Real-Time Retail & Wholesale Product, Price & SKU Intelligence API.
Query live Amazon BuyBox winners, Walmart shelf stock, Etsy artisan listings, 1688 factory MOQ wholesale price ladders, Taobao / Tmall SKU matrices, TikTok Shop, and Shopee through one normalized REST & MCP gateway (https://api.shopdataapi.com/v1/*). No rotating proxies, CAPTCHA solvers, or Seller Central approvals required.
Artisan Matte Speckled Ceramic Coffee Mug — 16 oz Dishwasher-Safe Stoneware
Home & Kitchen › Dining › Coffee Cups & Mugs · BSR #14 in Coffee Mugs
GET /v1/amazon/product0 Cookies · No PA-API{
"code": 0,
"provider": "https://shopdataapi.com",
"status": "ok",
"data": {
"marketplace": "amazon",
"item_id": "B08N5WRWNW",
"title": "Artisan Matte Speckled Ceramic Coffee Mug — 16 oz Dishwasher-Safe Stoneware",
"price": 24.99,
"list_price": 29.99,
"currency": "USD",
"rating": 4.8,
"review_count": 4218,
"sales_volume_30d": "3,400+ bought in past 30d",
"fulfillment": "Prime · FBA BuyBox",
"selected_sku": {
"sku_id": "B08N5WRWNW-TER",
"color": "Kiln Terracotta",
"size": "16 oz",
"price_usd": 24.99,
"stock": 1420
},
"wholesale_moq_ladder": [
{
"moq": "MOQ 2–49 pcs",
"unit_usd": "$1.45",
"unit_cny": "¥10.50"
},
{
"moq": "MOQ 50–499 pcs",
"unit_usd": "$1.12",
"unit_cny": "¥8.10"
},
{
"moq": "MOQ 500+ pcs",
"unit_usd": "$0.88",
"unit_cny": "¥6.35"
}
],
"sku_matrix_count": 3
},
"meta": {
"endpoint": "/v1/amazon/product",
"credits_charged": 10,
"cached": true,
"took_ms": 25
}
}Amazon · Walmart · Etsy · 1688 · Taobao · TikTok Shop · Shopee
$1 = 10,000 Credits · 2 Credits/item · 10 Credits/ASIN detail
PostgreSQL 16 + Redis DB 4 write-through cache · Automatic rail failover
Zero credits deducted when an ASIN, Offer ID, or keyword returns empty
Retail-to-Factory Schema Parity
Bridge Western retail BuyBox prices with Asian factory wholesale MOQs.
Amazon Global
US · UK · DE · JP · CA · 18 Locales
BuyBox winner, Prime badge, child ASIN variations, BSR rank, 30-day sales velocity & verified buyer reviews.
/v1/amazon/search/v1/amazon/product/v1/amazon/reviewsWalmart US
United States · 1P & 3P Sellers
Rollback pricing, WFS fulfillment status, seller ID, UPC/GTIN identifiers, aisle stock & rating counts.
/v1/walmart/search/v1/walmart/product1688 Wholesale
China Factory Direct · Cross-Border
Multi-tier MOQ factory price ladders (e.g. 2 / 50 / 500+ pcs), Super Factory badges, repurchase rate & SKU inventory.
/v1/1688/search/v1/1688/itemTaobao & Tmall
CN Domestic & Cross-Border Retail
PropPath color/size SKU price matrices, Tmall Flagship store scores, coupon prices & monthly sales volume.
/v1/taobao/search/v1/taobao/itemEtsy Handmade
Global Artisan & Vintage
Star Seller badges, handmade customization options, shop sales counts, dispatch lead times & buyer photo reviews.
/v1/etsy/search/v1/etsy/reviewsTikTok Shop & Shopee
US · UK · SG · MY · VN · PH · TH
Viral social-commerce GMV movers, creator affiliate commission signals, flash-sale prices & regional SEA stock.
/v1/tiktok-shop/search/v1/shopee/searchInteractive Browser Sandbox · Real Production Gateway
Test live Amazon, Walmart, Etsy & 1688 endpoints right now.
Select any marketplace preset below to inspect real normalized JSON payloads, HTTP latency, and copyable cURL/Python/Node.js code—or paste your sd_live_... key to query arbitrary ASINs and keywords live.
