# Shopify Dropshipping & Store Trust Checker (`centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker`) Actor

Checks any Shopify store you give it for evidence-based dropshipping signals (AliExpress image CDNs, fake-discount markups, copy-paste titles, new catalogues, dropship apps) and a store-trust band (contacts, reviews, catalogue age). Signals, not accusations. No search, no paid child actor.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [Centor Prat](https://apify.com/centorprat) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.40 / 1,000 store checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Shopify Dropshipping & Store Trust Checker

**Give it Shopify store domains (or a dataset of store URLs) and get evidence-based signals per store:**
a **dropshipping likelihood** and a **store-trust band**, each with the exact evidence behind it. It reads
only Shopify's public endpoints and the storefront — **no keyword search, no paid child actor** — so it is
fast and cheap on big lists.

> ⚠️ **Signals, not accusations.** Every output is a labelled, automated signal from public data. A store
> can show strong dropshipping signals and still be a perfectly legitimate business. Use this for
> due-diligence and research, and verify before you act on it. The actor never calls a store "a scam".

### 📋 What it checks (per store)

**Dropshipping signals**

- **% of product images served from AliExpress / Alibaba CDNs** (alicdn) — the strongest public tell.
- **Fake-discount markups** — median `compare-at ÷ price` (dropshippers inflate the "was" price).
- **Copy-paste product titles** — long, keyword-stuffed titles typical of imported listings.
- **Brand-new catalogue** — most products added in the last 90 days on a tiny store.
- **Dropship-associated apps** — Vitals, Zendrop, DSers, CJ, AutoDS, Spocket… when detectable.

**Trust signals**

- Public contact email and social profiles, product reviews app, Shop Pay, catalogue age (oldest product),
  catalogue size. These combine into a **trust band**: `established` / `mixed` / `limited`.

### 📥 Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `domains` | The Shopify stores to check, e.g. `["somestore.com"]`. Storefront domains, not admin URLs. |
| `datasetId` | Any dataset whose rows contain store URLs. Read-only. Check the output of a store finder or ad-library run. |
| `onlyLikelihood` | Keep only stores at `medium`+ or `high` dropshipping likelihood. |
| `concurrency` | How many stores are checked at once (default 8). |
| `webhookUrl` | Optional: checked stores POSTed here as JSON. |

### 📤 Output (one row per store)

An established brand reads clean (real run — [allbirds.com](https://allbirds.com)):

```json
{
  "storeName": "Allbirds",
  "url": "https://allbirds.com",
  "dropshippingLikelihood": "low",
  "dropshippingScore": 0,
  "dropshippingSignals": ["no notable dropshipping signals in public data"],
  "trustBand": "established",
  "trustScore": 98,
  "trustSignals": ["public contact email", "6 social profile(s)", "on-site product reviews app", "catalogue over a year old (oldest product 2894 days)"],
  "riskFlags": ["none detected"],
  "aliImagePct": 0.0, "markupMedian": 2.0, "oldestProductDaysAgo": 2894,
  "signalsOnly": true,
  "note": "Automated signals from public storefront data, not proof of any wrongdoing. Verify before acting."
}
```

A high-signal store instead returns, e.g., `dropshippingLikelihood: "high"` with `dropshippingSignals`
listing the AliExpress image %, the markup multiple, the copy-paste titles and the brand-new catalogue,
and `trustBand: "limited"` with the matching risk flags.

### 💰 Pricing (pay-per-event)

- **Store checked — $0.004** per verified Shopify store. Non-Shopify or unreadable inputs are free. No search bill.

### 💡 Use cases

- **Buyer due-diligence:** is this store a real brand or a reshipped-from-AliExpress markup?
- **Dropshipping research:** profile a list of stores and rank them by dropshipping signals.
- **Marketplace / affiliate trust screening:** flag stores with limited trust signals before you partner.
- **Enrichment:** pass the `datasetId` of any store-finder or ad-library run.

