How to Download Video & Picture from Alibaba E-Commence Website

Method A — Desktop (Chrome / Edge) — Using Developer Tools (most reliable, no extension)Useful when you want the original MP4 or full-resolution images.

1. Open the Alibaba product page and go to the product gallery that contains the video or image. Let the page fully load.
2. Open Developer Tools: press F12 (or Ctrl+Shift+I / Cmd+Option+I).
3. Switch to the Network tab.
   • For videos: in the Network tab use the Filter box and type media (or select the “Media” filter if available).
   • For images: use the “Img” filter or leave it on “All”.
4. Reload the product page (F5) while keeping Network recording on. Play the product video once (or click the gallery thumbnails) so the browser fetches the media.
5. In the network list look for entries with file types like .mp4, .webm, .jpg, .png or entries labeled “media”.
6. Right-click the matching request → Open in new tab (or choose “Copy → Copy link address”).
7. In the new tab the video or image will load directly. Right-click → Save video as… / Save image as… to download.
8. If the video appears as a blob URL (blob:...), go back to Developer Tools → Elements tab, find the <video> tag, and check the src attribute or the network requests for the real .mp4 link. (Sometimes the direct link is visible in the requests list.)
9. For images that are part of CSS or lazy-loaded, inspect the thumbnail element (right-click → Inspect) and search attribute style or data-src to find the real URL.

Why this works: the browser must fetch the file from the server so Developer Tools shows the actual file URL — you can copy and save that. (Common approach shown in Alibaba download tutorials.) YouTube

Method B — Desktop (quick) — Use a browser extension Fastest if you’ll download many items or prefer a one-click experience.

1. Install a reputable extension from the Chrome Web Store such as AliDown or an Alibaba image/video downloader. (Extensions add “download” buttons to product pages and can create a zip of media.)
2. After installation, open the Alibaba product page and let it finish loading.
3. Click the extension icon (or the download buttons it injects into the page). Choose “Download images” or “Download video”. Often extensions allow batch downloads (zip).
4. Extract the downloaded zip or save the file from your browser’s Downloads.

Notes & sources: Popular extensions like AliDown (and similar Alibaba-specific downloader extensions) advertise one-click downloads and bulk zip output — they are convenient but check reviews and permissions before installing. Chrome Web Store+1

Method C — Online downloader tools (no extension, quick copy-paste)Useful if you don’t want an extension and you can get the direct media URL.

1. From Developer Tools (Method A) copy the direct image/video URL (or open the image in a new tab and copy that URL).
2. Visit a trusted online downloader page that supports Alibaba/website media (search for “Alibaba video downloader” or use a reputable tool).
3. Paste the URL into the tool and click download. The tool will either give you a direct download link or an archive (zip).
4. Save the file to your device.

Tip: Some web tools also accept the product page URL and try to extract media automatically, but results vary. Guides and free tools explain this basic workflow