How to start dropshipping in your country: find a supplier who ships directly to the customer, calculate the profit for a picked-up order, and only then launch sales on a marketplace or landing page with advertising. You don't need a warehouse or to buy inventory, but quality, stock levels, and shipping speed now depend on others. Below, we'll cover how to vet a supplier, how earnings are calculated, and where dropshipping most often results in a loss.
Dropshipping is selling products you don't physically possess. The buyer orders from you, you forward the order to the supplier, and they pack and ship the parcel, most often via a delivery service with cash on delivery. Your profit is the difference between the supplier's dropship price and your selling price.
In traditional single-product e-commerce, you first buy a batch, store it, and ship it yourself. You need more money upfront, there's a risk of being left with unsold inventory, but you see every unit and control the packing yourself.
Dropshipping is cheaper to start, but the supplier takes a cut of your margin, and their mistakes become your customer's problem. So at the start, the key is not to "find the perfect product," but to vet who you're working with.
Suppliers are found in Telegram channels and dropshipper chats, on wholesale program websites, among bulk sellers on marketplaces. A big name guarantees little — what matters is how the person works with you specifically.
Before launching ads, place a test order for yourself. This way you'll see the actual shipping time, packaging, and whether the product matches the photos. Then ask the supplier the same questions and compare their answers with others. If you hear "we'll figure it out," keep looking: you'll be the one figuring it out, and it'll cost you.
The supplier names the wholesale price, you set the retail price. The difference is your markup, but not yet profit: you subtract ad spend per order and losses from unclaimed parcels.
A hypothetical example for logic: dropship price $9.6, you sell for $17, markup $7. If advertising costs $3.6 per picked-up order, you're left with $3.4 — and that's before returns. Plug your own numbers into the free markup and margin calculator at landempire.tech.
The cash on delivery (COD) transfer fee, when a supplier ships as a private individual without a contract, is paid by the buyer: 2% + $0.5 in cash or with a card from another bank, or 1% + $0.2 with a NovaPay card. If the supplier is a sole proprietor (FOP) working through "Payment Control", the sender pays part or all of the fee — from 0,5% to 3,3% depending on the plan and bank. Check whether it's deducted from your markup. Rates change, so verify them on the carrier's website or app before launching.
Prom and OLX provide ready-made demand: people are already searching for products. The downside is the same product from the same supplier sits next to yours from other sellers, and competition quickly comes down to price.
A landing page with ads on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok is a single-product storefront: you create demand yourself, present the product the way you want, and don't stand in line with competitors. In return, you pay for traffic.
In LandEmpire, such a landing page is built from a product card: you insert a link to a product on Prom or another store, and the name, price, photos, description, features, and order form are automatically populated. You then edit it in the editor. The form validates local mobile numbers and filters out spam. Leads arrive in Telegram, email, or your CRM, from where you forward them to your supplier. Analytics show daily conversion rates and breakdowns by source, campaign, and sub1.
Unclaimed parcels in dropshipping hit twice: advertising is already paid for, and the parcel is returning. For parcels up to 30 kg, the delivery service includes returns in the main service tariff. However, if the buyer was supposed to pay for delivery and refused, the cost of one-way delivery usually falls on the sender. The supplier may pass this cost on to you.
A parcel stays free at the branch for 7 calendar days; after that, storage is paid — from $0.4 per day for a small parcel. Therefore, the buyer should be reminded about the parcel in the first few days.
Wrong items lead to refusals and negative feedback, even though you didn't make the mistake. Shipping delays give the buyer time to reconsider. Also, agree separately on "Easy Returns": with the sender's consent, the buyer can return the item within 14 days of receipt.
Don't start with ads. First — find a supplier and do the math, because that's where the initial money gets lost.
For your first test, pick a product that's easy to show in video and has few color and size variants: fewer options mean fewer wrong items. Set your test budget in advance, along with the lead cost threshold at which you'll turn off ads. Use a single-product unit economics calculator to find this threshold: if a lead costs more than that, the product loses money even with normal pickup rates.
A complete single-product e-commerce launch plan, from niche selection to scaling, is covered in the guide "Single-Product E-Commerce: Getting Started."
LandEmpire does not find or verify suppliers, does not automatically transfer orders to suppliers, and does not create waybills — there is no integration with delivery service APIs. It is not an online store with a catalog and cart, it does not accept card payments on the landing page, and it does not have its own call center for order confirmation. And no builder guarantees approval or pickup: these depend on the product, supplier, price, and how you process leads.
Yes, the model itself is legal. If you sell regularly, it's a business activity, typically registered as an FOP (sole proprietor). It's best to clarify the business structure and taxes with an accountant before you start.
Start with a supplier and unit economics calculations, not ads. You don't need to buy inventory upfront, but you do need an ad budget. Its size = number of leads needed to evaluate the product × expected lead cost in your niche.
It depends on markup, lead cost, and pickup rate. Roughly, profit per lead = markup × pickup rate − lead cost − return cost × unclaimed parcel rate. Plug your numbers into a single-product e-commerce unit economics calculator.
In Telegram channels and dropshipper chats, on wholesale suppliers' drop program websites, among bulk sellers on marketplaces. Before launching, always place a test order yourself.
Return of parcels up to 30 kg by the delivery service is included in the plan, but the one-way delivery fee, which the buyer was supposed to pay, is usually paid by the sender. In dropshipping, it might be deducted from your payout, so arrange this with your supplier in advance.
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