Dropshipping on Erli.pl: Full Automation Guide 2026

Orders arriving in under 5 seconds. Up to 200 products synchronized in a single API call. Commission refunds triggered automatically when customers return items. This is what dropshipping on Erli.pl looks like in 2026 — if you have the right automation stack.

📋 Key Takeaways

Erli.pl is Poland's fastest-growing marketplace and a high-opportunity channel for dropshippers ready to scale beyond Allegro

Manual management of listings, inventory, and orders across multiple marketplaces is operationally unsustainable — automation is non-negotiable for profitability

Gapli v1.30.0 (released July 5, 2026) delivers native Erli integration: real-time webhooks (<5s), batch sync (200 products/request), 114 delivery methods, and automatic commission recovery

This guide covers everything from Erli's commission structure to Flapping Shield stock protection and multi-marketplace orchestration

Poland's e-commerce landscape is no longer a one-platform story. While Allegro still dominates, Erli.pl has emerged as the country's second-largest marketplace — and for dropshippers, it represents a channel with lower competition, growing buyer traffic, and increasingly mature seller infrastructure. But here's the catch: expanding to a new marketplace without automation means doubling your operational workload. Every listing, every stock update, every order — handled manually, twice.

This guide walks you through everything you need to know to launch and fully automate dropshipping on Erli.pl: the business model, commission structure, operational challenges, and — critically — how to solve them with real-time webhooks, batch synchronization, stock protection systems, and automated commission recovery. All based on concrete technical capabilities released in Gapli v1.30.0 on July 5, 2026.

Why Erli.pl Is a Real Opportunity for Dropshippers in 2026

Erli.pl has steadily carved out its position as Poland's second-largest marketplace, offering sellers an alternative — and a complement — to Allegro. For dropshippers specifically, Erli presents three distinct advantages:

Lower competition density. While Allegro's seller base is massive and mature, Erli's ecosystem is still growing. Early movers gain visibility without paying the premium ad costs that Allegro's saturated categories demand.

No warehouse required. Erli supports the dropshipping model natively. You can list products, accept orders, and fulfill them through wholesale suppliers without holding any physical inventory — making it ideal for testing new product categories and markets.

Growing buyer trust. Erli has invested heavily in buyer experience: purchase protection, intuitive interface, and competitive delivery options. This translates to a growing buyer base that's actively shopping — not just browsing.

📊 According to Bazaarvoice (Shopper Experience Index, 20th Edition, 2026), 97% of consumers consult multiple sources before making a purchase, prioritizing trust and product value verification. This means your Erli product listings need to be just as polished and detailed as your Allegro ones — buyers cross-reference everything.

So, is Erli.pl worth it in 2026? Absolutely — but only if you can operate on it efficiently. And efficiency at scale demands automation.

💡 Pro Tip: Don't think of Erli as a replacement for Allegro. Think of it as a revenue multiplier. The same catalog, the same supplier relationships, but an entirely new audience — all managed from a single automation dashboard.

The Dropshipping Model on Erli — Commissions, Rules, and What You Need to Know Before You Start

Before you list your first product, you need to understand how Erli structures its relationship with sellers. Here's the operational reality:

Can You Run Dropshipping on Erli.pl?

Yes. Erli permits the dropshipping model — you list products on the marketplace and fulfill orders through third-party suppliers. You never touch the inventory. However, you're fully responsible for delivery timelines, product quality, and customer service. Erli holds you accountable for the buyer experience, regardless of your fulfillment model.

Erli's Commission Structure

Erli charges commissions on completed sales. Standard commission rates (including VAT) typically fall in the range of 5.95% to 7.14% of the purchase price, depending on the product category. This is generally competitive with — and in some categories lower than — Allegro's fee structure.

Factor	Erli.pl	Allegro
Commission range	~5.95–7.14% (incl. VAT)	Varies widely by category (5–12%+)
Listing fees	Generally none	Free listings with paid promotion options
Dropshipping support	Native, no warehouse required	Supported but more competitive
Seller competition density	Growing, lower saturation	High, mature ecosystem
Buyer traffic	Rapidly growing	Dominant in Poland

Commission Refunds on Returns and Cancellations

This is where most guides stop — and where real money is at stake. When a buyer returns a product or cancels an order on Erli, you're entitled to a commission refund. But the process isn't always instant. You need to submit a refund request, and Erli processes it according to their timeline.

