Find suppliers for a product in China and Europe

Products and suppliers on 1688, Alibaba and Europages, a photo match for the exact item, prices in your currency and a check of each shortlisted website.

Steps

At most, per call

Supplier sourcing compares who makes a product, at what unit price and minimum order, and how far away. Apify searches 1688, Alibaba and Europages and matches a product photo, Frankfurter converts the prices and Firecrawl reads each shortlisted supplier's website.

Before this job

The tools must be available in your connected Agentik catalog. Ask for the missing provider configuration if a tool is unavailable.

Step 1: Search the Chinese marketplaces
Keep each result's unit price, minimum order and supplier tier. 1688 prices are in yuan and Alibaba prices in dollars.
- 1688 wholesale productsApify$0.10
- Alibaba.com products and suppliersApify$0.10
Step 2: Match the product photo
Use the photo the user supplies to find the same item, and never reuse another brand's listing photos in the brief.
- Supplier search by product imageApify$0.10
Step 3: Find European makers
Search Europages for manufacturers and wholesalers closer to the market, with their country and size.
- Europages B2B suppliersApify$0.10
Step 4: Convert the prices
Put yuan and dollar prices in the user's currency at today's rate, and keep the original price beside it.
- Currency exchange ratesFrankfurterFree
Step 5: Check the shortlist
Read the two strongest candidates' own websites before recommending them, and note what each one claims to make and certify.
- Scrape a web page to markdownFirecrawl$0.005

Cost of the example

At most $0.41one run

One 1688 search and one Alibaba search of 10 results, 5 photo matches on each marketplace, 10 Europages companies, today's rates and two supplier websites.

Give this to your agent

Use my connected Agentik MCP server for this job: supplier sourcing.

Find suppliers for my product. First ask me for the product, a public photo URL if I have one, my target unit price and order size, and my currency. Search 1688 and Alibaba, match the photo on both marketplaces and find European makers on Europages. Convert the prices with today's rates and read the websites of the two strongest candidates. Keep each price with its minimum order and currency, label what a supplier says about itself as unverified, and contact no supplier without my instruction.

Use these Agentik tools for the written steps: apify/1688-wholesale-products, apify/alibaba-products, apify/supplier-image-search, apify/europages-suppliers, frankfurter/latest-rates, firecrawl/scrape. Inspect their current schemas and availability first. Ask for missing inputs and use identifiers returned by actual earlier results. The page's example identifiers illustrate input shapes. Quote more pages before expanding. Preserve source links, dates and uncertainty.

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.

3 providers, one connection

What you get

A supplier shortlist with prices in your currency.

You provide

The product, with a public photo URL if you have one
Target unit price and order size
Your currency and the market you sell in

Your agent returns

Matching products on 1688 and Alibaba with unit prices and minimum orders
Photo matches for the exact item
European manufacturers and wholesalers
A shortlist in your currency with the questions to ask each supplier

Your evidence briefExample layout

Scope and source dates
Observations with source links
Interpretation and uncertainty
Proposed next steps

Placeholders. Your rows come from your run.

Each provider does one part

No single provider covers this job. Your agent calls each one for its part, from one connection.

Good to know

Listings carry the supplier's own claims; ask for samples and certificates before ordering.
Marketplace prices leave out shipping, duties and agent fees.

When to use something else

For audited factories, quality control and freight, work with a sourcing agent or an inspection company. This playbook builds the first shortlist from public listings.

Questions

What does the example cost?

At most $0.41 for the illustrated calls. Inspect the current tools and quote any additional pages or results before expanding.

Does the result cover every source?

No. Public feeds and search results can be incomplete. Keep the collection date, sample size and missing evidence visible.

Does this send messages or change an account?

No. These steps collect public evidence and prepare a brief. Sending a message or changing an account requires a separate instruction.

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