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Alibaba Products & Suppliers Scraper - Prices, MOQ & KPIs

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Scrape Alibaba.com products and suppliers: tiered prices, MOQ, specs, SKUs, lead times, on-time delivery, 6-month orders. Export CSV, Excel, JSON or XML.

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🏭 Alibaba Products & Suppliers Scraper

πŸš€ Export Alibaba.com products and the suppliers behind them in seconds, with tiered prices, MOQ, specs, lead times and supplier performance on one row. 60 CNC machine listings from verified Chinese suppliers, every product page included, came back in under a minute and a half in our test, up to 100 search results per request, no login.

This Actor searches Alibaba.com the way a buyer does, by keyword or by category, and reads the same product and supplier data the search results and product pages show. Filter by supplier location (60 countries and regions), price, minimum order, Trade Assurance, Verified and Verified Pro suppliers and free samples, and sort by best match, response rate or transaction level.

Every product row has 58 fields: the product (title, photos, video, price range, quantity price tiers, MOQ, units sold, category path, certifications, attributes, SKU options, sample price, lead-time ladder, package size and weight, customization options, product rating) and its supplier (company, profile and store links, country, years on Alibaba, business type, Verified / Verified Pro / Gold status, Trade Assurance and its limit, response rate and time, on-time delivery rate, store rating and review count, orders and revenue in the last 6 months, employees, factory size, main products, certifications and export markets). Switch to Suppliers mode and you get one row per unique supplier instead.

🎯 Target Audience πŸ’‘ Primary Use Cases
Amazon FBA and e-commerce sellers Find products and compare factory prices, MOQ and lead times
Dropshippers and private label brands Shortlist suppliers with samples, customization and fast delivery
Procurement and sourcing teams Build supplier lists filtered by country, verification and Trade Assurance
Import agents and trading companies Benchmark quotes and track supplier performance over time
Market researchers Map price ranges, categories and supplier countries for a product
Lead generation agencies Build B2B lists of manufacturers and trading companies

πŸ“‹ What the Alibaba Products & Suppliers Scraper does

  1. Takes search terms (yoga mat, cnc machine, led strip), a category to browse, or direct Alibaba.com product URLs.
  2. Calls Alibaba.com's own search feed with your filters, up to 100 results per request, and pages through the results until your limit is reached. Duplicates are removed.
  3. With Include product details on (the default), opens each product page to add attributes, SKU options, lead times, package data, sample price, video, the full gallery, category path and the supplier's performance numbers.
  4. In Products mode writes one row per product with its supplier. In Suppliers mode writes one row per unique supplier, with how many of its products matched, its lowest price, its categories and up to 5 sample products.
  5. Flags sponsored placements in every row, or drops them with Exclude sponsored listings.
  6. Product URLs that cannot be loaded come back as a free error row that says why.

πŸ’‘ Why it matters: the first page of an Alibaba search mixes factories with resellers, and price, MOQ, lead time and reliability sit on different screens. With supplier performance, tiered prices and lead times on every row, a shortlist that takes an afternoon of clicking becomes one export and a sort in a spreadsheet.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

πŸ“Š Output

Each dataset row is one Alibaba.com product with its supplier. 58 columns per row.

