Ecommerce Trends and Data: Platform Speed, Dropshipping

Is Dropshipping Still Worth It? The Numbers Before You Start

October 4, 2026October 2, 2026 by Adrian Wadowski

One example dropshipping order for a product sold at 39.90 dollars: 12 dollars to the supplier, 6 dollars supplier shipping, 1.46 card fee, 3 dollars import duty and 2 dollars set aside for refunds leave 15.45 before ads; bought with ads at 1 dollar a click and a 1.4% conversion rate the order loses 55.98, from search traffic the store earned it keeps 15.45

A $39.90 dropshipping order leaves about $15 before advertising, and buying it with ads at a typical click price and conversion rate costs $71. Why the 20,000-product store fails, what changed in customs in 2025 and 2026, and the niche store that still works.

How Fast Are Online Stores? Speed Data by Platform

October 3, 2026September 10, 2026 by Adrian Wadowski

Bar chart of online stores passing all three Core Web Vitals on mobile in August 2026: Shopware 83.9%, Wix eCommerce 79.7%, Shopify 76.5%, OpenCart 73.7%, Squarespace Commerce 72.1%, Webflow Ecommerce 71.3%, BigCommerce 63.7%, PrestaShop 59.8%, all websites 53.0%, Magento 43.9%, WooCommerce 39.5%, Ecwid 38.1%, Square Online 0.0%

Real-visitor Core Web Vitals for 1.58 million online stores on 48 platforms: who passes, why self-hosted stores fail on the server, how the shopper's country moves the score, and the open dataset behind every number.

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