GlowRoad Dropshipping App Review
The number of dropshipping businesses in India has ballooned in recent years as more entrepreneurs have discovered that you can set up an ecommerce business with no major upfront investment in inventory.
Dropshipping allows would-be store owners with an idea and a motivation to make some money to quickly get set up with a profitable business – with very limited risk or downside.
Shopify is well suited for dropshipping stores because the app ecosystem that surrounds the platform adds great flexibility, customizability and scalability.
GlowRoad is one of the apps that can help Indian dropshipping startups get established and grow.
You may have heard of (or even used) the likes of Oberlo, AliExpress, Alibaba, MyyShop Dropified, Spocket, and so on. GlowRoad achieves similar things but with some important advantages, especially for Indian-based business owners.
In this GlowRoad review, we’ll look at what the GlowRoad app does and how it can help you establish your dropshipping store.
About GlowRoad
GlowRoad provides millions of individuals across India with opportunities to run a small ecommerce business. It is a well-established company backed by top private equity investors from the U.S. and Singapore.
We have all seen how ecommerce has taken off in India over the past few years – and the COVID pandemic only increased the uptake.
GlowRoad allows entrepreneurs, housewives, graduates, individuals who lost their jobs or those who simply want to generate another stream of income to get set up and start selling online.
The company is run by a small team of dedicated tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs with considerable experience in the ecommerce sector.
They have sourced (and continue to source) a wide range of high-quality products that are made available to merchants using their app.
New manufacturers and wholesalers are frequently added to the supplier list, growing the product range and providing merchants with more selling opportunities.
Previously, GlowRoad was mainly aimed at merchants who wish to sell products through platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
While this is still an important focus for GlowRoad, its integration with Shopify signals an intent to grow its adoption rates from dropshipping businesses looking to scale up.
GlowRoad Dropshipping app review: How does it work?
GlowRoad is dedicated to dropshipping. It helps you resell products from an online store without holding inventory.
Since it was founded in 2017, GlowRoad has provided its users with access to a virtual shop and thousands of products from trusted suppliers, as well as payment and shipping facilities.
In doing so, much of the pressure and investment necessary for running an ecommerce business is removed.
Dropshipping business owners can, therefore, focus on revenue-generating activities: marketing the products they choose to sell, growing sales, customer service, and building relationships with the people that matter most to their business.
The backend is all looked after by the GlowRoad app, which automates most of the heavy-lifting with product delivery and managing a small dropshipping business.
With GlowRoad, best-selling products are available to you. You populate your Shopify store with the products that you choose to market and sell.
There are over 10,000 to choose from, sourced from India and around the world. These include products from over 300 categories. Some of the most popular ones are apparel, jewelry, home furnishings, ayurvedic products, kitchenware, spices, and more.
As a dropshipper, you buy these products at wholesale price, add your margin to them, and then start marketing and selling them online.
You can add the products to your Shopify store for free and dropship them to anywhere around the world within 10-15 days. The GlowRoad app looks after the delivery and collection of the payment from the customer and you are then forwarded the profit based on the margin you have added. Payments are released to merchants every Wednesday, currently.
Products can be shipped to the US, UK, Canada, Australia and over 30 other countries, as well as anywhere in India.
All of the products available for reselling are sourced and owned by GlowRoad. This means that shipping times are reduced in comparison to many other dropshipping arrangements.
When the orders arrive in your store, they are automatically sent to the GlowRoad team. Every product is individually inspected and packed in the GlowRoad warehouse before being shipped to customers around India or worldwide in the shortest possible time.
All items included in an international order are shipped together in one convenient and cost-effective package rather than in multiple packages (which is often the case with other dropshipping services). Because GlowRoad owns every product that its dropshippers resell, the company is able to offer this commitment.
GlowRoad review: Main features
Let’s have a quick rundown of the main features of the GlowRoad dropshipping app:
- Simple to set up and use
- Import the products you want to sell in your store in one click
- Shipping around India and to 30+ countries around the world
- Accepts both pre-paid and COD orders
- Multiple forms of payment are accepted including net banking, credit cards, wallets or COD
- Manual quality checks for material and workmanship on every product before shipping
- One-package delivery for all international orders received at the same time
- Packages are delivered with your store name (the source of products is not provided)
- Easy order tracking in real-time: a tracking number is auto-generated when the package is shipped
- Easy to edit product titles, descriptions and prices
- Add products to your collections and add tags directly from the import list
- Looks after inventory management in real-time
- Professional customer service agents available for help withorders, payment, inventory, and refunds for damaged products
- Returns within 7 days of delivery
Excellent reviews from Shopify merchants
Since GlowRoad was included on the Shopify app store, it has attracted scores of positive reviews from merchants. Most of these are based in India.
The app’s average rating of 4.5 would be even higher but it seems that the company is going through a few “growing pains” with occasional support issues reported in recent months. Previously, customer service was one of its strongest points according to merchants.
These issues will likely be fixed soon and the average review rating will rise again.
GlowRoad review: pricing
One of the big beauties of the GlowRoad dropshipping app is that it is “forever free”.
Your customers who buy the products that you select to sell will pay GlowRoad and you will then be forwarded the profit margin – everybody wins!
Want to be your own boss?
The GlowRoad dropshipping app can help you work from home and get set up to be your own boss. Their team has helped launch over a million small businesses across India in recent years.
Most resellers on GlowRoad find that they make 4000 to 5000 Rupees per month by the third month of reselling – useful income to many, considering the minimal effort required.
However, the potential to make much more also exists and by the end of 12 months, serious resellers earn 10 times that amount per month. Like with most business ventures, you will usually get out of it what you put into it.
GlowRoad looks after practically every element of running a dropshipping business that can be automated. So, if you are committed to marketing/selling your products and establishing and building relationships with a loyal customer base, your business can quickly take off.
Try GlowRoad for free and see how you go….
