Dropshipping on your own VPS: no Shopify apps tax
Dropshipping on Shopify means app fees on top of margins and someone else's ban hammer. Your supplier catalog should live on your server with your payment account.
What this is
NitroCart on your VPS hosts the supplier catalog, checkout to your acquiring, and Telegram ops — no platform turnover cut, no mandatory app subscriptions.
How it works in NitroCart
- Catalog admin: import or add supplier SKUs.
- Checkout settings: your payment URL, your merchant account.
- Render setting: catalog for multi-SKU or landing one for hero product tests.
- Telegram notifications: order alerts without a fulfillment app.
Who it is for
- Dropshippers tired of per-order SaaS fees.
- Operators in markets where Shopify Payments is unavailable.
- Teams testing supplier lines before committing to inventory.
Workflow
- Deploy NitroCart on Ubuntu VPS via Mini App or desktop deployer.
- Load supplier products into catalog admin.
- Connect your acquiring in Checkout settings.
- Set up Telegram order notifications.
- Launch a small ad test and rotate SKUs via catalog admin.
FAQ
Automatic supplier sync?
Manual or CSV-style catalog management — you control the SKU list.
Shopify migration?
Export products and rebuild catalog; checkout moves to your processor.
Multiple suppliers?
One catalog per install; use separate VPS copies for separate lines.
Next: Self-hosted store engine: your VPS, your data, no turnover cut, Reseller: someone else’s catalog, your store, Self-hosted checkout: payments by URL and API.