The Power of Business Automation: How BrandsGateway’s App Streamlines Dropshipping

Enabling retailers with a super convenient way to sell products without the need to maintain inventory is what caused dropshipping to emerge as one of the most popular business models today. However, the manual processes involved in traditional dropshipping can be prone to errors and take a long time to complete.

Now imagine focusing on growing your business while cutting down on time-consuming tasks – the ideal working environment for every dropshipper out there. 

That’s where dropshipping automation comes in. 

With a cutting-edge plugin to simplify most of your complex business tasks, BrandsGateway’s dropshipping service might be the ideal solution for your store.

In this article, we’ll explore the benefits of automated dropshipping and how BrandsGateway provides partners with an advanced dropshipping automation plugin to streamline their operations.

Dropshipping automation refers to automating a variety of business processes and reducing the number of manual tasks. Essentially, it involves installing software solutions to handle dropshipping operations that usually are usually repetitive and time-consuming.

Embracing automated dropshipping can revolutionize the way you’re handling day-to-day business operations. It provides benefits that are imperative for any business owner:

• saves you a lot of time;
• reduces error occurrence;
• provides better business scalability.

Let’s take a closer look at each of these separately.

Traditional dropshipping models often require dropshippers to operate several manual tasks, such as processing and placing orders, managing inventory, and updating stock levels. 

With dropshipping automation, these processes are streamlined and completed much faster than they would be manually.

This provides you with valuable time you can redirect towards business areas that need more critical thinking such as developing strategic marketing tactics, researching winning products, and future business growth plans.

The ability to save time has led 70% of business leaders to report that workflow automation reduces up to 40% of their time dedicated to handling mundane tasks.

On top of that, 78% claim they are able to save up to 3 hours a day by automating work tasks, which comes up to around 30 hours a month. (Work Market)

This pretty much sums up the importance of implementing workforce automation and optimizing your time around tasks in the best way possible. 

Regardless of how much attention is paid, manual data entry can often lead to errors, such as incorrect shipping information, product data, or mismatched inventory levels. 

Automated dropshipping minimizes error occurrences by ensuring that all data is synchronized in real-time between your store and your supplier’s inventory. 

Up to 32% of businesses have declared that they’ve been experiencing much fewer human errors once they’ve implemented workflow automation.

This is because, automating different business operations allows for customers to receive accurate product information, fast order processing, and timely deliveries, all of which contribute to significantly improving their shopping experience.

When the majority of your main business operations have to be handled manually, the piles of work are never-ending, which doesn’t allow you to shift a lot of your focus to other tasks.

An automated workflow takes a significant amount of responsibility off your shoulders. This gives you all the time you need to carefully develop a business plan for achieving future goals and a strategy that will scale your venture.

With a fully automated dropshipping store, it’ll be easier to get the necessary research done and seize growth opportunities the moment you spot them.

BrandsGateway’s dropshipping plugin comes with all of the advantages above and many more. 

With years of experience as a trusted supplier of luxury clothing and accessories, BrandsGateway considers delivering a seamless experience to partners of utmost importance. 

Dropshippers get access to a powerful tool designed to simplify the dropshipping process to a great extent, which is made possible by the following key benefits BrandsGateway’s plugin provides.

• Multiple platform integrations. To facilitate smooth integration with their system, BrandsGateway offers plugin solutions for various eCommerce platforms. You can effortlessly connect your online store with BrandsGateway’s inventory by using their integration plugin for Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, Shift4Shop, or BigCommerce, or take advantage of the REST API keys if you have a custom-built website.
• Streamlined product import. BrandsGateway’s plugin offers a user-friendly interface that allows you to easily import an extensive catalog of luxury products into your dropshipping store. This streamlined import process allows you to choose the categories and brands you wish to import, ensuring that the latest product information, including images, descriptions, and prices, is automatically updated on your website.
• Automated order processing. With BrandsGateway’s plugin, order processing becomes a breeze. When a customer places an order in your store, the plugin automatically forwards the order details to BrandsGateway. 
• Automated inventory update. BrandsGateway’s plugin will keep your virtual shelves updated in real-time while bidding farewell to pesky out-of-stock frustrations. This provides your store with an automatic display of items available at the moment and automatic removal of products that are no longer in stock.
• Automated currency conversion. BrandsGateway doesn’t limit you to only one currency but allows you to choose the one you want to work with. Once you’ve set on a currency, BrandsGateway’s plugin will automatically convert product prices, simplifying the shopping experience for your customers and eliminating the need for manual price adjustments.
• Setting a fixed shipping cost. To further simplify your business tasks, BrandsGateway lets you set up a fixed shipping cost for each product category you import. This allows you to add a shipping fee to the final price of all your products.
• Setting product prices. Instead of manually changing each product price, BrandsGateway allows you to set up a markup for each product category and the prices will be calculated automatically based on your markup, wholesale price, and shipping cost.

Automated dropshipping is a powerful tool for modern dropshipping businesses, offering optimal time optimization, reduced error occurrence, and a better focus on business growth. 

With BrandsGateway’s dropshipping automation plugin, dropshipping partners can revolutionize their business operations by benefiting from streamlined product import, automated order processing, real-time automatic inventory updates, currency conversion, fixed shipping costs, and flexible pricing options. 

Take the next step and explore how BrandsGateway can empower your dropshipping journey. 

Book a free demo call today.