 labels count sales of the offer as shown
• Comparative advertising: if you publish price comparisons using this data, consumer-protection and advertising laws in your market apply
• Competition law: using shared price data to coordinate prices with competitors is prohibited in most jurisdictions

L. Brand Protection and Counterfeit Use - Verify First

Searching for your own brand to find possible counterfeit offers is a permitted use. But this data alone is not proof:

• ✅ "Find offers that use our brand name so our legal team can review them" - permitted
• ✅ "Track how many offers use our brand name each month" - permitted
• ❌ "Publicly name suppliers as counterfeiters based only on titles and prices" - prohibited (defamation risk)
• ❌ "Send automated takedown or legal threats to every offer found" - prohibited without human review

Use Alibaba's own intellectual-property protection channels for takedowns, with your own evidence.

M. Sanctions, Import and Product-Safety Compliance

Buying from, paying, or shipping goods from Chinese suppliers can be subject to sanctions, export-control, customs, tariff and product-safety rules in your country (for example US OFAC, export controls and forced-labor import rules, EU sanctions, CE and REACH rules). Some listed products may be restricted or prohibited in your market.

This Actor returns listing data only. YOU are responsible for sanctions, export, customs, tariff and product-safety compliance in any sourcing or purchase you make based on it.

N. Cost Controls and Free-Plan Limit

• Price: $0.02 per run plus $3.49 per 1,000 products ($0.00349 each), English titles included. Product details: $24.99 per 1,000 ($0.02499 each), only when turned on and only for products whose details were added. Error and information rows are never charged.
• Cost warning: product details cost about 7 times more than the product row. Use Apify's "Maximum cost per run" setting for a hard cap; when it is reached, the run stops with a MAX_CHARGE_REACHED row.
• Duplicates: 1688 repeats products across result pages. Duplicates are removed across the whole run before charging, so you never pay twice for the same product in one run.
• Free plan: NOTE: Free Apify users receive up to 5 results per run. Upgrade to any paid Apify plan to remove this limit. This limit was set by the Actor developer, not by Apify.