Cross-Border Dropshipping: eBay, Allegro Abroad or WooCommerce?

If you want to dropship to buyers outside Poland in 2026, you have three realistic routes: Allegro's foreign sites, your own WooCommerce store, or eBay. With GAPLI, only the first two work today. eBay is a beta integration, and connecting it is not yet enabled for Polish-market sellers (as of 8 Oct 2026). This guide compares the three routes so you can choose where to start.

Key takeaways

• Allegro's foreign sites (allegro.cz, allegro.sk, allegro.hu) are the only live GAPLI marketplace route to foreign buyers, covering Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary.
• A WooCommerce or Shopify store connected to GAPLI can sell wherever its settings allow, but you bring all the traffic yourself.
• GAPLI's eBay integration (United Kingdom, Germany) is in beta, and new connections are switched off — Polish-market sellers cannot use it yet.
• Selling on eBay.de will require a business eBay account, a LUCID packaging registration and GPSR manufacturer data.
• Every channel connected to a store uses that store's GAPLI product limit separately, starting from 1,000 products on the free Start plan.

Which channel should you use to sell abroad in 2026?

For most GAPLI sellers, Allegro first. Its foreign sites bring buyers you do not have to find, the integration is live, and one offer can be shown in four countries. A WooCommerce store is a good second step if you can drive your own traffic. eBay is worth preparing for, but Polish-market sellers cannot use it yet.

GAPLI is a Polish full-dropshipping platform: the seller connects an Allegro, Erli or Aderlo account or a WooCommerce or Shopify store, and GAPLI supplies products from partner wholesalers, forwards orders, tracks parcels, issues customer invoices and settles the money.

	Allegro foreign sites	Own WooCommerce store	eBay
Status at GAPLI (8 Oct 2026)	Live	Live	Beta, new connections switched off
Countries	Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary	No limit in the registry — depends on the store	United Kingdom, Germany
Where buyers come from	Allegro's traffic	Your marketing	eBay's traffic
Language	Allegro translates offers, or you provide translations	You set the store language	AI translation with your own OpenRouter key
Prices abroad	Converted from PLN at the NBP rate	Set centrally in the store	Converted at the NBP rate, including eBay fees
Available to Polish-market sellers	Yes	Yes	Not yet

Source: GAPLI integration pages and channel registry, as of 8 Oct 2026. For margins, currencies, VAT and returns on foreign sales, see our cross-border dropshipping guide for Europe; this article focuses on choosing the channel.

Can you dropship on eBay through GAPLI today?

Not if you are on the Polish market. GAPLI's eBay integration is in beta for the United Kingdom and Germany, and as of 8 Oct 2026 connecting a new eBay account is switched off; it is not yet enabled for Polish-market sellers. The integration itself works for accounts already connected, but its scope and behaviour may still change.

What the beta already does, according to the eBay integration page:

Area	Status in the beta
Offers	Listed within the eBay account's selling limits; titles and descriptions translated by AI
Stock and prices	Stock synced in bulk; prices converted at the NBP rate, including eBay fees, currency conversion cost, Promoted Listings rate and shipping
Orders and returns	Orders and returns imported into GAPLI
Tracking	Tracking numbers sent back to eBay
Statuses and messages	Partly: cancellations passed to eBay; messages once the messaging permission is granted
Invoices	Not sent to eBay

What will you need when eBay opens?

Preparing early saves weeks later. GAPLI will require a business eBay account from the same country as your GAPLI store's market, with seller registration completed in Seller Hub (identity verification). New eBay accounts start with low selling limits, which GAPLI respects. Disconnecting the account in GAPLI does not end live eBay listings.

For eBay.de, GAPLI lists additional requirements: a LUCID packaging registration number, WEEE and battery-law (BattG) registrations where relevant, and the manufacturer data required by the EU General Product Safety Regulation. The GPSR has applied since 13 December 2024 and covers online and other distance sales, according to the EUR-Lex summary of the regulation.

When are Allegro's foreign sites the best first step?

When you want foreign buyers without building an audience. An offer on allegro.pl can be shared on allegro.cz, allegro.sk and allegro.hu once its shipping rate table includes delivery to that country and it meets the site's requirements — Allegro calls this "list once, sell everywhere". GAPLI's Allegro integration is live, so this route works today.

Allegro's own rules, from its help centre on foreign markets, set the entry conditions: a business account (a regular account cannot share offers abroad), offers translated into the local language, prices in CZK, EUR or HUF, and a sales quality level of at least "Neutral" for sellers from the European Economic Area.

What does GAPLI handle on Allegro abroad?

GAPLI lists catalogue offers matched to Allegro product cards by EAN, converts prices for the foreign sites at the NBP rate, syncs stock and handling time, imports orders and sends tracking numbers back. The customer invoice is issued in KSeF by GAPLI eCommerce PSA, which is the seller towards the customer. Cross-border selling can be switched off per account. See the Allegro integration page for the full scope.

Strength	Limitation
Buyers come from Allegro's traffic	Only four countries
One offer, four sites	Allegro caps active offers per account
Live integration, usually first offer the same day	Commission is charged in the local currency, so margins differ per site
No customs: goods ship from wholesalers' stock in Poland	Products without an EAN are not listed automatically

When does your own WooCommerce store make sense for foreign buyers?

