Dropshipping in France - statistics & facts

While the term "dropshipping" has been commonly used in the United States for several years now, its democratization in France and throughout Europe is taking place slowly. Defined as a technique for selling products online without having them in stock, the supplier takes care of their shipment. With dropshipping, a large investment is not necessary to start a personal e-commerce store, as the webpage merely serves as a display platform or a product catalogue. With rising numbers in e-commerce revenue, and an outsourcing of the workforce through online marketplaces, some suppliers such as Amazon Marketplace or Shopify have made it easy for businesses and private individuals to set up their own online shop.

E-commerce sales revenue: ***bn EUR

Marketplace activity fulfillment satisfaction rate of sellers: **%

Most common marketplace used by companies: Amazon

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Current statistics on this topic

E-commerce sales revenue in France from 2005 to 2024 (in billion euros)

Key Figures of E-Commerce

E-commerce sales revenue in France 2005-2024

Market share of online retailers in France in 2023, by annual revenue

Key Figures of E-Commerce

Market share of e-merchants in France 2023, by revenue size

Number of parcel pickup points in France in 2022, by leading player (in 1,000s)

B2C E-Commerce

Parcel pickup points network in France 2022, by leading courier

E-commerce overview and marketplace outsourcing

E-commerce sales revenue in France 2005-2024
E-commerce sales revenue in France 2005-2024
E-commerce sales revenue in France from 2005 to 2024 (in billion euros)
Market share of e-merchants in France 2023, by revenue size
Market share of e-merchants in France 2023, by revenue size
Market share of online retailers in France in 2023, by annual revenue
Expert survey on companies selling online through a market place or own website 2020
Expert survey on companies selling online through a market place or own website 2020
When selling online, does your company sell through its own website or through a marketplace (e.g., Amazon)?
Expert survey on share of companies' sales generated through a market place 2020
Expert survey on share of companies' sales generated through a market place 2020
Which percentage of your company’s online sales is generated through your own website vs through a marketplace?
Expert survey on marketplaces companies sell on 2020
Expert survey on marketplaces companies sell on 2020
Which marketplaces does your company sell on?
Expert survey on satisfaction with fulfillment activities of marketplaces 2020
Expert survey on satisfaction with fulfillment activities of marketplaces 2020
How satisfied are you with the fulfillment activities managed by your marketplace?

Profile of dropshipping business creators

Share of dropshippers who had/are willing to get professional training France 2019
Share of dropshippers who had/are willing to get professional training France 2019
Have you taken/are you taking courses to get started in dropshipping?
Company status created or used by dropshipping business in France 2019
Company status created or used by dropshipping business in France 2019
What business status do you plan or have to carry out your dropshipping activity?
Share of one-man and partnership dropshipping businesses in France in 2019
Share of one-man and partnership dropshipping businesses in France in 2019
Are you the only founder or do you have/plan to have an associate in your dropshipping business?
Share of French dropshippers who do it as a primary or secondary activity in 2019
Share of French dropshippers who do it as a primary or secondary activity in 2019
Is your dropshipping store a complementary or main activity?
Main reasons for French people to have or to start a dropshipping business in 2019
Main reasons for French people to have or to start a dropshipping business in 2019
What is your main reason for opening a drop shipping store?
Channels on which French business starters/owners found out about dropshipping 2019
Channels on which French business starters/owners found out about dropshipping 2019
How did you find out about dropshipping?

Dropshipping business creation and and remuneration

Main sectors in which French people have/started their dropshipping business 2019
Main sectors in which French people have/started their dropshipping business 2019
In which industry are you planning start your dropshipping store?
Average monthly income of dropshipping businesses in France 2019
Average monthly income of dropshipping businesses in France 2019
What is, on average, the monthly income of your dropshipping store?
Amount of money invested to build and launch a dropshipping business in France 2019
Amount of money invested to build and launch a dropshipping business in France 2019
How much money have you invested to build and launch your online dropshipping business?
Opinions about the future development of dropshipping stores in France 2019
Opinions about the future development of dropshipping stores in France 2019
How do you see the future of your online store?
Share of French drop shippers intending to have a product stock in France 2019
Share of French drop shippers intending to have a product stock in France 2019
Do you plan to sell or sell exclusively by drop shipping or do you have a stock of products to complete your catalog?
Marketing platforms used by dropshipping businesses in France 2019
Marketing platforms used by dropshipping businesses in France 2019
What marketing platform(s) do you plan to use or are you using for your dropshipping business?

