📦 1688 Sourcing Profit Analyzer

Landed Cost, Margin & ROI Intelligence

Find 1688 products that can actually support your target margin. Search the Chinese wholesale marketplace, add your real-world cost assumptions, and receive product data enriched with landed cost, unit profit, net margin, ROI, break-even price, maximum sourcing price, a sourcing score, and clear risk flags.

No spreadsheet setup. No manual formula work. One run turns wholesale listings into a shortlist you can evaluate.

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✨ What you get

Layer	Included data
🔎 Product	Title, displayed CNY price, image, product URL, result position
📈 Demand	Sales signal and repurchase rate when displayed
🏭 Supplier	Location, years active, factory and verification signals when displayed
🚢 Landed cost	Converted product cost, freight, duty/tax, other costs
💰 Profitability	Total unit cost, profit, margin, ROI and break-even price
🎯 Buying target	Maximum source price that supports your target margin
🚦 Decision support	0–100 sourcing score and machine-readable risk flags

🎯 Use cases

Amazon FBA and private label

Compare product ideas using one cost model, identify margin headroom, and eliminate offers priced above your maximum viable sourcing cost.

Shopify and dropshipping research

Test potential retail prices against source cost, freight, payment or marketplace fees, and target margin before adding a product to your store.

Wholesale importing

Create a purchasing shortlist with supplier-age, location, demand and repurchase signals beside landed-cost estimates.

Procurement and sourcing agencies

Export consistent opportunity data for client reports, supplier screening, dashboards, and internal review workflows.

Market and competitor research

Track displayed wholesale price ranges across English or Chinese product keywords and compare consumer with industrial searches.

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🚀 Start in 3 steps

1. Add one or more product keywords.
2. Enter your selling price and cost assumptions.
3. Click Start and open the Dataset when the run finishes.

The prefilled example searches for wireless earbuds and returns 20 analyzed products.

Recommended input

{
  "keywords": ["wireless earbuds", "蓝牙耳机"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "searchType": "pcmarket",
  "targetSellingPrice": 29.99,
  "cnyExchangeRate": 0.14,
  "freightPerUnit": 2.5,
  "dutyPercent": 5,
  "marketplaceFeePercent": 15,
  "otherCostPerUnit": 1,
  "targetMarginPercent": 25
}

All monetary outputs use the same target currency you choose through cnyExchangeRate. For USD, for example, enter the current USD value of CNY 1 and keep selling price, freight, and other costs in USD.

⚙️ Input options

Field	What it controls	Default
keywords	English or Chinese product searches	wireless earbuds
maxItems	Maximum unique products across all keywords	100
sortBy	Relevance, lowest price, or highest price	relevance
priceMin, priceMax	Optional displayed source-price range in CNY	—
minOrderQuantity	Optional quantity filter applied to search	0
searchType	Consumer wholesale or industrial products	pcmarket
targetSellingPrice	Planned unit selling price	29.99
cnyExchangeRate	Target-currency value of CNY 1	0.14
freightPerUnit	Freight and forwarding per unit	2.50
dutyPercent	Duty/tax on product cost plus freight	5
marketplaceFeePercent	Marketplace and payment fees	15
otherCostPerUnit	Packaging, inspection, labeling, etc.	1.00
targetMarginPercent	Desired margin for maximum buy-price calculation	25

Exchange rates, freight, taxes, and platform fees change. Use values that match your destination, sales channel, shipment, and product category.

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🧮 How the calculations work

Product cost        = 1688 price CNY × target currency per CNY
Duty and tax        = (product cost + freight) × duty rate
Landed cost         = product cost + freight + duty/tax + other unit costs
Marketplace fees    = target selling price × marketplace fee rate
Total unit cost     = landed cost + marketplace fees
Unit profit         = target selling price − total unit cost
Net margin          = unit profit ÷ target selling price
ROI                 = unit profit ÷ total unit cost
Break-even price    = landed cost ÷ (1 − marketplace fee rate)

maximumSourcePriceCny solves the model in reverse: it estimates the highest displayed source price that still supports your chosen target margin.

