DropNow
Automated Dropshipping Platform
Overview
DropNow is a full-featured dropshipping SaaS platform designed to simplify online selling for entrepreneurs and small businesses. It offers a seamless experience from product import to automated order fulfillment. With a sleek storefront, backend admin panel, and deep integrations with suppliers, payment providers, and logistics APIs, DropNow empowers users to launch and scale their dropshipping businesses without inventory or manual processes. The platform is mobile-optimized and built for speed, security, and flexibility.
Key Features
- •Automated Product Sourcing - Integration with multiple suppliers allowing one-click product imports with auto-synced pricing, stock updates, and product descriptions.
- •Custom Storefront Builder - Drag-and-drop store customization with ready-made templates, branding tools, and domain support. SEO optimized and mobile-friendly design.
- •Smart Order Fulfillment - Auto-routing orders to suppliers with real-time tracking, shipment notifications, and invoicing. Supports partial orders and split shipments.
- •Inventory & Pricing Sync - Live inventory updates from supplier APIs and automated pricing rules with markup strategies, discount logic, and flash sale support.
- •Payment Gateway Integration - Secure payments through Stripe, SSLCommerz, and bKash with auto tax calculation, transaction history, and payout tracking.
- •Customer Management - CRM features including abandoned cart recovery, segmented email campaigns, reviews & ratings, and loyalty points system.
- •Supplier Management - Supplier dashboard with performance metrics, product approval workflow, delivery SLA tracking, and auto-replenishment alerts.
- •Analytics Dashboard - Visual insights on sales, traffic, conversions, product performance, and customer lifetime value with customizable KPIs.
- •Multi-language & Multi-currency Support - Enables store owners to sell globally with automated currency conversion and language translations.
- •Responsive Admin Panel - Clean, mobile-optimized admin dashboard for sellers to manage products, orders, payments, customers, and settings.
- •Notification System - Push, email, and SMS notifications for key actions like new orders, shipment status, low stock, and system updates.
- •Marketing Integrations - Ready-to-use integrations with Facebook Pixel, Google Ads, email marketing tools, and influencer tracking.
Challenges
- •Supplier API Integration - Dealing with inconsistent supplier API standards and syncing real-time data reliably across hundreds of SKUs.
- •Auto-Fulfillment Logic - Managing dynamic supplier-to-customer workflows for multiple vendors while keeping order status accurate and updated.
- •Storefront Customization Flexibility - Allowing deep customization without code while keeping the UI fast, responsive, and SEO-friendly.
- •Payment & Tax Compliance - Handling region-based tax rules, fraud prevention, and multiple currency support securely.
- •Scalable Architecture - Ensuring the platform can scale to handle spikes in traffic, order volumes, and product imports during promotions.
- •Return & Dispute Management - Creating an intuitive process for returns, disputes, and refunds with both customer and supplier accountability.
Solutions
- •Unified Supplier Adapter System - Built a modular supplier connector framework with fallback mechanisms and caching to sync product and stock data efficiently.
- •Background Job Queues for Fulfillment - Implemented a robust background processing system for order routing, invoice generation, and fulfillment retries using BullMQ.
- •Headless CMS for Storefronts - Integrated a headless CMS to allow non-technical users to build and manage pages with dynamic content blocks.
- •Secure Payment Flow - Used Stripe’s API with tokenization and webhook-based reconciliation to handle multi-method payments and real-time transaction tracking.
- •Horizontal Scaling via Vercel Edge Functions - Enabled serverless deployment on Vercel's edge infrastructure with MongoDB Atlas for global availability and resilience.
- •Returns Portal - Developed a self-serve return portal with status tracking, dispute resolution logic, and escalation mechanisms linked to the admin dashboard.
React
Node.js
MongoDB
bKash
Tailwind CSS