Auto DS: AI Dropshipping & POD

Updated Review – April 12, 2025

This is my third update to my review of the Shopify AutoDS app. I first posted on March 11, followed by a second update on March 31. I've been using AutoDS for over four years. It used to be a reliable automation platform, but the last couple of months have been the most difficult I’ve ever had with the service.

It began in early February when I noticed some of my product listings on Shopify had lost their main images. At first, I assumed it was an isolated glitch. But as I kept browsing through my site, it became clear this was something much worse. Main product images and in some cases, all images were silently disappearing from live listings. There was no alert, no system log, no way to know when it happened. I only discovered it by accident, and it turned out to be affecting dozens of products.

That kind of silent failure is incredibly damaging. It impacts SEO, kills ad performance, and destroys customer trust. And when you manage a large catalog, manually checking every listing becomes a nightmare.

I reported everything in detail to support screenshots, recordings, and product IDs but was met with the same generic response over and over: “We’ve forwarded it to the developers.” No timeline. No fix. No real communication. Days turned into weeks.

Eventually, I couldn’t afford to wait any longer. I spent entire workdays manually re-uploading images one listing at a time. After two exhausting days of work, support told me that since I had already started fixing them manually, the developers suggested I just continue and assured me the issue wouldn’t happen again.

A few hours later, it happened again.

More listings lost their images while I was still mid-way through manually fixing them. Two full days of work down the drain. It was clear nothing had been resolved.

This issue has dragged on for over two months and has made it nearly impossible to run my business properly. I’ve had to manually audit my store over and over, constantly putting out fires instead of focusing on growth. AutoDS was supposed to simplify operations, but instead, it introduced ongoing disruptions I couldn't anticipate or control.

Although timely, other issues like auto-orders getting stuck, being charged for credits that didn’t appear, and failed orders were eventually resolved, but they still added to the time and energy I had to spend just keeping things afloat.

Support replies quickly, but most responses feel automated or surface-level. After months of unresolved issues, confidence in the platform has dropped significantly. I’ve provided clear documentation, consistent follow-ups, and every opportunity for the team to resolve the problem, but without transparency or accountability from the developers, it’s been incredibly difficult to keep my business running smoothly.

I’ll continue updating this review weekly until the issue is fully resolved. At this point, it’s the only way I can ensure ongoing visibility and accountability for a problem that has caused lasting damage to my business.

A year ago this app was good, now a days the app has a lot of problems, and nothing has been solved.
can't update inventory and prices, can't edit items, images are disappearing, no update from source suppliers, the app is shows wrong inventory which considered very risky for drop shipping,
the support just sent all these issues to their engineers and it has been 70 days and they are still done NOTHING.

Do not recommend the use of this app or platform. So far, they have taken more than $500 AUD and refused to fulfill my customer's order after multiple attempts to fix this; I had no choice but to be refunded so I could pay my customer back. Auto Ds does not communicate refunds; they take the money. It is best to understand their terms and conditions, which are up to 15%. Still, they took the complete 15%, costing me $150 USD, without making a sale, and then fees from the transfer. It's been the most expensive first experience with this company. Customer service is all over the place. You never get to speak to the same person, so that is where my issue stemmed from. Very frustrating and very upsetting, and I wouldn't trust this platform.

Very bad app and it is not 14 days free trail. They charge you for a year, meaning 238.80 usd right away without refunding when you end the subscription.

See below for proof

AutoDS: Dropshipping & POD (Uninstalled) $238.80 1 Usage fee

This Company is A RIPP OFF Stay Away At All Costs. Product Lists at Walmart $23 and they are charging me $47 on top of it %3 sales fee plus every-time You deposit %5 and the subscription fee of $200 there is no way you can make money with this app. You better off order directly from Walmart or Amazon

Yvonne did a very good job of answering my questions and pointing me in the right direction for training since I am brand new to AutoDS and drop shipping. I still have a question that she forwar to billing that is yet to be answered. that's the reason to a 4 star review.
I hope that the rest of my time with AutoDS and their customer support will be the same experience.
We'll that didn't work out well. I canceled my subscription less than 1 hour after viewing the site and I am in limbo at this point. I paid a full year and did not receive the discount that was advertised and now not getting a response for a full refund. I had a 14 day free trial so we shall see!!
I lowered my rating due to the issues. Also got up sells once inside the app. I thought I had paid for them, but they were blocked out!

