AliDropship Tutorial: How to Build a Dropshipping Website with WordPress

Friends involved in foreign trade have definitely heard of the Dropshipping model. Today, Naiba will introducehow to use WordPress and AliDropship to build a dropshipping sales website yourself. Low-cost operation, let's learn now.

Terminology Explanation

What is Dropshipping?

FromBaidu Baikeexplanation: Drop shipping, a foreign trade term, is a method in supply chain management. Retailers do not need to hold inventory of goods. Instead, they provide customer orders and shipping details to suppliers, who ship the goods directly to the end customers. The retailer earns the difference between the wholesale and retail prices. If you are doing business on Alibaba, you probably receive quite a few inquiries about dropshipping, and the trend is increasing. This is because starting dropshipping is really quite easy. Many people use Shopify, but actually WordPress can also do it, with lower costs and higher flexibility. [embed]https://wordpressjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AliDropship-Plugin-Promo-Video.mp4[/embed]

What is WordPress?

WordPress is an open-source content management system. The website Naibabiji you are looking at uses WordPress as its program. Many foreign enterprise websites and e-commerce websites also use WordPress. WordPress is the most suitableForeign Trade Website Buildingprogram to use. Over 39% of websites worldwide are powered by WordPress. With WordPress, you can create almost any type of website. For foreign trade website building, using WordPress for B2B websites yields much better results than platforms like Shopify or WIX. Using WordPress for B2C online sales e-commerce websites is also possible, although it's a bit more complex to get started with than Shopify. However, the advantage is that you set your own rules and don't have to worry about store closures.Related Articles：

1. Shopify vs WordPress: Which is Better for an E-commerce Platform?
2. Can WordPress be used for e-commerce websites? What are its advantages over Shopify?

What is AliDropship?

AliDropship is one of the most famous Drop Shipping plugins for WordPress. In one of Naiba's groups, some foreign trade professionals were discussing this plugin as early as April, and some were even using pirated versions of AliDropship to conduct business. This shows that this plugin is a project validated by peers, with high feasibility.AliDropship can help you automatically handle all sales-related aspects of dropshipping, such as automatically fetching products to your website database, automatically modifying prices, automatically placing orders on AliExpress, and automatically obtaining logistics information. Basically, you only need to be responsible for building a website and then promoting it. The key point is that AliDropship is cheap and a one-time payment, with the regular price being only $89.

AliDropship Versions and Pricing

AliDropship is divided into three types: the Plugin, the Custom Store, and the Premium Dropshipping Store.

AliDropship Plugin

The AliDropship plugin is divided into two types: the pure AliDropship plugin and the WooCommerce plugin. These two plugins are sold as a bundle for $89, lifetime.

1. AliDropship plugin for WordPress (only requires installing WP and the Alidropship plugin)
2. AliDropship plugin for WooCommerce (requires installing WP + WooCommerce + the Alidropship plugin)

Click to purchase the AliDropship plugin (Promo code: GETPLUGIN25)You can useGETPLUGIN25to get a 25% discount. How to choose between the AliDropship plugin and the AliDropship WooCommerce plugin?First, both plugins are based on WordPress websites. If you don't have a WordPress website yet, please refer toWordPress Tutorialsthis article to build a WordPress website first. AliDropship plugin for WordPress is simply a WordPress plugin. You don't need to install WooCommerce separately to achieve online Dropshipping products. AliDropship plugin for WooCommerce is for when you are already familiar with WooCommerce, or if you have already installed the WooCommerce e-commerce plugin, to help you implement Dropshipping functionality for WooCommerce. Another difference is that if you install AliDropship plugin for WordPress, the website Theme can only be chosen from specific Themes that support AliDropship. If you install AliDropship plugin for WooCommerce, then you can choose any Theme that supports WooCommerce. To make it easier for everyone to understand and not make it too complicated,in this article, Naiba will use AliDropship plugin for WordPress as an example to introduce how to build a Dropshipping website.

AliDropship Custom Store (Recommended)

AliDropship Custom Store is a package that Naiba recommends more for beginner friends. Simply put, it's a package to spend money to save trouble. The lowest package is $299. If you don't have a server, you can choose their server for $48/year. That is, you can directly spend $299 (Custom Store) + $48 (server) = $347 to buy a pre-built AliDropship website. AliDropship official staff will contact you, understand the products you operate, help you select 50 high-quality products to upload to the website, and then give you the website account and password. It's similar to moving into a furnished apartment, ready to open the door and start business. The cost of AliDropship Custom Store is only about 1000 RMB more expensive than using the plugin version and building the website yourself. For beginners or friends whose time is valuable, it's really a good choice.Click to purchase AliDropship Custom Store (Promo code: GETSTORE15)You can useGETSTORE15Get a 15% discount.

