Does 1688.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
1688.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from 1688.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,303)
Can AI assistants cite 1688.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
1688.com doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on 1688.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How 1688.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; 1688.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; 1688.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; 1688.com does not.
- Among 187 sites of similar popularity, 20% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: /wiki/ Allow: /*/product-search/ Allow: /chanpin/index.html? Allow: /chanpin/--*.html Allow: /topic/index.html? Allow: /member/profile.htm?memberId= Disallow: /tw/*/ Disallow: /chanpin/*?* Disallow: /gongsi/*?* Disallow: /qiye/*?* Disallow: /similar/*?* Disallow: /store/*?* Disallow: /new/*?* Disallow: /jiage/*?* Disallow: /pic/*?* Disallow: /yijiandaifa/*?* Disallow: /*?* Disallow: /chanpin/-*-0*.html Disallow: /chanpin/-*-1*.html Disallow: /chanpin/-*-2*.html Disallow: /chanpin/-*-3*.html Disallow: /chanpin/-*-4*.html Disallow: /chanpin/-*-5*.html Disallow: /chanpin/-*-6*.html Disallow: /chanpin/-*-7*.html Disallow: /chanpin/-*-8*.html Disallow: /chanpin/-*-9*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-0*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-1*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-2*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-3*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-4*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-5*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-6*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-7*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-8*.html Disallow: /gongsi/-*-9*.html Disallow: /? Disallow: /*?tracelog= Disallow: /offerdetail/view_large_pics_*.html
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does 1688.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, 1688.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from 1688.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does 1688.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at 1688.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: 1688.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.