The Best Countries for Dropshipping Outside of US this 2020

The USA is the largest market for dropshipping but its thoroughly saturated state increases competition and cost for advertising.

The US consumers are popular targets for dropshipping businesses, both operating locally and from overseas. With the USA currently ranked as the #2 biggest economy in the world (China on top) and having the most fully developed eCommerce industry around, the country seems ideal for drop shippers to sell to.

Although there is a plus side to dropshipping to the US, there are some drawbacks that drop shippers have to deal with including:

The US has very competitive markets.

Americans are the most demanding shoppers.

Consumers are used to two-day shipping with Amazon and they view it as standard with online shopping. It’s often impossible for a beginner to keep abreast of the existing dropshipping market conditions for this reason.

For a dropshipping beginner with a limited budget, this would be a big concern. Your ad spend will surely go up but the conversion will not be desirable at the early stage of your Facebook advertising. Without a sufficient budget, you can end spending all your funds on running ads without seeing returns.

The USA might be the leader in bringing in dropshipping sales but these drawbacks make it not sustainable especially for beginners. There are other lucrative markets out there. By focusing only on US customers, you are missing a lot of potentials that other countries offer like less competition and lower ad spend.

Before you test another market for dropshipping, there are certain factors you have to consider. These factors include a large English-speaking population, huge purchasing power, and sufficient delivery facilities to avoid possible issues later. All of these affect the potentiality of a given market. As you will see, sometimes a small market having all these factors can generate more income than confining your endeavors to the huge US markets.

#1 It should be an English-speaking country.

English-speaking countries can be marketed to without translating your whole store into their local language. Although non-English speakers can still buy from your dropshipping store, favoring the markets with English-speaking consumers should be something you have to keep in mind. There are about 73 countries worldwide that are using English widely and you can find the top 25 of them below.

#2 The new market should have substantial purchasing power.

Aside from the country being able to speak and understand English, you should also pay attention to their spending capacity. For example, a thirty-dollar shirt might be considered a fair price in Norway but, it will be deemed too high in the Philippines. You need to consider these differences as it may greatly affect your store’s conversion rate. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), these are the countries with the highest GDP as of 2019. China tops the list followed by the United States, India, Japan, and Germany respectively.

#3 There should be an established delivery infrastructure.

Research first if there is a postal infrastructure in the country that you want to sell to. Some remote countries don’t have it yet. It will be hard to track a shipment to customers in these places plus there might be an extra delivery fee. Look for countries where ePacket is available. It is a cheaper and faster delivery method for China’s manufactured products. There are 39 countries that support ePacket delivery as of September 2019.

You should test first the new market particularly developing countries. You might get lucky and hit the jackpot on them than in the USA.

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