Run your dropship store without
Shopify's app-tax stack.

Can VeloCMS integrate with Printful, Printify, and AliExpress?

Yes, in a hybrid content-linking model. For Printful and Printify, add your POD product URL as the primary call-to-action on each product post — buyers click through to Printful or Printify's checkout for those items. For AliExpress-sourced physical goods, add AliExpress product links with your dropship framing and fulfillment estimates directly in the product post body. VeloCMS is a content platform, not a product database — there's no DSers-style order management built in. What it does: product showcase pages, SEO-optimised product content, restock email lists, and BYOK Stripe for digital products and course access. Physical dropship fulfillment runs through your existing Printful / Printify / DSers account, linked from your VeloCMS product posts.

How is BYOK Stripe cheaper than Shopify Payments for dropshippers?

Two ways. First, Shopify charges a 0.5% additional transaction fee if you use any payment processor other than Shopify Payments (their Stripe integration). If you want to use Stripe directly for better international payouts or because you're outside Shopify Payments' supported countries, you pay 2.9% + $0.30 plus Shopify's 0.5% surcharge — effectively 3.4% per transaction. VeloCMS has no such surcharge: you connect your Stripe account directly, pay only Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30, and VeloCMS takes 0%. Second, Shopify's $29/month Basic plan (or $25/month annual) is a fixed overhead that makes low-volume testing expensive. VeloCMS Free plan costs $0/month for up to 100 products, Engineering theme, and a blog. You only pay $9/month Pro when you need a custom domain and Stripe checkout.

Why is Engineering the recommended theme for dropshippers?

Dropshipping is inherently data-dense: variant pricing tables, fulfillment partner comparison, ship-from country, estimated delivery windows, profit margin transparency for buyers. The Engineering theme was designed for structured, analytical content — monospace numerics, clean table layouts, high-contrast text that makes data legible. A gym-equipment dropship store listing resistance bands needs a spec table (resistance level, material, ship-from, fulfillment partner, price) more than it needs a lifestyle hero image. Engineering renders that better than a lifestyle-first theme. The Curator theme is a compelling alternative if your niche is design-forward — home décor, candles, art prints, fashion accessories — where visual presentation outweighs technical specification.

Can I migrate my Shopify products to VeloCMS?

Yes, via CSV export. In Shopify Admin → Products → Export, choose 'All products' and 'Plain CSV file.' You get a spreadsheet with product titles, variant names, prices, SKUs, and descriptions. Product images are linked via Shopify CDN URLs in the CSV — download them before cancelling your Shopify plan since those URLs expire. The migration flow: download CSV + images → create product posts in VeloCMS using the CSV as your roadmap → bulk-upload images to VeloCMS media library → publish posts. Your Shopify blog posts can be migrated via copy-paste into TipTap's editor (set up URL redirects for posts that rank in Google). There's no automated importer yet — the CSV gives you the data; the manual post creation takes a few hours for a typical 50-100 product catalogue.

Does VeloCMS support variant pricing for POD products?

In a content-first way, yes. Add a Markdown Table block to any product post with your variant rows: small / medium / large and price per variant, or color/design variant with fulfillment partner price differences. Mark out-of-stock variants by editing the post to note the variant is unavailable. For Printful and Printify POD products, link directly to the specific product variant on their platform. This approach works well for catalogues of 10-200 products where each SKU has 2-5 variants. For catalogues with thousands of variants requiring automated stock sync, Shopify or a dedicated e-commerce platform is better suited — VeloCMS is optimised for content-driven dropship stores, not high-SKU-count product databases.

How does supplier transparency content help my conversion rate?

Modern dropship buyers have been burned. They ordered from a store that looked legitimate, and a package arrived 3 weeks late in an AliExpress poly bag with no tracking. The stores overcoming that distrust are the ones that proactively show where products come from. A dedicated supplier transparency post ('Our Printful integration — why we chose US-based printing, fulfillment times, return policy') converts a first-time buyer who's on the fence. Inline supplier notes on each product post ('Printed in Charlotte, NC · Usually ships in 2-4 business days') answers the buyer's first objection before they ask. VeloCMS posts support any content structure — build your supplier transparency pages as rich blog content with photos, timeline graphics, and supplier quality page links.

Will Google still index my products after migrating from Shopify?

Yes, if you set up URL redirects before cancelling Shopify. Your Shopify store is at yourstore.myshopify.com (or your custom domain). When you point your custom domain to VeloCMS, Google will see the new content at the same URLs. If your Shopify product URLs were yourstore.com/products/resistance-band and your VeloCMS product post is at yourstore.com/blog/resistance-band, set up a 301 redirect from the old URL to the new one via your DNS or a redirect service. Google preserves most of your search rankings through a 301 redirect. The most important redirects are your top-5 ranking blog posts and product pages — migrate those first and set up redirects before Google re-crawls. Products that weren't ranking don't need redirects.

Can I run dropship + handmade + digital products in the same VeloCMS site?

Yes — and this is one of VeloCMS's genuine advantages over Shopify for hybrid creators. You can run: POD products (Printful/Printify links as product post CTAs), physical AliExpress-sourced items (fulfillment via DSers, product posts with supplier details), handmade originals (sold via BYOK Stripe payment links, fulfilled by you), and digital products (course access, PDF guides, mastermind memberships via BYOK Stripe with member-gated posts). All four product types coexist in the same VeloCMS catalogue, using the same tag system for filtering and the same newsletter for restock alerts. No additional apps, no per-integration fees. The Engineering theme renders all four types cleanly in a shared product grid.