Field Type Description
πŸ–Ό imageUrl string Main product photo, full size
πŸ“Œ title string Product title
πŸ”— url string Product page
πŸ†” productId string Alibaba product ID
πŸ’΅ priceRange string Price range as shown ("US $2.80-$2.90")
πŸ’² minPriceUsd number Lowest unit price in USD
πŸ’² maxPriceUsd number Highest unit price in USD
πŸ“‰ priceTiers array Quantity price tiers: min quantity, max quantity, price
πŸ“¦ minOrder string Minimum order ("100 pieces")
πŸ“ unit string Selling unit
πŸ”₯ soldCount number Units sold, when Alibaba shows it
πŸ“£ sponsored string Yes for paid placements
πŸ—‚ category string Leaf category
πŸ”’ categoryId string Leaf category ID
🧭 categoryPath array Full category path
πŸ“œ productCertifications array Product certificates (CE, RoHS, FSC, ...)
πŸŽ₯ hasVideo string Yes when the listing has a video
🎬 videoUrl string MP4 link of the product video
⭐ productRating number Product rating, "No reviews" when none
πŸ”’ productReviewCount number Product reviews
🧾 attributes array Specifications as name / value pairs
🎨 skuOptions array SKU axes (color, size, ...) with their values
πŸ§ͺ samplePriceUsd number Sample price in USD, "Free" or "No samples"
⏱ leadTimes array Lead-time ladder: quantity range and days
πŸ“ packageSize string Package size per unit
βš–οΈ packageWeightKg number Gross weight per unit
πŸ›  customizationOptions array Customization types (logo, color, packaging) with their MOQ
🏭 supplierName string Supplier company
πŸ”’ supplierId string Supplier ID
πŸ”— supplierUrl string Company profile page
🏬 supplierStoreUrl string Supplier store (all its products)
🌍 supplierCountry string Supplier location
🏳 supplierCountryCode string Location code
πŸ“… supplierYears number Years on Alibaba.com
🏷 supplierBusinessType string Manufacturer, Trading Company, ...
βœ… verifiedSupplier string Verified by a third-party inspector
πŸ… verifiedProSupplier string Verified Pro Supplier
πŸ₯‡ goldSupplier string Gold Supplier membership
πŸ›‘ tradeAssurance string Offers Trade Assurance
πŸ’° tradeAssuranceLimitUsd number Trade Assurance limit in USD
πŸ’¬ supplierResponseRate string Share of inquiries answered
⏳ supplierResponseTime string Typical response time ("≀2h")
🚚 supplierOnTimeDeliveryRate string On-time delivery rate
⭐ supplierRating number Store rating out of 5
πŸ”’ supplierReviewCount number Store reviews
🧾 supplierOrders6Months number Orders in the last 6 months
πŸ’΅ supplierRevenue6MonthsUsd number Order value in the last 6 months, USD
πŸ‘₯ supplierEmployees number Employees
πŸ— supplierFactorySizeM2 number Factory or office floor space, mΒ²
πŸ“¦ supplierMainProducts string Main product lines
πŸ“œ supplierCertifications array Company certificates (ISO, BSCI, ...)
πŸ” supplierCertifiedBy string Inspection company (SGS, TÜV, Intertek, ...)
🌐 supplierExportMarkets array Countries the supplier exports to
🏒 supplierLogo string Supplier logo
πŸ–Ό images array Product gallery, full size
πŸ”Ž searchTerm string Search term or category that found the row
πŸ•’ scrapedAt string When the row was collected
❌ error string Populated only on failed rows

With Include product details off, rows keep the search fields and the detail columns read N/A or are empty lists. In Suppliers mode each row carries the 26 supplier columns plus matchedProducts, lowestPriceUsd, categories and sampleProducts.