When you can bring traffic yourself — through ads, content or an existing audience — and want control over the storefront. GAPLI's WooCommerce integration is live and has no country limit in the channel registry; where the store sells depends on its settings. Unlike a marketplace, though, it supplies no shoppers.

The GAPLI plugin set sends products with variants, categories and images, pulls stock and price changes every 5 minutes by default, queues orders for GAPLI and writes tracking numbers on the order. Delivery methods and pick-up points come from the GAPLI logistics network, and payments run through the GAPLI gateway (Stripe) with BLIK, cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Przelewy24. Details are on the WooCommerce integration page.

What should you check before marketing a store abroad?

Taxes, price display, delivery and payments are set centrally by GAPLI, and a manual change in WooCommerce is reverted. So before you spend on ads in another country, place a test order to a foreign address and check which delivery methods and payment options the buyer actually sees. BLIK and Przelewy24 are Polish payment methods; foreign buyers will mostly pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.

The store also needs solid hosting: PHP 8.0 or newer, WordPress 6.4+, WooCommerce 10.0+, a valid HTTPS certificate and a working cron job every 5 minutes — without it, stock and orders stall. Time to the first offer is a few hours to a few days, depending on the hosting.

Is Shopify an alternative?

Yes, with limits. GAPLI's Shopify integration is live and connects through an OAuth app, but it sends single-variant products only, updates stock and prices every 10 minutes, and does not synchronise cancellations and refunds. If your range relies on sizes or colours, WooCommerce is the better fit today.

What does each channel require before your first foreign sale?

A business account and a funded Fulfilment Pool for the marketplace route; a hosted store and your own traffic for the store route; and, for eBay, a wait until connections open. All three need a GAPLI account with a store. Opening an account and the Start plan are free, with no payment card required.

Requirement	Allegro abroad	WooCommerce store	eBay (when available)
Account type	Business Allegro account with tax number (NIP), 2FA on	Your own WordPress + WooCommerce site	Business eBay account from the store's market country, verified in Seller Hub
GAPLI store type	Virtual store is enough	WooCommerce engine	Store on the matching market
Paying for orders	From the Fulfilment Pool, amount after commission	Customer pays GAPLI's gateway directly	Not described yet for the beta
Extra registrations	—	—	eBay.de: LUCID, WEEE/BattG where relevant, GPSR data
Who brings buyers	Allegro	You	eBay
Time to first offer	Usually the same day	A few hours to a few days	—

How does the Fulfilment Pool differ between channels?

On Allegro, the customer's money first lands in your Allegro account, so each order is paid automatically from your Fulfilment Pool with the amount after the marketplace commission; if the Pool is empty, the order waits and is not sent to the wholesaler. In a WooCommerce store the customer pays through GAPLI's gateway, so there is nothing to pass on and you receive your commission in the e-Wallet. The pricing page shows a full settlement example.

How do you run several channels without overselling?

Sell from one catalogue. In GAPLI every channel draws on the same wholesaler stock, and prices and stock are pulled from wholesalers automatically: Allegro offers end when stock runs out and return when it comes back, WooCommerce refreshes every 5 minutes by default, Shopify every 10 minutes. You do not keep separate stock lists per channel.

The product limit applies to each store separately, and every channel connected to that store uses the limit independently. A store has 1,000 products for free; packages from 2.99 to 159.99 USD a month raise it up to 200,000 products per store. As of 8 Oct 2026, the catalogue held 980,891 products in stock from 161 active wholesalers.

A sensible order of expansion:

1. Start with Allegro in Poland, then add delivery options to Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary once your first domestic orders run smoothly.
2. Add a WooCommerce store when you have a traffic plan, and test a foreign checkout before advertising abroad.
3. Prepare for eBay — business account, Seller Hub verification and, for Germany, LUCID and GPSR data — so you are ready when connections open.

If you sell on Allegro and WooCommerce at the same time, our article on WooCommerce and Allegro shipping automation covers delivery settings across both. To get started, create a free account.

Frequently asked questions

Is eBay a working GAPLI sales channel?

Not for everyone. eBay is a beta integration selling to the United Kingdom and Germany; new connections are switched off and it is not yet enabled for Polish-market sellers (as of 8 Oct 2026). Live channels are Allegro, Erli, Aderlo, WooCommerce and Shopify.

Do I need separate offers for allegro.cz, allegro.sk and allegro.hu?

No. Allegro shares an allegro.pl offer on its foreign sites once delivery to that country is available and the offer meets the site's requirements. GAPLI converts the price for each site at the NBP rate.

Can a WooCommerce store connected to GAPLI sell to other countries?

GAPLI's channel registry sets no country limit for WooCommerce; it depends on the store's settings. Because delivery, taxes and payments are set centrally by GAPLI, check with a test order which delivery methods a foreign buyer sees before you advertise abroad.

Do foreign sales through GAPLI pay EU customs duty?

No, as long as the goods ship from a warehouse inside the EU, as with GAPLI's partner wholesalers. The EU's €3 flat duty applies to low-value parcels imported from outside the EU, as explained by the European Commission.

Sources

• GAPLI data (channel statuses and countries, products in stock, active wholesalers, product limits): GAPLI database and integration pages, as of 8 Oct 2026
• Allegro Help, Sharing offers on foreign markets
• EUR-Lex, Summary: General product safety regulation (2023)
• European Commission, Guidance on the temporary flat fee on low-value imports