# Taobao & 1688 Products Scraper

> Search 1688.com factory offers or Taobao and Tmall products by keyword, or check Taobao item links. Get price in CNY, seller, images and links. No login.

URL: https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/taobao-1688-scraper/

Category: E-commerce & prices · Status: coming soon · Apify profile: https://apify.com/cliqtomedia?fpr=cliqto

Search 1688.com or Taobao by keyword. You can also check Taobao item links. Each row has the price in CNY, the seller, images and a link. No login or cookies.

## How to use it: 3 steps

1. **Follow us on Apify.** The tool is built and waits in the queue for the Apify Store. Apify is the cloud platform where our tools run.
2. **Paste your input and press Start.** No code needed: you fill in a form (the input). It already has a working example. For example: `phone case` in Keywords. Each start is one run.
3. **Download the results.** When the run ends, the results are in a table (the dataset). Open Output, press Export and pick Excel or CSV. JSON and the API are there too.

## What it does

Search 1688.com (Alibaba China) factory offers or Taobao and Tmall products by keyword, or look up Taobao item links. You get one row per product with the price in CNY, the seller, images and a link, with no login and no cookies.

- 1688.com — the wholesale site of Alibaba for factories and trading companies. You search by keyword.
- Taobao and Tmall — the biggest retail sites in China. You search by keyword or give item links or item IDs.

### Good for

- Find factory prices on 1688 for a product idea before you order samples.
- Compare Taobao and Tmall retail prices for the same product type.
- Check the current price, shop and location of a list of Taobao items.

## Price

Prices will be shown after release.

## Questions

### Do I need a Taobao or 1688 account?

No. It reads public pages only. It does not log in.

### Can I get minimum order or sales count?

No. The public pages it reads do not show them.

### In which currency are prices?

In Chinese yuan (CNY). Convert them with a rate tool.

### How many products per keyword?

You set a maximum. On Taobao you get about 100 per keyword at most.

### Why is a price very high?

Some Taobao sellers put a placeholder price (10,000 CNY or more) on a listing. The Actor shows the price as the site does. Filter these rows out if you need real prices.

### Is the data live?

Yes. Each run reads the sites at run time. `fetchedAt` shows when each row was read.

## Input settings

- `platform` (string): 1688: wholesale factory offers from 1688.com (Alibaba China). Taobao: retail products from Taobao and Tmall.
- `keywords` (array): Search words in English or Chinese (for example phone case, 手机壳, 保温杯). Up to 20 per run.
- `productUrls` (array): Taobao or Tmall item links (https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=..., detail.tmall.com links) or bare item IDs. Up to 200 per run. Works with platform Taobao only; 1688 offer links are not supported.
- `maxItems` (integer): How many products to save for each keyword. 1688 search goes deep (hundreds of pages). Taobao public pages show about 20 products per sort order or filter, so deep Taobao searches return fewer; add more specific keywords for more.
- `includeDetails` (boolean): Taobao only. Also reads each product page to add seller location and shop link. Slower and billed as a detailed product. Product links are always read in detail.

## Step by step on Apify

1. Open the Input tab.
2. Keep Platform as `1688` and Keywords as `phone case` (this is the prefill).
3. Keep Max products per keyword at `10`.
4. Click Start.
5. Open the Output tab. Check `title`, `price` and `seller` in the first rows.

## Use cases

| Task | Input | You get | Key fields | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factory price research | `platform: 1688`, `keywords` | 1688 offer | `price`, `seller`, `url`, `images` | Export to Google Sheets or CSV |
| Retail price check | `platform: taobao`, `keywords` | Taobao/Tmall product | `price`, `seller`, `sellerId`, `categoryId` | Schedule a daily run, compare prices |
| Item list lookup | `platform: taobao`, `productUrls` | Taobao/Tmall product with page details | `price`, `seller`, `location`, `sellerUrl` | API or webhook to your own system |

## Tips

- Use 1688 for wholesale and Taobao for retail.
- Try Chinese search words. They often give better results.
- Filter out very high prices. Some sellers use a placeholder price.

## Limits



- Taobao keywords: Taobao keeps public search pages only for popular search words, mostly Chinese ones. `phone case` and `drone` work; `laptop bag` does not, but `笔记本电脑包` does. A word without a page gives a `not_found` row with this hint.
- Taobao depth: about 100 products per keyword at most. Use more specific keywords for more products.
- 1688 depth: deep; about 3,500 offers in one run with the default 300-second timeout. Raise the timeout for more.
- Page details: about 1 product per second, so about 200 detailed products in one default run.
- No minimum order, sales count or old price: these fields are always empty. Use the product link to see them on the site.
- 1688 offer links are not supported (1688 product pages need a CAPTCHA). Use keywords for 1688.
- Prices as on the site: a few Taobao listings show a placeholder price of 10,000 CNY or more; the Actor keeps it as shown. On 1688 the price is the card price, not each wholesale tier.
- Titles in Chinese: many Taobao titles come in traditional characters.

## Sample result

```json
{
  "platform": "taobao",
  "status": "complete",
  "itemId": "732435348817",
  "title": "【礼物】格米莱3006A猫头鹰冷热双萃意式家用小型半自动咖啡机",
  "titleTruncated": false,
  "price": 5798,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "originalPrice": null,
  "minOrder": null,
  "seller": "Gemilai格米莱官方旗舰店",
  "sellerId": "110699403",
  "sellerUrl": "https://shop.m.taobao.com/shop/shop_index.htm?user_id=1919506031",
  "sales": null,
  "location": "广东佛山",
  "freeShipping": false,
  "categoryId": "350507",
  "url": "https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=732435348817",
  "images": ["https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/1919506031/O1CN01mmR7h91uQFlTXHMmy_!!4611686018427385455-2-item_pic.png"],
  "keyword": "咖啡机",
  "position": 1,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.taobao.com/list/product/%E5%92%96%E5%95%A1%E6%9C%BA.htm",
  "errorCode": null,
  "errorMessage": null,
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-22T16:15:21.020Z"
}
```

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