The dropshipping supplier that clears customs
Flow DS is your behind-the-scenes supplier. Browse products with landed costs in rand, sell them at your price on your store, and we source, pack and deliver to your customer — duties and VAT paid upfront, tracked to all nine provinces.
Free to browse. Order a sample before you commit. Pay only for what you sell.
No surprise customs bills
Duty and VAT are calculated and paid upfront. Your customer never gets a SARS SMS.
7–14 working days
Express air freight to South Africa, then tracked courier delivery to all nine provinces.
Thousands of products
Vetted global suppliers plus local SA stock for 1–3 day dispatch on winners.
One honest price
The landed cost you see is what you pay. No hidden clearance or handling fees later.
How selling with Flow DS works
1. Browse the catalog
Thousands of trending products with the exact landed cost in rand — delivery, import duty and VAT already included.
2. Pick your prices
See a suggested selling price and your profit on every product. Import it to your store or order a sample first.
3. We pack & deliver
When a customer orders, we source, pack and ship to their door — tracked, with customs cleared before it leaves.
Profit calculator
Do the math before you commit
Move the sliders to see what a typical product actually costs landed in South Africa — and what you could make per sale.
- Your landed cost
- R 309
- Product + freight + duty + VAT
- You sell for
- R 499
- Suggested price
- Profit per sale
- R 190
- 38% margin
Estimates at the current exchange rate. Every product page shows its exact landed cost, weight and delivery options.
Why stores fail here
Importing on your own is a gamble.
Most South African dropshippers who try it alone get burned twice: parcels stuck at the post office for weeks, and customers hit with surprise customs bills on delivery. Both kill your reviews and your repeat sales.
- Consolidated air freight — your parcels fly on scheduled cargo routes, not slow postal lanes.
- Costs locked upfront — duty, VAT and delivery are priced into the rand amount you see.
- Bulk option for winners — order 10+ units at a lower per-unit cost, delivered to you or held for fulfilment.
Doing it alone
- · 4–8 week delivery stuck in the postal system
- · Customer gets a customs bill at the door
- · Exchange-rate and duty surprises eat your margin
- · No tracking once it leaves the origin country
With Flow DS
- · 7–14 working days, tracked end to end
- · Duty and VAT paid before it ships
- · One rand price you can build your margin on
- · Full tracking from warehouse to your customer's door
Ready to stock your store without touching stock?
Start with one product. Order a sample, list it at your price, and see the Flow DS difference on your first delivery.