Online marketplace for freelance services, Fiverr has acquired AutoDS, which provides a subscription-based end-to-end solution for dropshippers, including product research and sourcing, inventory management, and automated fulfilment.
With its expansive global reach and an omni-channel approach, AutoDS aggregates over 150 million products and serves tens of thousands of paying subscribers on its platform.
Fiverr founder and CEO, Micha Kaufman said, “AutoDS has built an impressive product and community that is highly synergetic with Fiverr. Dropshipping and its adjacent services in marketing and programming verticals are some of the fastest growing categories on Fiverr. It is also a community that is deeply rooted in Fiverr’s origin, where anyone with talent and idea can leverage FIverr’s platform to build a business.
“This acquisition also marks another step in Fiverr’s transformation from a marketplace into a powerful platform that offers not only access to talent but also software solutions for its audience, making it a one-stop shop for their entire digital needs.”
AutoDS brings tens of thousands of dropshippers into the Fiverr ecosystem, adding to the existing dropshipping and e-commerce buyer base on Fiverr. This acquisition expands Fiverr’s footprint in the value chain in categories including dropshipping, website development, e-commerce management and social media marketing.
AutoDS was founded in 2018 and is managed by Lior Pozin, Michael Royf, and Ofir Bokobza, with the goal of automating the dropshipping process, to help source products from major channels like Amazon and eBay and to help every business scale easily. AutoDS provides a single dashboard where multiple stores can be monitored, and prices are automatically updated as they increase from suppliers.
AutoDos co-founder and CEO, Lior Pozin added, “Our audiences are very similar – ambitious entrepreneurs who are building and growing their businesses – so the opportunity is clear. With Fiverr’s experience growing a global brand, together we will be able to accelerate our growth and take the company to the next level, helping us build the company to be the world’s number one solution for dropshipping that we always envisioned.”
AutoDS will remain independently operated while working together to maximise synergies between both companies.