Please don't give up, the world is in desperate need of yet another drop shipping website. Answer from Deleted User on reddit.com
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reddit.com › r/shopify › i did 200k usd in my first year of dropshipping. ask me anything.
r/shopify on Reddit: I did 200k USD in my first year of dropshipping. Ask me Anything.
June 1, 2020 -

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

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reddit.com › r/shopify › is shopify and drop-shipping dead?
r/shopify on Reddit: Is Shopify and Drop-shipping Dead?
August 23, 2021 -

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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reddit.com › r/dropship › why does everyone still use shopify?
r/dropship on Reddit: Why does everyone still use shopify?
May 1, 2024 -

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?

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reddit.com › r/dropship › i've been dropshipping for roughy 5 years now - here are a few of my recommended shopify apps
r/dropship on Reddit: I've Been Dropshipping For Roughy 5 Years Now - Here Are A Few Of My Recommended Shopify Apps
February 19, 2024 -

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.

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Let’s be dead honest, is dropshipping, in late 2023/early 2024 viable as a way to make a living? Technically speaking, it's not dead. Lots of people and businesses utilize dropship fulfillment, and many are thriving. Practically speaking however, it's been dead for years and years. The problem here is the mindset that most newbies have, in the way that they approach this whole thing. Many of these newbs watch and follow Youtube "gurus" and "bros", and various quack articles. So they built up this weird idea of "dropshipping", and mentally approach it by believing that it's this fun easy way of potentially earning lots of money, fast, and with nearly no effort needed. Essentially it's some variation of hoisting a store up "real quick", slapping random junk to it, with easy content given by suppliers, and then spend 95% of their time and money playing with ads. That's not a business though, not really. All they're doing is gambling with ads, like a slot machine in Vegas. At best maybe it's an exercise on how to toy with ads, and at worst, it's just plain scammy. Regardless, there's little to no value to what they do, and what they implement. And customers, average everyday people aren't idiots, they see it clearly too. Many have even been burnt by these low-effort stores in the past, with subpar products that broke hours after receiving it, with weeks long deliveries that sometimes never arrives, with a completely different product than what was purchased, all with a complete lack of support following the sale (which of course there is, because many of them are literal kids). Many dropship stores have this same-samey feel about them, which is how customers have learnt to recognize them, and associated them with garbage stores, never to shop in them again. That is precisely why the vast majority of dropship fail. And that is why it's not a viable way to make a living. Specifically, that whole approach isn't a viable way anymore. Once upon a time it may have worked with clueless masses, but not anymore. Those days are long over. Audiences and customers these days are more refined, they know what they want. They're not going to whip out their credit cards to purchase from a low-effort store that doesn't try very hard. 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? It's not that hard. You don't follow strategies and approaches that lead to failure. You don't follow "bro" logic to run a business. You don't follow other dropship stores that are prone to failure. Instead, you follow and get inspiration from actual legit eCommerce stores out there. Established businesses that have been successfully earning profits for years and years and years. But most importantly, you look at the very people who are supposed to be buying from you. Thoroughly understand them. How they think. What they do. Who they are. Every single piece of information needed to run a viable store. This is needed because that's just how the market is these days. After doing thorough research on both your target audience and your competitors, you'll then need to craft an actual image. An impression. Something that greatly appeals to who you want for your customers. Aka, your brand image. You'll need to do in all this effort and homework before putting in a single second and cent into the store. Going in half-cocked will get you fully cooked. And to be clear, dropshipping isn't a business strategy nor a business model. It's not this big thing separate from everything else. All it is, is a fulfillment method. And that's all. You don't hold stock, and your suppliers ship products out for you. That's all it is. It's just a small small part of your overall business venture. Many keep mistaking it as a long-term strategy, overly relying on it, and those who do find success with it, ultimately burn themselves to the ground. If you want your business to survive long-term, minimize your risks as much as possible. Which ideally means moving away from dropshipping via suppliers once you find yourself with consistent sales. Either use 3PL or preferably, fulfill orders yourself.
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Honest question here: why does this question get asked in this subreddit practically every day? Yes, it is still a viable way of making money. Millions of people still don’t know aliexpress exists. Millions of people are still impulse buyers. Just because you can get most things on Amazon with 2 day max shipping, doesn’t mean people aren’t still buying. However, dropshipping is a risk. Always has been, always will. Being the middle man is the best kind of business, minimizes risk and overheard, but it still comes with its fair share of faults. While you might not be stuck with a warehouse lease and inventory if you decide to give it up, you’ll still already pulled in hundreds, if not thousands of dollars before giving it up, not even considering the time. My advice to everyone, if you have the money to lose, do it. I would never recommend it to someone who can’t make their next rent payment. Do not use rent money to start dropshipping. But if you have a few hundred to spare, or can live without takeout for a few months and budget correctly, do it. Worse thing that’ll happen is you’ll spend money to learn supply chain, customer service, cash flow, and more… more than I ever learned getting a finance degree from a top 5 US college. Dropshipping is the easiest way to get your feet wet in owning a business, with the liberty that you get to lose as much, or as little, as you want. But before anyone starts and they ask how much should they plan to invest, I ask how much are you comfortable losing.
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reddit.com › r/dropship › i need to start a career, is creating a shopify drop shipping store the way to go? (realistically)?
r/dropship on Reddit: I need to start a career, is creating a shopify drop shipping store the way to go? (Realistically)?
August 24, 2018 -

