Commerce & MarketplacesMedium system

Dropshipping Storefront with Supplier Sync

A retail storefront where products, stock, and prices sync automatically from supplier feeds, and paid orders are pushed to suppliers for direct fulfillment — no warehouse required.

Typically bought by: E-commerce entrepreneurs and niche brands selling supplier-fulfilled catalogs

Standard features

Always included in the base price. Every one is built, tested and delivered working.

Supplier feed import (API/CSV) with scheduled catalog sync
Automatic stock and price updates with margin rules
Product enrichment: edited titles, descriptions, custom images
Storefront with search, categories, cart, and checkout (provider-agnostic payments)
Automatic order forwarding to the correct supplier
Tracking number sync back to customers
Multi-supplier support with per-supplier shipping rules
Out-of-stock auto-hide and price-change alerts
Order management with supplier status per line item
Margin and profitability reporting per product/supplier
Customer accounts and transactional emails
Admin controls for markup, rounding, and blocked products

Popular custom additions

Quoted per feature in the configurator — $50 simple, $150 moderate, $300 complex.

AI rewriting of supplier product descriptions
Currency conversion with dynamic pricing rules
Returns portal coordinated with supplier RMA process
Marketplace channel sync (eBay/Amazon listings)
Supplier performance scoring (ship time, error rate)
Split-supplier orders with combined tracking page

Tech stack

Frontend: Next.js + Tailwind CSS
Backend: Node.js with scheduled sync workers
Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Integrations: Supplier APIs/feeds (AliExpress/CJ/Spocket/wholesaler FTP), Payment gateway (Stripe/PayPal/other), Transactional email (Resend/SendGrid), Image storage/CDN (S3/R2)