ALD – AliExpress Dropshipping and Fulfillment for WooCommerce

Do you want to start an online business with Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce?

Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce is most likely a keyword that is frequently searched on browsers. If you are
new to an online business, Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce is the best option for you because it allows you
to start an online business at a low cost, with low risk, attractive revenues, and a wide range of products from
AliExpress.com.

The most common questions about Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce are:

• How do I use Aliexpress Dropshipping to import products into WooCommerce?
• Can these products be customized?
• How do you manage the price and quantity of your Aliexpress products to maximize your profit?
• Do I have to manually fulfill Aliexpress’s orders?
• …

All of these concerns can be addressed by Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce and ALD – Aliexpress Dropshipping
and Fulfillment for WooCommerce, which is the best option that you should not overlook.

ALD – Aliexpress Dropshipping and Fulfillment for WooCommerce is a plugin that enables store owners to import
products from aliexpress.com into their own WooCommerce store. This allows shop owners to easily process and run
their own Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce with a wide range of Aliexpress products and earn more money from
their online business.

 

* IMPORTANT NOTE: Regarding Accuracy of Raw Information from AliExpress.

We make no guarantees about the raw information imported from AliExpress and AliExpress API provided by our plugin
and will not be held liable if it is not accurate, complete, or up to date, or if it does not otherwise satisfy your
specific needs. All risks regarding raw information and the material may not be excepted and will not be our
responsibility.

There may be instances when the information provided through the plugin contains typographical mistakes,
inaccuracies, or omissions that come from AliExpress and AliExpress API such as product descriptions, promotions,
offers, pricing, shipping fee, availability, and delivery timeframes. Apart from official laws require, we make no
commitment to correct, update, alter, or clarify such material. There is no specific update or refresh date supplied
through AliExpress and AliExpress API that should be interpreted as indicating that all information on AliExpress
has been edited or updated.

A. Connect Aliexpress and WooCommerce store

You can connect these 2 platforms WooCommerce and Aliexpress by one of 2 methods using:

• Secret key
• WooCommerce REST API

B. Import products using Aliexpress
Dropshipping for WooCommerce

This plugin allows you to import products from Aliexpess to your WooCommerce store:

• Import single products: The plugin allows you to import single products.
• Import category: The plugin allows you to import categories, too.

C. Manage Aliexpress products
in Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce

You can set up global rules for products and price, also manage Aliexpress products in the Import
List and quickly observe in the Imported sections before transferring to the WooCommerce
store. In addition, you can customize Aliexpress products the same as other WooCommerce products.

+ Setup global rules:

a. Global rules for products:

These rules will be applied in the Import list section before migrating into your WooCommerce store including:

• Products Status: Choose the status of imported products on your WooCommerce website. In
  particular, product status can be automatically set: Publish, Pending or Draft.
• Product SKU: If using the shortcode {ali_product_id}, ID of product on
  aliexpress will be SKU of product on WooCommerce.
• Auto-generate unique SKU if exist: When importing product in Import list, automatically
  generate unique SKU by adding increment if SKU exists.
• Use global attributes: By default, all attributes of imported products are custom attributes.
  Basically, enabling this option allows us to automatically transfer those attributes to global attributes.
• Show shipping option: Enable this option to display the shipping option in the Import list.
  Particularly, this feature will help to show the shipping cost of available shipping methods. Certainly, it will
  be easy for you to estimate product costs after calculating shipping costs.
• Add shipping cost after price rules: Shipping cost will be added to the price of the original
  product after applying price rules.
• Import as a simple product: If a product just has one variation or you select one variation to
  import, that product will be imported as a simple product. However, variation SKU and attributes will not be
  used.
• Catalog visibility: This setting determines which shop pages products will be listed on. In
  particular, it can be: Shop and search results; Shop only; Search results only; Hidden
• Product description:  Select to display product description and/or item specifics or not
  show this info in the imported product.  In details, selection can be: None; Item specifics; Product
  description; Item specifics & Product description
• Use the external link for images: You need to install an external storage plugin named: EXMAGE –
  WordPress Image Links plugin by VillaTheme before you can see this option. If you enable it, the
  original AliExpress image URL is saved on that external storage plugin, which helps to save your website storage
  space. This option replaces the Import description images option, which allows you to import AliExpress images
  to your server and eat up your website storage space.
• Download description images: Enable this option to allow importing images in the product
  description if they are available.
• Default select product images: Enable it, the First image will be selected as the product
  image, and other images (except images from the product description) are selected in the gallery when adding the
  product to the import list.
• Disable background process: When importing products, instead of letting their images
  download in the background, the main product image will be downloaded directly, gallery and variation images (if
  any) will be added to Failed images pages so that you can go there to download them manually.
• Default categories: Fill in the category titles, so imported products will be added to
  these categories.
• Default shipping class: The shipping class selected here will also be selected by default
  in the Import list.If you are using shipping class in WooCommerce , available shipping classes will show up
  in the shipping class field of this Products tab, so you can choose one as default and apply for all products in
  the Import List
• Default product tags: Fill in the tag titles, so imported products will be added to these
  tags.
• Product variations are visible on the product page: Enable to make variations of imported
  products visible on the product page.
• Manage stock: Enable to manage stock and import product inventory. However, if you disable
  this option, the product stock status will be set to “Instock” and product inventory will not
  be imported.
• Ignore import ship from Enable to only import product variation with the ship from China.
• Find and Replace: You can search for strings in the product title and description and
  replace found strings with respective values.

