diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md
index 30ed47caa48..f03ad15e5a5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const { CollectorExporter } =  require('@opentelemetry/exporter-collector');
 
 const collectorOptions = {
   serviceName: 'basic-service',
-  url: '<opentelemetry-collector-url>' // url is optional and can be omitted - default is http://localhost:55678/v1/trace
+  url: '<opentelemetry-collector-url>' // url is optional and can be omitted - default is http://localhost:55678
 };
 
 const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporterBase.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporterBase.ts
index 1d93318aa46..096a5d3b305 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporterBase.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporterBase.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ export interface CollectorExporterConfigBase {
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME = 'collector-exporter';
-const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = 'http://localhost:55678/v1/trace';
 
 /**
  * Collector Exporter abstract base class
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ export abstract class CollectorExporterBase<
    */
   constructor(config: T = {} as T) {
     this.serviceName = config.serviceName || DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME;
-    this.url = config.url || DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL;
+    this.url = this.defaultURL(config.url);
     if (typeof config.hostName === 'string') {
       this.hostName = config.hostName;
     }
@@ -135,4 +134,5 @@ export abstract class CollectorExporterBase<
     onSuccess: () => void,
     onError: (error: CollectorExporterError) => void
   ): void;
+  abstract defaultURL(url: string | undefined): string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/CollectorExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/CollectorExporter.ts
index 28cabeb5f0f..e854d358c11 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/CollectorExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/CollectorExporter.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import * as collectorTypes from '../../types';
 
 export type CollectorExporterConfig = CollectorExporterConfigBase;
 
+const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = 'http://localhost:55678/v1/trace';
+
 /**
  * Collector Exporter for Web
  */
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ export class CollectorExporter extends CollectorExporterBase<
     window.removeEventListener('unload', this.shutdown);
   }
 
+  defaultURL(url: string | undefined) {
+    return url || DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL;
+  }
+
   sendSpans(
     spans: ReadableSpan[],
     onSuccess: () => void,
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporter.ts
index 639d373685f..1207ae2fccb 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/CollectorExporter.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import { toCollectorExportTraceServiceRequest } from '../../transform';
 import { GRPCQueueItem, TraceServiceClient } from './types';
 import { removeProtocol } from './util';
 
+const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = 'http://localhost:55678';
+
 /**
  * Collector Exporter Config for Node
  */
@@ -135,4 +137,8 @@ export class CollectorExporter extends CollectorExporterBase<
       });
     }
   }
+
+  defaultURL(url: string | undefined): string {
+    return url || DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL;
+  }
 }