Alibaba Email Scraper

What does Alibaba Email Scraper do?

Alibaba Email Scraper finds email addresses that are visibly published alongside supplier content on Alibaba.com and public Google result pages. It returns a rich, normalized supplier record for each public email, including the supplier identity, tenure, badges, products, country, revenue range, markets, tags, response rate, source page, and pagination position.

This Actor is a public-source extractor. It does not sign in, open private contact details, solve CAPTCHAs, call private APIs, bypass access controls, or invent missing values. A public email is emitted only when it can be associated with permitted Alibaba content. Google account or unrelated page emails are not treated as supplier contacts.

Why use Alibaba Email Scraper?

Use it to build a public supplier prospecting list, discover Alibaba manufacturers by keyword, enrich an existing supplier search with structured company facts, or run recurring public-source monitoring through the Apify API, schedules, integrations, and run history.

Supported features include:

• Public Google site searches and direct Alibaba supplier/company/product URLs.
• Rich supplier-card extraction based on the observed Alibaba supplier-list markup.
• Up to 100 pages per source, next-link detection, safe pagination fallbacks, and repeated-page guards.
• Multiple sources, global contact limits, email deduplication, case-insensitive filters, and global sorting.
• Bounded product arrays, optional tags and context snippets, transparent retries, pacing, concurrency, request timeouts, and standard Apify Proxy routing.
• Operational issue counts and detailed run counters in OUTPUT_SUMMARY, with failure details in run logs; the dataset contains only source-backed supplier contacts.

What data can Alibaba Email Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
email, emailDomain	string	Public email and normalized lowercase domain.
supplierName, company	string	Observed supplier/company name; company is a compatibility alias.
supplierProfileUrl	URL	Public Alibaba company profile when available.
supplierYears, supplierYearsText	integer/string	Supplier tenure shown on the card.
badges, isGoldSupplier, hasTradeAssurance	array/boolean	Observed supplier badges and badge flags.
listingTitle, products, productUrls, productCount	string/array/integer	Product titles and product-detail URLs shown on the card; supplier/company profile links are never counted as products.
country, mainProducts, mainProductsList	string/array	Observed supplier location and product categories.
totalRevenue, topMarkets, topMarketsText	string/array	Public revenue and market information.
tags, responseRate, responseRateText	array/number/string	Supplier tags and response-rate information.
sourceUrl, pageUrl, sourceType, query, pageNum, position	mixed	Search provenance and page position.
contextSnippet, pageTitle, listingPrice, scrapedAt	mixed	Bounded public context and timestamps.

Fields are omitted when the source does not publish them. Run metrics such as request counts, retries, proxy state, and issue counts are kept in OUTPUT_SUMMARY and SOURCE_METADATA, not added as debugging columns to normal contact rows. Failure details stay in run logs.

How to scrape Alibaba supplier emails

1. Open the Actor and choose a public Alibaba supplier URL, or enter a search query such as stainless steel bottle supplier.
2. Use startUrls for one or more public Google/Alibaba pages, or profileUrls for direct Alibaba sources. Explicit URLs take precedence over generated Google searches.
3. Set filters, sorting, pagination, and dataset detail controls if needed.
4. Run the Actor. Open the dataset for contacts and the key-value store for OUTPUT_SUMMARY and SOURCE_METADATA.

How much will it cost to scrape Alibaba?

The cost depends on the compute time used by the run and the limits you choose. More source URLs, pages, retries, larger response limits, and higher concurrency can increase compute. Global sorting may fetch every permitted page before selecting the top contacts. Product arrays and context snippets increase dataset size but do not create separate detail-page requests. Use maxPages, maxResults, maxProductsPerResult, a respectful delay, and conservative retries to control run size. Check the current Apify pricing and the run usage panel for account-specific costs.

Input

See the input tab for the complete configuration. All values are validated before requests are made.

Search configuration and input sources

• query — string, default industrial supplier; the generated Google site-search keyword.
• queries — up to 20 search strings. Generated searches are used only when explicit source URLs are absent.
• profileUrls — up to 50 public Alibaba source URLs.
• startUrls — up to 50 objects in the form { "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/..." }; public Google and Alibaba URLs are accepted.

