Are you thinking dropshipping from Amazon to Shopify is even possible?

Okay, some people might tell you that it’s against Amazon’s policies. On the other hand, some might say you can do it without any problems. 

In my opinion, they both are wrong. There’s a 3rd way to dropship products from Amazon to Shopify. So without any further ado, let’s get started. 

Is Dropshipping from Amazon to Shopify Possible? – Let’s Bust the Myth! 

First of all, you should know that it’s possible to dropship products from Amazon to Shopify. However, there’s a loophole that you have to use for doing so. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to do it the right way. And as a result, you may end up losing nothing but that precious money of yours. So here’s what you need to do: 

Step 1: To make it work better, you need a plugin that can let you import product details from Amazon. Currently, there are many plugins in the market. So, we will discuss the best ones later. 

Step 2: You need to deliver only those products that are allowed to be sent as gifts. Now you must be wondering why so?

Okay… Here’s a tip:

When you send a gift, Amazon doesn’t tell the price of the product. More importantly, you can put any name on the wrap. If you send a product without gift wrap, customers will get your name along with the actual pricing. 

What You Should Know Before Dropshipping from Amazon to Shopify? 

Before dropshipping from Amazon to Shopify, here are some skills that you should brush up before getting your feet in the field. 

Learn to Organize Stuff Better

Once you start dropshipping from Amazon to Shopify, you have to know how much time you need to have so that you can deliver a particular product. For example, let’s say a seller on Amazon promises to deliver a product in 2 days. In that case, you have to take some margin out and put at least 4-5 days on your store. In case anything goes wrong, that would save you some trouble. 

Marketing skills

Knowing how to market your products would increase your profit from $0 to $1,000 per day. Most people think that putting up some nice pictures of the product and setting up a Shopify store is enough to make sales. Knock Knock, welcome to the real world of dropshipping. 

Even though you’re selling the best product in the world at a cheaper price, no one would buy it unless you bring traffic.

One of the ways you could do this is through proper digital marketing.

Note: In today’s world, there are many ways to market such as SEO (Search Engine Optimization), PPC advertising, Facebook Ads, and other social media sites. So before investing, make sure to have a marketing budget as well. 

Adaptation Skills

This is one of the most needed skills to open an online store. A good dropshipper must keep up with the trend. During the pandemic, many dropshippers went out of business as their products were banned from coming out of China.

You need to understand this: you can’t fight the market. Once you notice a change in customer demands, try to adjust. Now this doesn’t mean you’re not faithful to your business, you’re just taking another step to keep the business going. 

Customer Management 

Believe it or not, customers are the lifeline of any business. If there’s a problem with your product, make sure your customers can reach out to you. If they wouldn’t be able to reach out, negative reviews and gossip about your store might take your store down. 

Note: If possible, you should have knowledge of excel sheets. This will help you keep a track of all the products you’re selling.

Let’s Start Dropshipping from Amazon to Shopify 

To get started, open an amazon account where you will source for your products. Next, select a product because this is quite important. Without a good product, you can’t win the game.

If you make the mistake of selecting a product without poor or little research, it may slow down your dropshipping career and discourage you from trying it again. Here is a list of product you should not dropship:

• Avoid dropshipping a branded product: Most newcomers think they can sell any and every item once they start dropshipping. This is not true. There are rules you should abide by. Most branded products are actually under copyright, so you should play it safe.

• No electronics: Once you start researching for the best product to launch your eCommerce, you should avoid products that have high returns. It may end up being damaged and you will be responsible for all returns. Also, getting frequent returns may lead to bad reviews.

• Avoid products that can’t be advertised: Making an online store popular and profitable takes time and will require a lot of hard work. So, the best way to draw attention to a store is to advertise on social media. Some of these items include adult products, weapons, and ammunition or drug-related products. I reckon on reading ad policies.  

• Avoid over-saturated niches: In an over-saturated niche, there will be a lot of competition. It might be difficult to get sales as you may be competing against experts who know the rules of the game.

• Avoid fragile products: Fragile products are often expensive. A slight drop can make the product broken, and it’s common for a box to get dropped. So, products that are durable (and not so fragile), should be given a chance.

Step 1:  Set Up A Shopify Store 

Sign Up for Shopify

To set up a Shopify account, click on the ”Start free trial” button and fill in the information.

But remember, you shouldn’t choose a generic name for your store as Shopify won’t allow you to buy a domain using a name that has been already used by someone else.

After clicking on the “Create your store” button, it will take you to the Shopify home page.

In this section, you will have to tell Shopify more about yourself, what you plan on selling, or if you are already selling. This page will also ask you to fill in your personal information such as name, phone number, and address.

When you’re done with this procedure, just ‘Click’ on the ‘Enter My Store’ button. 

Step 2: Add A Product

Once you sign up up for your Shopify store, you will be directed to the admin screen for your website. This is where you will be able to edit your store details and themes. Besides, this is where you can add products.

As the site is user-friendly, it clearly states how you can set up your store perfectly. The first button will ask you to add a product. Go ahead and click on that. 

On the add product page, you can fill in the details of your product like name, description, price, and seller. When you are done with that, you can save the product. 

Step 3: Customize the Look of Your Shopify Website

The better the visual, the more sales or attention you can get. So, go back to the main dashboard and select the “customize theme” button. This is where you will customize everything from your logos to the color. You will have to set the theme as well. So, click on the “ visit theme store” button.

Browse unless you find a good-looking theme for your store. Although there are attractive free themes, it is advisable to choose the premium theme as these are more appealing.