Premium Dropshipping Store

This Premium Dropshipping Store package is more suitable for well-funded business owners. AliDropship officially provides 9 websites that are already live and generating fixed monthly income. You can spend money to buy a website exactly like theirs. Except for the website logo, name, contact information, and payment methods, all other content is identical to the website you choose. However, while such websites may look good, it also means that users who purchase this package have the same product selection as you, which increases the difficulty of competition. Naiba recommends choosing a custom store, then selecting products yourself and having them upload some for you, and continuing to update it yourself later, which offers a higher cost-performance ratio.Buy Premium Dropshipping Store Now

AliDropship Tutorial

AliDropship Custom Store Tutorial

AliDropship Custom Store is the package Naiba suggests for friends who don't know how to build a website themselves. It saves time, costs less than 2500 RMB, and offers a really high cost-performance ratio. If you follow tutorials to build and familiarize yourself with it, most people would probably take over a week, and the result might not even be as good as the official website. First, click the button below to go to the purchase link.Click to purchase AliDropship Custom Store (Promo code: GETSTORE15)You can useGETSTORE15Get a 15% discount.Click the 'View Package' button.You can see that by default, there are three tiered packages: $299, $499, and $899. If you haven't purchased a server, you can directly add a $48/year server (Add hosting - $48/year). If you have already bought a server, you can just provide the server management website, account, and password to their customer service. The biggest difference between these three service packages is the number of products imported into your store by default. The BASIC package only has 50 products, but you can import more yourself later, which is not a big issue. Then there's content like SEO and social platforms. Although Naiba hasn't purchased this package from them, considering the underlying code is still WordPress, this content can be completely done by yourself later without needing to spend extra money. So,directly purchase the $299 BASIC packageis sufficient. Enter your email, fill in your credit card details, choose whether to purchase hosting, enterGETSTORE15, and then make the payment.After successful payment, an email will be sent to your inbox with instructions on how to contact customer service and provide your domain, server, product selection, and other details. The time from placing the order to the final handover of the website to you takes 12-15 working days. During this period, you can think about how to promote the website after it's built and do some preliminary preparations.

AliDropship Plugin Tutorial

Purchase Plugin

The AliDropship plugin is cheaper and suitable for those who have already purchased hosting and a domain, have some understanding of WordPress, or whose self-learning ability is not too weak.Click to purchase the AliDropship plugin (Promo code: GETPLUGIN25)You can useGETPLUGIN25to get a 25% discount.Click the 'BUY NOW FOR ONLY $89' button to go to the purchase page.Enter email, credit card, fill in the discount codeGETPLUGIN25and then checkout.

Regarding the server, you can consider based on your own situation. If you have already purchased a server, you don't need to buy one. If you haven't purchased a server, you can buy one along with it; $48 per year is a reasonable price. It's also completely fine to buy a server from other providers yourself, such asSiteGround、GreenGeeks、Hostinger, orVPS. Besides the server, you also need a domain. If you don't have a domain, you can go toNameSiloto buy one.

 

Download Plugin and Theme

After payment is complete, you will receive plugin information from AliDropship in your email.Save the key yourself, then download the AliDropship Plugin to your local machine. The AliDropship WOO Plugin is for websites with WooCommerce installed. Since we are starting from scratch, it is recommended to install the version without WooCommerce; it's simpler and offers higher performance. (If you want more customization features, please install the WooCommerce version.) Then go toAliDropship and WOO Themesto download a free theme template. (You can also purchase a paid one if you want.)Since we are planning to use the AliDropship Plugin, the theme must be chosen from under the AliDropship Original Plugin section; otherwise, it won't work.

Install Theme and Plugin

Go to our WordPress website's Admin Dashboard. If you don't have a WordPress website yet, refer toWordPress Tutorialsto install one.Select Appearance - Themes - Add New from the admin dashboard menu, then upload the theme file we downloaded earlier for installation.Activate the theme after installation.Then continue by clicking Plugins - Add New in the menu, and upload the AliDropship Plugin file we downloaded.Activate the plugin after installation. If you see the alert 'AliDropship plugin alert: Error! ionCube Loader Loader not found. Alidropship plugin can't be activated. Please check instructions' after activating the plugin, it's because the ionCube component is not installed on your server. For shared hosting, please contact your service provider for assistance. For your own VPS, you can install it yourself. If your VPS usesBaota Panelthe installed environment, you can go to the app store, find the settings for your installed PHP version, and then select to install extensions.Install ionCube. After installation, refresh the WordPress plugins page again, and the error will no longer appear.

AliDropship Plugin Settings

Before configuring the AliDropship plugin, we need to activate the plugin license.You can see the AliDropship plugin settings menu in the top-left corner.Go to the License menu, enter your activation code to activate it. After activation, go to the Settings menu, open each settings interface to review, and modify as needed.The main areas that need configuration here are:

1. Pricing: Set store product prices; you can set formulas to automatically price products at 2x, 3x, or a custom multiple of the AliExpress product price.
2. Payments: Payment methods. If you're unsure how to set up payment methods, there is a 'How it works' help link in the top-right corner of the settings; refer to it.
3. Shipping: Shipping countries and methods.

Finally, don't forget to set up product categories for your products.