{
"code": 0,
"provider": "https://shopdataapi.com",
"status": "ok",
"data": {
"marketplace": "amazon",
"query": "ceramic mug",
"country": "US",
"page": 1,
"items": [
{
"item_id": "B08N5WRWNW",
"title": "Artisan Matte Speckled Ceramic Coffee Mug — 16 oz Stoneware",
"price": 24.99,
"list_price": 29.99,
"currency": "USD",
"rating": 4.8,
"review_count": 4218,
"is_prime": true,
"sales_volume_30d": "3K+ bought in past month",
"product_url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08N5WRWNW"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"endpoint": "/v1/amazon/search",
"credits_charged": 2,
"cached": true,
"took_ms": 26
}
}Deterministic Unit Economics · Up to 92% Savings
Calculate your exact monthly bill by e-commerce scenario.
Switch between Product Details (ASIN / SKU), Search Result Pages, Review Extraction, and 1688 Cross-Border Sourcing to compare ShopData API against Rainforest API ($0.01–$0.02/req) and SerpApi ($0.015/req).
Cost per 1,000 Marketplace Product Records (BuyBox Price, Rating & Stock)
$1.00 = 10,000 Credits (2 Credits / search item, 10 Credits / full ASIN or 1688 SKU detail). Empty searches and 404s cost 0 Credits.
- ShopData API (Monthly Plan Rate)
- $57.50
- Rainforest API ($15.00/1K reqs) & Oxylabs ($12.00/1K)
- $1,500.00
- Your Monthly Margin Saved
- $1,442.50
$0.57 / 1,000 ASIN / SKU details · Nominal PAYG: $100.00
$15.00 per 1,000 ASIN / SKU details
96% cheaper · 0 Credits on 404 / empty results
Zero-Friction Billing · 12,000 Free Credits + 0%-Fee Crypto (+5% Bonus)
Start free with 12,000 Credits—scale with $9 PAYG or high-bonus Monthly Plans.
Every developer gets $1.20 (12,000 Credits) at signup with zero card required, plus up to +$2.00 via the Developer Sandbox Streak. Top up anytime with our non-expiring $9.00 Indie Starter Micro-Pack or unlock $0.08/1K item pricing on Business Monthly.
Shipping a weekend prototype or scraper job? Grab 45,000 marketplace search items (or 9,000 full ASIN / 1688 SKU details) for a single $9.00 one-time payment via instant 0%-fee Crypto (+5% bonus credits).
Unified Ledger: $1 = 10,000 Credits · 2 Credits = 1 Search Item · 10 Credits = 1 Product Detail (0 Credits on empty/404)
Free Trial
12,000 Credits
$1.20 Instant + $2.00 Streak · 30 RPM
Instant $1.20 sandbox grant (12,000 credits) at 0 ms plus +$2.00 (+20,000 credits) in Day-2 & Multi-Day streak bonuses.
Included
- ✓$1.20 Free Credits (12,000 Credits) instantly — no card required
- ✓Day-2 Return (+10,000) & Multi-Day Integration (+10,000) bonuses
- ✓30 RPM (2 RPS) sandbox concurrency
- ✓Amazon, Walmart, Etsy, TikTok Shop, Shopee, 1688 & Taobao
- ✓0 Credits charged on 0-result searches & HTTP 4xx/5xx errors
Starter
Or $25 PAYG (250,000 Credits)
250,000 Credits
+31% Bonus · $0.15 / 1K Items · 120 RPM
Built for FBA sellers, price-drop trackers, Shopify sourcing tools, and cross-border arbitrage builders.
Included
- ✓250,000 Credits / month (+31% bonus credits)
- ✓$0.15 per 1,000 search items · $0.76 per 1,000 ASIN details
- ✓120 RPM (4 RPS) production concurrency
- ✓All 13 /v1/* endpoints + Rainforest /request drop-in alias
- ✓Remote MCP Server (mcp.shopdataapi.com) included
Pro
Most PopularOr $89 PAYG (1,050,000 Credits)
1,200,000 Credits
+74% Bonus · $0.115 / 1K Items · 300 RPM
For repricing SaaS platforms, MAP compliance monitors, AI shopping agents, and 1688-to-Amazon margin scanners.
Included
- ✓1,200,000 Credits / month (+74% bonus credits)
- ✓$0.115 per 1,000 search items · $0.58 per 1,000 ASIN details
- ✓300 RPM (8 RPS) high-speed multi-rail routing
- ✓Live upstream cache bypass (?fresh=1) unlocked
- ✓Stripe VAT/Tax PDF invoices & 0%-fee Crypto (+5% bonus)
Business
Or $249 PAYG (3,500,000 Credits)
5,000,000 Credits
+151% Bonus · $0.08 / 1K Items · 600 RPM
High-throughput commerce feed for brand analytics suites, catalog intelligence warehouses, and global retail AI.
