Comparing dropshipping platforms from China is not a ranking. CJ, Hypesku and Pergrine solve catalogue, order forwarding and part of dispatch. You still answer the buyer in Serbia for quality, lead, returns and margin. If you pick a platform from a homepage photo, the first claim costs more than one sample.
When no-stock shipping makes sense: Dropshipping from China. This article is narrower: how to compare three platforms on the same SKU, before ads. We do not invent who is cheaper this week. Price moves by article, warehouse and weight. The method does not.
What you buy when you open an account
A platform is not a factory. It is a layer between you and a warehouse or supplier. Typically you list an article, the buyer pays you, you forward the order, the platform packs and hands to a courier.
What the platform usually does:
- Catalogue with photos, variants and a piece price.
- Forwarding the order to a warehouse.
- A tracking number.
- Sometimes a label or box, with extra MOQ and lead.
What it does not solve for you:
- whether tomorrow’s lot matches today’s
- whether the photo is the goods that arrive
- duty and VAT when goods enter Serbia as your import
- a return when the buyer in Serbia sends goods back and the warehouse is in China
- a Serbian label in small volume
The card price is not landed cost. Delivery, returns, ads and hours on claims sit in it. Landed cost is a frame even for a one-SKU test.
Same article, same list, three columns
Do not hunt cheapest across different products. Take one article you want to sell. Same material, same size, same colour. Fill the same row on each platform.
| Line | What you write | Red if |
|---|---|---|
| Goods price | Piece at qty 1 and at qty 50 | Qty 50 is not cheaper, and you plan stock |
| Delivery to Serbia | Courier, days, price, who pays duty | Lead is a three-week range with no ceiling |
| Warehouse | China, Europe or both | Same title ships from two warehouses with two leads |
| Branding | Box, insert, label, MOQ | “Brand” means a sticker on someone else’s box |
| Sample | Price, lead, same lot as series | They will not send a sample from the shipping warehouse |
| Return | Who pays, where goods stop, how long | Return goes to China, and you offer cash on delivery |
| Source swap | May they change supplier without you | They may, and the ad stays the same |
An empty field is not a detail. It is a risk the buyer gets another product under the same ad.
CJ
CJ is catalogue plus fulfilment, shipping from China and, for part of the range, from warehouses outside China. Good for a light-article test when you need a list and a tracking number. Weak as the only plan if you need stable colour, a Serbian label and the same source for six months.
Before a campaign check three things on that SKU: whether the sample comes from the warehouse that will ship, how long the line to Serbia is, and whether branding means a sticker or a box.
Hypesku
Same job: catalogue, order, ship. Compare it with CJ on the same SKU, not on “similar”. Differences that matter are lead to Belgrade, whether that SKU has EU stock at all, and whether you may keep the same source when orders grow.
If the price looks lower, check weight and volume. A light mask and a heavy lamp do not ride the same logic.
Pergrine
Same table, same SKU. Do not mix names in one campaign until one row is complete. A cheaper card that cannot send a sample from the shipping warehouse is not cheaper. It is an untested lot.
When volume grows, landed cost of a factory series plus Serbia stock often beats platform piece-plus-courier, especially with cash on delivery. That is a different channel: buying from China. Do not run both from the same carton without a check.
Papillon does not run your platform account. We can check a factory if you leave the catalogue. Contact with one SKU and the filled table.
Next step
Send the request: category, quantity, and date. You get a reply within 24 hours, with an outline of the total cost to destination where we can price it.
