AliExpress Dropshipping

Edition: CS-Cart & Multi-Vendor · Latest version: 1.0.0 · Compatible with: CS-Cart & Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 – 4.21.x, PHP 7.4 – 8.3 · Changelog: view

Import AliExpress products into CS-Cart with all variants, images and descriptions, keep price and stock in step, place each paid order on AliExpress at most once automatically, and bring tracking numbers back as shipments linked to the tracking page you choose. The add-on integrates with the official AliExpress Open Platform Dropshipping API through your own AliExpress developer app. Works in CS-Cart (Ultimate) and Multi-Vendor.

What it does

Imports products by AliExpress link or product id (up to 50 at a time) with all variants as one option of real combinations (“Black / M”), product images copied into your store (description images stay links or can be removed), the weight and a cleaned description. A preview shows every variant with the AliExpress cost, your price and the stock before you import.
Price rules: percentage markup, fixed amount, price endings (x.99, x.95, x.90, whole number), minimum price, list price, conversion from USD, an override per AliExpress category and per product.
Stock, price and off-sale sync on a schedule; products that AliExpress takes off sale are disabled and enabled again when they come back; a stock buffer and a cap.
Places the AliExpress products of a paid order on AliExpress when the order reaches a status you choose (default Processed), or by hand from the order page. The add-on never places an order twice on its own: the reference is recorded before the call, and an order whose answer was lost is never sent again automatically (you check AliExpress and link it or send it again with the same reference).
Chooses the AliExpress delivery option of every line (cheapest or fastest, tracked only by default) and offers a checkout shipping method with the AliExpress delivery fee plus your markup.
Reads the AliExpress order status, amount and tracking numbers; every tracking number becomes a CS-Cart shipment whose link opens the tracking page you chose (Cainiao global tracking, 17TRACK, the carrier’s website or your own page). The customer can be notified.
Multi-Vendor: the marketplace owner’s AliExpress account for every vendor, or one authorization per vendor through the owner’s app, with strictly separated products, orders and jobs.
Job queue with automatic retries, a log with filters and CSV export; the App Secret and the tokens are stored encrypted, the access token is refreshed automatically.
Uninstalling keeps the order and product links (so a reinstall never buys an order twice) unless you tick “Permanently delete AliExpress order and product links on uninstall”.

Compatibility

CS-Cart (Ultimate) and Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 to 4.21.x.
PHP 7.4 to 8.3, depending on your CS-Cart version.
An AliExpress buyer account and an AliExpress Open Platform developer account with a Dropshipping app (AliExpress reviews the profile and the app category) (see Installation). The queue needs a cron job (see Configuration).

Next steps

AliExpress is a trademark of its owner. This add-on is made by Kavio Labs, uses the public AliExpress Open Platform API with the merchant’s own app, and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by AliExpress or Alibaba Group.