Dropshipping from 1688 worldwide for non Chinese

[anasbinti]

Guys is it possible to dropship from 1688 like what everyone does with aliexpress or other similar alternatives, I believe it’s something related to having a Alipay account, then you might be able to dropship, I would love to hear your experience guys. Also if you have any experience with taobao because I really want to higher my profit margin by reducing the product cost

 

[Gideon10]

Yes it is very possible to dropship from 1688

You can use shopify connect to 1688

 

[anasbinti]

Yes it is very possible to dropship from 1688

You can use shopify connect to 1688

I mean do you need alipay account or what, what's the process to dropship from 1688 also i'm using woocommerce not shopify

 

[Gideon10]

Yes, you can dropship from 1688 using WooCommerce. You’ll typically need an Alipay account for payments, and the process involves sourcing the products, arranging payment and shipping through a reliable supplier/agent, and integrating the orders with your WooCommerce store.

 

[anasbinti]

Yes, you can dropship from 1688 using WooCommerce. You’ll typically need an Alipay account for payments, and the process involves sourcing the products, arranging payment and shipping through a reliable supplier/agent, and integrating the orders with your WooCommerce store.

have you ever done this before ? because some people are saying the 1688 suppliers are not directly shipping wordlwide, also the alipay account doesn't require some chinese documents or something, anyone in the world can have an alipay account ? just seems weird to me to be that easy because i've never done it before and if it was that easy why most people would dropship from aliexpress, got my point ?

 

[Altrawatch]

I think it is possible but shipping and finding a reliable supplier can be the main issues 1688 prices can be better but I’d test a small order first before going bigger

 

[GRiMCas]

Yes, you can dropship from 1688, but it’s not as straightforward as AliExpress. Usually you use a 1688 purchasing/fulfillment agent. The agent buys the product from 1688, stores it, then ships it directly to your customer.

 

[anasbinti]

Yes, you can dropship from 1688, but it’s not as straightforward as AliExpress. Usually you use a 1688 purchasing/fulfillment agent. The agent buys the product from 1688, stores it, then ships it directly to your customer.

I'm already having a private agent but to be honest, i don't know how to negotiate the pricing with them, do you have any suggetion on how should i set the pricing, because i can lower the cost just by having a little negotiation on pricing

 

[bhargavi64]

Yes just do it is not require anything special you can do it using woocommerce as well

 

[anasbinti]

Yes just do it is not require anything special you can do it using woocommerce as well

I mean how can i pay, is it possible to pay just using a visa card or you need alipay or something because i got confused

 

[anasbinti]

yeah it's possible

Do you need alipay for payment, and does the orders get sent directly to the customer from the supplier without a 3PL agent ?