{"id":11069,"date":"2022-09-12T03:53:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T07:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/?p=11069"},"modified":"2023-04-20T03:54:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T07:54:00","slug":"oberlo-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/2022\/09\/12\/oberlo-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Oberlo Shutdown: Is This Bad News For Shopify Dropshippers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To survive and thrive as an online merchant, especially a drop-shipper requires you to prepare for anything unexpected head. However, who could know that Oberlo shutdown<\/strong><\/a> is coming at this very moment.<\/em><\/p>\n

Oberlo has been one of the most popular AliExpress dropshipping solutions for years. This means online sellers will have to find another app to continue their dropshipping business via AliExpress.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

What is Oberlo?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Oberlo is the most famous dropshipping app for merchants to import products from AliExpress to their Shopify stores. This powerful app empowers Shopify merchants to dropship products directly from thousands of Chinese suppliers\u2019 inventory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oberlo is the most popular method for dropshipping<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Oberlo was originally developed by a Lithuanian startup and acquired by Shopify in 2017.\u00a0 From that moment on, it was one of the best dropshipping apps for all drop shippers with <\/span>tens of thousands of users<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shopify has already removed Oberlo app for the Oberlo shutdown<\/b><\/h2>\n

From <\/span>May 12, 2022<\/b>, Oberlo was delisted and merchants can no longer find the app in the Shopify Appstore or install it from any other sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can’t find the app during the Oberlo shutdown<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

However, existing merchants who have installed Oberlo before can still use the app\u2019s services till <\/span>June 15, 2022<\/b><\/em>. After this date, even current Oberlo users can no longer access the app, and they will lose all historical data within Oberlo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, it’s urgent to scout out for other Oberlo alternatives on Shopify.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why did Oberlo get shut down?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

This product deprecation, which is a routine occurrence, is in pursuit of providing merchants with the best solutions to reach their customers wherever they are.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Up to the present, the reason why Shopify decided to shut down Oberlo remains vague. But you can find out more about the situation in their official <\/span>Oberlo app FAQ<\/span>.<\/p>\n

What are Oberlo best alternatives?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As mentioned, Oberlo’s current users should migrate to other dropshipping apps ASAP to continue their business. Fortunately, there are many promising alternative options available in the Shopify app store to <\/span>make a replacement<\/b> for Oberlo.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are some promising Oberlo alternatives<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

When searching for\u00a0Oberlo\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>on the search bar, you can see several alternatives that are more than ready to support Shopify merchants with their business amid Oberlo shutdown<\/em>.\u00a0You can opt for DSers – Shopify’s suggestion.<\/p>\n

However, we highly recommend that you give some other apps a shot to see which one best suits your dropshipping business.<\/p>\n

Ali Orders – the best Oberlo alternative<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you’ve been searching for an Oberlo alternative, we suggest trying Ali Orders – one of the best Oberlo alternatives<\/a><\/strong> to help automate your dropshipping business.<\/p>\n

This robust dropshipping solution empowers you to bulk import AliExoress products to your Shopify store in clicks. What’s awesome about Ali Orders<\/strong> is that this app helps automatically fulfill your orders so you can have more time to focus on your business’s core functions.<\/p>\n

The big plus<\/span><\/strong> Migrating all the historical data from Oberlo to Ali Orders is fast & error-free as shown in the clip below:<\/p>\n