Sourcing score

The sourcingScore is a 0–100 comparison aid. It combines modeled margin with visible demand, repurchase, supplier history, factory, and verification signals. It is designed for sorting and triage—not as a guarantee of supplier quality or future sales.

Risk flags

Flag	Meaning
MISSING_SOURCE_PRICE	A usable displayed price was unavailable
MISSING_DEMAND_SIGNAL	No sales signal was visible
LOW_RECENT_SALES	The visible sales signal was below 10
LOW_REPURCHASE_RATE	Visible repurchase rate was below 10%
NEW_SUPPLIER	Visible supplier history was below two years
NO_VISIBLE_VERIFICATION	No factory or verification badge appeared
NEGATIVE_MODELED_PROFIT	Your assumptions produce a unit loss
ABOVE_MAXIMUM_SOURCE_PRICE	Source price exceeds your target-margin ceiling

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📄 Example result

{
  "offerId": "642586902675",
  "searchKeyword": "wireless earbuds",
  "title": "I12 Tws BT 5.0 Wireless Headphones Macaron inpod I12 Earbuds",
  "priceCny": 12,
  "currency": "CNY",
  "sales": 86,
  "returnRatePercent": 30,
  "supplierLocation": "深圳市",
  "supplierYears": 7,
  "targetSellingPrice": 29.99,
  "landedCost": 5.39,
  "totalCostPerUnit": 9.89,
  "unitProfit": 20.1,
  "netMarginPercent": 67.03,
  "roiPercent": 203.31,
  "breakEvenSellingPrice": 6.34,
  "maximumSourcePriceCny": 97.75,
  "sourcingScore": 94.3,
  "riskFlags": ["NO_VISIBLE_VERIFICATION"],
  "url": "https://detail.1688.com/offer/642586902675.html"
}

The dataset has two views:

• Sourcing opportunities — a compact decision table for rapid comparison.
• Full sourcing data — every collected field, cost assumption, calculation, and timestamp.

Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS from Apify.

🔌 API example

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~1688-sourcing-profit-analyzer/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "keywords": ["phone case", "手机壳"],
    "maxItems": 100,
    "targetSellingPrice": 19.99,
    "cnyExchangeRate": 0.14,
    "freightPerUnit": 1.5,
    "dutyPercent": 5,
    "marketplaceFeePercent": 15,
    "otherCostPerUnit": 0.75,
    "targetMarginPercent": 30
  }'

You can also call the Actor through the Apify JavaScript or Python client and connect its dataset to Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, webhooks, cloud storage, databases, or your own application.

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✅ Data quality and coverage

• Duplicate offer IDs are removed across pages and keywords.
• Numeric calculations use normalized numbers, not formatted text.
• Monetary outputs are rounded to two decimals and visible totals reconcile.
• Missing source fields stay missing; the Actor does not invent supplier facts.
• Original Chinese text is preserved when the source provides it.
• Each record includes its keyword, result page, position, direct URL, and collection timestamp.

1688 search cards can vary by keyword, category, session, and region. A displayed card price may be a starting or promotional price rather than the final price for a specific SKU, quantity tier, customization, or shipping agreement. Confirm specifications, MOQ, tier pricing, compliance, supplier identity, and final quotation directly with the supplier before purchasing.

For broader coverage, use several focused keyword variants instead of one very large generic search. Chinese keywords often provide better category precision.

⚡ Performance

The Actor uses lightweight collection rather than a full browser, balancing speed and cost. Validation runs produced 150 unique analyzed products in 3 minutes 14 seconds, while the default prefill is intentionally limited to 20 results for a fast first success.

Actual time depends on result availability, selected filters, keyword count, and source response conditions.

🤝 Responsible use

Use the Actor in accordance with applicable laws, 1688 terms, and Apify policies. Avoid collecting personal data, respect intellectual-property rights, and independently verify commercial, legal, customs, tax, product-safety, and supplier information. Calculations are estimates for research and are not financial, tax, customs, or legal advice.

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From wholesale search to a margin-aware sourcing shortlist—in one run.