Real sample records
{
  "imageUrl": "https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/H9783cf64e5af453f8bc3c3925cfb28f3I.jpg",
  "title": "SHENGDE Wholesale High Quality Eco Friendly Foldable Kids Non Slip Double Sided Travel Fitness Workouts Trendy TPE Yoga Mat",
  "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/SHENGDE-Wholesale-High-Quality-Eco-Friendly_1601617846699.html",
  "productId": "1601617846699",
  "priceRange": "US $2.80-$2.90",
  "minPriceUsd": 2.8,
  "maxPriceUsd": 2.9,
  "priceTiers": [
    {
      "minQuantity": 1,
      "maxQuantity": "No limit",
      "priceUsd": 2.8
    }
  ],
  "minOrder": "100 pieces",
  "unit": "piece",
  "soldCount": 1,
  "sponsored": "No",
  "category": "Yoga Mats",
  "categoryId": "201273273",
  "categoryPath": [
    "Sports & Entertainment",
    "Fitness & Body Building",
    "Yoga & Pilates",
    "Yoga Mats"
  ],
  "productCertifications": [],
  "hasVideo": "Yes",
  "videoUrl": "https://gv.videocdn.alibaba.com/icbu_vod_video/video_target/gv9a-3954938e-a1ab2d16-99e6a8af-7fe4/trans/aidc/czpv6s-h264-hd.mp4?bizCode=icbu_vod_video",
  "productRating": "No reviews",
  "productReviewCount": 0,
  "attributes": [
    {
      "name": "Type",
      "value": "Yoga & Pilate"
    },
    {
      "name": "Length",
      "value": "183cm(72.05in)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shape",
      "value": "Rectangle, custom"
    },
    {
      "name": "Packaging",
      "value": "custom"
    }
  ],
  "skuOptions": [
    {
      "name": "Color",
      "values": [
        "Black",
        "Purple",
        "Blue",
        "Grey"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "samplePriceUsd": 5,
  "leadTimes": [
    {
      "minQuantity": 1,
      "maxQuantity": 100,
      "days": 35
    }
  ],
  "packageSize": "70X21X21 cm",
  "packageWeightKg": 3,
  "customizationOptions": [],
  "supplierName": "Fuqing Shengde Ruibo Technology Co., Ltd.",
  "supplierId": "282993354",
  "supplierUrl": "https://shengdeproduct.en.alibaba.com/company_profile.html",
  "supplierStoreUrl": "https://shengdeproduct.en.alibaba.com/",
  "supplierCountry": "China",
  "supplierCountryCode": "CN",
  "supplierYears": 3,
  "supplierBusinessType": "Trading Company",
  "verifiedSupplier": "Yes",
  "verifiedProSupplier": "No",
  "goldSupplier": "Yes",
  "tradeAssurance": "Yes",
  "tradeAssuranceLimitUsd": 214000,
  "supplierResponseRate": "95.5%",
  "supplierResponseTime": "≀5h",
  "supplierOnTimeDeliveryRate": "96.6%",
  "supplierRating": 4.5,
  "supplierReviewCount": 46,
  "supplierOrders6Months": 99,
  "supplierRevenue6MonthsUsd": 234626,
  "supplierEmployees": 10,
  "supplierFactorySizeM2": 160,
  "supplierMainProducts": "Yoga Mat, Exercise Mat, Yoga Block, Yoga Roller, Fitness Set",
  "supplierCertifications": [],
  "supplierCertifiedBy": "SGS",
  "supplierExportMarkets": [],
  "supplierLogo": "https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/Hec2dd23df4f244caac8db54391d14657s.jpg",
  "images": [
    "https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/H9783cf64e5af453f8bc3c3925cfb28f3I.jpg",
    "https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/Hfb519e571bc94f9483dae0d7db099138w.jpg"
  ],
  "searchTerm": "yoga mat",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-25T20:40:36.992Z",
  "error": null
}
{
  "imageUrl": "https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/H53689520fdfe4d46a8b2fe02f2c74170x.jpg",
  "title": "Custom Green Black Beige Yoga Mat 4.5mm Capsule Curve Arch Oval Pill Shape Matt PU Bridge Double Ended Arched Yoga Mat",
  "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Custom-Green-Black-Beige-Yoga-Mat_1601028713815.html",
