Tag: dropshipping

If you’re selling free plus shipping offers, you need to make sure people don’t abuse your offer and order hundreds of items and only get charged a small amount of money. Also if people order 10-100 items and you drop ship them from China, customs will hold them and ask for taxes. That’s why it’s … 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

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

So here’s my advice for anyone who’s trying to build a drop shipping business on the side while still working in a full-time job. Don’t quit your job unless: 1) You are making at least double the amount of money or more than you’re making in your job for a period of at least twelve … Continued

A lot of people try to run Facebook ads for multiple products at the same time. The problem with this strategy is that you easily lose track and divert your attention to the point where you simply give up. It’s much better to select one product and then run Facebook ads just for that product … Continued

If you have an idea for a niche or a product, there are a few hacks and trick that might help you test the waters in a lean way. I mean, the Shopify basic plan is only $29. So if you’re worried about losing thirty bucks, maybe being an entrepreneur is not the right thing … Continued

Upselling products is really easy when you have a tool like Click Funnels, but it’s a little bit more challenging with Shopify. Here’s why. Shopify was built with e-commerce people in mind. They wanted to build the best shopping cart software on the market and they did. But it wasn’t build with customer value optimization … Continued

If you run a drop shipping store but aren’t getting any sales yet, you have to take a close look at what I call the 95% rule of drop shipping. Here’s what the rule says. All drop shipping success and failure comes down to two things: 1) Selling the wrong item 2) Selling to the … 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