10 Best Dropshipping Suppliers in Germany for 2024

Did you know that Germany has the fifth largest ecommerce market in the world?

If that piqued your interest, you might be wondering how to set about enjoying a slice of that pie.

Perhaps you’re based in Germany? Or maybe you plan on selling products to the German market? In either instance, you might consider dropshipping.

Dropshipping is a popular ecommerce fulfillment model because you don't have to invest in stock upfront or store inventory. Plus, your dropshipping supplier handles order fulfillment and shipping for you. 

If that sounds good, continue reading my list of the best dropshipping suppliers in Germany. I'll review their pros, cons, and prices so that, hopefully, by the end of this round-up, you’ll have a better idea of the best options for your eCommerce business. 

There's lots to sink our teeth into, so let's dive in!

Best Dropshipping Suppliers in Germany

1. DSers
2. Printful
3. Spocket
4. Printify
5. Shein
6. AliDropship
7. Salehoo
8. AppScenic
9. CJDropshipping
10. Doba

Is Dropshipping Legal in Germany? 

Yes, it’s legal, although it’s always sensible to familiarize yourself with the relevant laws. For example, research German consumer laws and VAT regulations to see what applies to your eCommerce venture. 

It’s also wise to only work with suppliers that comply with EU product safety standards.

It’s also worth considering the German Packaging Act (VerpackG). This dictates that retailers sending packaged shipments to Germany have to pay a fee for disposing and recycling the packaging they import to Germany.  

How to Start a Dropshipping Business in Germany

Starting a dropshipping business in Germany requires the same level of background research as in any other country. That said, here’s a brief list of pointers to help get you started: 

• Register your business in Germany: if you plan on doing business there. 
• Use Google Trends to see which products are popular in Germany over set periods.
• Pinpoint your competitors and evaluate their pricing strategies so you can stay competitive. 
• Source reputable suppliers: I.e., assess their product quality, shipping times, warehouse locations, returns policy, product reviews, etc., before advertising their wares on your website.
• For more information on how to start a dropshipping business, read our complete guide here. 

What are the Best Dropshipping Companies in Germany for 2024?

1. DSers

DSers is AliExpress's official dropshipping partner and has been around since 2018. 

It works with suppliers in China and integrates with, yes, you guessed it AliExpress, but also with Wix, Shopify, and WooCommerce. 

Its AliExpress integration empowers you to browse thousands of products organized into various categories to ship to Germany. 

Signing up is free; other notable features include:

• The ability to make single and bulk orders
• Auto-updated order information
• Inventory updates
• Tracking numbers are automatically synced with your online store

Pricing

There are three sets of pricing plans, which are as follows (quotes are based on USD): 

Wix users can access a free plan. Although you can place unlimited orders, you can only list 1,000 products per account. Plus, you only get basic product mapping with a maximum of two suppliers. However, you do have access to automated order status syncing and auto-tracking. 

Shopify:

• Basic: Free forever
• Advanced: $15.90/mo paid annually
• Pro: $39.90/mo paid annually
• Enterprise: $399.00/mo paid annually

WooCommerce: 

• Free Forever
• Standard: $1.99/mo paid annually
• Advanced: $15.90/mo paid annually

2. Printful

Printful offers over 347 POD products to customize and sell on your eCommerce store, including apparel, home and living items, and accessories. 

Just pick the product you’re interested in selling, customize it in their mockup design tool (you can add text, images, pre-made graphics, and your own designs), and then publish the custom item to sell on your store.

Printful has two order fulfillment centers in Europe (Spain and Latvia), which you can ship to Germany from.

Lastly, Printful integrates with major eCommerce platforms like Shopify, Wix, WooCommerce, eBay, Squarespace, and more. 

Pricing

Printful is free. However, it expects to launch two paid plans called Growth and Business. Prices for these weren’t available at the time of writing. However, interested customers can sign up via email to go on the waitlist. 

That said, there’s a bespoke package available aimed at larger POD businesses called Printful Enterprise. Anyone interested in this will have to contact Printful directly for a custom quote. 

Shipping costs depend on what you’re shipping, from where, and to which country. However, Printful’s handy shipping guide provides an estimation, and each product page lists approximate shipping prices and times. 