Premium themes give you the chance to modify your themes to the slightest detail. On top of that, it gives you full control over how you want your store to look. Here are some key things that you should edit in your Shopify store theme: 

• Color scheme
• Font
• Logo
• Homepage slides
• How items look on the page
• And much more!

 Step 4: Setup a Domain with Shopify

Once you’re done customizing your store, you have to select a domain name. Having a domain would make your store look more professional. To do this right, go back to the dashboard and click on “add domain.” You will be asked if you want to buy a new one or transfer an old one.

Choose any one you like and make your purchase. If you have a domain already, you can use it. After activating your domain, you can simply go to that domain to see your website.

Step 5: Activate Your Payment Processor

Time to get paid. Select your preferred payment option and follow along: 

• Click on the “Settings” tab.

• Once you’re on the “Settings” page, click on “Payment Provider.” This is where you are allowed to select your payment options. You can use PayPal or any other payment processor from Shopify.

Remember, you should not choose such payment processors that will eventually hinder your work. Shopify payments has been recommended by many dropshippers and we believe it can help you. Follow these steps to sign up on Shopify payments:

Click on “Complete account setup” 

On the next page, you will be asked to provide some sensitive information with reference to your payment plan. 

Once you’re done filling the form, click the “Complete account setup”button.

In case you want to change some stuff, you can click on ‘edit’ to do so. Most merchants leverage this option to change the type of card they accept. And more importantly, to test their method out. 

Your payment account will be approved within 24 hours. Once that is done, congratulations! You are now an owner of a Shopify store.

Note: Before we continue, please ensure that your payment authorization is set to automatic. In that way, you’ll be sure to receive payment immediately after purchase. To verify, kindly scroll down to the “Payment Authorization” tab. Edit your options and click “Save”.

Finally, Time to Start Dropshipping from Amazon to Shopify

Head over to your Shopify home page and click on “Apps”

Install the app  “ AmaZone Dropshipper” by clicking on the  “Add app” button.

Once you’ve installed the app, you will see AmaZone’s dashboard.

Visit the amazon site. Go to the product page of the item you wanna import and copy the URL from the top.

Now, go to the AmaZone app, paste the link in the box, and click on “Get Product”

There you go! The product has been successfully imported to your AmaZone Dropshipper app.

But hold on, don’t you wanna give it a catchy title, description, and stuff? You should, I always make sure all my products have a catchy title, a subtle description, and epic images.

So, you can change everything in the AmaZone Drop Shipper!

So, decide a title, the collection, the tags you wanna give it and product type. You can also decide if this product is a Prime product or not. This is all in the Product Detail section.

In the description section, there will be a description already that Amazon has given. I’d suggest you optimize and make it more detailed so that every product in your store stands out.

Select the images you wanna display on your product page, from the images tab.

Now, in the variants section you can set the pricing and the types of the same product you wanna sell. Pay attention here as the price you set will ensure your profit margins. You can set the percentage difference in the price. That will automatically give you the set price and the profit on the product.

In the last section of the product, the auto-update setting can automatically update the price and availability. Besides, you can also select the frequency of these updates.

Once you’re done with setting all the parameters and have a ray of hope in your eyes, click the green button “Add To My Store.”

There you go, the product is not officially in your Shopify store.

2 Amazone Dropshippers Alternative You Should Know About

The AmaZone dropshipper is not the only Shopify app that you can use to import items from Amazon. In fact, there are many reputable apps that also work perfectly on Shopify. Let’s just have a look. 

Zonify by the Shopify App Store

Here comes another app named Zonify that automatically imports products from Amazon. Here are its key features:

• Comes with an in-built editor so that you can manually edit descriptions later 

• Free trial is available 

• Seamless integration 

Zonify only offers two pricing plans after the free trial. The basic, which is $14.95 per month and the premium, which is $24.95 per month (with other benefits attached).

Multichannel Importer by CedCommerce

With the help of Multichannel Importer, you can easily transfer all products and descriptions from the Amazon Marketplace to your Shopify store. This app saves you the stress of having to add these products manually.

The app works by simply establishing an API-based communication channel that aids in moving all products at once.

 Its key features are:

• Transference of bulk product at once.

• User friendly.

• Transference of high-resolution images due to its better integration with Shopify.

• Sync price and regular inventory of products in Amazon and Shopify.

• Flags products that are not allowed in Shopify.

Is Dropshipping from Amazon to Shopify a good idea?

Amazon is the most popular eCommerce site in the US. It’s considered to be a safe option for sellers and buyers. Maximizing profit is a business owner’s watchword and Amazon on its own is a competitive site. It may not be a good idea to sync it with other e-commerce sites such as Shopify for dropshipping. 

This is because Amazon has strict policies. Violating those terms of service can cause you to be penalized for your deed. Don’t worry, you won’t end up in jail though. Also, the amount deducted by amazon,0.99$ for every sale may hinder your profits.

However, it should be known, these apps are easily available on Shopify App Store, it is against Amazon’s terms of service to use their product listing on another platform such as Shopify. So, maximizing your profit might be difficult.  However, if you’re okay with the profit margin and can find a loophole for dropshipping from Amazon to Shopify, it can be lucrative.

Did you just hear the term ‘AliExpress Dropship Center’ but don’t know how to leverage it for dropshipping in 2021? Alright, that’s what we’re gonna see today. 

Dropshippers who are struggling with negligible revenues and are in search of improving their sales, take notes and see how AliExpress Dropship Center might help you.  

