Business Practicum: Build Our Store | Elite Preparatory Academy

Opened: Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 9:33 PM

In this activity, students will build the store. Refer to the following information. You will be graded based on your contributions to this activity.

Upload a link to the store theme you would like to use. We will vote on the designs during the next lesson.

The following table is for 'OpenCart' - the store platform we will use because of its functionality with Alibaba and AliExpress.

• Lightweight, simpler to manage than Magento.

• Many dropshipping-extensions, importer plugins exist.

• Generally less resource-heavy, easier to set up.

• There are modules to import from Alibaba.com via URL, grabbing product title, description, images, model, etc. (opencart.com)

• Modules exist for AliExpress dropshipping & automation: bulk product import, variation import, order sync etc. (WebKul)

• Might need more custom work to adapt Alibaba’s supply model (longer lead-times, supplier negotiation, etc.).

• Ensuring inventory & price sync is more manual unless a specific plugin supports Alibaba.

• Fewer “one-click Alibaba import + forwarding order” options than AliExpress in many cases.