b. Global rules for product price:

These rules will apply in the Import list section before migrating into your WooCommerce store.

•  Exchange rate: This option allows you to convert US Dollars to your store currency from
  any amount. In addition, there are 2 ways to add the exchange rate: Click on the Update rate or
  add the exchange rate manually.  Another key point, if this field sets the value as 1, it means that there
  is no change in currency ($USD as default).
• Exchange rate decimals: Number of decimals to round exchange rate when updating the exchange
  rate with API.
• Exchange rate of CNY / USD: In some cases, prices are only available in CNY so we first have to
  convert them to USD. If not set, our plugin will skip syncing price.
• Exchange rate of RUB/ USD: In some cases, prices are only available in RUB so we first have to
  convert them to USD. If not set, you will not be able to import products in RUB(if the store currency is not
  RUB) and our plugin will skip syncing price.
• Exchange rate API: You can choose one of the available API currency exchange rate sources such
  as Google Finance, Yahoo finance, Cuex, TransferWise.
• Update rate automatically: Enable this option to automatically update the exchange rate as
  a schedule, especially, accurately at days, hours, minutes and seconds.
• Setup product price rule for multi quantity ranges. In particular, you can set a quantity range
  respectively with an action type.
• Setup price format: rules for product price more attractive. Thus, take advances in pricing
  psychology in the sale.

c. Customize all attribute terms:

Display all variations of product attributes in the Product Attribute tab, so you can edit or replace current
variation terms with any you want.

d. Product video: Import product videos using original Aliexpress video URL. The shortcode of the
product video is available, you can copy and paste it where you want. Go to each product editing page, you can see
the product video shortcode at the top right corner of the page. Support to hide/show the video on specific product
pages.

e. Update price and quantity manually whenever Aliexpress store changes: Offer options to update
product price, quantity and send the email notification.

f. Product overriding: Set rules for overridden products.

g. Product Migration: This feature helps to migrate Aliexpress products that are imported by other
plugins like Ali2Woo, Alidropship…

 

D. Manage Aliexpress products in the Import
List.

This section in allows doing customization for all individual products before importing to WooCommerce products with
Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce.

• Product: Customize Aliexpress product information.

1. Product Title:  Name of the product. SKU: Product SKU or ID of Aliexpress product
2. Product status: Aliexpress product status on WooCommerce store such as Public, Pending or Draft.
3. Catalog visibility: Select type of product visibility such as Shop and search results; Shop only; Search result
   only.
4. Categories: Choose categories the Aliexpress product belongs to.
5. Tags: Tag for the Aliexpress product on the WooCommerce store.

• Description: Customize Aliexpress product descriptions.
• Attributes: Customize Aliexpress product attributes. Shortly, you can edit attribute terms for
  each product in this tab, just click on the Edit button and modify terms. You can delete an attribute if you no
  longer need it.

• Variations: Customize Aliexpress product variations.

1. The number of variations of the products: You can select a or some, also all variations to import.
2. Product variation images: You can select a or some, also all product variation images to import.
3. SKU: SKU of variation products can be editable.
4. Variations of product, you can edit variation terms in the Dropship & Fulfil > Product Attribute tab
   for all attributes of all imported products or in the Import List > Attributes for each individual
   product.
5. Shipping cost: Display shipping cost of available shipping methods. In particular, enable the Show shipping
   option in the Product tab to display this shipping cost field.
6. Cost: Display the original price of the product on Aliexpress.
7. Display Sale price and Regular price of Aliexpress product on WooCommerce store. These prices calculate after
   applying rules in the Product price tab.
8. Inventory: Display number of variations in stock.
9. Split product by variations: You can split into single products respectively with a number of variations
   available in an attribute or assign a certain variation to split.

