Tag: drop ship

Every new product you launch has a certain lifespan. If you’re selling a general item and a huge part of the world’s population can benefit from it, your market reach is much bigger. So the lifespan of your product will be extremely long since you’ll never really run out of potential customers. And if you’re … Continued

If you drop ship products from AliExpress you obviously have to clone the products on your own store. This means you’re using the pictures and other information from the supplier on your own website. So the questions is: Are they okay with this? Many suppliers on AliExpress will write in their description that they support … Continued

As soon as you start making some sales you’ll get disputes on PayPal, refund requests per email and some chargebacks. A refund is when you agree to send the money back to your customer because the customer was unhappy, the item never arrived, the item was broken or something else happened. With refunds, you willingly … Continued

I get asked a lot how much money is required to start a drop shipping store. So let me break down the costs for you in a realistic way. First of all, here’s what you’ll need: 1) Shopify I recommend using Shopify to build your drop shipping store. The basic Shopify plan costs $29 per … Continued

If you run a drop shipping store and list multiple products from different suppliers, there’s a few challenges that might arise. When a customer places an order on your store and buys two or three different products from different suppliers, they usually expect to receive one package. However, on AliExpress there’s no way to send … Continued

Usually, when the total value of the imported goods surpasses a certain value, your customers will have to pay import duties. That means, your drop shipped goods will be held by customs. Your customer will usually receive a letter from the customs, asking them to pick up their order and revealing how much they have … Continued

I’ve got an interesting question today from someone who asked if I believe drop shipping will stay a viable business model in the future? Or if I believe it will stop working at some point. A while ago I looked up “drop shipping” on Google Trends. And it turns out the interest for drop shipping … Continued

I recently got a question from one of my subscribers who was asking if the UK market is a good market to start a drop shipping business. Personally, I’ve never drop shipped to the UK. However, I have a couple of students who are targeting the UK and are getting great results. Also many of … 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