For dropshippers processing hundreds of orders monthly, manually tracking which commissions are eligible for refund — and actually filing those requests — is a significant time drain. We'll cover how to automate this entirely in a later section.

📊 According to ZigZag Global (Post-Purchase Research, 2026), 62% of consumers will abandon a store after a poor delivery experience, and 64% after a poor returns experience. Handling returns well isn't just about recovering commissions — it's about retaining customers on the platform.

The Biggest Operational Challenges of Dropshipping on Erli (and How to Solve Them)

Running a dropshipping operation on a single marketplace is already complex. Adding Erli to an existing Allegro or WooCommerce setup amplifies every operational friction point:

1. Duplicate Manual Work

Every product listing needs to be created and maintained on each platform separately. Price changes, stock updates, new products — everything multiplied by the number of channels you operate on.

2. Inventory Synchronization Lag

Your wholesale supplier's stock changes constantly. If your Erli listing shows a product as available when the supplier is out of stock, you'll face cancellations, negative reviews, and potential account penalties. The question isn't if sync lag will cause problems — it's when.

3. Order Processing Delays

In the dropshipping model, speed matters. The faster you detect a new order and forward it to your supplier, the faster the customer receives their product. Delays of even 15-30 minutes can push your delivery into the next business day.

4. Delivery Method Complexity

Erli supports dozens of delivery options across multiple carriers. Configuring and pricing each method manually — and keeping those prices current — is tedious and error-prone.

5. Commission Recovery on Returns

As discussed, failed to recover commissions on returned or cancelled orders is pure profit loss. At scale, this adds up to thousands of PLN quarterly.

✅ Operational Challenge Checklist for Erli Dropshippers

Real-time stock synchronization across all channels

Sub-minute order detection and forwarding to supplier

Automated delivery pricing across 100+ methods

Protection against stock feed failures (false zero-stock signals)

Systematic commission recovery on returns/cancellations

Unified management across Erli + Allegro + WooCommerce

Every one of these challenges has a specific, automated solution. Let's get into the technical details.

Erli Webhooks vs. CRON Polling — Why Order Processing Speed Matters

This is one of the most overlooked technical distinctions in marketplace automation — and it has direct impact on your customer experience and operational efficiency.

The Old Way: CRON Polling

Traditionally, automation tools check for new orders by polling the marketplace API at fixed intervals — say, every 5 or 15 minutes. This means your system sends a request asking "any new orders?" repeatedly, regardless of whether anything has changed.

Problems with polling:

Latency: A new order might sit undetected for up to 15 minutes
API waste: Hundreds of empty requests consuming your API rate limit
Scaling issues: More products = more API calls = higher chance of throttling

The New Way: Webhooks (Push Notifications)

Webhooks flip the model. Instead of asking the marketplace for updates, the marketplace tells you when something happens. A new order? Erli pushes a notification to your system immediately.

📊 According to Gapli Dashboard GitHub Releases v1.30.0 (2026), Erli.pl orders now arrive in the system in under 5 seconds thanks to the webhook architecture — a 95%+ reduction in reaction time compared to CRON polling.

🔧 Gapli Feature: Erli Webhooks System (v1.30.0) Real-time push notifications for 5 event types — completely replacing CRON polling. Orders reach Gapli in under 5 seconds, enabling immediate forwarding to wholesale suppliers. This eliminates the #1 bottleneck in dropshipping order fulfillment.

Why Does 5 Seconds vs. 15 Minutes Matter?

Consider a practical scenario: A customer orders a product at 3:55 PM. Your supplier processes same-day orders until 4:00 PM.

With CRON polling (15-min interval): You detect the order at ~4:05 PM. The order ships tomorrow. Delivery: Day + 2.
With webhooks (<5 seconds): You detect the order at 3:55 PM. The order ships today. Delivery: Day + 1.

That one day difference compounds into measurably better delivery ratings, fewer complaints, and higher repeat purchase rates.

No competing article on the Polish market currently explains this architectural difference — yet it's the single biggest factor in dropshipping competitiveness on Erli.