Included
- ✓5,000,000 Credits / month (+151% bonus credits)
- ✓$0.08 per 1,000 search items (95%+ off Rainforest API)
- ✓600 RPM (15 RPS) priority multi-rail routing
- ✓Unlimited deep pagination & ?fresh=1 real-time bypass
- ✓99.95% Uptime SLA & priority engineering support
Need 1,000+ RPM or 50M+ ASINs/month? Dedicated Enterprise Key Pool available — isolated multi-rail upstream pool, custom burst RPS, and SLA-backed volume pricing.
Contact Commerce Engineering →Claude Web / ChatGPT 1-Click Remote MCP URL
Paste into Claude.ai (Settings → Integrations → Add Custom Connector) or ChatGPT Connectors to query live Amazon BuyBox prices, Walmart inventory, and 1688 factory MOQ tiers directly in chat:
https://mcp.shopdataapi.com/v1/mcpUsing Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code CLI, or custom SDKs with an x-api-key header? Connect to https://api.shopdataapi.com/mcp or see the full MCP setup guide →
Migration Blueprints & Cost Teardowns
Engineering guides for repricers, FBA tools & AI shopping agents.
Rainforest API Pricing Breakdown (2026): Per-Request Costs vs. ShopData API
Rainforest API bills $0.01–$0.02 per HTTP request with monthly credit expiration and Amazon-only scope. See how ShopData API cuts catalog, BuyBox, and review extraction costs by up to 92% while adding Walmart, Etsy, 1688 & Taobao.
Best Keepa API Alternative (2026): Real-Time Live BuyBox & Multi-Marketplace JSON
Keepa excels at multi-year historical BSR charts, but its token-per-minute bucket throttling, compressed integer CSV arrays, and EUR subscription lock-in make live BuyBox repricing and cross-marketplace sourcing painful.
Keepa API Pricing Breakdown (2026): Token-Per-Minute Cost vs. Flat JSON API
Keepa bills €49 to €1,699+/month in Euros for leaky token-per-minute buckets that expire every 60 minutes. Here is the exact per-ASIN math once BuyBox, live refresh, and marketplace offer surcharges are included—versus flat per-record USD billing.
Etsy API Alternative (2026): Extract Live Product Listings, Prices & Reviews in JSON
Etsy Open API v3 restricts Seller Apps to your own shop and puts multi-shop SaaS tools through a two-stage Personal-to-Commercial manual review with rolling 24-hour QPD caps. Query public Etsy listings and reviews instantly with ShopData API.
Amazon PA-API 5.0 Alternative (2026): Query ASINs & Reviews Without Associates Sales Quotas
Amazon's official Product Advertising API (PA-API 5.0) revokes credentials if you don't refer qualifying affiliate sales, throttles new keys to 1 TPS, and completely omits customer review text and 30-day sales velocity.
Walmart Product & Price API Guide (2026): Access Live Catalog & Stock Without Seller Approval
Walmart's official Affiliate API (`walmart.io`) gates access behind manual Impact Radius approval and restricts omnichannel price benchmarking. Query live Walmart 1P & 3P catalog data immediately at $0.08–$0.20 per 1,000 items.
1688 & Taobao / Tmall Product API Guide (2026): Extract MOQ Price Ladders & SKU Matrices
Official Alibaba 1688 Open Platform and Taobao Open Platform (`open.1688.com` / `open.taobao.com`) require a mainland Chinese corporate license (`营业执照`), ICP filing, and Alipay enterprise verification. Query both marketplaces globally in seconds with ShopData API.
Technical & Billing FAQ
Answers before you ship.
Have a custom throughput requirement (1,000+ RPM) or migrating from Rainforest API, Keepa, or Amazon PA-API 5.0? Check our provider benchmarks or OpenAPI 3.1 reference.
How does the $1 = 10,000 Credits pricing model work across all 13 endpoints?
ShopData API uses one transparent ledger where $1.00 = 10,000 Credits. Marketplace search and buyer review endpoints (/v1/amazon/search, /v1/walmart/search, /v1/etsy/search, /v1/1688/search, /v1/taobao/search, /v1/shopee/search, /v1/tiktok-shop/search, /v1/amazon/reviews, /v1/etsy/reviews) cost 2 Credits per returned item ($0.20 per 1,000 items nominal, or $0.08 per 1,000 items on the $199/mo Business plan). Deep ASIN, SKU matrix, and 1688 MOQ ladder detail calls (/v1/amazon/product, /v1/walmart/product, /v1/1688/item, /v1/taobao/item) cost 10 Credits per product ($0.40–$1.00 per 1,000 products). Empty searches and HTTP errors always cost 0 Credits.
