I am doing this because I feel the gurus are ripping people off selling courses. I didn't do the basic 5$ adset on facebook and then hoped I got lucky.
I am not here to sell a course. I do not have one. And I am not planning to make one.
Before this, I also created an android app (free) myself and promoted it to 4.5 million downloads without any advertising.
Currently I am creating a Shopify App for email marketing www.emailwish.com It's not ready yet.
Since I realized it's not something I could handle since I was doing it solo. There are so many things to do and you get bombarded with ideas and you got to do only a few. Email marketing was something i ignored completely since I didn't have time to learn something new
Edit: In 2018-2019 I made 200k in sales In 2019-2020 I made 300k in sales
Was researching things to start my Shopify store and started to come across some people that were saying that it was dead, and that the gold rush days were over.
Is this relatively speaking true, or is it just salty people making comments?
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Like really how many people manage go make sells and profits out of it.
I tried ebay and it wouldn't even let me list an item and i tried getting in contact with them and nothing.
So I'm gonna risk it, but i really want to know how likely am i to succeed because google says its only betwen 5-10% success rate.
Also, how much money could i make as a beginner and what tips would you give me?
I’m interested to hear opinions when there’s other options, especially woocommerce with Wordpress.
I see time and time again about people being banned, or funds being held up etc, and if you want a 3rd party payment processor you have to pay fees to shopify, and your processor.
Woo commerce has almost unlimited options, and don’t take their own fee, you only pay your processor. I now only pay 1.9% with next day payouts for orders before 5pm.
In terms of design and functionality, you can also achieve anything thig with Wordpress + Woocommerce, with no monthly subscription or application fees.
Is it an accessibility thing?
I know many people have made serious money from it but is it worth it for someone who doesn’t have much money to start of with and isn’t that big on social media? Can you do a lot with the basic subscription? Thanks in advance
Hey everyone, I just finally got myself onto Shopify dropshipping which Ive wanted to do for over a year now. My website is www.electricdream.store
Looking for any tips and tricks going forward to increase sales (I haven’t got any sales yet as it was made about a day and a half ago)
I have ~1k in stocks and ~10k in savings account. I have near to none knowledge. Should I start a dropshipping store? Or do I need to have more money to start? And how could I learn this: what books, courses or videos do you recommend?
A quick summary of my story is that I launched my website a few years back selling various items that range from POD items to baby items to pet supplies. Starting out, since I had design experience, to help offset my expenses I began building fully built dropshipping sites for people online.
Funny thing... their stores began to do better than mine.
Why? Because I thought certain strategies, plugins, etc; performed better with certain niches instead of using them all and molding them around your product. (For sports fans, it's similar to how good coaches adapt to their players strengths instead of forcing players to change their play style).
You can view ALL of my past Reddit posts here: https://beacons.ai/salesboostmedia
So - when it comes to apps, these are a few that I recommend.
Now, let me recommend some Shopify apps that have been game-changers for me:
Booster (Page Speed Optimizer): I can't stress enough how much this app improved my website's load times. It optimizes the customer's first visit and then stores the site in the browser cache, resulting in lightning-fast subsequent visits. This will play hand in hand with another app that I will recommend towards the end.
G: Variant Image + Color Swatch (Customization): This app is fantastic for giving your store a professional look. Customers can select colors, sizes, and quantities without leaving the homepage or product page, leading to higher average cart values. This is mostly in the case for clothing, but can be used for other items that have multiple color or size variants. A similar app to this is Swatch King, you can try both and decide which one you prefer but personally I like G more.
Avada SEO Suite: Site speed is crucial, and this app does wonders by optimizing image loading times without compromising quality. What it does is compress your image size by joining similar colors together without it even being noticeable that the quality has been compressed.
Candy Rack Upsell: This one is $30 per month, so if you can’t swing it then no worries, but from my experience I think it’s one of the best Upsell apps on the market currently. It offers upsell options on every page of your store and at checkout it uses AI to offer your customer an upsell option based on what is in their cart. One upsell per month and this app pays for it self.
Junip Product Reviews: From what I’ve used in the past, Junip is definitely a Top 3 product review app and will continue to be the on the I use for my stores. The integration is super easy and quickly matches up to your theme and branding after installing to your store. The only down side is that the Free Starter Plan only allows up to 50 orders and then it goes to $20 per month but if you are a store that is just starting out then the free plan will work and then if you notice that it’s helping generate sales then you can justify whether or not it’s worth paying for.
If you guys have any questions I’ll try my best to answer them. Any time I post I always get asked, so yes I do still build websites and off services so if you'd like to talk about any of that - feel free to chat with me!
Best of luck to all of you on your dropshipping journey.
If so, what’s the key to stand out and not fail like so many people I’ve seen? And if not, what could be done to make it viable again?
and about how much money would i need to start to scale my store
Hello So I'm 20. Work at a supermarket. Make just under 1k a month. I have limited time, parents house is on the market and i feel like I should be fending for myself by now. Only problem is on this wage and in the expensive area I'm in I can't do that.
So here are the ideas i've come up with. I can teach myself marketing by starting a dropshipping niche store. Learn fb ads, email marketing, website design through shopify. I currently have about 500 gbp a month to pour into ads.
Now, my parents are pressuring me to get an apprenticeship in engineering. I studied this at college and hated it.
and even if I fail my store atleast i'll have learn't some skills I could maybe get a job doing marketing? I'd like to hear your opinion.
Can I make this store profit 2k a month in a year? is that realistic? and if I fail do you think I could get hired as a marketer if i show them a portfolio of all the ads/marketing i taught myself? I'd say I have about between 6-12 month to get myself on my feet before im forced into a engineering apprenticeship.
I'd like you hear your thoughts
I've just gotten into drop shipping and a lot of sources online say to drop ship via Shopify. I am cool with that however a lot of my friends tell me that drop shipping on Shopify is dead and the store won't do as well as it could of like 4 years ago. Let me know if this is true and also let me know about any other sites I could try drop shipping on. Lastly, reply to this post if you have any suggestions on a product I can drop ship on. Like I said I am just getting into it and it is hard to find a niche product people will buy that also has good profits. I was thinking cologne, but let me know if I should go a different route.
I was going to start with spocket but seeing some posts here saying they are a shady company and lots of negatives. What’s the dropshipping community experience in the best all around dropshipping app?
I used myip.ms to find extremely successful Shopify stores, all doing over $1 Million yearly.
I also used a ton of other tools to completely break down their marketing strategies.
HobbyCo - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/hobbyco-brand-review/
Cult Gaia - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/cult-gaia-brand-review/
Cratejoy - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/cratejoy-review/
Orange Monkie - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/orange-monkie-brand-review/
Lazy Oaf - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/lazy-oaf-brand-review/
Arrae - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/arrae-brand-review/
Dovetail Workwear - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/dovetail-workwear-brand-review/
Brillia - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/brillia-brand-review/
Tocco Toscano - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/tocco-toscano-brand-review/
Moxi Skates - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/moxi-skates-brand-review/
I really think learning from what these guys are doing can help you beginners out there make decisions more easily. Simply copy their strategies, improve on them, and use the knowledge to make your own dropshipping store succeed.