Shopster

What Shopster does

Shopster is a privately held software company headquartered in Calgary, Canada, founded in 2004, that provides a platform enabling users to create online stores, source products from drop-ship suppliers, and sell merchandise without holding inventory. The platform sits in the e-commerce enablement / dropshipping SaaS category, targeting small merchants and entrepreneurs who want to launch storefronts with minimal upfront capital and operational overhead. The company operates with a small team of 11-50 employees and has historically raised modest outside capital — a single disclosed $250,000 round from Endemic Capital in June 2015 — consistent with a bootstrapped or minimally capitalized operation rather than a venture-backed growth company.

The current operational status of Shopster is unclear from publicly available data. The company's primary domain, shopster.com, is actively listed for sale on Afternic/GoDaddy, which typically signals asset disposition, operational pause, or wind-down rather than ongoing commercial activity. No product features, pricing model, customer logos, integration partners, certifications, regulatory actions, M&A activity, or recent leadership changes beyond a single disclosed EVP Operations role (Suzanne Vadori) were available in the source material. There is no evidence of active product development, geographic expansion, or commercial momentum following the 2015 funding event. Investors evaluating Shopster should treat the asset as effectively unverified at the operating level, with the listed domain sale as the most actionable recent signal.

Name

Shopster

Website

https://shopster.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Shopster is a Calgary-based software platform, founded in 2004, that enables users to launch online stores and source products from drop-ship suppliers. It serves small merchants and entrepreneurs seeking low-capital e-commerce entry, operating as a private company with 11-50 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

E-commerce Platform Software

NAICS

Retail Trade (44-45)

akta.pro primary industry

Dropshipping & Supplier Fulfillment Services (CRAFAMAJ)

Keywords

• E-commerce platform
• Dropshipping software
• Online store builder
• Product sourcing tools
• Merchant SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

Shopster is a software platform that enables users to create an online store, source products from drop-ship suppliers, and sell those products to customers. The offering combines store-building tooling with integrated supplier-sourcing functionality, allowing merchants to launch and operate a dropshipping e-commerce business without holding physical inventory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Shopster Platform Software platform that enables users to create an online store, source products from drop-ship suppliers, and sell those products to customers. Targeted at individual entrepreneurs and small business owners looking to operate a dropshipping e-commerce business without holding inventory or managing fulfillment themselves.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• Ecwid: Ecwid is a lightweight e-commerce platform that lets small merchants add online stores to existing sites, with built-in drop-ship supplier integrations, making it a close functional peer to Shopster.
• Volusion: Volusion is a long-standing e-commerce platform (founded 1999) that provides online store creation, product sourcing, and merchant tools — comparable to Shopster in scope and target market.
• Shopify: Shopify is the dominant e-commerce platform enabling merchants to build online stores, source products, and sell online — directly overlapping with Shopster's stated value proposition.
• BigCommerce: BigCommerce is a SaaS e-commerce platform that lets merchants create online stores and integrate with drop-ship and supplier networks, directly comparable to Shopster's offering.
• WooCommerce: WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress that powers online stores with drop-ship and supplier integrations, a direct functional peer to Shopster.
• Squarespace Commerce: Squarespace provides website building with integrated e-commerce capabilities, including tools for merchants to create online stores and sell sourced products, comparable to Shopster's platform.
• Wix eCommerce: Wix offers a website builder with a full e-commerce module, enabling merchants to build stores, source products, and sell online — directly overlapping with Shopster's positioning.

Emerging players

• Doba: Doba is a drop-ship supplier marketplace and integration platform that connects online store operators with product suppliers, closely aligned with Shopster's drop-ship enablement model.
• Spocket: Spocket is a drop-ship marketplace that integrates with major e-commerce platforms (Shopify, WooCommerce) to source products from suppliers, directly comparable to Shopster's drop-ship supplier function.

Broad incumbents

• Alibaba.com: Alibaba is a global B2B and B2C marketplace connecting merchants with drop-ship and wholesale suppliers, representing a much larger incumbent in the supplier-fulfillment space Shopster targets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/shopster-e-commerce-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Shopster