  "productId": "1601028713815",
  "priceRange": "US $18.31-$19.01",
  "minPriceUsd": 18.31,
  "maxPriceUsd": 19.01,
  "priceTiers": [
    {
      "minQuantity": 10,
      "maxQuantity": 99,
      "priceUsd": 19.01
    },
    {
      "minQuantity": 100,
      "maxQuantity": 999,
      "priceUsd": 18.7
    },
    {
      "minQuantity": 1000,
      "maxQuantity": "No limit",
      "priceUsd": 18.31
    }
  ],
  "minOrder": "10 pieces",
  "unit": "piece",
  "soldCount": 669,
  "sponsored": "Yes",
  "category": "Yoga Mats",
  "categoryId": "201273273",
  "categoryPath": [
    "Sports & Entertainment",
    "Fitness & Body Building",
    "Yoga & Pilates",
    "Yoga Mats"
  ],
  "productCertifications": [],
  "hasVideo": "Yes",
  "videoUrl": "https://gv.videocdn.alibaba.com/4f4e1c368ac918af/e95927d80fd41d68/20240710_e5d915b9af7bfec5_471338228401_mp4_264_hd_unlimit_taobao.mp4?bizCode=icbu_vod_video",
  "productRating": 5,
  "productReviewCount": 4,
  "attributes": [
    {
      "name": "Type",
      "value": "Yoga & Pilates"
    },
    {
      "name": "Length",
      "value": "183cm(72.05in)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Packaging",
      "value": "6 pcs"
    },
    {
      "name": "Place of Origin",
      "value": "Henan, China"
    }
  ],
  "skuOptions": [
    {
      "name": "Color",
      "values": [
        "Turquoise 4.5mm",
        "Black 4.5mm",
        "Red 4.5mm",
        "Aquamarine 4.5mm"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "samplePriceUsd": "No samples",
  "leadTimes": [
    {
      "minQuantity": 1,
      "maxQuantity": 1000,
      "days": 15
    }
  ],
  "packageSize": "Not Disclosed",
  "packageWeightKg": "Not Disclosed",
  "customizationOptions": [],
  "supplierName": "Luoyang Miska Sports Technology Co., Ltd.",
  "supplierId": "274668715",
  "supplierUrl": "https://miskasports.en.alibaba.com/company_profile.html",
  "supplierStoreUrl": "https://miskasports.en.alibaba.com/",
  "supplierCountry": "China",
  "supplierCountryCode": "CN",
  "supplierYears": 5,
  "supplierBusinessType": "Manufacturer,Trading Company",
  "verifiedSupplier": "No",
  "verifiedProSupplier": "No",
  "goldSupplier": "Yes",
  "tradeAssurance": "Yes",
  "tradeAssuranceLimitUsd": 69000,
  "supplierResponseRate": "99.5%",
  "supplierResponseTime": "≀2h",
  "supplierOnTimeDeliveryRate": "95.1%",
  "supplierRating": 4.7,
  "supplierReviewCount": 35,
  "supplierOrders6Months": 216,
  "supplierRevenue6MonthsUsd": 119162,
  "supplierEmployees": "Not Disclosed",
  "supplierFactorySizeM2": "Not Disclosed",
  "supplierMainProducts": "Yoga Mat,Yoga Block,Yoga Roller,Yoga Wheel,Floor Mat",
  "supplierCertifications": [],
  "supplierCertifiedBy": "Not Disclosed",
  "supplierExportMarkets": [],
  "supplierLogo": "https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/Hde0bc6898e434f778c96c839ba3b37a1A.png",
  "images": [
    "https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/H53689520fdfe4d46a8b2fe02f2c74170x.jpg",
    "https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/H2e783947a9964bc9ab30c46294e2cfb7V.jpg"
  ],
  "searchTerm": "yoga mat",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-25T20:40:37.062Z",
  "error": null
}
{
  "imageUrl": "https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/Hf37646424df949eebd180906e19a1f24Z.png",
  "title": "High Quality Custom Logo Oval 183*68cm PU Gym Fitness Pilates Eco-friendly Non-Slip Soft Yoga Mat",
  "url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/High-Quality-Custom-Logo-Oval-183_10000027711259.html",
  "productId": "10000027711259",
  "priceRange": "US $11.56-$12.49",
  "minPriceUsd": 11.56,