3. Spocket

Most of Spocket’s dropshipping suppliers (80%) are based in the USA and EU, which is ideal if you're targetting the German market. 

Products fall into various categories, including tech accessories, toys, apparel, and many more. Print-on-demand services are also provided by several suppliers. 

When browsing Spocket’s product catalog, you can filter for suppliers that ship from the EU, which might make shipping to Germany a bit faster. 

It’s also worth noting that you can track orders in real-time and easily monitor your inventory.

Spocket integrates with Alibaba, AliExpress, WooCommerce, eBay, Shopify, Wix, BigCommerce, Amazon, Square, and Squarespace. 

Pricing

It’s free to sign up. There’s also a freemium account available. After that, there are four plans to choose from, all of which come with a free 14-day trial without a credit card needed (prices below are quoted in USD):

• Starter: $39.99/mo and can only be paid monthly
• Pro: $24/mo billed annually
• Empire: $57/mo billed annually 
• Unicorn: $79/mo billed annually

Shipping prices vary depending on the product and where you’re shipping to and from. 

4. Printify

Printify is another well-known print-on-demand dropshipping solution. It offers a vast catalog comprising over 800 products. Items are organized into categories, including apparel, accessories, homewares, and more. 

Its mockup editor is easy to use, and Printify has over 85 print partners worldwide, including locations in Germany, Poland, Latvia, and the Czech Republic. 

To use Printify, choose the product you want to customize, upload your design and/or add custom text within the mockup tool, integrate your store using one of Printify’s native integrations (including Shopify and Etsy), and start selling on your eCommerce shop. 

Each product page shows which Printify partner can fulfill the product, and if you’re looking for a German-based fulfillment partner, simply look for the German flag.

Pricing

It’s free to sign up. There are two paid plans and one free plan, all of which offer unlimited product designs (prices below are quoted in USD):

• Premium: $24.99/mo, paid annually
• Enterprise: custom pricing (contact Printify for a quote).

Shipping prices vary depending on where you’re shipping from and to and the size and weight of the product. 

5. Shein

I have caveat everything I’m about to say by stressing that technically, Shein isn’t a dropshipping supplier. However, looking at its terms and conditions, its Intellectual Property Property Rights section doesn’t expressly forbid it. That said, you can’t use any of its product images, illustrations, videos, etc., on your store, so you’ll have to take your own images.

One way to use Shein for dropshipping is to integrate Shein with your Shopify or WooCommerce store using SheinImporter. 

Alternatively, you can order products directly from Shein in bulk, take custom pictures, and brand your packaging. Shein reportedly offers discounts for anyone planning on buying in bulk. 

Shein mainly focuses on apparel and accessories for women, men, children, and pets. The China-based retailer uses on-demand manufacturing technology to connect suppliers with its supply chain. Shein customers are located in more than 150 countries, including Germany. 

Pricing

Shein doesn’t offer pricing plans. 

6. AliDropship

You can use AliDrosphip to import products from AliExpress within seconds to your WordPress and WooCommerce sites. The AliDropship plugins provide easy access to unlimited AliExpress products and instant access to 50,000 of its top-performing products. In addition, you can view all your products, sales, orders, and profit within a single control panel. 

On top of this, AliDropship offers a range of services, including web hosting, site-building, and  Woo themes. You can also buy pre-existing print-on-demand, premium, and non-premium dropshipping stores straight out of the box. 

Pricing 

If you’re using AliDropship to build a custom store, it charges a one-time $299 fee. 

Its hosting plans start at $69/year (USD).

The AliDropship plugin for WordPress and the AliDropship WooCommerce plugins cost $89 each.  

If you’re looking to purchase an out-of-the-box eCommerce store, established premium stores are on sale at $300 each. In contrast, established POD stores ranged in price between $890 and $5,990 each (USD).

7. SaleHoo

This New Zealand-based dropshipping directory connects you with 8,000+ suppliers that collectively offer 2.5+ million products on AliExpress. 

Conveniently, you can connect with suppliers within your SaleHoo dashboard (as you can with other suppliers such as AliExpress and Spocket). 

Many SaleHoo suppliers offer no or low minimum orders and 70% waive application fees!

