As it is known, there are a number of factors for successful dropshipping: All of these factors, including the quality of your stocks, delivery times, profit margins and brand identity, play a big role in the success of your online store.
As an alternative to Aliexpress, Spocket.co, , can be considered a benefactor, especially in terms of delivery time.
Spocket.co help you overcome all the above problems. Moreover, Spocket, which has apps for Shopify and WooCommerce, is actively used by more than 30,000 dropshipping entrepreneurs around the world.
Considering Aliexpress's long delivery times of 2.3 weeks, we will try to cover everything you need to know about the Spocket solution in this article. In this way, you can decide for yourself whether this program is suitable for your online store and business.
What is Spocket?
Spocket, in short, is a dropshipping application. It can be integrated with Shopify and WooCommerce based stores thanks to its free apps. You can add the product you have your eye on to your store with a single click. With Spocket, you can start a dropshipping business selling products from suppliers in the UK, US and Europe (there are also a few providers based in New Zealand and Australia) in a few clicks.
There are tens of thousands of products that Spocket owns (Winner). Additionally, products are available in print-on-demand format. In short, it is a platform where you can meet your customers' needs faster and with quality products, easily integrate it into your online store, and has quality suppliers.
Additionally, you can order sample products from various suppliers with Spocket. If you care about the quality of the products, you can request samples before starting product promotions. You can also use these sample products to test delivery time and take your own product photos.
It should also be added that Spocket's high-quality products are offered at more affordable prices, up to 60% of retail prices. With these affordable costs, you have the opportunity to make more profit from every product you sell.
By the way, they claim to have incredibly fast delivery times. I don't think this is an exaggeration because 70% of Spocket suppliers are located in the USA or Europe. Therefore, customers can usually receive their orders within two to five days.
We can say that it is a tremendous delivery time compared to Aliexpress or Far East-based dropshipping companies. In this way, if we look at the situation in terms of customer satisfaction, the customer who buys a product from you is likely to order again due to the delivery time and quality of the product.
How Does Spocket Work?
I'm adding a video below on how Spocket works.
As we mentioned above, Spocket allows you to select high-quality products and print them on demand (which you can use with Printful and Oberlo).
You can choose from a variety of product categories, including:
a free member of Spocket.co (you cannot access all the details of the products without being a member), you can access the enormous product range by typing keywords in the search bar or using price filters. For peace of mind, all Spocket products come with discounts of 30-60% off their retail prices, giving you a good profit margin.
How to Use Spocket
Now you know that Spocket integrates with Shopify and Woocommerce stores and you can transfer products to your store with a single click. I leave a few explanations below on how to do this.
1.Connect Your Online Store to Spocket
If you use Shopify, Shopify app for Spocket in the store. For Woocommerce, you can search the plugin database. The next process is almost the same for both platforms. Then click on the add application button. You will be asked for your login information. In this way, you connect your Shopify store to Spocket stocks. Once you have successfully connected, you can research Spocket products and make reviews to market and sell the products.
2. Find Products to Sell
Just type the products you are looking for in the search bar. Or, you can easily research products by using various filters.
- Product categories
- Price
- place
- Spocket's premium products
3. Transfer Your Selected Products to Your Store
To add the products you have selected to your store, hover the mouse cursor over the product and click on the "add to import list" button at the bottom to add the product to the adding queue.
Then when you view the 'import list' you can give the product a final check before publishing it to your shopify store. You can also change the descriptions of your products at this stage. Once you are sure of everything, you can click the “Push To Store” button to add the products to your store.
3.Spocket Pricing and Fees
You can get started with Spocket for free. You can both test and use the platform before switching to a paid plan that offers the option to add more features and products.
Thanks to the free plan, you can use the following features: (14 days)
- You can add up to 25 Spocket products to your Shopify or Woocommerce store.
- You can update stock in real time
- You can get e-mail support
- You can order an unlimited number of products
- Global pricing rules apply
- Shipping tracking numbers are provided for all orders
After the trial version, you can upgrade to the starter plan for $25 per month.
If your business grows and you want to add more than 25 Spocket products to your store, you will need to upgrade to the 'Pro Plan' at this stage, which is $49/month ($29/month when paid annually). Thanks to this plan, you can add up to 250 products to your store.
However, if you think 250 products will not be enough for you, you can switch to the 'Empire Plan', which gives you the right to add unlimited products. This plan is the most expensive option, setting you back $99/month ($79/month when paid annually).
Can I Cancel Spocket Subscription?
If you want to cancel your Spocket subscription, you are free to do so at any time. You are not bound by any contract. Before you cancel, give one last thought to the benefits one of Spocket's paid plans will bring you. If it does not cover the monthly expense, you are free to cancel and return to the Aliexpress solution.
Pros of Spocket
Using Spocket gives you some advantages. Here are some of them;
Your Stocks Are Automatically Updated
Since Spocket stocks are integrated with your store and updated instantly, you will not encounter a situation where a product in your store is out of stock.
Real Time Order Tracking
You can track the status of your orders at every step, so your customers will be able to follow the stage of their orders (you can follow this too)
You Can Transfer Products to Your Store with One Click
As we mentioned before, you can transfer a product of your choice to your own Shopify store with one click. At this stage, you can determine the descriptions, images and prices of the products. If you think that this feature is not available, manually adding products to the site can become a torture. With this feature, Spocket saves you from this torture.
Automatic Order
When your customer places an order, the supplier sees the address information in the system and sends the order to the customer's address without you having to do anything. In this case, once you set up the system, you just monitor your sales and that's it.
Automatic Pricing
You can increase or decrease the prices of the products you add to your store, either collectively or individually, according to the percentage you give.
Conclusion
Spocket is a solution that provides fast delivery and offers quality products compared to Aliexpress and Far East suppliers. Its shortcomings are that you cannot communicate directly with suppliers and you cannot request a private label or logo on the products. If these are ignored, it is possible to say that it is a good dropshipping supplier partner in terms of product quality and ease of use.
You can subscribe to Spocket.co from this reference link
Good luck!
6 Comments . New Comment
Does Spocket ship products from abroad to Türkiye? Even if I do this completely legally with my company, is there a chance that my product will be stuck at customs for no reason? Also, can I encounter tax problems at customs again?
You can check the shipping countries on the Help page or send a support request.
I can say that I have read almost all the comments about spoklet. The issue that users complain about the most is not being able to communicate with suppliers. I personally gave up just for this reason. We have been selling actively and intensively for 6 years on the woocommerce site I founded or on the woocommerce sites I set up around me. Customers' demands and needs are endless. They change their minds constantly. They want a change of address, they want a refund, they want to replace the product with someone else, and we respond to all of them one by one. Maybe it can be considered for stable products, but I do not think it is very suitable for textile, clothing, stores with products in different colors, etc. Alidropshipping still seems closer to me, except that the cargo arrives late.
Thank you very much for sharing your experiences. It was a good feedback for people who will use it
Hello, I am a designer, I want to make wholesale men's or women's clothing and sell wholesale products. Is Spocket suitable for this? I need detailed information, can you please help me?
This platform is mostly for supply purposes, not for product sales. But if you want to wholesale products, it may be useful to talk to the sales department.