  "maxPriceUsd": 12.49,
  "priceTiers": [
    {
      "minQuantity": 1,
      "maxQuantity": 99,
      "priceUsd": 12.49
    },
    {
      "minQuantity": 100,
      "maxQuantity": 999,
      "priceUsd": 11.98
    },
    {
      "minQuantity": 1000,
      "maxQuantity": "No limit",
      "priceUsd": 11.56
    }
  ],
  "minOrder": "1 piece",
  "unit": "piece",
  "soldCount": 75,
  "sponsored": "No",
  "category": "Yoga Mats",
  "categoryId": "201273273",
  "categoryPath": [
    "Sports & Entertainment",
    "Fitness & Body Building",
    "Yoga & Pilates",
    "Yoga Mats"
  ],
  "productCertifications": [],
  "hasVideo": "Yes",
  "videoUrl": "https://gv.videocdn.alibaba.com/icbu_vod_video/video_target/gv9e-c695c4f1-a1ac22a4-9e15fea5-021e/trans/aidc/i5odj1-h264-hd.mp4?bizCode=icbu_vod_video",
  "productRating": "No reviews",
  "productReviewCount": 0,
  "attributes": [
    {
      "name": "Type",
      "value": "Yoga & Pilates"
    },
    {
      "name": "Length",
      "value": "183cm(72.05in)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shape",
      "value": "Circular Shape, Rectangle, Oval Shape, Custom Shape"
    },
    {
      "name": "Place of Origin",
      "value": "Guangdong, China"
    }
  ],
  "skuOptions": [
    {
      "name": "Size",
      "values": [
        "183cm*68cm*4.5mm(72.05in*26.77in*0.18in)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Color",
      "values": [
        "Grey",
        "White",
        "Yellow",
        "Green"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "samplePriceUsd": "No samples",
  "leadTimes": [
    {
      "minQuantity": 1,
      "maxQuantity": 1,
      "days": 1
    },
    {
      "minQuantity": 2,
      "maxQuantity": 100,
      "days": 15
    },
    {
      "minQuantity": 101,
      "maxQuantity": 1000,
      "days": 30
    }
  ],
  "packageSize": "Not Disclosed",
  "packageWeightKg": "Not Disclosed",
  "customizationOptions": [
    {
      "type": "Shape",
      "minOrder": 1
    },
    {
      "type": "Color",
      "minOrder": 1
    },
    {
      "type": "Material",
      "minOrder": 1
    },
    {
      "type": "Size",
      "minOrder": 1
    }
  ],
  "supplierName": "Dongguan Jiuzilong Industrial Co., Ltd",
  "supplierId": "246542999",
  "supplierUrl": "https://jiuzilong.en.alibaba.com/company_profile.html",
  "supplierStoreUrl": "https://jiuzilong.en.alibaba.com/",
  "supplierCountry": "China",
  "supplierCountryCode": "CN",
  "supplierYears": 3,
  "supplierBusinessType": "Manufacturer,Trading Company",
  "verifiedSupplier": "Yes",
  "verifiedProSupplier": "No",
  "goldSupplier": "Yes",
  "tradeAssurance": "Yes",
  "tradeAssuranceLimitUsd": 47000,
  "supplierResponseRate": "98.0%",
  "supplierResponseTime": "≀3h",
  "supplierOnTimeDeliveryRate": "93.8%",
  "supplierRating": 4.9,
  "supplierReviewCount": 19,
  "supplierOrders6Months": 41,
  "supplierRevenue6MonthsUsd": 14772,
  "supplierEmployees": 30,
  "supplierFactorySizeM2": 1200,
  "supplierMainProducts": "Cloth Covered Mouse Pad, Wireless Charging Mouse Pad, Glass Mouse Pad, Wrist Rest Pad, Yoga Mat",
  "supplierCertifications": [
    "ISO"
  ],
  "supplierCertifiedBy": "TÜV Rheinland",
  "supplierExportMarkets": [],
  "supplierLogo": "https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/H2bd2099672c846e897688ef7907658c1T.png",
  "images": [
    "https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/Hf37646424df949eebd180906e19a1f24Z.png",
    "https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/H44feebda6c044b959836d6bcbbdba236k.png"
  ],
  "searchTerm": "yoga mat",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-25T20:40:37.118Z",
  "error": null
}

