Oberlo Chrome Extension

What Happened to the Oberlo Chrome Extension?

Shopify shut down Oberlo on June 15, 2022. The Chrome extension was delisted the same day; it no longer works and cannot be reinstalled. Oberlo had been Shopify's built-in dropshipping tool since Shopify acquired it in 2017, so the closure affected a large share of AliExpress-based dropshipping stores overnight.

If you still have the extension installed, it does nothing. Product imports, order processing, and the supplier dashboard are all offline.

Why Did Shopify Close Oberlo?

Shopify never published a detailed explanation, but the direction was clear: DSers, the official AliExpress partner, had become the preferred path for AliExpress dropshipping. Shopify pointed all migrating Oberlo users directly to DSers, and DSers offered a migration flow that imported existing Oberlo products and order history.

The practical effect was that Oberlo became redundant. Maintaining two competing AliExpress tools in the Shopify App Store made little sense.

What Replaced Oberlo? DSers Is the Official Successor

DSers is Shopify's recommended replacement for Oberlo, and it covers the same core workflow: browse AliExpress products, import them to your store, and fulfill orders through the DSers dashboard.

A few things DSers does better than Oberlo did:

• Bulk order fulfillment. DSers can process multiple AliExpress orders at once rather than one at a time. The difference is noticeable at any meaningful volume, cutting fulfillment time by up to 95% compared to manual one-by-one processing.
• Multiple supplier mapping. You can map a single product to two or three suppliers as backup. If one goes out of stock, DSers routes the order to the next.
• Free tier. The DSers free plan covers 3 Shopify stores and 3,000 orders per month. Paid plans start at around $20/month for the entry tier and scale up to several hundred dollars a month for the top tier as your store and order limits grow.

The migration from Oberlo to DSers is documented by both Shopify and DSers. If you have not done it yet, your Oberlo product data is likely gone at this point, but DSers can re-import products from AliExpress using the original product URLs.

Other Oberlo Alternatives Worth Knowing

DSers is the obvious first stop, but it is not the only option. The right choice depends on whether you want to stay with AliExpress or shift to US/EU suppliers.

Spocket focuses on suppliers in the US and Europe, which means faster delivery (2 to 7 days rather than 2 to 4 weeks from China). Products typically cost more from domestic suppliers, but the shorter fulfillment window reduces refund requests and improves customer satisfaction. Spocket integrates with Shopify and WooCommerce.

AutoDS covers both product sourcing and full automation (price monitoring, stock updates, automatic order fulfillment). It pulls from AliExpress, Amazon, Walmart, and other sources rather than just one marketplace. Pricing starts around $9.90/month depending on the plan.

Importify lets you import products from AliExpress, Amazon, Alibaba, Etsy, and a handful of other sources. It is a reasonable choice if your catalog spans more than one supplier marketplace.

Modalyst connects to independent brands and premium suppliers, which makes it better suited for stores trying to differentiate on product quality rather than price.

None of these replicate Oberlo exactly because Oberlo was deeply embedded in Shopify's admin. These are all separate apps that sit alongside Shopify rather than inside it. The workflow requires a small adjustment, but DSers is close enough that most Oberlo users adapted quickly.

Koala Inspector: What Oberlo Did Not Do

Oberlo was a sourcing and fulfillment tool. It helped you find products on AliExpress and get orders to customers. What it never did was tell you what your competitors were selling, which apps they were using, or where their traffic was coming from.

Koala Inspector fills that gap. It is a Chrome extension for competitor research on Shopify stores, AliExpress, and Amazon. Where Oberlo looked outward (to your suppliers), Koala Inspector looks at other stores.

Here is what it actually does:

Shopify Theme and App Detection

When you visit any Shopify store, Koala Inspector shows you which theme the store runs and which apps it has installed. This is useful for two reasons: you see what tools high-performing stores rely on, and you avoid wasting money testing apps that have already proven they do not work in your niche.

The app detector and theme detector work on any public Shopify store. You do not need the store owner's cooperation.

Competitor Traffic Data

Koala Inspector surfaces traffic estimates for Shopify stores, including estimated visitor counts and traffic sources. Knowing which stores in your niche pull significant organic search traffic (versus relying entirely on paid ads) helps you figure out where a content or SEO strategy might pay off.

Export CSV

Product lists and competitive data can be exported to CSV directly from the extension. More than 80,000 users have installed Koala Inspector, and the CSV export is one of the features that comes up most in reviews, because it removes the manual copy-paste work of cataloguing competitor data.

Ad Intelligence

Koala Inspector shows you which stores are running Google ads, including their ad placements. If a competitor is spending money advertising a product category, that is a reasonable signal that the category is profitable. Checking this before you source a product takes two minutes and can save weeks of testing.

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The Short Answer If You Are in a Hurry

Oberlo is gone. For AliExpress dropshipping, switch to DSers. For US/EU suppliers and faster shipping, look at Spocket or AutoDS. If you want to understand what competitors are selling and which tools are working for them before you commit to a product or niche, Koala Inspector is the extension that covers that part of the job.

Koala Inspector is free to start (15 tokens a month), with a Premium plan at $22/month for 220 renewing tokens and one-time token packs from $3.99. The Shopify app detector, theme detector, traffic estimates, and CSV export are all available.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Oberlo Chrome extension still available? No. Oberlo was shut down on June 15, 2022, and the Chrome extension was delisted at the same time. It cannot be installed or used.

Does Oberlo still work if I have it installed? No. The servers that powered Oberlo are offline. Even if the extension is still visible in your browser, all functions are broken.

What is the best replacement for Oberlo? DSers is Shopify's official recommendation for AliExpress dropshipping and the closest functional replacement. For suppliers based in the US or Europe, Spocket is worth comparing.

Can I migrate my Oberlo products to DSers? If you migrated before June 2022, your data transferred automatically. If you missed that window, you will need to re-import products from AliExpress directly through DSers using the original product URLs. Order history from Oberlo is not recoverable at this point.

Is Koala Inspector a replacement for Oberlo? No. They serve different purposes. Oberlo was for sourcing products and fulfilling orders. Koala Inspector is for competitor research: seeing which apps and themes other stores use, estimating their traffic, and identifying their ad strategies. Many dropshippers use both a fulfillment tool (like DSers) and a research tool (like Koala Inspector) alongside each other.