So let’s get started! 

Tools Offered by AliExpress Dropship Center

Product Research Tool

As the name implies, the product research tool allows you to search for the right products. 

So, to find the ‘right’ products for your dropshipping store, you should approach searching the right way. AliExpress Dropship Center lets you efficiently search the products in three different ways. More the ways, simpler the task. 

Hot Selling Tool 

This tool lets you find the most popular products in the marketplace and lets you know which in-demand products would be the best for your dropshipping business. 

Search by Image

Perhaps, you had found the perfect product through a WhatsApp image your friend had forwarded to you. Now in the middle of the night, you remember, ‘Oh lord, I need to get this product for my store ASAP!’. However, when you Google search the image, all you see is some Chinese alphabets flashing on your screen. 

With this tool, you can drop that image right into the search bar and check if your product matches AliExpress Dropship Center’s inventory. See how easy it is? It literally simplifies your life. 

Sponsored Products

This search option allows you to find those products that are being promoted through ads. This can be a good sign since a seller is adding the additional effort to make its products reach out to the buyer. But remember to beware of those scammer stores that make new stores to trick the buyers.

Product Search Features

Product Category

It simplifies your search process by narrowing your options down to your specific niche. 

Ship From

This feature allows you to limit your search to manufacturers or sellers from a specific location. 

Ship To

Here, you can choose which country you wish to have your product shipped to. You can also check if the delivery to your country is supported or not.

Delivery Time and Price

The Delivery time filter allows you to check which manufacturer or product is shipped within your desired time frame. For example, if I need a product to be shipped to my store within 10 days, I’ll use the following option:

However, while using this feature, you should note that the prices may be higher than usual. This is because, the quicker you require something, the supplier prioritizes your order. Priority doesn’t come for free. 

The Price feature allows you to set your budget. It narrows down the ‘too expensive’ or ‘too cheap’ products automatically. 

Exclusive DS Price

Before I explain what DS Price is, let me tell you what DS actually means. 

DS refers to Dropshippers and DS levels refer to the experience level of the Dropshipper at AliExpress.

So, DS price is the exclusively discounted products for dropshippers that AliExpress sellers provide. So based on the dropshipper’s level, the price may vary. 

Another thing to note here is, ‘orders,’ which means the orders that are open for purchase to normal customers. The DS Orders refer to the number of products that dropshippers can order. 

Analysis Tool 

This tool allows you to analyze the performance of a product over time. Let me show you how:

Search for your desired product and press the Analyze button.

Find how the product sales have been performing over time. 

This product in the above example does not perform well except in periods of high activity where a buyer or two could make a bulk purchase. From the eyes of a dropshipper, I wouldn’t be purchasing a product that doesn’t have a lot of demand in its niche. That’s my personal thought process, so take it with a grain of salt. 

Activating and Adding Dropship Center to AliExpress

In my opinion, there are 3 great ways to activate your Dropship Center at AliExpress. Let’s check out one by one. 

Accessing AliExpress Dropship Center

1. Click on this link: Ali Express Dropshipping Center 

2. Register for AliExpress

3. Follow the steps outlined

And you can proceed with your dropship center on AliExpress. Tadaa!

It’s quite easy to access your Dropship Center when you have the direct link. Save this link for your reference. 

I said so because I can directly go to my Dropship dashboard without the hassle of finding the dashboard through the AliExpress site. 

And if you have lost your way through the main website of AliExpress, then don’t worry. It’s pretty easy to navigate back to your AliExpress Dropship Center’s dashboard. 

Follow me amigos!

Let’s start right from the beginning. A Google search leads me to this page: 

There’s a lot happening on the Homepage but let’s move to what we want to accomplish. Click on ACCOUNT:

Can you see a page like this? Great! 

Click on Account (Again!): 

And there it is!

This second method will eat up your precious time. Save your time and keep this link safe. Thank me later!

How to Integrate AliExpress Dropship Center with Shopify

Once you activate the AliExpress dropship center option for your AliExpress website, it becomes an integral part of your AliExpress account.

You can simply integrate AliExpress with Shopify using Oberlo. To know more about it, you can just go through this ultimate guide on Oberlo!

Is AliExpress Dropship Center Worth it?

AliExpress dropship center is worth trying because the inbuilt tools like Exclusive DS Price and Product Analysis make the product selection easier. In addition to this, the range of products we get from the dropship center is unmatchable. 

Yes, the initial sign-up and learning process may be difficult but it’s definitely worth it in the long run. After all, everything in the beginning requires effort. 

Therefore, navigate and learn your way through AliExpress Dropship Center and leverage it the right way for your business. 

Are you thinking how to dropship on Shopify with Alibaba in 2021? And then, it’s not a good idea to do so? Well, think twice because you’re voting for the wrong idea.

With its inexpensive prices and dropshipping-friendly stores, Alibaba is undoubtedly one of the best platforms you can leverage to make your dropshipping business a success.

In case you’re nodding your head into a ‘no’ and yelling at the article that dropshipping with Alibaba is so difficult, then you can re-evaluate your beliefs after reading the whole thing out.

Before Learning How to Dropship on Shopify with Alibaba – Let’s Have A Walkthrough 

If you don’t have a sound foundation, your knowledge makes a wobbly building. So before learning how to dropship on Shopify with Alibaba, let me walk you through the categories of this platform.