attributes, skuOptions and images are shortened here. The dataset holds every attribute (18 to 20 per product in this run), every SKU value and the full gallery.

✨ Why choose this Actor

  • Supplier performance on every row. On-time delivery rate, response time, store rating, orders and revenue in the last 6 months, and the Trade Assurance limit, straight from the product page.
  • Real price ladders. Every quantity price tier in USD, plus minimum and maximum unit price as numbers you can sort.
  • Lead times and logistics. The supplier's lead-time ladder by quantity, package size and weight, sample price and customization MOQs.
  • Full specs and SKUs. Every attribute as a name / value pair and every SKU axis with its values.
  • Products or suppliers. One row per product, or one row per unique supplier with how many of its products matched.
  • Buyer filters that work. Supplier location (60 countries and regions), price, MOQ, Trade Assurance, Verified, Verified Pro and free samples, all applied by Alibaba.com itself.
  • Category browsing. Pick one of 38 Alibaba.com categories and leave the search empty to browse the whole category.
  • Sponsored rows flagged. Know which results are paid placements, or remove them.
  • Pay only for results. Product URLs that fail produce a free error row.

πŸ“ˆ How it compares to alternatives

This Actor Typical Alibaba scrapers Copying from Alibaba.com by hand
Requires an Alibaba login No No No
Keyword and category search Yes Yes Yes
Tiered prices in USD Yes Often Copy by hand
Supplier on-time delivery, response time, 6-month orders Yes Rarely Open each product
Lead times, package size, sample price Yes Rarely Open each product
One row per supplier Yes Some No
Supplier country, verification and Trade Assurance filters Yes Some Yes, one search at a time
Sponsored listings flagged Yes Rarely Look for the "Ad" label
Supplier verification report and store review texts No Some Yes, after a captcha

The Actor sees what any visitor sees. Alibaba.com puts company profile pages, full verification reports and the text of store reviews behind a slider captcha, so those are not exported; the store rating and review count are. Alibaba's supplier-search tab is also captcha-protected, which is why Suppliers mode builds its list from product results. Product description HTML (the long text and images under the specs) lives in a separate frame and is not exported.

πŸš€ How to use

  1. Create a free Apify account. New accounts include $5 of free platform credit, which is plenty to try this out: console.apify.com/sign-up
  2. Open the Actor and go to the Input tab.
  3. Type one or more Search terms, pick a Category, or paste Product URLs.
  4. Set Max Items to the number of rows you want.
  5. Choose Products or Suppliers, and leave Include product details on for the full row.
  6. Optionally narrow the search with supplier location, price, MOQ, Trade Assurance, Verified or Verified Pro suppliers and free samples.
  7. Click Start, then open the Dataset tab and download as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pull it from the API.
{
  "searchTerms": ["cnc machine"],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "resultType": "products",
  "supplierCountry": "CN",
  "verifiedSupplier": true,
  "tradeAssurance": true,
  "maxMoq": 5
}

πŸ’Ό Business use cases

Product sourcing for Amazon FBA and e-commerce

Search a product, keep suppliers with Trade Assurance and a low MOQ, and sort by minPriceUsd. priceTiers shows the price at your real order size, leadTimes tells you when stock ships, and samplePriceUsd what a sample costs.

Supplier shortlisting for procurement

Run Suppliers mode for your category with Verified Suppliers only and a country filter. Rank the list by supplierOnTimeDeliveryRate, supplierOrders6Months and supplierRating, then check supplierBusinessType to separate factories from traders.

Price and market benchmarking

Pull a few hundred products for a keyword and compare price ranges, MOQs and supplier countries. categoryPath and attributes let you split the market by material, size or model.