How does ShopData API compare to Rainforest API ($0.01–$0.02/req), Keepa, and Amazon PA-API 5.0?
Rainforest API charges $0.01 to $0.02 per single Amazon request ($10–$20 per 1,000 calls) and only covers Amazon. Keepa locks commercial API access behind €49–€1,299/mo token subscriptions without Walmart, Etsy, or 1688 sourcing data. Official Amazon PA-API 5.0 revokes access unless your Associates account continuously generates qualifying referral sales and throttles new keys to 1 TPS. ShopData API requires zero affiliate approvals, delivers Amazon + Walmart + Etsy + TikTok Shop + Shopee + 1688 + Taobao in one normalized JSON schema, and cuts unit costs by 90%+ ($0.08–$0.20 per 1,000 search items, $0.40–$1.00 per 1,000 ASIN details).
Do 1688 and Taobao endpoints require Chinese business licenses, cookies, or domestic proxies?
No. Calling GET /v1/1688/search, /v1/1688/item, /v1/taobao/search, and /v1/taobao/item requires only your standard sd_live_ API key from any cloud server (AWS, GCP, Vercel, Hetzner, Cloudflare Workers). Every response returns structured factory MOQ price breaks (both original CNY and auto-converted USD), SKU color/size combinations, 30-day repurchase rates, and Verified Super Factory badges so you can compute real retail-vs-wholesale gross margins programmatically.
What is the response latency for cached vs. live real-time marketplace requests?
Requests hitting our warm PostgreSQL 16 + Redis DB 4 catalog cache respond in 15–45 ms. Live upstream multi-rail queries (or paid requests passing ?fresh=1) automatically route across our redundant RapidAPI & SERP upstream pools in 1.2–2.6 seconds and write-through to the cache.
Can I migrate from Rainforest API or connect AI agents via Remote MCP without custom glue code?
Yes. For teams migrating existing Rainforest API scripts, our gateway includes a /request compatibility alias (type=search, product, reviews) alongside our clean /v1/* REST endpoints. For AI shopping & sourcing agents (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, LangChain, CrewAI), connect directly to https://mcp.shopdataapi.com/v1/mcp via OAuth 2.1 or Bearer sd_live_... to unlock all 13 marketplace tools immediately.
Am I charged when a search returns 0 products, an ASIN is 404, or an upstream call fails?
Never. ShopData API enforces a strict Charge-Before-Return & Zero-Charge-on-Error policy: 0-result searches, 404 unknown ASIN/item lookups, HTTP 400 validation errors, HTTP 429 rate-limit responses, and HTTP 5xx upstream errors all deduct 0 Credits.
Should I start with the $9 Indie Starter Pack, a Monthly Plan, or a PAYG Credit Pack?
Every new account receives 12,000 free credits ($1.20) instantly plus up to +$2.00 (+20,000 credits) via the Developer Sandbox Streak. When ready to ship, solo builders love the $9 Indie Starter Micro-Pack (90,000 non-expiring credits, 60 RPM). High-volume teams choose Monthly Subscriptions ($19 Starter / 250k, $69 Pro / 1.2M, $199 Business / 5M credits) for +31% to +151% bonus credits, or larger PAYG Packs ($25 / 250k, $89 / 1.05M, $249 / 3.5M) that never expire.
What are the RPM rate limits and concurrency tiers?
Free Trial accounts include 12,000 Credits at 30 RPM (2 RPS). Paid accounts unlock smooth production concurrency: 60 RPM / 3 RPS ($9 Indie Pack), 120 RPM / 4 RPS (Starter $19/mo or $25 PAYG), 300 RPM / 8 RPS (Pro $69/mo or $89 PAYG), and 600 RPM / 15 RPS (Business $199/mo or $249 PAYG). Need 1,000+ RPM? Contact us for a Dedicated Enterprise Key Pool.
What payment methods and corporate invoices are supported?
We support both instant Stripe Checkout (Credit/Debit Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link — with downloadable PDF receipts and corporate EU VAT / Tax ID billing profiles) and 0%-fee Cryptocurrency via NOWPayments (USDT, USDC, SOL, BTC, BNB across Solana, Arbitrum, Polygon, BSC, Tron, and Ethereum) which automatically grants +5% Bonus Credits.
What is your refund policy?
Payments made within the last 14 days are eligible for a pro-rated refund of unused purchased credits. Promotional signup and streak credits have no cash value.