Result filters and sorting

• emailDomains — optional domains such as supplier.example; subdomains also match.
• textQuery — case-insensitive match across supplier, product, country, badges, tags, markets, revenue, email, and context text.
• supplierCountry — exact case-insensitive Country/Region value, such as China.
• minSupplierYears — 0–200; missing tenure does not pass an active filter.
• minResponseRate — 0–100; missing response rate does not pass an active filter.
• requiredBadges — every requested badge must be observed.
• sortBy — relevance, supplier_years_desc, response_rate_desc, company_asc, country_asc, or email_asc.

Pagination and dataset controls

• maxResults — global contact limit, 1–500, default 50.
• maxPages — pages per source, 0–100, default 1; 0 means automatic pagination up to 100 pages.
• deduplicate — default true; merges repeated observations by normalized email.
• maxEmailsPerResult — maximum email-bearing rows considered from one source response, 1–20, default 5.
• includeProducts — default true; includes product objects and product URLs.
• maxProductsPerResult — 0–10, default 5; 0 omits product arrays while retaining an observed count.
• includeTags — default true.
• includeContext — default true; includes an exact-match public email context snippet.

Developer options

• requestDelayMs — 0–10,000 ms between public request starts, default 250.
• maxConcurrency — 1–5 source URLs concurrently, default 2; pagination within one source remains sequential.
• maxRequestRetries — 0–5 finite retries for transient failures, default 2.
• requestTimeoutSecs — 5–120 seconds per request, default 30.
• maxResponseBytes — 100,000–30,000,000 byte response safety cap, default 20,000,000.
• proxyConfiguration — optional standard Apify Proxy settings. When useApifyProxy is true, permitted requests use Apify Proxy; proxying is not an access-control bypass. timeoutMs remains as a backwards-compatible millisecond alias.
• userAgent — optional transparent single-line user agent.

Checked-in HTML fixtures are used by the local parser tests to cover ordered pagination and multiple-source processing without network access. Fixture overrides are not public Actor inputs.

Input examples

Quick smoke test

{
  "query": "stainless steel bottle supplier",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "maxPages": 1
}

Filters and global sorting

{
  "queries": ["industrial control module supplier"],
  "textQuery": "industrial",
  "minSupplierYears": 5,
  "minResponseRate": 70,
  "requiredBadges": ["Gold Supplier"],
  "sortBy": "response_rate_desc",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "maxPages": 2
}

Direct paginated Alibaba source

{
  "profileUrls": ["https://www.alibaba.com/gmail.com-suppliers.html"],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "includeProducts": true,
  "maxProductsPerResult": 5
}

Multiple source URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/gmail.com-suppliers.html" },
    { "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/control-module-suppliers.html" }
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "maxPages": 2,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "sortBy": "company_asc"
}

Detail opt-out

{
  "profileUrls": ["https://www.alibaba.com/gmail.com-suppliers.html"],
  "maxResults": 25,
  "includeProducts": false,
  "maxProductsPerResult": 0,
  "includeTags": false,
  "includeContext": false
}

Developer options

{
  "profileUrls": ["https://www.alibaba.com/gmail.com-suppliers.html"],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "requestDelayMs": 500,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "maxRequestRetries": 1,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 45,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Deterministic local pagination QA

{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.alibaba.com/gmail.com-suppliers.html"
  ],
  "maxPages": 2,
  "maxResults": 10,
  "requestDelayMs": 0,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "maxRequestRetries": 0
}

Output

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Rich contact record

The following is a shortened, anonymized example; product and market arrays are bounded by the input controls.

productUrl, productUrls, products, and productCount describe only observed Alibaba product-detail links. If a public email is associated with a supplier/company profile but no product link is visible, the profile is kept in supplierProfileUrl/profileUrls and the product fields remain absent.