SaleHoo has many European suppliers, including those located in Germany and nearby countries. Shipping times vary depending on the product. SaleHoo has a useful guide to give you some direction on this. For example, hand-crafted puzzles are guaranteed to arrive within seven days. 

Unfortunately, you can’t access SaleHoo’s product catalog unless you sign up for a plan. However, SaleHoo’s guide to dropshipping in Europe refers to a range of product categories, including furniture, homewares, shoes, health and beauty, toys, and more. So, we suggest referring to this resource for more info about their products!  

Pricing

There are two pricing plans (based on USD):

• Basic: $270 billed annually
• Premium: $970 billed annually

As well as your subscription plan, you also have to buy the SaleHoo directory for $67/billed annually or pay $127 for lifetime access. 

SaleHoo also offers guides to dropshipping on Shopify and Amazon, which cost a one-time payment of $47 each. 

8. AppScenic

AppScenic offers access to over one million products shipped from the US, EU, UK, Canada, and Australia. Its website states that all its EU, US, and UK suppliers deliver from their warehouses within 2-5 days. 

Packaging is white labeled to protect your brand, and AppScenic’s website says its custom branding feature is “coming soon.”. 

AppScenic provides full order automation, including 24/7 product syncing, tracking number generation, and auto-ordering. I.e., orders are automatically received and processed by AppScenic suppliers and shipped directly to your customers.

AppScenic integrates with various platforms, including Amazon, Shopify, Woo, Wix, and eBay. 

Lastly, I think it’s worth mentioning that it’s free to sign up for an account, which you’ll need to do to browse its product catalog.

Pricing

There are four plans, including a freemium account. All paid-for packages come with a free seven-day trial (costs in USD):

• Free Forever: with no credit card required
• Standard: $19.08/month paid annually
• Pro: $35.25/month paid annually
• Elite: $54.67/month paid annually

9. CJDropshipping

CJDropshipping is a Chinese dropshipping and print-on-demand service offering products from a range of suppliers. It also proffers a photography/video shooting service, where you can ask CJDropshipping to provide you with original images and videos of products.

 It ships worldwide, including to Germany, and has 25 warehouses across China, the US, Germany, and South East Asia. 

More uniquely to CJDropshipping, you can post product sourcing requests, and they’ll try to find what you need from a suitable supplier (even if you can’t see it in the product catalog). In addition, if you want to purchase stock from CJDropshipping suppliers to store in one of their overseas (outside China) warehouses to lessen shipping times, you can do this for free. 

Lastly, its website states it has a 98% satisfaction rating, and it integrates with 14 platforms, including Shopify, eBay, and WooCommerce. 

Pricing 

It’s free to sign up, and there's a freemium plan. After that, there are three paid plans offering varying discounts on courses and access to VIP products from their premium suppliers. All packages are paid monthly with no annual billing option available (prices are in USD):

• Plus: $15.99/month 
• Prime: $19.99/month
• Advanced: $59.99/mo

Shipping prices depend on the country you’re shipping to and how many items are in the parcel. 

10. Doba

Doba unlocks access to millions of dropshipping products and provides real-time inventory tracking. Most Doba suppliers ship from the US, China, and Hong Kong.

At the time of writing, Doba suppliers shipped a small number of items from Germany. 

However, you have more options if you want to ship to Germany from suppliers in other countries. 

Doba integrates with many online marketplaces and eCommerce solutions, including WooCommerce, Shopify, and Amazon. 

Lastly, you can also source products from Doba’s premium supplier list. 

Pricing 

There’s a 30-day free trial, a free plan, and three paid plans (prices are USD):

• Start-Up: $24.99/mo
• Business: $49.99/mo
• Enterprise: $299.99/mo

There’s no discount if you pay annually. 

Shipping prices vary depending on where you’re shipping to and from and what the product is. Each product page lists where an item is shipped from and the estimated shipping time and cost. 

Best Dropshipping Suppliers In Germany: My Final Thoughts

Hopefully, my guide to the best dropshipping suppliers in Germany has given you enough food for thought to start exploring which service is best for your store. 

The most important thing is to do some background research before diving in; this includes taking advantage of any free plans, trials, and/or demos. After all, this is the best way to see whether you like the platform without risking your hard-earned cash. 

That’s all from me; let us know how you get on in the comments below!