Tag: aliexpress

As soon as you fulfil a couple of orders on AliExpress one of your orders will be canceled and they will ask you to verify your credit card and prove your identity by appealing and uploading some documents. Usually you’ll get an email from AliExpress when that happens. The reason this happens is because AliExpress … Continued

One of the main things holding people back when starting a drop shipping business is the long shipping times from China. People make all sorts of assumptions about it. Here’s the main ones: 1) Long shipping times suppress conversions and sales I’ve split tested 5-12 and 14-29 days shipping on the same store since I … Continued

  When you browse AliExpress you’ll find a ton of reviews for the best-selling products. And you can also see which country the reviews come from, for example Spain, Brazil, Russia and the Ukraine. However, be careful when “analysing” these reviews. Just because 80% of reviews come from Russia or some other place, doesn’t necessarily … Continued

So for anyone who’s still a bit confused about this, there’s basically two main drop shipping methods you can use to sell your items. Here they are. 1) Free Plus Shipping This is when you put the price of your item at zero and then set the comparison price at something like nineteen dollars. Then … Continued

So I recently got a question from one of my followers who asked how he could get approved with suppliers outside of AliExpress.com. He mentioned that he found a really good supplier. But they asked him to fill out a form with all sorts of questions: “What’s your annual revenue?” “Since when are you in … Continued

There’s plenty of awesome products you can find on AliExpress.com, but there’s a few categories you want to avoid like the pest. Although some items seem like they are perfect for drop shipping, they might come with legal repercussions because of trademarks, copyright and potentially dangerous effects of using the item. Here’s a list of … Continued

When you fulfill an order on AliExpress.com you have to include a note to the seller and let them know that they shouldn’t include an invoice or receipt in the package they send to your customer. Instead, you want to send your customers an email invoice with the exact amount you charged them directly from … Continued

A lot of people ask me how they can pay the suppliers on Aliexpress when the payments from Shopify, Stripe and PayPal are held and not available yet. The short answer is: You have to use debt. There’s two different forms of debt. Bad debt and good debt. Bad debt is anything that’s spent on … Continued

There’s a lot of benefits when dropshipping from Aliexpress to the US, but also a few downsides. The same is true when drop shipping to Europe. Let’s talk about the pros and cons for a moment. The US is simply a great place to start because it’s one of the biggest markets in the world. … Continued