• Machinery / Vehicles & Accessories
• Consumer Electronics / Home Appliances
• Apparel / Fashion Accessories / Timepieces, Jewelry, Eyewear
• Lights & Lighting / Construction & Real Estate
• Home & Garden / Furniture
• Fabric & Textiles Raw Material / Home Textiles
• Beauty & Personal Care / Health & Medical
• Packaging & Printing / Office & School Supplies
• Electrical Equipment & Supplies
• Fabrication Service / Tools & Hardware / Security & Protection 
• Electronic Components, Accessories & Telecommunications / Electrical Equipment & Supplies 
• Sports & Entertainment / Toys & Hobbies / Gifts & Crafts
• Luggage, Bags & Cases / Shoes & Accessories

Those who are boggling their minds over the huge range of product categories, don’t worry because here are a few other popular categories that might seem relevant to your preferred niche. 

Top 5 Popular Niches You Can Select on Alibaba 

1. Apparel 
2. Consumer Electronics
3. Accessories: Pendants and Earrings
4. School stationery
5. Home Décor

Now we know what Alibaba sells. Let’s move onto the range of features Alibaba comes up with. 

What Makes Alibaba Good for Shopify Dropshippers? 

Ready to Ship Products

‘Ready to Ship’ products are a storehouse of ready products. In this case, you can purchase products with fixed prices and shipping costs. These products are ready for shipment within 15 days of the ‘Order Date.’

Alibaba Trade Show

A trade show allows sellers and buyers to have a 1:1 conversation and negotiations before buying. On one end, it allows sellers to demonstrate their products. On the other, it also allows buyers to test the validity of these sellers.  

As you know, the pandemic doesn’t allow for in-person events much, so Alibaba has decided to hold a Virtual Trade Show. This trade show’s unique aspect is that it is an exclusive invite-only trade show, which is directed towards US manufacturers. You can get more details about this virtual trade show right here.

Alibaba Personal Protective Equipment 

Alibaba had organized high-quality suppliers of masks under which retailers source PPE from one destination. As a matter of fact, Alibaba had worked with relevant government authorities worldwide during Covid-19, which also made it possible to bulk order PPE in times, especially when the supply was minimum and the demand was huge.  

Services Offered on Alibaba

Trade Assurance

Trade Assurance assures you that you won’t lose your peace of mind as a dropshipper. Whenever you find that the shipment data or the product quality differs from the one you agreed upon, Alibaba would either give you a satisfactory product quality or refund. 

Here are A Few Benefits of Alibaba Trade Assurance

1. Secure Payment
2. Buyer Protection
3. Assured Customer Support

Pay Later

Pay Later is an efficient feature that allows you to take up to $150,000 credit whenever you are in need to make a quick transaction. This feature allows you to repay within six months.

Note: It is currently discontinued but it may come back again by the end of this quarter.

To sign up on Pay Later, you’ve to follow up with these steps: 

1. Enter the basic information about your business.
2. Link your business checking and bank accounts. (they need something to trust on) 
3. Provide your personal information.
4. Get your identity verified and wait for Alibaba to test your eligibility.
5. If you’re eligible to proceed ahead, use credit to make your purchase now and Pay Later.

Payment Terms: Net-60

Alibaba’s ‘Payment Terms’ is the new way of doing business as dropshippers. The payment option is exclusively offered to qualified businesses in the US.

These qualified businesses are allowed to place orders with any participating supplier on Alibaba and receive an invoice. After that, dropshippers will have a total of 60 days to pay back the remaining amount. 

The upfront deposit depends on the contract terms with the supplier as the general market ballpark figure would be 30% of the total order value. 

It’s important to note that Alibaba Payment Terms is an invitation-only program and only available to US-based registered businesses with a tax ID (i.e: EIN – Employer Identification Number.)

Options to Sell on Alibaba 

Global

The global seller platform allows both SMEs and big businesses to reach a larger customer base. You can sign up for a basic paid plan or a premium one. Until you don’t have a very high sales revenue, I don’t really recommend the premium plan.  

Partner Program

In simple words, the Partner Program is an invitation for you to collaborate with Alibaba’s businesses. You can do this in two easy ways: 

1. Be A Lead Affiliate

The lead affiliate works similar to the affiliate programs elsewhere. It allows you to bring in new customers, and you get commissioned for it. You can sign up for lead affiliation here.

2. Sales Reseller

This program allows you to register along with a team of 5 people and you can put your eCommerce knowledge into action while building a new stream of income.

How to Select A Good Product from Alibaba for Dropshipping

Successful dropshipping begins with knowing the fundamentals. Now that we have the basics intact, let’s learn how you can select a good product for your dropshipping business.

Before moving further, please note that you can choose from a range of products, so don’t let this choice confuse you. With good research and analysis of your targeted audience, you can pick the right product.

Start Searching 

There are two ways to which you can approach bulk buying on Alibaba: Product search and Supplier search. The first one refers to searching directly for the product. Similarly, the second one is for finding a supplier. To make it easier for you to comprehend, I’ll demonstrate it with an example. 

Product Search: 

The search result I got: 

The search result provides you with different products from various suppliers. 

Now that we have found some nice products, it’s to find a nice supplier. And to do that, let’s check using the second search method called the Supplier Search. 

Supplier Search:

Search Result: 

This search result yields the different suppliers for the product category you are searching for. 

Now you will ask me, ‘what is the benefit of using these search options?’

Let me tell you that when you go for a ‘product’ search, this allows you to see which products are in demand.  On the other hand, the ‘supplier’ search helps you to identify the most trusted sellers in the product category you are looking for. 

