As a beginner to learn about dropshipping, you are probably wondering what platform to choose to bring your products to customers. There are many options for this but the most popular are Amazon, Ebay and Shopify. Let's find out the pros and cons of each platform.

Advantages of Shopify

• Large market coverage: When you use Shopify's built-in e-commerce website, you can help your website save a large number of customers around the world, instead of at a small store. you only save a fixed number of customers, then with e-commerce website, anyone can access and buy the product.
• Great app library with lots of features needed for any business. Some applications that are of interest are Ultimate Product Filter, Product Filter & Search, Countdown Sales Timer, etc. Which I still like best Ultimate Product Filter when it is a perfect library, allowing me to integrate AI right into my Store and from there tools Store search will become smarter and more optimized. With it, each individual customer will receive individual suggestions that suit their needs based on their trading history. This is especially beneficial for any analytical problem, especially sales when it allows us to grow transactions and customer conversion rates. Very usefull
• Professional design interface: Shopify has a built-in professional interface so you can use e-commerce website to build your company's brand in the fastest and most effective way.
• 24/7 support: Shopify's technical support staff is available 24/7, helping you solve all questions when using Shopify.
• Leading e-commerce platform: Currently, Vietnam's 4.0 technology is extremely developed, when you use Shopify, you have set your websiste foundation to the world.
• Maximum integration for advertising features: Most e-commerce websites today are using google and facebook ads to advertise their services and products. Shopify has a built in so you can plan your best advertising.
• Integrate payment of visa, mastercard:
• Automatic email system: Shopify's email will automatically send an email to confirm the order for you, or account creation problems, passwords ...

Cons of Shopify

• Online payment: Shopify has not provided domestic payment service but can only pay internationally by master card or visa card, and then Shopify will charge an additional fee of 2% to 3%.
• Speed: If the cable is faulty as it is today, your business on the Shopify website platform will be delayed.
• Application cost: Most of Shopify's current plugins charge monthly, but you can't buy it once.
• URL structure: Shopify requires users to use existing URLs

Dropshipping on Amazon

• Amazon is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Seattle, Washington focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence.
• For merchants, Amazon is a fertile ground for growing a business. I will analyze in detail at the bottom of the article.

Amazon policy on Dropshipping

• Dropshipping, in other words, allows third parties to process orders on your behalf, accepted on Amazon. If you want to be a dropshipper, you should note the following:
• Be the legal seller of the product;
• The seller's identity is that you are recorded on all papers, invoices, product packaging;
• Eliminating invoices, papers, packing with information about 3rd party dropship units before shipping goods;
• Be responsible for handling returned goods from customers;
• Compliance with terms and conditions of contract and sales policy on Amazon.
• The following cases of Amazon dropshipping are not accepted
• Buy goods on an online store and ask the seller to deliver the goods directly to your customers;
• The information on the packing list, invoice, packaging is the name of the direct seller, not your information.
• If you fail to comply with the above rules, your account will be suspended (suspension) or privileges when your sales will be lost.

Advantages of Dropshipping on Amazon

• Getting started is easy
• On Amazon, you can quickly open a store. Just open an account, import goods and you can "display goods" to customers.
• Huge source of traffic
• When you open your store on Amazon, you will have access to millions of buyers every day. There are an estimated 300 million monthly active customers on Amazon. Therefore, the above business can bring you "terrible" revenue. Sell ​​the right products at the right price, you will always have new customers.
• Low advertising costs
• Because Amazon has huge traffic, you can take advantage of natural traffic to increase. You do not need to be too concerned with Marketing, SEO or "burning money" for advertising.

Disadvantages of Dropshipping on Amazon

• Fee: No meals are free. You have to pay to gain access to this huge customer data source. The fee depends on the type of product and ranges from 8% to 15%. You can see the details here.
• Unable to "freely do what we want"
• Everything you do related to branding, advertising, ... is under the control of Amazon.
• "The king's rules are lost to the village rules," when you enter here, you must follow Amazon's rules of play. If not, you may be suspended.

Some reasons for your account being locked are as follows:

- High error rate

- Often late delivery

- High rate of cancellation of orders

- Low rate of bill of lading code

- Complain about fake products

- Complain about product quality

- Notice of copyright infringement

- Having product safety issues

- Complain about expired goods

- Delete packages or not send products to Amazon's warehouse in accordance with the shipping plan you have stated

- Violating dropshipping policy