B2B lead generation

Build lists of manufacturers in a niche with their profile and store links, years on Alibaba, employees, factory size, certifications and export markets.

πŸ”Œ Automating Alibaba Products & Suppliers Scraper

  • Make and Zapier: run the Actor on a schedule and send new products or suppliers to a sheet or CRM.
  • Slack: post a message when a tracked product's price or a supplier's rating changes.
  • Airbyte: sync datasets into Snowflake, BigQuery or Postgres to keep a price and supplier history.
  • GitHub: schedule runs from Actions and keep versioned snapshots of a category.
  • Google Drive: drop a CSV or Google Sheet into a shared folder after every run.
  • API and webhooks: every run emits a dataset ID; subscribe to the run succeeded webhook and process the rows wherever you need them.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

  • Research: study how prices, MOQs and lead times differ by country and category in global B2B trade.
  • Personal: compare suppliers for a small custom order, such as printed merchandise or a first product sample.
  • Non-profit: find verified manufacturers for equipment and supplies, with certifications on every row.
  • Experimentation: a clean dataset of products, specs and prices is a good playground for price modelling and classification.

πŸ€– Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude or any assistant to get help designing your run:

I am using the ParseForge Alibaba Products & Suppliers Scraper on Apify. It searches Alibaba.com by keyword or category (or takes product URLs) and returns one row per product with 58 fields, including title, minPriceUsd, maxPriceUsd, priceTiers, minOrder, soldCount, category, categoryPath, attributes, skuOptions, samplePriceUsd, leadTimes, packageSize, supplierName, supplierCountry, supplierYears, supplierBusinessType, verifiedSupplier, tradeAssurance, supplierResponseRate, supplierOnTimeDeliveryRate, supplierRating, supplierOrders6Months and supplierRevenue6MonthsUsd, or one row per unique supplier in Suppliers mode. Filters: supplier location, min and max price, max MOQ, Trade Assurance, Verified, Verified Pro, free samples, category; sort by best match, response rate or transaction level. Help me design a run to answer this question: [your question here].

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

πŸ” Do I need an Alibaba.com account? No. The Actor reads only what Alibaba.com shows to any visitor. You never supply credentials.

πŸ’΅ Which currency are prices in? US dollars, for every row, whatever country the run starts from.

πŸ“š How many products can I get per search? Alibaba.com reports tens of thousands of results for common terms, and the Actor pages through them 100 at a time. In our tests page 53 (results 5,201 to 5,300) still returned new products. For very large pulls, split a broad term into several narrower ones or add filters.

🏭 How does Suppliers mode work? The Actor runs your product search and groups the results by supplier. Each supplier appears once, with matchedProducts (how many of its products were in the scanned results), its lowest price, its categories and up to 5 sample products. Alibaba's own supplier-search tab is protected by a captcha, so this is how a supplier list is built from public data.

⏱ Why do some rows say N/A for lead times and supplier performance? Those fields come from the product page. They are filled when Include product details is on (the default) and read N/A when it is off.

πŸ“‰ Why do some products have one price tier and others four? Suppliers set their own ladders. Some quote one price for any quantity, others lower the price at 100, 500 or 1,000 units. The Actor exports exactly what the supplier published.

🌍 Which supplier locations can I filter by? 60 countries and regions that had live listings when we tested, including China, India, Vietnam, Turkey, Pakistan, the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

πŸ“£ What does "sponsored" mean? Alibaba.com mixes paid placements into search results. Every row says whether it is one, and Exclude sponsored listings keeps only organic results.

πŸ“„ Can I get the supplier's verification report or store reviews? Not the report or review texts: Alibaba.com shows them only after a slider captcha. The store rating, review count, certifying company and certificates are exported.

🌐 Do I need a proxy? No for normal use. Alibaba.com's search answered our tests without one. Product pages start asking for a captcha when one IP opens many in a row; the Actor then switches those pages to rotating residential sessions by itself, or to your own proxy if you set one.