(Please note that this article is in no way affiliated to any of the sellers or retailers on Alibaba. The illustrations are used for educational purposes only.)

Things to Look for on the Alibaba Product Page

Unit price and FOB (Free On Board) 

The unit price is easily identifiable on the product description page. 

Some of you might have already studied in school that a unit price is the cost per item. Don’t mind if you know it already, I just told because some people don’t know   

A pro tip: There’s nothing complex about FOB, it just means that the seller will pay for all costs incurred for shipping and packaging to your desired address.

Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)

The minimum order quantity is self-explanatory. It just means that you have to order a minimum number of products to qualify for a purchase. 

If you ask me to deliver just a single pen from China to Australia, I will throw a fit of rage. So, this is why suppliers have a minimum order quantity. 

Payment Options You Get from Alibaba

When it comes to Alibaba, you get a variety of payment options. Here are some of the most popular ones: 

1. Upfront TT (Bank Transfer)
2. Letter of credit
3. Western Union
4. PayPal
5. Escrow Agreement 

Things to Beware of While Selecting Your Suppliers

“Self-help is the best help.” 

No, this is not an inspirational article. My point here is that until you prevent falling into scams by yourself, no one else can help you mate. 

The way to do this is to play fair. And, how do you play fair? 

Just follow me and you will learn the art of playing fair  

Check for Verified Suppliers and Trade Assurance Options

Whenever you finalize your product purchase, make sure you’ve ticked the Trade Assurance and Verified Supplier categories in the search bar.

This is especially important for the high-budget and high-risk products that you purchase. 

Connect with the Supplier

In order to connect with a supplier, you can try Alibaba chat. In case that doesn’t seem right or works, you may book a chat and talk over Skype. 

Here’s a heads up: The customer service is abysmally slow, so you may have to wait for a few hours to a day. However, the maximum time to receive a reply falls between 24-48 hours. 

Ask for Samples

There is no point in crying over low-quality supplies when you never asked for a sample. So, prevent yourself the heartbreak and the headache that comes with erroneous orders or poor-quality shipments. 

Precautions to Take While Finalizing A Supplier

Cutting to chase, here are some precautions that are imperative for you to take. Almost 99% of the time, you won’t be scammed if you are smart enough to follow all the enlisted precautions. For the remaining 1%, it’s your ‘luck,’ and all I can do is wish you some better luck, haha. You know, it’s business. If there’s profit, there’s also a bit of loss. 

1. Check for Unbelievably Low Prices from New Sellers: 

It’s a red flag that screams ‘NO’ to your face. Fraudulent suppliers offer unbelievably low prices and then ask for payments through untraceable methods like a wire transfer. If you meet sellers like these, I would recommend pressing alt + F4. Yes, start over. Close everything! 

2. Pay Me Quick, Pay Me More: 

When it comes to fraud, suppliers are as cautious as you’re. So, it’s good if they’re asking for payment options, obviously they’re not doing it for free. But again, if they keep insisting on paying a huge sum in advance without Trade Assurance, don’t ignore the red flag. 

3. Unreachable Phone Number: 

Try to call the supplier on the given phone number. If you want to add an additional layer of security, check if they have fax numbers and try to send an invoice, and ask them to confirm receipt via fax. Note that small suppliers may not have a fax, so don’t beat them up for not having a fax number. 

4. No Business Email:

This may be subjective. However, if a supplier flaunts about being a part of a big company and yet they don’t have a business email, it could be a red flag. Also, be cautious if a supplier’s company name is the same as their personal name.

Become A Global Seller – Dropship Alibaba Products on Shopify with A Paid Plan

If you’re trying to sell your products, Alibaba’s paid plan can be a great means to expand your business and increase sales. It allows you to build your eCommerce presence fairly easily. 

Features of Alibaba Paid Plan

Custom Store Interface

Make your store stand out by designing it on your own. What I like the most about it is – you don’t really have to be a coding expert or a person of technical skills. 

Advertising Tools

Forget about hiring a dedicated marketer for your store as Alibaba’s paid packages come with advertising credits that you can utilize to advertise your products better. 

Analyze the Data for Your Store

You will receive a detailed report about how well your store is performing. The dashboard informs you about features like click volume, store visits, product exposure, spend, average cost, and much more. 

Enhanced Customer Support

Being a global seller at Alibaba, you will receive priority customer service. And if you go for the Premium package, you will have a dedicated manager. In case you’re just a beginner, you don’t really require the ‘Premium’ package. So don’t fall for the lure of it. 

How Much Does Alibaba Costs?

If you want to dropship Alibaba products on Shopify and you own a small to medium company, it’s all good because the features don’t vastly differ between the two plans. And trust me, basic is enough!

If we talk about the premium plan, it’s recommended for those who have high volumes of sales and require dedicated support. 

How to Integrate Alibaba with Shopify for Dropshipping

Want to dropship Alibaba products on Shopify easily? In that case, Importify might help and let you import the desired products from Alibaba to Shopify. Here’s a quick tutorial to do it right. 

Step 1: On the Home screen of importify, go ahead and click on alibaba.com.

Step 2: Find the product you wanna sell and click on it to get more details about it. 

Step 3: Click on the red color ‘add’ button you see on the left hand side of the product page.

Step 4: A window with all the editable product details will open up. You can edit the title, the product description, and choose the images you wanna display on your Shopify product page.

Step 5: When you scroll further down, you also have the option to change the pricing, variants, and put in organization details. Some people don’t put organization details but I would reckon filling it up because that builds credibility. 

