How we score

Every supplier gets one number between 0 and 100. That number is a weighted average of 8 dimensions. Same formula for everyone. No thumb on the scale.

The 8 dimensions

  • 20Public reviews
    Weighted average of Trustpilot, Shopify App Store, Capterra, G2.
  • 18Pricing transparency
    Are prices published? Any hidden markup over the source wholesale cost?
  • 16Business transparency
    Is the company publicly known? Financials disclosed? Who runs it?
  • 12Shipping clarity
    Do they clearly state origins and delivery times?
  • 10Product range
    Breadth and depth of catalog for dropshippers.
  • 10Access & onboarding
    Free plan or low-friction entry? Easy to test?
  • 8Support track record
    Customer support reputation from public reviews.
  • 6Store integrations
    Quality of integration with Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, etc.

Why transparency is weighted heaviest

A dropshipper's biggest risk is betting a business on a supplier who won't show their math. Anyone can get reviews. Not everyone will publish their pricing model, their shipping origins, or who actually owns the company. So we reward the suppliers who do.

The heaviest-weighted dimensions — pricing transparency and business transparency — together carry 34 of 100 points. Any supplier that publishes wholesale source prices with no platform markup, or discloses audited financials as a publicly listed entity, scores toward the ceiling on those two axes. That is the rubric — not a preference for any specific supplier.

Where the data comes from

We pull from the same places you already check: official company sites, Shopify App Store reviews, Trustpilot, Capterra, G2, Wikipedia, and for listed companies the stock-exchange profile (Borsa Italiana, NYSE, etc.). Every supplier profile cites its sources so you can verify yourself.

The formula

Final score = Σ (dimension × weight) ÷ 100. Ties break alphabetically. That's it — no secret adjustments.

What we don't do

  • We don't take money from suppliers. No paid placement. No "featured" slots. No affiliate kickbacks that would flip our score.
  • We don't hide the formula. Every weight is on this page. Every dimension is on every profile.
  • We don't edit rankings by hand. When a supplier's public signals change, the score changes.