The Journal
208 articles· Written for ecommerce operators who ship.
Shopee, Lazada, and Shopify with the Shopee Reviews integration give Southeast Asian sellers three distinct paths to collect, display, and capitalize on buyer feedback. The central tradeoff: marketplace reach versus logistics reliability versus brand ownership.
Gartner rates Bill.com at 4.4 out of 5 for accounts payable automation, PCMag awards Apple Pay its Editors' Choice for mobile wallets, and PayPal dominates peer-to-peer transfers.
By the end of this guide, you'll know how to build and deploy a product research survey that returns data specific enough to drive SKU-level decisions. The whole process takes about 3-4 hours for your first survey, faster every time after that.
LooperBuy published a four-element verification framework on August 13 addressing fake tracking numbers from dropshipping vendors, positioning carrier-native verification and event-timeline audits as protection against chargebacks, marketplace disputes, and customer trust erosion, according to the f
Three sourcing paths dominate the AliExpress dropshipping supplier landscape: manual vetting directly on the platform, automation tools like DSers and AutoDS layered on top of AliExpress, and hybrid fulfillment services such as CJDropshipping, Spocket, and Zendrop that pull from AliExpress catalogs
LooperBuy published a sourcing model comparison framework on August 12 positioning dropshipping suppliers as fulfillment partners for product testing and international sourcing companies as supply-chain management partners for margin optimization and brand control, according to the blog post.
This guide walks you through how to do dropshipping from zero to first sale in under a week. Seven steps cover niche selection, business registration, store setup, supplier vetting, product pricing, test orders, and ad launch, with specific costs and timelines at each stage.
Above-ground pools and spas sold through TikTok Shop posted 125% year-over-year growth in the past 12 months, five times the rate of other marketplaces, according to data shared by Spreetail, a multi-brand seller and fulfillment partner on the platform.
Every step of launching a dropshipping store fits into a single weekend: niche selection, LLC registration, Shopify storefront, supplier vetting, product import, and a live test order. Total startup cost sits under $150, and you'll have a functioning store accepting real orders by Sunday night.
EBay absorbed Terapeak into Seller Hub under the label "Product Research," giving every seller with a Seller Hub account access to up to three years of completed transaction data.
Dropship.io, SEMrush, and Meta Ad Library each claim to surface profitable dropshipping niches, but they pull from fundamentally different data pools: product sales databases, organic search volume, and paid ad spend.
Apparel carries a 20–30% return rate in ecommerce, the highest of any dropshipping category, and sizing errors drive the majority of those returns.