Currently the best Aliexpress alternative is 1688 which is a Chinese B2B wholesale dropshipping website now has a cross border eCommerce market supply wide range of categories goods for dropshipping.
However, when you start dropshipping on 1688 it isnt purely dropshipping business, lot of our clients mixed dropshipping and wholesale from 1688. For ordinary goods we just help them dropship from 1688, for best selling goods we usually help them wholesale to get more cheaper price and faster shipping.
Compared to Aliexpress, dropshipping from 1688 isnt faster but it could provide better user experience due to the 1688 taobao dropshipping wholesale order pick and pack fullfilment service:
Sourcing service
Sample service
Bargain and purchasing service
Warehousing
QC service
Goods returning service (goods returning from overseas to China)
Label service
Order printing service
Consolidation shipping service
Tracking upload service
Flexible shipping methods
Professional customs clearance service