{
  "email": "sales@acme.test",
  "emailDomain": "acme.test",
  "supplierName": "Acme Industrial Co., Ltd.",
  "supplierProfileUrl": "https://acme.en.alibaba.com/company_profile.html",
  "supplierYears": 5,
  "supplierYearsText": "5 YRS",
  "isGoldSupplier": true,
  "hasTradeAssurance": true,
  "badges": ["Gold Supplier", "Trade Assurance"],
  "listingTitle": "Stainless Steel Bottle",
  "company": "Acme Industrial Co., Ltd.",
  "country": "China",
  "mainProducts": "Bottle,Travel Mug,Flask",
  "mainProductsList": ["Bottle", "Travel Mug", "Flask"],
  "totalRevenue": "US$5 Million - US$10 Million",
  "topMarkets": ["North America 60%", "Western Europe 25%"],
  "topMarketsText": "North America 60%, Western Europe 25%, Oceania 10%",
  "tags": ["Bottle Supplier", "Travel Mug Supplier"],
  "responseRate": 85,
  "responseRateText": "85% Response Rate",
  "productCount": 2,
  "products": [
    { "title": "Stainless Steel Bottle", "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Stainless-Steel-Bottle_100000001.html" }
  ],
  "productUrls": ["https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Stainless-Steel-Bottle_100000001.html"],
  "productUrl": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Stainless-Steel-Bottle_100000001.html",
  "profileUrls": ["https://acme.en.alibaba.com/company_profile.html"],
  "sourceType": "alibaba_supplier_search",
  "query": "gmail.com",
  "pageNum": 1,
  "position": 1,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.alibaba.com/gmail.com-suppliers.html",
  "pageUrl": "https://www.alibaba.com/gmail.com-suppliers.html",
  "contextSnippet": "Acme Industrial Co., Ltd. sales@acme.test public supplier contact",
  "pageTitle": "Industrial supplier results",
  "listingPrice": "US$10.00",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

The dataset contains only source-backed supplier contacts. Inspect OUTPUT_SUMMARY for operational issue counts and the run logs for failure details.

Key-value run summary

{
  "status": "SUCCEEDED",
  "runStatus": "SUCCEEDED",
  "dataStatus": "COMPLETE",
  "contactCount": 2,
  "diagnosticCount": 0,
  "recordsEmitted": 2,
  "requests": 2,
  "retries": 0,
  "successfulRequests": 2,
  "failedRequests": 0,
  "sourcesProcessed": 1,
  "pagesProcessed": 2,
  "candidatesFound": 2,
  "filteredOutCount": 0,
  "completedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

The OUTPUT, OUTPUT_SUMMARY, and SOURCE_METADATA keys are available in the run's default key-value store. Normal contact rows never include fieldCoverage, dataQuality, httpStatus, proxy credentials, or other Actor-debugging wrappers.

Tips and advanced options

Start with one direct Alibaba supplier-search URL and maxPages: 1 to inspect the source. Increase maxPages only when the first page is usable. Filters are applied page by page, but a page with no matches does not stop allowed pagination. Non-relevance sorting collects the permitted candidate set across pages before selecting the global top contacts, so it may use more requests. Missing numeric values fail active minimum filters and sort after observed values. A blocked response increments the operational issue count; details stay in run logs, and the Actor does not retry a challenge indefinitely.

FAQ, support, and responsible use

Why is the dataset empty? Check OUTPUT_SUMMARY and the run logs. The source may have returned no public emails, a JavaScript challenge, a rate limit, an unsupported response, or a redirect outside the permitted host family.

Can I use a private supplier contact page? No. Only content already visible on permitted public Google/Alibaba responses is in scope.

How do I report a problem? Use the Actor's Issues tab and include the run ID, sanitized input, error code, and the relevant summary. The API tab exposes the dataset and key-value records for integrations.

Our Actors are ethical and do not extract private user data. Results can still contain personal data when someone has chosen to publish an address publicly. Follow Alibaba's and Google's terms, robots guidance, rate limits, applicable privacy law, and your legitimate-interest requirements. Consult qualified legal counsel when unsure. This Actor is not affiliated with Alibaba or Google.

Run summaries include the required status, runStatus, and dataStatus fields. status and runStatus are SUCCEEDED when source-backed rows were saved or a run completed cleanly with no matches; they are FAILED only when a real failure occurs before any rows are saved. dataStatus is COMPLETE, PARTIAL, NO_RESULTS, or FAILED. Failure details stay in the run logs; key-value summaries retain counts only.