1688-to-Amazon FBA Wholesale Margin & Landed Cost Calculator.
Model exact cross-border unit economics from Alibaba 1688 EXW factory quotes (¥ CNY) to US Amazon BuyBox or Walmart WFS retail prices—including freight per kg, customs duties, 15% referral fees, FBA fulfillment, and TACoS ad spend.
1. Factory EXW (1688) & US Retail Inputs
2. Live Unit Economics & Arbitrage Spread
Net Profit / Unit
$11.01
Net Margin %
44.1%
Cash-on-Cash ROI
596%
EXW → Retail Markup
28.4x
- 1688 Factory EXW (USD)
- $0.88
- Freight + Customs Duty
- $0.97
- Total Landed COGS
- $1.85
- Referral Fee (15%)
- $3.75
- FBA / WFS Fulfillment
- $5.38
- PPC Ad Spend (12%)
- $3.00
3. Automate This Margin Check via ShopData API (Python)
Combine GET /v1/amazon/product and GET /v1/1688/item in one script to scan thousands of SKUs automatically.
import requests
HEADERS = {"x-api-key": "sd_live_YOUR_API_KEY"}
# 1. Pull live Amazon US BuyBox retail price (10 Credits = $0.0004–$0.001)
amz = requests.get(
"https://api.shopdataapi.com/v1/amazon/product",
params={"asin": "B08N5WRWNW", "country": "US"},
headers=HEADERS,
).json()["data"]
# 2. Pull live 1688 factory MOQ price ladder in CNY & USD (10 Credits)
factory = requests.get(
"https://api.shopdataapi.com/v1/1688/item",
params={"item_id": "1088453066793"},
headers=HEADERS,
).json()["data"]
buybox = float(amz.get("price") or 24.99)
exw_usd = float(factory.get("price_usd") or 0.88)
print(f"BuyBox: ${buybox:.2f} | 1688 Factory EXW: ${exw_usd:.2f} | Multiple: {buybox / max(exw_usd, 0.01):.1f}x")Want live 1688 MOQ price breaks & Amazon BuyBox JSON via REST?
Read our 1688 & Taobao Wholesale API Engineering Guide or claim 12,000 Free Credits ($1.20) to query /v1/1688/item and /v1/amazon/product in production.