Step 6: Once you’re done, click the “Add to you Shopify” button.

Step 7: You will get a confirmation of the product being added successfully and it will look like this:

You can check your Shopify import list or view button in the above image to see the product. If you want to further edit the product,  just click on the edit button.

There you go! The product is now successfully added in your Shopify store import list.

Pros and Cons of Dropshipping Alibaba Products on Shopify

We weigh pros and cons before making an important decision. And if want to know how to dropship Alibaba products on Shopify, we should do the same here as well. So let’s just see the benefits and drawbacks both.

Benefits of Dropshipping Alibaba Products on Shopify

1. Absolutely low manufacturing costs (save on this for marketing your store)
2. Seamless web store navigation 
3. Huge range of products to choose from
4. Events like ‘Virtual Trade’ shows up with innumerable networking opportunities
5. Could easily integrate with the help of Importify

Drawbacks of Dropshipping Alibaba Products on Shopify

1. Poor and slow customer service 
2. Overcoming the language barrier may be a problem
3. Longer shipping and waiting time

Is it A Good Idea to Dropship Alibaba Products on Shopify? 

From personal analysis and experience, I believe that Alibaba can take your Shopify dropshipping endeavors to the next level. As any business is concerned, it ultimately depends on how smartly you take risks and leverage profits.

Using Alibaba the right way with Shopify and the right buyer protection enables you to mitigate an excess amount of risk. 

Now that the risk is reduced, what else do you have to do? A key tip from my end would be not taking features of alibaba for granted.

Shop master chrome extension is not longer available please look at dsers or oberlo or other alternatives.

Looking for some best Google Chrome extensions for Dropshipping? I get it, just like me, you also want to speed up the day-to-day process of dropshipping, which is great! 

When my parents used to say, “money doesn’t grow on trees.” I was like – duh, that’s exactly where it grows. Cmon, we’re living in such a technological era where it’s possible to make the earning process easier and faster. 

I know you believe the same. So in that case, I’m gonna give you a list of the best Google Chrome extensions that can make the life of a dropshipper like you much easier. So let’s get started. 

Best Google Chrome Extensions for Dropshipping Market Research

Being a dropshipper, you must know that shooting in the dark is equivalent to zero sales. If you don’t strategize which markets to approach, are you even approaching dropshipping the right way? Let these Google Extensions guide your way like a good sailor. 

Shop Master Extension for Dropshipping

Shop Master is one of the best Google chrome extensions for dropshipping that allows you to directly import products from multiple suppliers to your online store. So there’s no more hassle needed to scrape out products from one store to another. 

With this extension, you can easily automate the scraping process and engage with more prospects.

Here are a couple of things that Shop Master allows: 

• Product Sourcing
• Auto Fulfillment
• Product Monitor

Because of the range of features it offers, it’s quite popular among advanced dropshippers. The more you advance in your dropshipping tasks, the more useful this tool becomes.

Pros of Shopmaster

• Vast inventory of automation tools
• Popularity amongst dropshippers 
• Effectively saves time so that you can focus on something more important

Cons of Shopmaster

• The user-interface is quite complex for new users. 

Grabley – One of the Best Google Chrome Extensions for Dropshipping

Grabley is the extension that lets you grab the lowest prices and capture the highest trends. Most novice dropshippers waste time tracking prices in excel sheets. Don’t be like them. Just go ahead and leverage Grabley to your advantage. It not only tracks the popularity of a product, but also directs eBay and Walmart links so that you can see where a product stands in the market. 

Pros of Grabley

• One link integration with Amazon. 
• Direct links to eBay and Walmart
• Tracks rankings and price history all in one place

Cons of Grabley 

• Registration process is slightly outdated

You can find the Grabley extension here. To be a permanent member of the Grabley club, feel free to register here.

Flipshope – Among the Best Google Chrome Extensions for Dropshipping

If you’re picking shipments from the Indian Subcontinent, I know most of the insider information must have gone unforeseen for you. Don’t worry, this list and extension is a bit different. 

With Flipshope, you can track the trending items and add them to your store right before anyone else gets their hands on them. The extension and its webpage notifies you whenever a product sells out quickly. 

It also has an ‘Autobuy’ feature which gets activated when a product in your niche is selling out quickly. It’s helpful when you’re not around to act. In layman terms, it’s like having a friend who not only keeps an eye on the deals but also makes them in your absence. 

Pros of Flipshope 

• Autobuy feature 
• Notifies about sales beforehand

Cons of Flipshope 

• Supports most Indian Stores (a con for those who are not looking into the Indian market)

Use TrustPilot to Evaluate Products

Products can be falsely hyped and you know that too. So don’t waste your valuable time on buying things that have a false demand and are not usually popular. 

There are two kinds of stars a customer can give to a product – red & green. A red star means the customer is not satisfied with the product. On the other hand, a green one means a customer is happy. You can see the written review clicking on the star and a new tab within the review. 

Pros of Trustpilot

• Works like a charm on popular stores and sites
• Verified reviews for virtual services and products

Cons of Trustpilot 

• No star would appear if there’s no review

Keywords Everywhere Should Be Everywhere

Now you must be wondering how a keyword-related extension has popped up in this list. Well, before you throw up your hands and give me a solid glare about how this tool should be restricted to internet marketers, hear me out. 

Most beginner dropshippers don’t have access to professional SEO tools. So, you have to be the all-in-one person. 

