Alibaba.com Wholesale Sourcing & Supplier Vetting Finder

Sourcing from Alibaba.com means comparing manufacturers on more than price. Trade Assurance coverage, third-party assessment, tenure, response rate, and minimum order quantities decide whether a supplier is worth contacting. This actor reads Alibaba.com's public wholesale and country-search pages, then returns either product rows or supplier shortlists — no Alibaba login, cookie, API key, or proxy setup required.

What this actor does

• Search products by keyword across Alibaba.com's wholesale catalogue and paginate through the source's own result pages.
• Search suppliers by aggregating the unique suppliers behind those product results, one row per supplier.
• Fetch product details from product URLs or numeric product IDs: price band, MOQ, attributes, images, supplier performance, Trade Assurance, and sold count.
• Fetch supplier profiles from minisite URLs or supplier IDs: tenure, location, business type, employees, factory size, main markets, certifications, payment terms, and recent transaction volume.
• Filter by Trade Assurance, third-party assessed suppliers, supplier country, price band, supplier tenure, and supplier rating.
• Sort by price, rating, tenure, or transaction level before the maxItems cut-off.
• Omit any field Alibaba did not publish for a listing instead of returning blank or fabricated values.

Modes

Mode	What it returns	Input it uses
searchProducts	One row per product listing	keyword plus optional filters
searchSuppliers	One row per unique supplier behind the matching products	keyword plus optional filters
productDetails	Full detail for each product URL/ID	startUrls
supplierDetails	Full profile for each supplier URL/ID	startUrls

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	Select	searchProducts	One of the four modes above.
keyword	String	LED lights	Product or supplier keyword for the two search modes.
tradeAssuranceOnly	Boolean	false	Keep only listings with Alibaba Trade Assurance.
verifiedSupplierOnly	Boolean	false	Keep only Gold Suppliers or third-party assessed suppliers.
supplierCountry	String	–	Two-letter ISO code, e.g. CN, IN, PK, US.
minPrice / maxPrice	Number	–	Filter on the lowest listed unit price.
minSupplierYears	Integer	–	Minimum years the supplier has been on Alibaba.com.
minSupplierRating	Number	–	Minimum supplier rating out of 5.
sortBy	Select	relevance	relevance, priceLowToHigh, priceHighToLow, supplierRating, yearsOnPlatform, or transactionLevel.
startUrls	Array	–	Product URLs/IDs for productDetails; supplier minisite URLs or subdomains for supplierDetails.
maxItems	Integer	20	Maximum records to save (1–200).
maxPages	Integer	5	Safety limit on result pages (about 40 offers each).

Example: compare verified Indian LED suppliers

{
  "mode": "searchProducts",
  "keyword": "LED lights",
  "supplierCountry": "IN",
  "tradeAssuranceOnly": true,
  "verifiedSupplierOnly": true,
  "minSupplierYears": 3,
  "sortBy": "priceLowToHigh",
  "maxItems": 30
}

Example: build a supplier shortlist

{
  "mode": "searchSuppliers",
  "keyword": "solar panel",
  "tradeAssuranceOnly": true,
  "minSupplierRating": 4.5,
  "sortBy": "transactionLevel",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Example: enrich known products

{
  "mode": "productDetails",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/4-Sides-Solar-Garden-Light-Motion_1600132781729.html",
    "1600132781729"
  ]
}

Example: inspect a supplier minisite

{
  "mode": "supplierDetails",
  "startUrls": ["https://shinedo.en.alibaba.com/"]
}