Dropshipping platfroms and marketplaces

Shopify-supported businesses vs. global e-commerce market: online sales growth 2019
Shopify-supported businesses vs. global e-commerce market: online sales growth 2019
Online sales growth comparison between businesses built on Shopify and global e-commerce market in 2019
Shopify revenue 2015-2024
Shopify revenue 2015-2024
Revenue of Shopify from 2015 to 2024 (in million U.S. dollars)
Number of Amazon marketplace sellers 2019, by country
Number of Amazon marketplace sellers 2019, by country
Number of active Amazon marketplace sellers in 2019, by country
Monthly Dropizi downloads in France 2019-2021
Monthly Dropizi downloads in France 2019-2021
Total number of downloads of Dropizi in France from January 2019 to May 2021
Monthly AliExpress seller app downloads on the Apple store in France 2019-2021
Monthly AliExpress seller app downloads on the Apple store in France 2019-2021
Total number of AliExpress seller app downloads on the Apple store in France from 2019 to May 2021
Monthly AliExpress downloads on Android devices in France 2019-2021
Monthly AliExpress downloads on Android devices in France 2019-2021
Total number of AliExpress downloads on Android devices in France from 2019 to May 2021 (in 1,000s)
Monthly Oberlo & Online Dropshipping Business Course downloads on Android France 2019
Monthly Oberlo & Online Dropshipping Business Course downloads on Android France 2019
Total number of Oberlo & Online Dropshipping Business Course app downloads on Android in France in November and December 2019

SEO optimization and errors for online shop creations

Mobile First Indexing attributes ranking on websites in France 2020, by importance
Mobile First Indexing attributes ranking on websites in France 2020, by importance
Importance rating of Mobile First Indexing attributes for a good SERP (Search Engine Result Page) positioning in France in 2020, according to SEO professionals
Image and video content criteria ranking by importance on websites in France 2020
Image and video content criteria ranking by importance on websites in France 2020
Importance rating of image and video content for a good SERP (Search Engine Result Page) positioning in France in 2020, according to SEO professionals
Image optimization errors on e-commerce websites in France 2018
Image optimization errors on e-commerce websites in France 2018
Most common image optimization errors on e-commerce websites in France in 2018
Crawl attributes ranking by importance on websites in France 2020
Crawl attributes ranking by importance on websites in France 2020
Importance rating of crawl attributes for a good SERP (Search Engine Result Page) positioning in France in 2020, according to SEO professionals
Crawlability errors in SEO for e-commerce websites in France 2018
Crawlability errors in SEO for e-commerce websites in France 2018
Most common crawlability errors in SEO techniques for e-commerce websites in France in 2018
International SEO errors for e-commerce websites in France 2018
International SEO errors for e-commerce websites in France 2018
Most common international SEO errors for e-commerce websites in France in 2018
HTTPS errors in e-commerce websites compromising security in France 2018
HTTPS errors in e-commerce websites compromising security in France 2018
Most common security compromising HTTPS errors in e-commerce websites in France in 2018

E-commerce sales revenue: ***bn EUR

Marketplace activity fulfillment satisfaction rate of sellers: **%

Most common marketplace used by companies: Amazon

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Share of sellers who consider dropshipping as their main activity
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Share of French dropshippers who do it as a primary or secondary activity in 2019
Main reason for people planning to open a dropshipping store
Earn money
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Main reasons for French people to have or to start a dropshipping business in 2019
Share of dropshippers who found out about dropshipping through social media
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Channels on which French business starters/owners found out about dropshipping 2019

Average monthly income of dropshippers
Between ****and ****EUR
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Average monthly income of dropshipping businesses in France 2019
Average amount invested in lauching a dropshipping business
Between ****and ****EUR
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Amount of money invested to build and launch a dropshipping business in France 2019
Most common marketing platforms used by dropshippers
Social media
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Marketing platforms used by dropshipping businesses in France 2019

Shopify revenue
***bn USD
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Shopify revenue 2015-2024
Active Amazon marketplace sellers
212k
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Number of Amazon marketplace sellers 2019, by country
Number of Dropizi app downloads on the Apple store
***
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Monthly Dropizi downloads in France 2019-2021
Oberlo and online dropshipping business course app downloads on Android
***
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Monthly Oberlo & Online Dropshipping Business Course downloads on Android France 2019

Most common international SEO error
Missing Hreflang and Lang tags
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International SEO errors for e-commerce websites in France 2018
Most common security compromising HTTPS error
Have neither canonical URL nor ****redirections from an HTTP page
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HTTPS errors in e-commerce websites compromising security in France 2018
Most common crawlability error
Permanent redirections
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Crawlability errors in SEO for e-commerce websites in France 2018