Alibaba Product Search API — Price, MOQ & Supplier Data
Send a keyword and this source returns Alibaba.com's wholesale search results as data: price, minimum order quantity (MOQ), the supplier behind each listing, and the certifications attached to it.
{
"session_id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
"kind": "alibaba_product_search",
"query": "phone case",
"machine": {
"total_items": 2,
"first_item": {
"title": "Custom Logo Shockproof TPU Phone Case for iPhone 15",
"url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/example-phone-case_1234567890.html",
"price": "$0.85 - $1.40",
"moq": 500,
"moq_unit": "pieces",
"image": "https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/example-phone-case.jpg",
"supplier": {
"name": "Shenzhen Yida Electronics Co., Ltd.",
"years_in_business": 8,
"profile_url": "https://yidaelectronics.en.alibaba.com"
},
"certifications": ["ISO 9001", "BSCI"]
},
"items": [
{
"title": "Custom Logo Shockproof TPU Phone Case for iPhone 15",
"url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/example-phone-case_1234567890.html",
"price": "$0.85 - $1.40",
"moq": 500,
"moq_unit": "pieces",
"image": "https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/example-phone-case.jpg",
"supplier": {
"name": "Shenzhen Yida Electronics Co., Ltd.",
"years_in_business": 8,
"profile_url": "https://yidaelectronics.en.alibaba.com"
},
"certifications": ["ISO 9001", "BSCI"]
},
{
"title": "Clear Silicone Case with MagSafe for iPhone 15",
"url": "https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/example-magsafe-case_1234567891.html",
"price": "$1.10 - $1.75",
"moq": 300,
"moq_unit": "pieces",
"image": "https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/example-magsafe-case.jpg",
"supplier": {
"name": "Dongguan Haosheng Plastics Co., Ltd.",
"years_in_business": 5,
"profile_url": "https://haoshengplastics.en.alibaba.com"
},
"certifications": ["ISO 9001"]
}
]
},
"total_points": 2
}- You send
- A search keyword
- You get back
- Products with price, MOQ, supplier and certifications
- Coverage
- Any keyword Alibaba's own search would return results for.
- Price
- 1 point per returned result, up to 250 per request — $1 per 1,000
- Billed per record actually returned, capped by max_items. A search that matches nothing costs nothing.
Ways to get this data
Three approaches teams use today, and where each one runs into trouble.
| Approach | What it takes | Cost | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browsing Alibaba by hand | Search, filter by MOQ, open each supplier page | Free, and slow | Fine for sourcing one product, not for screening a category |
| A sourcing agent or platform | Brief an agent or pay for a sourcing-tool subscription | Per-project fees or a recurring subscription | Useful for negotiation and vetting, overkill for an early price-and-MOQ scan |
| NeuralVerge | One request per keyword | $1 per 1,000 results, misses not billed | A first-pass screen on public listing data, not a substitute for supplier vetting |
What you get back
Every field in the response shown above.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
total_items | number | How many products the search returned. |
title | string | Listing title. |
url | string | Direct link to the listing. |
price | string | Price or price range, as listed. |
moq | number | Minimum order quantity. |
moq_unit | string | Unit the MOQ is measured in, e.g. "pieces". |
image | string | Primary listing image URL. |
supplier | object | Supplier name, years in business and profile URL. |
certifications | array | Certifications attached to the listing, when published. |
How to run it
The same lookup works from the app, the API, or as a tool an agent can call mid-task.
keyword is required; max_items caps results at 250 (default 25) and start_page pages further into the results.
curl -X POST https://api.neuralverge.ai/functions/v1/run-alibaba-product-search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "keyword": "phone case", "max_items": 25 }'What teams use it for
Where this field shows up in an actual workflow.
Scan a product category for price and MOQ before contacting any supplier.
Pull price ranges across suppliers as an input to a landed-cost model.
Research whether a product idea is already being manufactured, and by whom.
Screen for suppliers that list the certifications a target market requires.
Coverage, freshness and limits
What this source covers, how fresh it is, and where it stops.
Any keyword Alibaba's own search would return results for.
Searched at request time.
This source returns publicly visible product listing information, stamped with the query it was read from and a session id you can trace.
- —Listed price and MOQ are what the supplier publishes and are typically a starting point for negotiation, not a final price.
- —Certifications reflect what a supplier has chosen to list, not independent verification of them.
- —Very specialized or long-tail keywords can return fewer results than max_items asks for.
Questions, answered
No — it returns what the supplier has listed on the platform. Verification is a separate step you'd still need to do.
Related sources
Try alibaba product search on your own data
One request format across every source in the catalog.