Output per product

Field	Description
productId	Alibaba product identifier.
title	Listing title.
price	Original price text, e.g. US $1.30-$7.36.
priceMin / priceMax	Numeric price band.
priceCurrency	Currency parsed from the price text.
priceUnit / unit	Unit the price and MOQ refer to.
minOrder / minOrderQuantity	MOQ text and numeric quantity.
supplier	Supplier company name.
supplierId	Alibaba company ID on search rows; minisite slug on detail rows.
supplierSlug	Minisite subdomain when available.
supplierUrl	Supplier profile or minisite link.
supplierLocation / supplierCountryCode	Supplier country.
supplierRating / supplierRatingValue	Store rating out of 5.
supplierReviewCount	Number of store reviews.
supplierProductRating	Product review score when Alibaba exposes it.
yearsOnPlatform / supplierYears	Supplier tenure on Alibaba.com.
tradeAssurance	Present when the supplier offers Trade Assurance.
supplierVerified / supplierGold	Third-party assessment and Gold Supplier flags.
supplierResponseRate	Supplier response rate.
supplierTransactionLevel	Alibaba transaction level.
supplierHistoryGmv / supplierOrderCount	Recent trade history.
mainProducts	Supplier's main product lines.
soldCount	Units sold, when the result card publishes it.
responseTime	Typical response time on detail rows.
onTimeDeliveryRate / reorderRate	Supplier performance on detail rows.
productAttributes	Full attribute map on detail rows (certifications, IP rating, material, etc.).
category	Breadcrumb category path on detail rows.
images / imageUrl	Product gallery and primary image.
productUrl	Canonical product page.
searchKeyword / position	Search context on search rows.
recordType / scrapedAt	product and collection timestamp.

Output per supplier

Field	Description
supplierId / companyId	Minisite slug when available (Alibaba company ID otherwise) plus the company ID.
supplier	Company name.
supplierUrl / supplierLogo	Minisite link and logo.
supplierLocation / supplierCountryCode	Province/country and ISO code.
supplierRating / supplierRatingValue / supplierReviewCount	Store rating and review count.
yearsOnPlatform / supplierYears	Tenure on Alibaba.com.
tradeAssurance	Present when Trade Assurance is offered.
supplierVerified / supplierGold	Assessment and Gold Supplier flags.
supplierResponseRate / supplierTransactionLevel	Response and transaction performance.
supplierHistoryGmv / supplierOrderCount	Recent trade history.
mainProducts	Main product lines.
matchingProductCount	Products from this supplier in the current result set.
priceMin / priceMax / priceCurrency	Lowest and highest listed prices among those products.
yearEstablished, employees, factorySize, businessType	Firmographics on supplier-profile rows.
supplierMainMarkets, annualRevenue, certifications	Company overview fields on supplier-profile rows.
acceptedPaymentMethods, acceptedDeliveryTerms, acceptedPaymentCurrency	Trade terms on supplier-profile rows.
recentTransactionAmount / recentTransactionCount	Alibaba's six-month transaction summary.
assessmentCompany	Third-party assessment provider.
supplierDescription / productGroups	Company description and product groups.
recordType / scrapedAt	supplier and collection timestamp.

Data source and reliability

Alibaba.com's interactive /trade/search page is captcha-protected. This actor instead uses the public SEO wholesale pages (/wholesale/<keyword>.html) and country-search pages (/countrysearch/<CC>/<keyword>.html), which embed the full offer payload in window._PAGE_DATA_. Pagination follows the source's own _<page>.html URL rule, and duplicate listings across pages are removed by product ID.

Product and supplier detail pages are fetched only when that mode is selected. They occasionally show a captcha; the actor retries with backoff and, on Apify, can fall back to the included datacenter proxy. No user proxy or credential is needed.

Limits

• Search pages expose around 40 offers per page; maxPages caps how deep a run goes. Alibaba caps pagination at 100 pages for these SEO routes.
• United States and some other country catalogues are smaller than the China catalogue; use supplierCountry to target a market.
• Trade Assurance and third-party assessment flags are shown only when Alibaba publishes them for that supplier.
• Supplier contact emails and phone numbers are not public. Use the supplier's Alibaba profile to send an inquiry.
• Prices are the seller's listed unit prices. Shipping, duties, and taxes are not included.

FAQ

Is this Alibaba.com or AliExpress? Alibaba.com's B2B wholesale marketplace, not AliExpress's retail storefront.

Do I need an Alibaba account or cookies? No. Every mode works from public pages with no login.

Why is the price a range? Wholesale sellers publish tiered or range pricing because the unit price depends on order volume. priceMin and priceMax give the numeric band; price preserves the seller's original text.

What counts as a verified supplier? A Gold Supplier or a supplier assessed by a third-party inspection company. The two signals are also reported separately as supplierGold and supplierVerified.

Why do some rows lack MOQ, sold count, or response time? Alibaba does not publish those fields on every page type. They are omitted, never filled with placeholders.

Can I get more than 40 results? Yes. Raise maxItems and maxPages; the actor paginates and de-duplicates by product ID or supplier ID.

Is this affiliated with Alibaba.com? No. This actor independently reads public Alibaba.com pages and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Alibaba Group.