Every product you upload from a supplier follows the default settings you configure for that supplier in AutoDS, from the shipping method and listing template to how AutoDS monitors its price and stock. This article explains the Lister and General settings in Supplier Settings, what each one changes in your uploads, and which ones to review before you start uploading products to your dropshipping store. Before you configure them, confirm your supplier is supported for product uploads.

Lister settings let you define default preferences for your product uploads, including product details, shipping methods, templates, and policies for each supplier and store. You configure them in Settings → Supplier Settings → Lister, and once set, they apply automatically to all new uploads from that supplier.

Configuring Lister settings once per supplier saves you from editing each listing manually and keeps your listings consistent.

To configure your upload preferences:

The table below summarizes the main Lister settings and their impact on your product uploads.

The Shipping Method Selection setting, in Settings → Supplier Settings → Lister, controls how AutoDS calculates the shipping cost and delivery estimate for new listings. You can choose between:

These shipping method names reflect how AutoDS monitors supplier shipping. They are different from the Economy, Standard, and Express fields you may see in your supplier settings.

The shipping method you select changes the shipping cost that AutoDS adds to the supplier's price. For example, for an AliExpress product with a base price of $5, the monitored cost changes by method:

These values are examples only. The actual shipping cost varies by product, supplier, and destination, and AutoDS applies it automatically based on the shipping method you select, so you do not need to enter it in any settings field.

To check the actual shipping cost of a specific product, use View Source Product on the Drafts page, or click the Buy Item ID link on the Products page to open the product on the supplier's website.

Shipping Method Selection works with the Include shipping price setting in Pricing Settings to ensure your final product price reflects both the supplier cost and the shipping method you selected. Including shipping costs in your source price protects your profit margins from unexpected changes in supplier shipping fees, since the shipping cost is added to the base product price before your pricing rules apply, keeping your markup consistent. See how AutoDS calculates your selling price here.

Settings marked eBay stores only do not apply to other selling channels. For the full eBay setup, click here.

Advanced Lister Settings, found under Settings → Supplier Settings → Lister → Advanced Lister Settings, help you scale faster by automating edge cases: filtering risky products, managing variant complexity, and staying compliant with marketplace rules.

General settings, in Settings → Supplier Settings → General, establish default configurations for product monitoring and inventory behavior: weight units, SKU handling, Ship to Country, and supplier selection logic for every product you upload from that supplier.

Before uploading products to your store, review two supplier settings that affect where your products ship from and how AutoDS reads their data:

The default weight unit setting lets you choose between pounds, kilograms, and other available units to keep weight measurements consistent across your products. This is an account-level default, not a forced conversion: if a product's weight is supplied by the supplier in a different unit, AutoDS keeps that supplier-provided unit in the product's Special Weight field instead of converting it to your Default Weight Unit. Choosing the correct unit is essential for calculating accurate shipping costs, displaying correct shipping weights on your listings, and meeting your selling channel's requirements. Choose the unit that matches your primary selling region.

To change it, go to Supplier Settings → General tab and update the Default Weight Unit field.

The SKU is a unique code that identifies and tracks products in your inventory. In Supplier Settings → General settings, Automatic SKU Filling controls how AutoDS populates the SKU field, also called the custom label, for your listings.

Automatic SKU Filling enabled: AutoDS uses the original SKU from the supplier's site in your custom label field. This helps you track products using the supplier's own SKU system, especially useful for large catalogs with consistent supplier SKUs, but it exposes supplier information to competitors who can identify your sources.

Automatic SKU Filling disabled (recommended): AutoDS generates unique identifiers instead, protecting your best-selling items from competitors' research tools and giving you more control over your inventory identification system.

To change it, open Supplier Settings → General tab, find Automatic SKU Filling, and enable or disable it. To fix SKU errors on eBay multi-variant listings, see eBay common errors and solutions.

Minimum Product Quantity places a product on hold, at quantity 0, when the supplier's stock falls below the threshold you set, so you avoid selling items your supplier may not have in stock when an order comes in.

For example, with a minimum product quantity of 5 units, if the supplier's stock drops to 3 units, AutoDS sets the product quantity to 0. The product remains on hold until the supplier's stock increases above your threshold, or until you change the setting.