How Gapli Automates Selling on Erli — Step-by-Step Integration

Gapli's native Erli integration (released in v1.30.0 on July 5, 2026) covers the complete sales lifecycle — not just product listing, but order processing, inventory sync, delivery pricing, and commission recovery. Here's how to set it up:

Getting Started in 5 Steps

Create your Gapli account — Register for free and access the automation dashboard
Connect your Erli seller account — Authenticate via API credentials to establish the webhook connection
Link your wholesale suppliers — Import product catalogs from integrated suppliers (e.g., TIM S.A. with ~370,000 products, or Erotizo added in v1.29.0)
Configure delivery pricing — Gapli auto-syncs 114 delivery methods from 10 carriers via CRON, so your Erli listings always show accurate shipping costs
Activate automation rules — Set pricing margins, stock sync frequency, and enable the Flapping Shield protection

Under the Hood: 6 Kafka Pipelines

What makes this integration robust isn't just individual features — it's the event-driven architecture powering them.

🔧 Gapli Feature: Erli Kafka Pipelines (v1.30.0) Six dedicated consumer pipelines handle every aspect of the Erli integration:

sync — Product catalog synchronization

orders-fetch — Real-time order retrieval via webhooks

status-sync — Order status updates between Gapli and Erli

orders-update — Modifications and tracking number propagation

upload-status — Listing publication status tracking

messages-sync — Buyer communication synchronization

Each pipeline runs with concurrency=2 for stable, predictable throughput — even during peak traffic.

This architecture means that product sync, order processing, and message handling never compete for the same resources. Each pipeline operates independently, so a spike in orders doesn't delay your inventory updates.

Batch Product Synchronization

If you're managing a large catalog — say, thousands of SKUs from a wholesale supplier — you need an API strategy that doesn't collapse under its own weight.

📊 According to Gapli Dashboard GitHub Releases v1.30.0 (2026), the Erli Batch Update feature enables synchronization of up to 200 products per single API request (via PATCH /products/batch-update), reducing the number of API calls from N to ⌈N/200⌉ — critical for large catalogs.

Let's put that in perspective:

Catalog Size	API Calls (Individual)	API Calls (Batch Update)	Reduction
1,000 SKUs	1,000	5	99.5%
10,000 SKUs	10,000	50	99.5%
50,000 SKUs	50,000	250	99.5%
370,000 SKUs (TIM S.A.)	370,000	1,850	99.5%

This isn't just about speed — it's about staying within API rate limits, avoiding throttling, and ensuring your entire catalog stays current. No competing solution on the Polish market currently offers this level of batch processing for Erli.

🔧 Gapli Feature: Erli Batch Update (v1.30.0) Mass listing synchronization via PATCH /products/batch-update — up to 200 products per request. Reduces API load from N calls to ⌈N/200⌉, making it feasible to manage catalogs of 100,000+ SKUs on Erli without hitting rate limits.

Inventory Synchronization and Protecting Listings from Stock Feed Failures

Here's a scenario that every experienced dropshipper dreads: Your wholesale supplier's product feed goes down for 10 minutes. During that window, their API returns zero stock for everything. Your automation system reads this as "all products are out of stock" and immediately deactivates thousands of Erli listings.

The supplier's feed comes back online 10 minutes later. But the damage is done — your listings are deactivated, your sales velocity drops to zero, and reactivating thousands of listings triggers another round of API calls and potential delays.

This is the stock feed flapping problem, and it's one of the most dangerous operational risks in multi-marketplace dropshipping. No competing article addresses this — yet it affects every dropshipper working with external supplier feeds.

How to Sync Inventory Between Allegro and Erli

When you sell the same product on both Allegro and Erli, every sale on one platform needs to reduce available stock on the other — in real time. Gapli handles this through its centralized stock management system:

Supplier feed updates flow into Gapli's central inventory
Each marketplace channel (Allegro, Erli, WooCommerce) receives adjusted stock levels based on total available quantity minus reserved/sold units across all channels
Updates propagate through the Kafka sync pipeline within seconds

This eliminates the most common source of customer complaints: overselling — listing a product as available when it's already been purchased on another channel.

The Flapping Shield: 5-Minute Buffer Protection

🔧 Gapli Feature: Flapping Shield — Stock Zero Delay Buffer (v1.30.0) A 5-minute buffer before processing any stock-zero update. When a supplier feed reports zero stock, Gapli waits 5 minutes and re-checks before deactivating listings. If the feed recovers (as it does in 90%+ of temporary outages), your listings remain active and unaffected.