Keywords everywhere makes your dropshipping more meaningful because if you have an eCommerce store, you can analyze the top keywords for your product and sprinkle a few in your product descriptions, especially the relevant ones  

See, here’s a visual representation that might help you measure the difference. 

Without Keywords Everywhere

With Keywords Everywhere

Pros of Keywords Everywhere

• It works on every Google search that you do
• Analyzes the web traffic for you
• Brings relevant and related keywords that may help your store rank high 

Cons of Keywords Everywhere

• Doesn’t work with websites that receive a low traffic 

Best Google Chrome Extensions for Dropshipping Discounts 

Honey Would Give Money – Just Add it!

Honey is another one of the best Google Chrome extensions for dropshipping that helps you find the best price for your items. Its automatic price-matching and coupon code searching ability may save you some bucks. 

If you’re not buying an item just because it’s expensive. Add it to Droplist. If Honey detects a price drop at that store, it will notify you. 

Pros of Honey 

• Easy to track pop-up on most popular eCommerce sites

Cons of Honey

• You have to regularly check your email to get notified about the droplisted item

Keepa – Track International Prices!

Keepa is another versatile extension that supports multiple languages. And you know what? It’s not just restricted to the amazon.com stores, you can also compare and track international Amazon prices with it. 

Pros of Keepa

• Prices for all Amazon locales are listed and can be tracked at convenience
• Daily Deals gives you an overview of recent price drops
• Wishlist can be imported in a single click 
• Easily import your whole wish list and create specific price watches for every item on it
• Customizable

Cons of Keepa

• Comes with a steep learning curve 

It supports the following locales:  .com |.co.uk | .de | .co.jp | .fr | .ca | .it | .es | .in | .com.mx 

The languages Keepa supports:  English | Deutsch | 日本語 | Français | Italiano | Español | 中文 \

Best Dropshipping Chrome Extensions for AliExpress Lovers 

Ali Invoice – Toss That Doc Template Away!

Keeping a track of expenses on AliExpress can be a headache. Using Ali Invoice, you can easily generate an invoice for every order you place on AliExpress. 

Here are some steps that can help you generate your own invoice in a few seconds. 

Once you’ve installed the extension, fill in the following details:

  1. Click on the Ali Invoice icon

  2. Select Options

  3. Enter required details

  4. Click on the Save button

In case you’re on the AliExpress website, you can still generate an invoice. Just follow these steps: 

  1. Open My Orders page

  2. Click on Ali Invoice button

  And done, as simple as that! 

Pros of Ali Invoice 

• Easily accessible 
• Tracks your expenditure and saves your time

Cons of Ali Invoice 

• It lags and is a little heavy on your CPU

AliScraper – Filter it Out!

AliScraper is a product by Sprocket. Using AliScraper, you can easily filter products by shipping destination and carrier. Makes your work efficient! 

AliScraper simplifies the process of importing AliExpress dropshipping products, allowing you to add trending products to your Shopify store in one click. Automatically import AliExpress products to your Shopify store without any hassle. 

These days, success is definitely a click away. 

Pros of AliScraper 

• Get access to thousands of products which you can dropship worldwide
• One-click bulk order processing
• A hub to manage all of your orders and supplier relationships. 
• 24/7 customer support (Try it for yourself)

Cons of AliScraper

• Why should everything in life come with cons? Sorry I couldn’t find one. 

AliSave – Makes Things Easier!

Save yourself from the unnecessary hassle of selecting, resizing, and storing the images from AliExpress. AliSave is a tool that comes with two versions: Free and Paid. The free one is best for beginners because it comes with comprehensive features. Unless you don’t do advanced dropshipping, you don’t really have to invest in the paid version. 

Pros of AliSave

• Download main product images, variations images, and pictures from description
• Save images as ZIP
• Get the best quality image download
• Convert webp images to jpg

Cons of AliSave

• Tends to lag at times
• Does not directly save it to your PC

AliRadar

AliRadar keeps your preferred items under its radar. It finds similar products, shows price history and seller’s ratings. Your very own free dropshipping assistant. 

Pros of AliRadar

• Price tracker
• Tracking seller trust and reviews
• Compare the product prices to other stores

Cons of AliRadar

• Limited to AliExpress only (upsetting for Amazon-based dropshippers, I know)

Upskill your Dropshipping with other useful Google Chrome Extensions

Grammarly – Time to Be A Professional!

When it comes to product descriptions, customers tolerate no-nonsense. If your store does not have grammatically correct sentences, it puts a question mark on your store’s credibility. So, do yourself and your dropshipping business a favor and install a free version of grammarly. 

Grammarly eliminates writing errors and finds the perfect words to express your product (if you aren’t copy-pasting it from Amazon, haha.) What I like the most about it is – you get real-time feedback from Grammarly almost everywhere you write inside your browser. 

Now that you’re not writing for the newspaper, a free version would do fine. But yes, if you still want to look great, you can go for the premium version. 

Pros of Grammarly 

• Seamlessly works on most platforms
• Autosuggestions for using better adjectives
• Looks out for spelling mistakes 
• Increases readability of the text 

Con of Grammarly  

• Pushes you to buy the pro version 
• Sometimes it gives irrelevant suggestions 

Leverage Bit.ly – Short Link Making Chrome Extension for Dropshipping

Tell me which link would you prefer:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitly-powerful-short-link/iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic?hl=en

or 

https://bit.ly/2Z9ryIc

I think you got my point. Just like you, your customers would prefer the second link as well. So, if you want to use a convenient link shortener that looks legit, try Bitly. 