I didn't even get past the trial period. You can't really build a full site when a shirt has 68 variations and each variation counts against your import number. I had 5 products posted when I got an error stating I've reached my 500 import limit.

DO NOT USE THIS. USE "DSERS" INSTEAD FOR FULFILLMENT.

1. They charge you a 5% "credit card fee" every-time you top you your account to pay.
2. They charge you like $0.6 every order.
3. They STILL charge you 5-10% extra for the product vs if you were to purchase it yourself on Aliexpress.

Im not done yet.

I had to REFUND 100+ orders on Black Friday because AUTODS provided me with faulty tracking numbers which showed "Abnormal" status so I assumed they weren't getting shipped out. They were... but it was too late because I had already refunded the customers since it has been 20+ days since when I ordered.

AGAIN. DO. NOT. USE. THEM. USE "DSERS"

I am rating this experience with Auto DS: AI Dropshipping & POD a 1 star and if I could have done 0 I would've. This app is a complete scam, its says on the shopify webstore that the app is free in order to get people to download it and then it charges you. Im sure this has happened to a bunch of people from this app and I am completely against the owner. Do not use or even download this app, the software in general is not good.

1. Charged $390.16 for usage during FREE trial period
2. Possibly some FAKE 5-star Auto-DS reviews: after writing this review, we noticed lots of short, 5-star reviews, claiming complete satisfaction and ease of use.
3. MONTHLY plan billed annually so we were told that meant no refund for unused months or login capability if cancelled. That's unlawful unjust enrichment.
4. Only got 14 products to sell: claimed variations of the 14 products counted towards 500-product plan limit. Unlawful bait and switch.
5. Fake or inaccurate product supply numbers. Most products were out of stock right after being listed, requiring daily inventory management and daily new product searching. Time wasted.
6. Made $0.00 the entire time from 9/13/24 to 11/29/24.
7. High-priced shipping for even lightweight items the entire time we were using the platform so prices weren't impacted by recent strikes, new tariffs, etc.
8. Low inventory and miminal listing-worthy options from U.S. Suppliers in our niche. Mainly China-based suppliers so most had 14 to 21 day shipping times. Auto-DS ad said differently.
9. Lots of non-wholesale prices
10. 1,000 (and counting) emails re: out of stock/price changes.
11. Inability to unsubscribe from emails once canceled.
12. Had to agree to a new plan for same time frame to access app again once we canceled.
13. Repeated login issues before the cancelation.
14. Confusing pricing tools: Lots of pricing errors that would've sold trending products at a loss had we had a sale from allegedly trending products.
15. No unique or "scroll-stopping" products in niche.
16. Hidden fees (i.e.the need for additional "credits" on top of in-app charges and monthly subscription) to fulfill the orders.
17. App was hard to use.
18. Still required more apps to compete.
19. Shall I repeat: we made no sales from 9/13/24 through 11/29/24.
20. Pricing analysis and strategies for individual products were hard to find. 21. Limited, argumentative, and/or belligerent support re: a refund until their manager saw this app review.
22. Lots of known issues
23. There were OUTDATED help topics and tutorials.

There are more issues that we encountered but we can't list them all. We tried to stick it out as long as we could to make our money back and to see if the advertised hype and ads by affiliates were accurate. We just couldn't take these issues anymore.

Business to business, we tried to discuss some of these issues BEFORE writing this awfully negative review.

Update: After declining a partial refund or months "free" (we had already paid for a whole year) and mentorship, they initially refused to refund us fully until this review. We have since received all of our money back. Previously, one support person had also threatened to charge more if we didn't uninstall the app. Rest assured, uninstalling the app was ONE thing that worked except for the emailing issues listing above. We decline their offer for free months and mentorship because this app isn't cost-effective, intuitive, limited-staff friendly, niche-rich in products, or customer-support friendly.