πŸ“₯ What export formats are supported? CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, plus direct API access and integrations with Make, Zapier, Airbyte, Slack, Google Drive and more.

βš–οΈ Is this legal? The Actor collects product and business information that Alibaba.com publishes to everyone. You remain responsible for how you use the data, including Alibaba.com's terms and any privacy rules that apply to contact names.

πŸ”Œ Integrate with any app

Every run writes to an Apify dataset reachable through a REST API, so the output drops into whatever you already use. Native integrations cover Make, Zapier, Airbyte, Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, Google Sheets and webhooks, and the API covers everything else.

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What input does the Alibaba Products & Suppliers Scraper - Prices, MOQ & KPIs accept?

FieldTypeWhat it doesDefault
searchTerms array Products to search for on Alibaba.com, e.g. yoga mat, cnc machine, led strip. Each term is searched separately. Leave empty and pick a Category to browse a whole category. ["yoga mat"]
productUrls array Alibaba.com product pages to scrape directly, e.g. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/..._1601617846699.html. Each URL returns one fully detailed row. not set
maxItems integer Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000 10
resultType string (2 options) Products: one row per product with its supplier. Suppliers: one row per unique supplier found by the search, with how many of its products matched. products
includeDetails boolean Open each product page to add attributes, SKU options, lead times, package size, sample price, video, full gallery, category path and supplier performance (on-time delivery, response time, 6-month orders and revenue, store rating). Slower, but much richer. In Suppliers mode it opens one product page per supplier. true
excludeSponsored boolean Skip paid (sponsored) placements and keep only organic results. Sponsored rows are always flagged in the sponsored field. false
categoryId string (39 options) Limit results to an Alibaba.com category. With no search terms, browses the whole category. not set
supplierCountry string (61 options) Only products from suppliers located in this country or region. not set
sortBy string (3 options) Best match is Alibaba's default. Response rate puts suppliers that answer every inquiry first. Transaction level puts established, high-volume suppliers first. relevance
minPrice integer Minimum unit price in US dollars. not set
maxPrice integer Maximum unit price in US dollars. not set
maxMoq integer Only products whose minimum order quantity is at most this many units. not set
tradeAssurance boolean Only suppliers that offer Alibaba Trade Assurance order protection. false
verifiedSupplier boolean Only suppliers whose credentials were inspected by a third-party company. false
verifiedProSupplier boolean Only Verified Pro Suppliers, Alibaba's top verification tier. false
freeSample boolean Only products that offer free samples. false
proxyConfiguration object Optional proxy. Off by default. {"useApifyProxy":false}

How much does the Alibaba Products & Suppliers Scraper - Prices, MOQ & KPIs cost?

from $2.00 per 1,000 results

Charged forWhat it isPrice each
Alibaba product or supplier Charged once per product (with its supplier) or per unique supplier returned. Error rows are free. $0.002 to $0.003

Tiered: the lower figure is the price on a higher Apify plan. Billing and the free credit live on Apify.

How do I call the Alibaba Products & Suppliers Scraper - Prices, MOQ & KPIs API?

One POST returns the dataset directly. Same shape for every scraper in the library, so swapping the slug is the only change.

POST Β· run and get results
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~alibaba-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "searchTerms": [
      "yoga mat"
    ],
    "maxItems": 10,
    "resultType": "products",
    "includeDetails": true,
    "excludeSponsored": false
  }'

What example inputs can I use?

Use these inputs to see how a run is configured.

input.json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "yoga mat"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "resultType": "products",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "excludeSponsored": false
}

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How do I report an issue with the Alibaba Products & Suppliers Scraper - Prices, MOQ & KPIs?

We build and maintain this scraper, so a problem with it comes to us. Report it on the Apify listing and the thread stays attached to the scraper where the next person can find it: open an issue.

Broken and urgent, or you would rather not post in public? Write to parseforge@protonmail.com and it reaches the people who wrote it.

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