AliExpress Dropshipping: Winning Products & Profit

AliExpress Dropshipping Product Research API

AliExpress dropshipping product research in one run: search by keyword sorted by real orders, then shipping cost and delivery days to your country, stock, variants, landed cost, suggested price, profit and margin. No login.

Runs in the cloud on Apify. No servers, no proxy setup, no code to maintain. Open it on Apify

Price: $4 per 1,000 products. No monthly fee. Apify's free plan gives $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. Current price.

What you get

• Products for your keywords, sorted by real order counts, with rating and store details
• Shipping cost and delivery days to your customers' country (89 countries, 41 currencies)
• Landed cost, suggested price at your markup, profit per sale and margin
• Never builds profit on AliExpress new-shopper first-order prices: uses each variant's regular price and says so
• Out-of-stock, unshippable and duplicate products are skipped and never charged

Quick start: Python

pip install -U apify-client

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("serenido/aliexpress-dropshipping").call(run_input={
    "keywords": [
        "phone holder"
    ],
    "productsPerKeyword": 20,
    "shipTo": "US",
    "currency": "USD",
    "markup": 2.5,
    "minRating": 4.5
})

for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Quick start: JavaScript (Node.js)

npm install apify-client

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });

const run = await client.actor("serenido/aliexpress-dropshipping").call({
    "keywords": [
        "phone holder"
    ],
    "productsPerKeyword": 20,
    "shipTo": "US",
    "currency": "USD",
    "markup": 2.5,
    "minRating": 4.5
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Quick start: one HTTP call

Runs the tool and returns the rows in one request. Good for runs under 5 minutes; for bigger runs use the Python or JavaScript example.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/serenido~aliexpress-dropshipping/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords": ["phone holder"], "productsPerKeyword": 20, "shipTo": "US", "currency": "USD", "markup": 2.5, "minRating": 4.5}'

Get your token in Apify Console > Settings > API & Integrations.

Use it from AI apps (MCP)

Any app that supports remote MCP servers (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code and others) can run this tool for you. Add this server URL: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=serenido/aliexpress-dropshipping. Your Apify account connects on first use. Example config for Cursor:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=serenido/aliexpress-dropshipping"
    }
  }
}

Input example

{
  "keywords": [
    "phone holder"
  ],
  "productsPerKeyword": 20,
  "shipTo": "US",
  "currency": "USD",
  "markup": 2.5,
  "minRating": 4.5
}

Filters: minimum orders, minimum rating, price range in your currency, free shipping only, skip new-shopper prices. All options are listed on the input page.

Output example (one row)

{
  "searchKeyword": "phone holder",
  "rank": 2,
  "productId": "3256805599460198",
  "url": "https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256805599460198.html",
  "title": "Desk Mobile Phone Holder Stand For IPhone IPad Xiaomi Adjustable Desktop Tablet Holder Universal Table Cell Phone Stand",
  "price": 1.09,
  "originalPrice": 5.46,
  "currency": "USD",
  "shippingFee": 0,
  "freeShipping": true,
  "deliveryDaysMin": 6,
  "deliveryDaysMax": 10,
  "costBasis": "regular price (new-shopper price not used)",
  "costBasisPrice": 5.46,
  "landedCost": 5.46,
  "markup": 2.5,
  "suggestedPrice": 13.99,
  "profitPerSale": 8.53,
  "marginPct": 61,
  "orders": 142818,
  "ordersSource": "exact (search)",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "inStock": true,
  "totalStock": 1595,
  "skuCount": 2,
  "isNewShopperDeal": true,
  "storeName": "Good But Not Expensive Store",
  "shipTo": "US",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-21T12:55:32Z"
}

Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or connect to Make, Zapier or n8n.

Use cases

• Finding winning products for a Shopify or WooCommerce store
• Checking real delivery cost and time to your market before listing
• Pricing a catalogue with a consistent markup

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Support

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