# Check how your category lives in China. Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Weibo and Baidu A China market check reads where Chinese consumers discover products and compares local prices with yours. With Agentik, your AI reads Xiaohongshu, Douyin and Weibo through TikHub, sees who ranks on Baidu with DataForSEO, and converts local prices with Frankfurter. - For: Brands and cross-border sellers looking at China - Providers: 3 (TikHub, Frankfurter and DataForSEO), 7 tools - Example (One category, 2 Xiaohongshu searches, keyword popularity, one Douyin and one Weibo search, Xiaohongshu products, one Baidu results page, today’s exchange rate): at most $0.07, computed from the live catalog - Updated: 2026-10-10 ## Each provider does one part No single provider covers this job. Through Agentik your AI calls each one for its part, from one connection and one prepaid balance. - **TikHub** (5 tools, at most $0.07): Xiaohongshu notes, products and keyword popularity, Douyin videos and Weibo posts. - **Frankfurter** (1 tool, free): Today’s exchange rate, to compare local prices with yours. - **DataForSEO** (1 tool, at most $0.0018): Baidu’s results page for the category. ## Give this to your agent ```text Use my connected Agentik MCP server for this job: china market check. Check my category’s market in China. First ask me for my category and brand, their Chinese names if I know them, and my home currency. Search Xiaohongshu notes with tikhub/xiaohongshu-app-v2-search-notes and read the keyword’s popularity with tikhub/xiaohongshu-pgy-get-keyword-stat. Search Douyin videos with tikhub/douyin-search-fetch-video-search-v5 and Weibo posts with tikhub/weibo-web-v2-fetch-realtime-search. Read Xiaohongshu product prices with tikhub/xiaohongshu-app-v2-search-products. See who ranks on Baidu with dataforseo/serp-baidu-organic. Convert prices with frankfurter/latest-rates. Finish with how people talk about the category, the brands and creators that lead, price levels in my currency, and whether and how to enter. Before running anything, inspect each tool with inspect_tool, ask me for any input you don’t have instead of inventing it, and tell me the total price. Wait for my go. At the end, tell me what Agentik charged. ``` ## You provide - Your category and brand, in Chinese if you have it - Your home currency ## What you get: a China market check with local prices - How the category is discussed on Xiaohongshu, Douyin and Weibo - Search popularity on Xiaohongshu - Who ranks on Baidu - Price levels in your currency ## How to check a category’s market in China in Claude or ChatGPT Prices are the most each call can reserve for this example: One category, 2 Xiaohongshu searches, keyword popularity, one Douyin and one Weibo search, Xiaohongshu products, one Baidu results page, today’s exchange rate. ### 1. Read Xiaohongshu TikHub searches Xiaohongshu notes for your category and reads the keyword’s search popularity on Xiaohongshu. - [Xiaohongshu note search](/tools/tikhub/xiaohongshu-app-v2-search-notes.md) `tikhub/xiaohongshu-app-v2-search-notes` (TikHub, 2 searches): at most $0.02 - [Xiaohongshu PGY keyword overview](/tools/tikhub/xiaohongshu-pgy-get-keyword-stat.md) `tikhub/xiaohongshu-pgy-get-keyword-stat` (TikHub, 1 keyword): at most $0.02 ### 2. Read Douyin and Weibo Douyin videos and Weibo posts show the same category in short video and in public conversation. - [Douyin video search](/tools/tikhub/douyin-search-fetch-video-search-v5.md) `tikhub/douyin-search-fetch-video-search-v5` (TikHub, 1 search): at most $0.01 - [Weibo realtime search](/tools/tikhub/weibo-web-v2-fetch-realtime-search.md) `tikhub/weibo-web-v2-fetch-realtime-search` (TikHub, 1 search): at most $0.001 ### 3. Read local prices Xiaohongshu product results give local prices, converted to your currency with today’s exchange rate. - [Xiaohongshu product search](/tools/tikhub/xiaohongshu-app-v2-search-products.md) `tikhub/xiaohongshu-app-v2-search-products` (TikHub, 1 search): at most $0.01 - [Currency exchange rates](/tools/frankfurter/latest-rates.md) `frankfurter/latest-rates` (Frankfurter, 1 rate): free ### 4. See who ranks on Baidu DataForSEO reads Baidu’s results page for the category; the results come back in a few minutes, and fetching them is free. - [Baidu organic SERP](/tools/dataforseo/serp-baidu-organic.md) `dataforseo/serp-baidu-organic` (DataForSEO, 1 search): at most $0.0018 - [Baidu organic SERP](/tools/dataforseo/serp-baidu-organic.md) `dataforseo/serp-baidu-organic` (DataForSEO, the results): free ### 5. Write the market check Your AI writes how people talk about the category, who leads, local price levels and whether and how to enter. Example total: at most $0.07. Each call is billed for measured usage; unused reservations are released. ## Ask it your way - How do Chinese consumers talk about sunscreen on Xiaohongshu? - Which brands lead my category on Douyin and Weibo? - What do similar products cost in China, in euros? - Who ranks on Baidu for my category? ## Why through Agentik - Three Chinese platforms, Baidu and exchange rates come from TikHub, DataForSEO and Frankfurter through one connection. - The whole example costs a few cents. ## Good to know - Results are in Chinese; your AI translates and keeps the original phrases for search. - Baidu tasks return results in a few minutes; fetching them is free. ## When to use something else To enter China, work with a local partner or a cross-border agency. This playbook gives a first read of the market from public social and search data. ## China market check: questions ### Are the results in Chinese? Yes. Your AI translates them and keeps the original phrases, which you need for local search. ### Do I need my category’s Chinese name? It helps. If you don’t have it, your agent proposes one and checks it in Xiaohongshu’s search popularity. ### What does the example cost? At most $0.07, reserved before each call and settled at the measured usage. ## Keep going - [Market research](/market-research.md): The companies in the space, their pricing pages, Google search demand for the category, and what buyers say on Hacker News and X. - [Country entry brief](/country-entry.md): A country’s economy and internet use, local demand for your category on Google, search volume for local-language keywords, the exchange rate, and the news on regulation and competitors. - [TikTok Shop research](/tiktok-shop-research.md): The TikTok Shop products that sell in your niche, their prices and sales signals, what buyers say in reviews, the creator videos behind them and the demand on Google. - [Social tools for your agent](/tools/social.md) - [E-commerce tools for your agent](/tools/ecommerce.md) - [Finance tools for your agent](/tools/finance.md) [All playbooks](/playbooks.md) · [Connection guides](/docs/clients.md) · [Billing](/docs/billing.md) --- [HTML page](/china-market-check) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)