I have 4 ecommerce stores that I built and run, with 3 of them being dropshipping from AliExpress.

Two of the four make over 5 figures per month, one of the four just started bringing in sales and is doing 4 figures per month but will eventually hit 5 figures per month, and the last one I just started building 2 weeks ago.

I would estimate that more than 95% of my issues across all stores have been with shipping speed from AliExpress. 5% with bad quality/wrong item, etc.

AliExpress recently revamped its seller requirements and are forcing all stores/sellers on the platform to ship within 2 days.

As I track all orders/shipments across all my stores I am extremely impressed with their improved shipping speed.

Most of the orders I place now arrive in 5-7 business days.

That means the customer places an order on Monday, and it arrives to them the following Monday-Wednesday.

You still have to find great suppliers on AliExpress and create relationships that are mutually beneficial (basically giving them many orders). Then, you let them know that you are a dropshipper and require fast shipping speeds for regular business, and they will put your orders as a priority.

I can now advertise 5-7 business days delivery which is pretty reasonable for most shoppers.