Without Flapping Shield: Feed outage → instant deactivation of thousands of listings → lost sales → manual reactivation

With Flapping Shield: Feed outage → 5-minute buffer → feed recovers → nothing happens → sales continue uninterrupted

This single feature can prevent thousands of PLN in lost revenue per incident. It's the kind of protection that separates enterprise-grade automation from basic API wrappers.

💡 Pro Tip: When expanding to a new European marketplace, start by automating inventory sync first — it eliminates the #1 source of customer complaints: overselling. Set up stock protection mechanisms like Flapping Shield before you scale your catalog.

Automatic Commission Recovery on Erli Returns and Cancellations

Every return and every cancelled order on Erli means a commission that you've paid but shouldn't have. Most sellers accept this as a cost of doing business — because manually tracking and requesting commission refunds across hundreds of transactions is brutally tedious.

But that money adds up. At a 6% commission rate on a 200 PLN product, each unreovered return costs you 12 PLN. Multiply that by 50 returns per month, and you're leaving 600 PLN/month on the table — over 7,200 PLN annually in pure profit loss.

How the Commission Refund Dashboard Works

🔧 Gapli Feature: Commission Refund Dashboard with Intelligent Retry (v1.30.0) A dedicated dashboard with 5 KPI cards, a filterable transaction table, and bulk refund requests (50 per batch). The system uses exponential backoff retry logic:

First attempt: Submitted immediately upon return/cancellation detection

Second attempt: 48 hours later if the first was rejected or timed out

Third attempt: 7 days later

Escalation: If all three automated attempts fail, the case is flagged for manual review with full context

This intelligent retry pattern ensures maximum recovery rate without overwhelming Erli's refund processing system.

No other tool on the Polish market automates Erli commission recovery. This is entirely absent from every competitor article and guide we analyzed — yet it directly impacts your bottom line.

Metric	Manual Tracking	Gapli Commission Refund Dashboard
Time per refund request	5-10 minutes	Automatic (bulk 50/batch)
Missed refund rate	30-50% (estimated)	Under 5%
Monthly time investment	4-8 hours	~0 (fully automated)
Annual recovered revenue (example)	3,000-4,000 PLN	7,000+ PLN

Delivery Pricing: 114 Methods, 10 Carriers, Zero Manual Configuration

Erli's marketplace supports a wide variety of delivery options, and buyers expect accurate, competitive shipping prices. Configuring these manually — and keeping them updated as carriers adjust their rates — is another operational burden that scales poorly.

🔧 Gapli Feature: Erli Delivery Pricing System (v1.30.0) A Touchless architecture that automatically synchronizes 114 delivery methods from 10 carriers. Two dedicated database tables store carrier and method data, while a CRON job keeps pricing current without any manual intervention.

📊 According to Gapli Dashboard GitHub Releases v1.30.0 (2026), the Erli Delivery Pricing System integrates 114 delivery methods from 10 carriers, synchronized automatically via CRON — ensuring your listings always display accurate, up-to-date shipping costs.

This matters especially in the context of growing regulatory scrutiny.

📊 According to ChannelX / UOKiK (2026), Poland's consumer protection authority (UOKiK) has initiated proceedings against Allegro, DHL, DPD, and InPost over greenwashing claims — signaling increased regulatory pressure on delivery cost transparency in Polish e-commerce.

Accurate, transparent delivery pricing isn't just operationally convenient — it's becoming a compliance requirement. Automated pricing synchronization ensures your listings remain compliant as regulations tighten.

Scaling Dropshipping: Erli + Allegro + WooCommerce in One Panel

The real power of automating Erli isn't Erli alone — it's what happens when you combine it with your other sales channels. Multi-marketplace dropshipping in Poland becomes feasible only when all channels share a single source of truth for inventory, pricing, and orders.

Here's what a scaled multi-channel operation looks like with Gapli:

Capability	Single Channel (Manual)	Multi-Channel with Gapli
Inventory management	One spreadsheet per platform	Centralized, real-time sync across all
Order processing	Log into each platform separately	Unified dashboard, webhook-driven
Stock protection	None (manual monitoring)	Flapping Shield on all channels
Delivery pricing	Manual config per platform	Automated sync (114+ methods on Erli alone)
Commission recovery	Manual per platform	Automated with intelligent retry
Catalog updates	Copy-paste between platforms	Batch update: 200 products/request

Supplier Integration: Building Your Catalog Without a Warehouse

Gapli integrates with major Polish wholesale suppliers, allowing you to populate your Erli catalog from day one:

TIM S.A. — approximately 370,000 products in the electrical and industrial category
Erotizo — integrated in v1.29.0 for the personal care and wellness niche
Additional suppliers available through Gapli's supplier connection framework

Each supplier's product feed flows through Gapli's central inventory system. Stock levels, prices, and product data synchronize to your Erli, Allegro, and WooCommerce listings automatically. One supplier connection powers three (or more) sales channels.