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

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First off, good on you for looking to start a business before slaving away for someone else. 10 years from now, if you are still at it, you'll be glad you went on your own versus continously begging/looking for a job. Start this now and by the time you are 22 things will be great! Second, yes you could definitely hit 2k a month. Probably not going to be your first month, probably not the second, probably not your... the point I'm trying to make is if something knocks you down, get back up and try again. There is a lot of guess and check that will take time. That brings me to my third point. Third, if you are serious about making this work, find someone who has already done it. Stay off reddit... for every 100 responses, one guy knows what he is saying. Find a mentor, someone who you would switch places with in a heartbeat (There is more too it but this is the easiest way to explain). Find one and your learning curve shrinks dramatically. Fourth, don't quit your job when you are making more than your current job is making. That would really fuck you up if you have a bad month, or a supplier goes out of business or something along those lines. Save 3 to 6 months full expense before you even think about that! Best of luck buddy! This redditor believes in you!
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I'd recommend looking into print-on-demand models. They are a natural evolution of dropshipping and have worked great for many people with fewer unpredictable factors in terms of marketing and testing. I interviewed a guy a while back who made $500K selling these. It was an extremely informative chat. Do give it a read and let me know if it sounds useful: https://www.withintheflow.com/pod-interview-peter-fitzer/
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reddit.com › r/dropshipping › drop shipping on shopify still work in 2025?
r/dropshipping on Reddit: Drop shipping on Shopify still work in 2025?
January 16, 2025 -

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.

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...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. You can launch & run an ecom store on Shopify or on Woocommerce. But the platform don't matter if you askin whether or not it works. That's based squarely on how well you craft your store. Create 5mins trash like so many newbies do, then expect what your friends told you - dead store. End of the day, customers are real ppl, with real thoughts & feelings. Exact same as you. Then you gotta ask yourself - would you seriously whip out your CC & buy from what looks like a store made by a potential scammer? Or a store that looks like the owner took the laziest most weakest amount of effort? You wouldn't. You'd think why should you give this lazy peep your money, when there're so many other legit stores out there, that actually tries very hard to get your business. Yeh? Approach from that angle, then implement your store properly. Like a real biz instead of a get rich quick scheme. Many of the vids on Youtube are made by "gurus" & various assorted broccoli-haired twerps, & aren't really geared in your best interests. You gotta squint real hard & get the most general of info, the rest is completely useless fluff designed to enrich them only. So... tread carefully & use logic & common sense when learning how to run a biz. Again, a real business. Not a get rich quick scheme, not a "side-gig", not a "hustle", not to earn beer money on a weekend "real quick". The amount of effort you gotta put in is enormous. That's why they say "blood, sweat & tears". 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. Don't do product research, that's a big waste of time. You & every other newbie scattered all over the web also following the same path. You ain't gonna find it, esp in the dropship field. Most dropshipped stuff out there is completely crowded & typically cheap low-quality trash. Most of these newbies create the crappiest looking store to sell these trash. This is why your friends all say it's dead. Your best bet is to craft a different image from what's already been tried millions of times by clueless newbies. Your job as an entrepreneur, is to create an ecom store that looks & feels no different to established/legitimate/winning stores & brands out there. That's the only way customers will actually believe you're the real deal. Cos that's the defacto standard. This means your name gotta be good. Your store gotta be good. Your images & graphics gotta be good. Your copy gotta be good. Your offers gotta be presented as tho they were the best thing since sliced bread. So you looking at skills with photography, graphic design, web design, UI/UX, maybe 3D modelling/rendering, maybe AI image generation, copywriting, HTML/CSS scripting, Liquid/PHP/Javascript coding, etc. If you can't handle it yourself, you gotta have money to pay experts. That's why it's hard.
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hi i am a private dropshipping agent with 10 years experience. Yes, it is much harder than before. But if you are good at marketing like my clients are, there is still chance to success in 2025 with good products.
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reddit.com › r/dropship › here are 10 million-dollar shopify stores you can copy (complete breakdowns)
r/dropship on Reddit: Here are 10 Million-Dollar Shopify stores you can copy (Complete Breakdowns)
September 23, 2024 -

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.

  1. HobbyCo - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/hobbyco-brand-review/

  2. Cult Gaia - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/cult-gaia-brand-review/

  3. Cratejoy - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/cratejoy-review/

  4. Orange Monkie - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/orange-monkie-brand-review/

  5. Lazy Oaf - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/lazy-oaf-brand-review/

  6. Arrae - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/arrae-brand-review/

  7. Dovetail Workwear - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/dovetail-workwear-brand-review/

  8. Brillia - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/brillia-brand-review/

  9. Tocco Toscano - https://dsweekly.com/brand-reviews/tocco-toscano-brand-review/

  10. 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.

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August 22, 2025 - Certainly, you can add as many products as you want once you get the credentials for your Shopify store. Our AI Shopify Store Builder will provide you the minimal amount of dropshipping products to start with.
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October 4, 2008 - If you’re a Shopify store owner struggling to target customers from specific cities or devices and want to turn visitors into buyers, SpotDiscount might help. It allows you to create location-based discounts and track their performance with ease. Check it out: https://dripx.club ... Hi, i recently tried to use Shophunter for tracking the sales of some dropshipping ...
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