Pros of Bitly

• Simplifies the link for the buyers to click
• Tracks the clicks per link
• Track links based on geolocations 
• Give specific tags to your links

Cons of Bitly 

• Can’t redirect a lot of links using one url for tracking 

Overall, Bit.ly is not bad. I’ve been using it for quite some time, never had an issue! 

The Bottom Line

So far I’ve come across these best Google Chrome extensions for dropshipping in my career. All of these have boosted my productivity and helped me big in my dropshipping career. Feel free to try them out.

By the way, if you have any other extension in mind, feel free to share in comments

When it comes to increasing ROI, an abandoned cart comes into the picture. You may not know this, but Consistent Cart Shopify app is one of the best Shopify abandoned cart apps.  

Nowadays, Abandoned cart recovery has become one of the most important rules in the e-commerce business as the global cart abandonment rate is 75.6%. Yes, this is a lot! 

If you don’t have any plans on what to do with those abandoned carts, you’re doing nothing but leaving money on the table. 

To have a plan, let’s just see how Consistent Cart Shopify app can help you recover abandoned carts. 

Be it a small or big store, almost everyone leverages cart abandonment. Leaving these potential customers behind won’t get you the revenue you have in mind. 

Be it a small or big store, almost everyone leverages cart abandonment. Leaving these potential customers behind won’t get you the revenue you have in mind. 

Features of Consistent Cart Shopify App

Consistent Cart Shopify abandoned cart app comes with numerous features that can boost your income to a great extent. Let me tell you what it’s capable of in detail. 

Activity Tab in Consistent Cart Shopify App

The activity tab of the app has 3 sub-features that give you the overall gist of customers and their cart:

Dashboard 

The dashboard in the activity bar shows you the total recovered sales, your contacts (email, SMS, Push), and the latest cart activity.

Cart Activity 

This sub-features shows a list of activities that every customer has done with his or her abandoned cart. As a matter of fact, it also gives a CSV export so that you can study the abandonment cart process in-depth.

Metrics

The metrics tab shows a report of your store’s quantitative aspects, for example – the total recovered sales, messages sent, interactions, etc. Apart from this, you can also choose any range of dates for reports. What I love the most is that the metrics section also displays the cart recovery funnel (if there’s any in play) and the revenue generation graph.

Campaigns & Tools Tab

There are 4 major sub-features in the campaigns & tools tab:

Capture leads

It gathers information from your customers. You can do this by applying 3 different techniques:

• Add to cart pop up: Asks users for their email address whenever they add 1st item to their cart

• Push prompt: Encourages customers to subscribe via push notifications

• Integrations: You can integrate other apps with consistent cart Shopify app to create a funnel

Contacts

The contacts sub-feature contains the collected email addresses and other contacts that you’ve imported (if there are any). In this section, there are 2 subfeatures. 

• All contacts: Displays every contact and allows you to import subscribers in all contacts.

• Segments: These show you the contacts that have abandoned cart, created order, and all subscribers. Remember, it’s possible to make your own segment. If you feel like making one, don’t hesitate. 

Campaigns

Campaigns are the most important tab in this plugin for Shopify. There are 3 campaigns you can run and analyze:

Cart recovery campaign

It’s an automated campaign that helps you reach out to those customers who abandoned their carts. Generally, you can command it to send a message via email, SMS, or a push notification reminding you about the product they’ve added to the chart. 

In addition to this, you can even control how often your customer will get messages after abandoning the cart. 

Automated campaign

The automated campaigns are sent to your users in special situations. For example, a thank you message after a successful purchase. You can also send discount offers to your existing customers or new contacts you have during sales or festivals. 

Note: With Consistent Cart’s automated campaigns, you can track every message you send. The campaign tells you about the total messages sent, customers who’ve seen the message, and the number of clicks. 

Marketing campaigns

Marketing campaigns are meant to promote new products, new discount offers, or just notifying your customers with something great. Create these campaigns and customize them the way you want to bank profit. 

What are the Additional Tools in Consistent Cart Shopify?

There are 4 additional tools that give you an edge over other Shopify stores. Let’s have a look at them one by one. 

• Title bar toggle: It allows you to display the number of items in the cart on the top of your favicon. If there’s inactivity for 30 seconds, the favicon will turn into a prompting message which gets the customer’s attention back. 

• Cart sync: Automatically syncs the customer’s cart, making it easy to use with different devices.

• Sales pops: Displays recent activity about the item sold or order created.

• Screen recorder: Records your customer’s screen so you can know what exactly a customer is doing on your online store. 

Pros & Cons of Consistent Cart Shopify App

Pros

• Send birthday wishes and thank you messages to make your customers happy
• Back your store up with social proofs to create FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) 

Cons

• A bunch of features makes the dashboard and the overall app quite overwhelming

Consistent Cart Shopify App Pricing

Consistent Cart Shopify app is giving away a 7-day free trial so that eCommerce store owners like us can get the hang of the platform.

Remember, Consistent Cart is owned by Cartkit. So if you get redirected to Cartkit while making a purchase, don’t feel that you reached out to any other platform. More importantly, you will be billed $29/month after 7 days automatically. 

Is Consistent Cart Shopify App Worth it?

Be it a small or big store, almost everyone leverages cart abandonment. Leaving these potential customers behind won’t get you the revenue you have in mind. 

Although there are many other alternative Shopify apps that perform the same, the consistent cart is among the top ones. With the Consistent cart Shopify app, you can understand your customer’s needs, analyze each activity, and retarget them with messages and campaigns to effectively increase your ROI.