### 🚀 Ready-made tasks (one click)

- [Shopify Dropshipping Checker](https://apify.com/centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker/examples/shopify-dropshipping-checker): paste domains, get dropshipping likelihood + evidence per store.
- [Is This Shopify Store Legit? Trust Checker](https://apify.com/centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker/examples/shopify-store-trust-checker): trust band, contacts, reviews and catalogue age per store.
- [Find AliExpress-Sourced Shopify Stores](https://apify.com/centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker/examples/aliexpress-sourced-shopify-stores): keep only stores with medium/high dropshipping signals.

### 🤖 For AI agents (MCP)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker"
    }
  }
}
```

**Claude Code:** `claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker" --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"`

### 📜 Data & attribution

Reads only publicly available Shopify endpoints and storefronts. No login, no private data. Output is
automated signals for research and due-diligence, not a determination of fraud.

### 🔗 Related actors

- [Shopify App Detector: Tech Stack, Pixels & Theme](https://apify.com/centorprat/shopify-app-detector): paste store domains and get each store's apps by category, pixels, theme, catalog and contacts.
- [Shopify Store Leads + App Audit](https://apify.com/centorprat/shopify-store-leads-app-audit): find Shopify stores by niche keyword, scored for the apps they are missing, with emails and socials.
- [Google Maps Leads + Website Audit for Agencies](https://apify.com/centorprat/google-maps-leads-website-audit): local businesses from Google Maps audited for website, profile, reviews, booking and tracking gaps.
- [FEMA Flood Zone & Property Risk API - Zillow/Redfin Enricher](https://apify.com/centorprat/fema-flood-zone-property-risk): FEMA flood zone + 18-hazard risk index + neighborhood demographics per US address.
- [Domain Lookup API - DNS, MX, SPF, Tech & Contact Emails](https://apify.com/centorprat/domain-lookup-dns-mx-email): DNS + live homepage → IPs, MX/SPF, tech, socials and public contacts per domain.
- [Wikipedia & Wikidata API - Entity Facts, Summary & Pageviews](https://apify.com/centorprat/wikipedia-wikidata-api): Wikipedia + Wikidata + pageviews → one structured brief per company, person or place.
- [Country Economic Data API - World Bank GDP, FX & Holidays](https://apify.com/centorprat/world-bank-country-economic-data): World Bank + FX + public holidays → one market brief per country.
- [Weather, Air Quality & Earthquake Risk API by Location](https://apify.com/centorprat/weather-air-quality-earthquake-api): live weather + air quality + earthquakes → one verdict per point.
- [Aircraft Tracker API (ADS-B) - Approach & Military Alerts](https://apify.com/centorprat/aircraft-tracker-adsb): aircraft approaching a point with CPA/ETA + military/unidentified flags.
- [NARA Catalog Extractor](https://apify.com/centorprat/nara-catalog-extractor): US National Archives catalog search → digital-object download URLs + metadata.

# Actor input Schema

## `domains` (type: `array`):

The Shopify stores to check, e.g. \["somestore.com", "another.com"]. Storefront domains, not myshopify admin URLs. Non-Shopify sites are skipped for free.

## `datasetId` (type: `string`):

Pick (or paste the ID of) any dataset whose rows contain store URLs (url, website, domain, link, or Google organicResults). Read-only. Use it to check the output of a store finder or ad-library run.

## `onlyLikelihood` (type: `string`):

Keep only stores at or above this dropshipping likelihood.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many stores are checked at once.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Safety cap when reading a dataset.

## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):

If set, the checked stores are POSTed here as JSON.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "allbirds.com",
    "deathwishcoffee.com",
    "drinkolipop.com"
  ],
  "onlyLikelihood": "any",
  "concurrency": 8,
  "maxItems": 2000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `stores` (type: `string`):

One row per verified Shopify store: dropshipping likelihood/score with evidence signals, trust band/score with positive signals and risk flags, plus AliExpress image %, median markup, catalogue age and size, apps, theme and public contacts.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "domains": [
        "allbirds.com",
        "deathwishcoffee.com",
        "drinkolipop.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "domains": [
        "allbirds.com",
        "deathwishcoffee.com",
        "drinkolipop.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "domains": [
    "allbirds.com",
    "deathwishcoffee.com",
    "drinkolipop.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,centorprat/shopify-dropshipping-checker"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/iORngKICeblumQGKj/builds/LnVz5h3s3hutdi57y/openapi.json