Sex Toy Dropshipping Trends in 2023
One of the largest retail sectors in the world is the e-commerce industry. E-commerce is also a key factor in generating sales for stores that sell sex toys and other adult merchandise. At Adult Business Consulting, we have dealt with numerous businesses in this industry, including retailers of sex toys. We are excited to go into more detail about the sex toy dropshipping trends we have been watching over the past year in this blog post, as well as how this market will continue to expand well into the coming year. We also go over the qualifications for this kind of job and how you, as the owner, can enhance your adult website by drop-shipping sex toys and other things yourself.
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What is Dropshipping and How Does It Appeal to Adult Owners?
For some of you, I should probably remind you what dropshipping is. The conventional dropshipping firm uses an order fulfillment system, where the seller buys inventory from an outside source—typically a wholesaler or manufacturer—to fill orders as they come in rather than keeping a stock of the products it offers. Dropshippers use the dropshipping model, which involves buying inventory and fulfillment from a third party rather than storing and distributing goods themselves. This implies that a dropshipping business can be managed by a single owner or by numerous staff members. The framework of selling sex toys online using a dropshipping model is comparable to that of the adult entertainment sector. One-DC Wholesale, Eldorado Trading Company, and other businesses in this sector offer dropship and wholesale fulfillment services.
2022 Numbers, Dropshipping and Adult Products
The global sex toy market was estimated to be worth around $30 billion in April 2021, according to market research firm Grand View Research, and it is expected to grow to $32 billion in 2022. This statistic is supported by Research and Markets, a second reputable source of market research, which concluded in a study this year that the numbers are expected to match or even increase.
By the end of 2026, the sex toy and pleasure product markets are expected to be worth $54.6 billion, with the United States accounting for the greatest market share among producers, wholesalers, and retailers globally. By 2030, the market for sex toys is expected to increase to $62.3 billion, with an average annual growth rate of 8.4%. Most of this market share is made up of online retailers, particularly those who use both specialized and general e-commerce platforms like Amazon. It is not surprising that Americans use pleasure items to improve intimate activities; given the popularity of sex toys and pleasure products, this trend is expected to continue.
E-commerce and Dropshipping as A Whole
According to recent data, the global dropshipping market is expected to grow by 23.7 percent from 2021 to reach an amazing $196.78 billion in 2022. Since 2023 has only recently begun, it is anticipated that 2022 numbers will become more precise after their publication. Projections show that the market will first cross the $200 billion milestone in 2023, reaching an anticipated $243 billion, suggesting that the higher rate of growth will continue. According to data by eMarketer and Statista, total online retail sales are predicted to soar to an astounding $6.51 trillion in 2023, with e-commerce sites accounting for 22.3% of retail sales.
With 842.1 million digital consumers, or 39.4% of the global total, and 46.3% of all retail e-commerce sales totaling more than $2.8 trillion in 2022, China will continue to be the largest e-commerce market. The US market is anticipated to reach $904.9 billion by 2022, which would be slightly more than China’s score, and the UK would rank third in terms of e-commerce market size with 4.8%. According to market research by Shopify Plus analyst Michael Keenan in an article from November, Japan and South Korea fall behind the UK by 3% and 2.5%, respectively.
Some of the Best Platforms for Sex Toy Dropshipping
Here, we list some of the top sex toy dropshipping platforms. Some of these entries also appeared in a post about content management systems and the many kinds of adult industry websites that are available. These are one of many that Adult Business Consulting has written about. This list is condensed, yet it adequately captures the adaptability and skills of these businesses.
Shopify
While not the best option for adult material, Shopify is a content management system and e-commerce solution that offers various options to help in the selling of many adult products like fetish toys and sexual health items. Additionally, it provides integrations with dropshipping services that sell sex toys, lubricants, and other things related to sexual wellness to consumers. VelvetShip and integration services with other dropshipping websites including Sex Toy Distributing (.com), Eldorado Trading Company, and One-DC are among the add-ons and services made available to the Shopify platform. The creation of an e-commerce platform on Shopify is possible with a further plethora of add-ons and services. These websites additionally offer complete creative control, blogging capabilities, social media service integrations, email marketing integrations, and others.
Adent.io
xMarketplace is a ready-built e-commerce script made by Adent.io. This script provides a website builder, content management system, add-ons, and connectors with dropshipping suppliers who specialize in a range of fetish and pleasure goods. You may access more than 70,000 products with the new dropshipping API that has been incorporated into xMarketplace. WordPress enables even people with little prior knowledge of website development to launch highly profitable online adult stores. Adent.io is one of the most well-known sources of dropshipping software and products to sell in this way. Given that the team at Adent.io only needs a single payment for the software license and full operating rights, start-up costs with xMarketplace are also extremely affordable. Shopify, on the other hand, is very expensive for people who are just starting out and have little money.
Dropshipping Automations
Major e-commerce platforms do not all completely integrate with adult dropshipping services. To interface with e-commerce platforms like BigCommerce, several services, so to say, bridge the integration gap. BigCommerce, one of the biggest market participants in the e-commerce sector, disapproves of adult product dropshipping services for several reasons. However, organizations like SparkShipping have created open API protocols and connectors that enable businesses to ship adult products via more restrained content management systems by getting around restrictions on product listings. All the largest adult dropshipping and wholesale retailers, including Sex Toy Distributing and Eldorado, have integrations with SparkShipping. Numerous alternative API possibilities can be found by performing a quick Google search for services that are comparable to SparkShipping.
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