Minimum Product Quantity is a monitoring setting, so it applies to new uploads and, on every AutoDS plan except Import 200, to products you already uploaded from that supplier, starting from the next scheduled monitoring scan. On the Import 200 plan, it is checked against the supplier’s stock only when a product is uploaded. Learn how monitoring scans apply this threshold here.

You set the Minimum Product Quantity in Supplier Settings, not from the Products page. To set it:

Maximum Shipping Days places a product on hold, at quantity 0, when the estimated delivery time exceeds the limit you set, preventing late arrivals and customer complaints.

AutoDS checks the delivery estimate using standard shipping ZIP codes for each supplier (for example, 10020 for Amazon US) in incognito mode, without being logged in to any account. Because of this, the delivery estimate reflects the standard, non-logged-in shipping time, not membership-specific delivery times such as Amazon Prime. When an order is placed, the delivery time shown is the one displayed at the time of purchase on your buyer account.

If you use Amazon as a supplier to source products for other selling channels, AutoDS monitors the Amazon Buy Box to track pricing, availability, and stock. AutoDS monitors the Buy Box first, and if a product is unavailable there, whether out of stock, not Prime-eligible, or offered by a different seller, AutoDS falls back to the supplier table. To ensure reliability, AutoDS only considers sellers with at least 80% positive feedback and 500 or more ratings, and monitoring is limited to sellers on the first page of the suppliers list.

Choose from Suppliers Table controls how AutoDS prioritizes alternative Amazon sellers when the Buy Box seller is unavailable:

To change this, go to Supplier Settings → General tab for your Amazon supplier and region, and select Cheapest First or Prime First.

Prime only keeps Prime-eligible products from Amazon active in your store, so your orders get faster shipping and more reliable fulfillment.

To identify Prime-eligible products, AutoDS checks whether the Ships from field on the Amazon product page shows Amazon. On Amazon, Ships from refers to where the stock ships from and who prepares the package, so it shows whether the product is fulfilled by Amazon. When Prime only is enabled, products that are not shipped from Amazon can still be imported and monitored, but AutoDS sets them to On Hold, quantity 0, to prevent new sales. Prime only also applies to orders: if the product is not shipped from Amazon when the order is processed, AutoDS stops the order to protect your revenue. Learn how to resolve this order error here.

If Prime only is disabled, AutoDS chooses an alternative seller based on your Choose from Suppliers Table preference (Cheapest First or Prime First, in Supplier Settings → General tab), which offers more pricing flexibility but may mean longer shipping times.

Prime shipping with Fulfilled by AutoDS (FBA): FBA automation always uses Amazon Prime accounts to process orders for products shipped by Amazon, so orders above $35 always qualify for free Prime shipping. Products not shipped by Amazon may incur separate shipping costs, regardless of the order amount.

To import products with Prime shipping:

If you skip these steps, products are imported without the Prime option, even if you selected it on the supplier's website.

Walmart only controls how AutoDS monitors and fulfills products sourced from Walmart membership sellers. When enabled, AutoDS tracks only products from Walmart membership sellers that meet specific quality and performance standards, helping your orders arrive on time. If the Buy Box seller is not a Walmart member, AutoDS automatically sets the product to On Hold.

To turn Walmart only on or off:

After you import a product, the shipping estimate on your listing depends on the settings covered in this article: default weight unit, Shipping Method Selection, Maximum Shipping Days, and, for eBay stores, your Shipping Policy. The actual shipping time depends on the supplier and your target country, so check the supplier's shipping options before you upload. To see how to check whether a supplier ships to your country, click here.

For AutoDS Marketplace products, each product card already shows the estimated shipping time on the preview. For Print on Demand products, click "View shipping options" to see all available shipping methods and delivery timeframes by region.

Best practice: Add a buffer of approximately 5 days to your estimated shipping time to account for supplier order processing time (usually minutes to a few hours, but up to 72 hours in rare cases), the distance between the shipping country and the destination, and potential delays such as holidays, carrier delays, or customs clearance. Many sellers focus only on the shortest possible delivery time, since it is attractive to customers, but missing it can lead to negative reviews that affect your store's reputation.