Tag: aliexpress

I recently got a question from a subscriber who asked if his credit card could get blocked if he fulfills products on Aliexpress.com. The short answer is: Yes. It’s happened to me before but it was an easy problem to solve. When I launched my first drop shipping business I was fulfilling about 5-10 orders … Continued

When you’re running a drop shipping business and a customer asks you about the status of his order, you’ll need to go to Aliexpress and look up the customers order to find the tracking information. However, if you have hundreds or thousands of orders every month you can easily get lost and spend hours searching … Continued

A lot of people seem to be confused whether they should use their own money or wait for the payment gateway funds to be cleared in order to fulfil their orders and buy the products on Aliexpress. Here’s the short answer: Get a credit card and use your own money or debt to fulfil the … Continued

When I tell some friends who don’t really understand business and retail about drop shipping, some of them say it sounds like a rip off because people can buy the items on Aliexpress themselves. So the question arises: Is drop shipping ethical or not? This is a super interesting question. Drop shipping is the process … Continued

Alibaba and Aliexpress belong to the same company and they are great resources for entrepreneurs and e-commerce store owners. But what’s the difference between Alibaba and Aliexpress? Let me explain it here. 1) Alibaba Alibaba is a website where you can buy wholesale and factory products in large quantities directly from manufacturers. Alibaba’s target audience … Continued

When a customer places an order on your drop shipping store and then emails you and wants to cancel the order or exchange the item, there’s a few things you can do in order not to lose your money. Since you are buying the items on AliExpress, you want to make sure you don’t lose … Continued

If you’re drop shipping products from China, the quality isn’t always the best in the world. Sometimes customers report that items break after using or wearing them for a while, so let’s address that. First of all, that’s the type of products you’re selling. You are selling relatively cheap Chinese wholesale products to consumers, so … Continued

If you’re drop shipping from AliExpress and a customer reports to you that the item didn’t arrive, there’s no way to check if it’s true. At the end of the day, only the customer knows if the item really arrived. Since you are not the recipient of the item, you can’t know. Also within AliExpress … Continued

If you’re running a drop shipping business you might be wondering how to keep track of the stock in your store and on Aliexpress. There’s two simple ways you can go about this. 1) Use Oberlo You can use the drop shipping app “Oberlo” to keep track of the stock on Aliexpress. The app will … Continued