How is bol.com different from other marketplaces?

Based in the Netherlands, bol.com has over 11 million registered active customers, and offers products in categories such as electronics, toys, watches and jewellery, DIY & gardening and baby products. It started as ‘Books OnLine’ in 1998, and grew its offering past books over the next 14 years. In 016, the annual turnover of bol.com was 1 billion Euros.

Why Dropship with bol.com?

Since they introduced their ‘Selling via bol.com’ program, over 30,000 sellers have made sales through them, and being an affluent north European country they have disposable income and a reliable postal service, making them an ideal target market for a dropshipper to exploit.

Pros and Cons of bol.com DropShipping

When you need to set up a new eCommerce website, there are some solid reasons to use Magento – although there are some serious challenges too.

Pros:

• Access to large, affluent seller base
• Wide range of supported products for sellers to exploit

Cons:

• Large number of existing sellers on bol.com
• Relatively small target market (Belgium)