• Split products in Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce

This feature allows splitting variations of a variable product into single products. Particularly, you can split into
single products respectively with a number of variations available in an attribute or assign a certain variation to
split.

• Gallery: Observe and select images to import media library.
• Bulk action: This allows interaction with a range of selected products. Just select products
  applied bulk action, bulk action feature will appear including setting: Categories; Tags; Status: Public;
  Pending; Draft; Visibility: Shop and search results; Shop only; Search results only; Hidden; Import selected;
  Remove selected.

 

E. Manage
Aliexpress products in the Imported in Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce

This section allows to quickly observe Aliexpress products that are imported to WooCommerce products, also do product
overriding and update products.

• Quickly observe Aliexpress products that are imported in WooCommerce product including Product title, SKU, Cost,
  WooCommerce price, Shipping info to calculate price when updating products, WC product status;
• Overriding products: Do override an alternative product for the initial one. In detail, you can go to the
  Product Overriding tab to set rules for overridden products.
• Update products: This option allows you to update product price and quantity, which helps you keep tracking of
  product statuses on Aliexpress.

 

F. Inventory and Price
synchronizing in Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce

 

• Custom price rules to apply to specific products/categories when syncing.
• Manage syncing inventory and price using chrome extension
• Cron to automatically sync inventory and price
• Logs to record syncing: Time, change content
• Send notification email about update changelog
• Item status modification if they would change (If a product on AliExpress is out of stock; no
  longer available; If a selected shipping method is no longer available; If a variation is no longer available)

 

G. Shipping and Estimated delivery time on store front end with Aliexpress Dropshipping for
WooCommerce

Select a shipping method for each item on the front end.

• Settings to configure choosing shipping methods on the cart and checkout page.
• Settings to configure choosing shipping methods on the single product page.
• Work with product items with no shipping method available.
• Mask Shipping companies.

 

H. Manage Aliexpress Orders in
Aliexpress dropshipping for WooCommerce

You can go to Ali Orders section to quickly check and fulfill Aliexpress orders. Besides, you can go
to order admin in WooCommerce to edit and fulfill orders.

• Aliexpress Orders: This section in the plugin allows you to quickly observe and fulfill
  Aliexpress orders.
• Order admin in WooCommerce: Manage Aliexpress order the same as other WooCommerce orders, moreover, you can do fulfill Aliexpress orders.
• Update Aliexpress order ID and tracking number: There is an option to manually sync the
  Aliexpress order ID and tracking number from Aliexpress to WooCommerce.

 

I. Fulfill orders in Aliexpress
dropshipping for WooCommerce

+ Fulfill options:

These settings in Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce allow you to set up global rules for fulfilling orders
automatically on AliExpress.

• Aliexpress API: Get Access Token to fulfill Ali orders through API. The access token will
  appear when you enter a valid update key of the plugin in the Update tab.
• Carrier company: Select a default carrier company for all imported products from
  aliexpress.com in your WooCommerce store.
• Default phone number: If an order does not have a phone number, this number will place
  when fulfilling the Aliexpress order.
• AliExpress Order Note: This note will add to the AliExpress order when an order is fulfilled.
• Show action: Order status to show a fulfilled action. In particular, you can set these
  statuses: Pending payment, On hold, Completed, Canceled, Refunded, Failed.
• Change order status: Automatically change order status after order id & tracking number of
  an order are synced successfully.

+ Fulfill orders in Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce:

There are 2 ways to fulfill orders using the plugin’s extension or AliExpress API in the Ali Orders
section.

Order by AliExpress API: Follow these steps to fulfill Aliexpress orders by API

1: Go to the update tab.

2: Add your Auto-update key, you can click on the Get key button. Besides, you can follow this guide to get the auto-update key.

3: Save & Check key.

4: Go to the Fulfill tab.

5: Click on the “Get Access Token” button. Note: Only Get a new access token if your current access
token is expired or invalid.

Then go to Ali Orders section to fulfill orders by Aliexpress API.

 

Order with Extension: Follow these steps to fulfill Aliexpress by the extension of Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce

1: Make sure your site has connected with the plugin’s extension. In detail, you can follow this
link on how to connect plugin extension: By Secret key or by WooCommerce Rest
API.

2: Click on the Order with Extension button in the Ali
Orders section. Similarly, you can go to Order admin in WooCommerce to fulfill an
order in this way.

 

+ Fulfill orders in Order admin of WooCommerce: Similarly, You can go to WooCommerce/ Orders to
fulfill orders with Aliexpress Dropshipping for WooCommerce

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