Since 2017, dropshipping services have flourished among Shopify stores. Although a significant amount of listing and fulfillment is still achieved manually, i. e. without software, the listed dropshipping services showed an increasing trend when it comes to number of products. Oberlo showed a striking increase with *** products dropshipped in 2017 and ****** in 2021.

The share price of Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify has significantly increased in recent years, from 10.10 U.S. dollars in December 2017 to 107.64 U.S. dollars in January 2025. However, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020 and 2021, the price rose much higher, peaking at 152.48 U.S. dollars per share in August 2021. The closure of high street stores and mobility restrictions which were implemented across the world as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant growth in the e-commerce industry, a fact which is reflected in Shopify's share price development.

Clothing products made up nearly ** percent of all products dropshipped by Spotify as of April 2021. Figures are cumulative since before 2017. The home and garden category accumulated roughly *** thousand products. Jewelry and watches followed with more than *** thousand dropshipped products.