Import AliExpress Products

After the plugin is configured, you can start importing products. To import products, we need to use the AliDropship Chrome extension. Open the Chrome browser, then clickhttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/alidropship/jlnhdnbbikjkdejminhdpmejldiapdgnto install the extension.After installation, click the extension icon in the top-right corner and add your website URL.After adding the URL, click 'Log in' next to it for authorization, and the following image will appear.Click 'Authorize' to grant authorization. Then go to theAliExpress website, search for the products you want to sell, select a suitable supplier, and click the AliDropship icon on the product image, as shown below:When the plus sign on the icon turns into a checkmark, it means the import is complete. Go to the WordPress admin dashboard.Go to Products, All Items, where you can see the product just imported. Click 'Edit' to modify it.On the right side, select the product category. The Featured image below can also be replaced if you are not satisfied with it.You can also edit the product title, URL, and details. In the Product Options at the bottom, settings are already configured for you; you can adjust them if not satisfied.After making all modifications, click the publish button.Click the product URL, and we can see the product frontend page, as shown below:Click the purchase button and go through the entire process yourself to see if there are any errors.After payment, AliDropship will automatically place an order for you on AliExpress. The shipping address will automatically be filled with the address provided by your website's customer. Then, the AliExpress seller will ship the product to the customer's address and synchronize the logistics information to your website. That's it, the entire Dropshipping process is complete.

Product Import Method 2

If you find manually importing products with the plugin too troublesome, you can also perform batch imports directly from the AliDropship admin dashboard. The method is as follows:In the Import Products interface, you can search for products from the official AliDropship product library and then select batch import.After importing, similarly, go to the product list, edit them, and then publish.

Import Product Reviews

A bare product description page looks a bit monotonous. Adding Reviews makes it look better and helps with conversion. Go to the AliDropship menu, find Import, select Import Reviews, and proceed with the import.After importing, you can see the effect on the website frontend.If you think some content in these reviews is not suitable for display, you can also go into the product editing interface to modify the reviews yourself.

Modify Website LOGO

After installing the theme earlier, we haven't made any custom modifications to it, so the default website LOGO is still the one that comes with the theme. We can modify it using the following method.In the WordPress Admin Dashboard, under the Customization menu, find Header, and you will see the option to modify the LOGO. Other settings can also be adjusted according to your needs; they won't be covered in detail here.

Modify Navigation Menu

In the WordPress admin menu, select Appearance, then select Menus, and create a new menu.Then, add menu items according to your website's needs, check the Display location as Main Menu, and save the menu.

Add Pages like About Us

E-commerce websites usually include pages like About Us, Refunds & Returns Policy, Payment Methods, Shipping & Delivery, Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, etc. We need to create these ourselves. The method is as follows:In the WordPress admin menu, select Pages, then Add New. These pages usually don't require special design; simply format them like in a Word document. After creating the pages, remember to add them to the website's navigation menu or footer menu.

Add Blog Posts

If you want to do it yourselfSEO, then blog posts are an essential part.In the WP Admin Dashboard, select Posts, then Add New. Categories are for post classification and can be planned as needed.

AliDropship FAQ

Q: Should I choose the WordPress version or the WooCommerce version of AliDropship?A: AliDropship plugin for WordPress is the version installed directly on WordPress. AliDropship plugin for WooCommerce is the version that requires installing WordPress and WooCommerce simultaneously. The standalone WordPress version is simpler and more direct but can only use specific AliDropship themes. The WooCommerce version offers higher customizability, and you can use any theme, but it requires more system resources and is more complex. Beginners are advised to install the WordPress version directly.Q: How many products can I import to my website using AliDropship?A: If you use the original AliDropship plugin without WooCommerce, you can add up to 10,000 products to your site. If using the WooCommerce version of AliDropship, it is recommended not to exceed 500 products, otherwise it may cause the website to slow down.Q: Can I add my own products?A: Yes, you can add your own products; you don't necessarily have to scrape products from AliExpress for sales.Q: How many websites can one serial number be used for?A: After purchasing the AliDropship plugin, you will receive your own personal license key, which is valid for one website/domain. Subdomains are considered separate domains. If you decide to create another online store in the future and use the plugin on another domain, we can deactivate the license in the current store and activate it for free on the other store.

Article Summary

Through thisAliDropship tutorialyou can see that using WordPress with AliDropship for dropshipping business is very simple. You only need to focus on product selection and promotion; AliDropship will handle all subsequent processes such as sales and shipping for you. The AliDropship plugin costs $89, the server is about $60 per year, and the domain is $8, totaling $89+$60+$8=$157, ×7=1099 RMB. With just over 1000 RMB in startup capital, you can start your own foreign trade dropshipping business. Dare to ask, what other project has lower startup capital and investment risk than this? Action speaks louder than desire. Take advantage of Black Friday and buy a plugin for backup first (one-time payment for lifetime use).Click to purchase the AliDropship plugin (Promo code: GETPLUGIN25)You can useGETPLUGIN25to get a 25% discount.Click to purchase AliDropship Custom Store (Promo code: GETSTORE15)You can useGETSTORE15Get a 15% discount. If you have any other questions, feel free to leave a comment and discuss (yes, this article has open comments, right below the article).