Does Erli Have an API for External Sellers?

Yes — and Gapli leverages it fully. Erli provides a seller API that supports product management, order retrieval, and status updates. However, working with the API directly requires significant development resources: authentication handling, rate limit management, error recovery, and data transformation.

Gapli abstracts all of this complexity. You interact with a dashboard; Gapli handles the API orchestration behind the scenes — including the batch endpoints and webhook receivers that make real-time operation possible.

💡 Pro Tip: If you're already selling on Allegro through Gapli, adding Erli as a second channel is remarkably straightforward. Your supplier connections, pricing rules, and automation logic carry over — you're essentially activating a new output channel, not rebuilding from scratch. Explore Gapli's pricing plans to find the right tier for multi-marketplace selling.

Erli vs. Allegro for Dropshipping: Complementary, Not Competing

A common question among Polish sellers: should you choose Erli or Allegro? The answer is both — but for different strategic reasons.

Dimension	Erli.pl	Allegro
Market position	Growing, #2 in Poland	Dominant, #1 in Poland
Seller saturation	Lower — easier to gain visibility	High — requires ad spend for visibility
Commission structure	~5.95–7.14% (incl. VAT)	Category-dependent, often higher
Buyer base	Growing rapidly	Massive, established
API maturity	Developing, webhook support	Mature, well-documented
Automation tool availability	Limited (Gapli is a first-mover)	Multiple tools available
Strategic value for dropshippers	New audiences, lower competition	Volume, brand recognition

The strategic play isn't to pick one — it's to automate both and let each platform serve its purpose. Allegro delivers volume. Erli delivers incremental revenue with lower marginal effort (once automated). Together, they create a diversified revenue base that's more resilient than either alone.

Learn more about how to automate Allegro dropshipping and combine it with your Erli strategy.

Putting It All Together: Your Erli Dropshipping Launch Checklist

✅ Erli Dropshipping Launch Checklist

Register as a seller on Erli.pl and obtain API credentials

Create your Gapli account and connect your Erli seller profile

Connect at least one wholesale supplier (e.g., TIM S.A. for 370K+ SKUs)

Configure pricing rules: base margin, minimum price floors, and competitive adjustments

Verify delivery pricing sync: all 114 methods from 10 carriers active

Enable Flapping Shield to protect listings during feed outages

Activate Commission Refund Dashboard for automatic recovery

Test the order flow end-to-end: place a test order, verify webhook delivery (<5s), confirm supplier notification

If running Allegro/WooCommerce: verify cross-channel inventory sync

Go live and monitor KPIs through the Gapli dashboard

Conclusion: Key Takeaways

Erli.pl is Poland's most significant marketplace opportunity for dropshippers in 2026 — lower seller competition, growing buyer base, and a commission structure that's competitive with Allegro.
The dropshipping model works natively on Erli, but you're fully responsible for delivery timelines, product quality, and customer service — making automation essential, not optional.
Webhook-based order processing reduces reaction time by over 95% compared to CRON polling, enabling same-day fulfillment that directly improves your seller metrics and customer satisfaction.
Batch synchronization (200 products per request) makes large-catalog management feasible — critical if you're working with suppliers like TIM S.A. (370K+ products).
The Flapping Shield protects your listings from the most dangerous operational risk in dropshipping — false zero-stock signals from temporary supplier feed failures.
Automated commission recovery on returns and cancellations is pure profit recovery — money that most sellers leave on the table because the manual process is too tedious.
Multi-marketplace operation (Erli + Allegro + WooCommerce) is the scalable strategy — and it's only manageable with unified automation that treats all channels as a single, orchestrated system.

Every one of these capabilities is available in Gapli v1.30.0, released on July 5, 2026. This isn't a roadmap — it's production-ready infrastructure for dropshipping on Erli.pl and beyond.

Start Selling on Erli.pl Today

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Dropshipping on Erli.pl: Full Automation Guide for 2026