Guides

Practical pages for people comparing a hosted storefront with Shopify apps and supplier platforms.

• Dropshipping without Shopify

  How to sell supplier products with a hosted storefront, cart, and Stripe checkout instead of opening a Shopify store.

• A CJ Dropshipping path that does not start with Shopify

  What CJ Dropshipping is good for, and how a hosted storefront uses the CJ API without replacing CJ as the warehouse.

• Printful vs Printify for a hosted dropshipping store

  How Printful and Printify differ when you import designed products and place sandbox orders from Dropship Scout.

• How dropshipping payouts split a Stripe charge

  What the seller, the supplier, and the platform each receive when a customer pays on a hosted storefront.

• How an independent supplier joins a dropshipping platform

  The direct-supplier path: onboard, publish cost and stock, and receive orders without a marketplace API.