As a side note, Shopify acquired an app to help with this whole process of importing AliExpress products for drop shipping a few years ago for about $10-15 mil.

As a side note, Shopify acquired an app to help with this whole process of importing AliExpress products for drop shipping a few years ago for about $10-15 mil. Oberlo, it is called [1]. I would guess based on the acquisition price that there’s likely a significant enough number of accounts that depend on this whole drop shipping at minimal shipping expense model. [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/shopify-acquires-oberlo--700d6396 https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/shopify-acquires-ober...