Can I use AliExpress for Shopify dropshipping in Australia?
How do I dropship on Shopify Australia?
Is dropshipping profitable in Australia?
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You always see gurus in America rave about how they make $5000 a day, has anyone actually built a successful drop shopping store in Australia? What were you experiences, pain points etc
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For someone who has a full time job, but is looking to start a web based business with no experience.
After some research, it looks fairly simple to inter grade Shopify & oberlo to start my e commerce business. I just had a few questions...
Can this be a lucrative business? Is it realistic to assume that, with the right work & market, that I can pull off 5-10k/mo in profits by using this type of business model?
Once the website is up & running, I am looking to spend about 1k/month the first 3 months in advertising (social media, SEO, etc)
Thanks guys
2018s Amway. A few make it, the rest go broke trying. It will take a superhuman effort at anything to earn an EXTRA $10-$15k a month. Do you make that in your full time job?
Even if the margins suck, dropshipping is a great way to validate your business or build site authority.
Let's say you want to launch a t-shirt business. Setting up partnerships, getting designs made, etc. is going to take time. With dropshipping, you avoid all of that and go straight to selling. If you are counting on SEO to make sales, you may also need to get an aged website - with dropshipping, you can set a page for various categories and let it run on autopilot for a while till your site picks authority.
Once you start seeing sales, you can dive in deeper and invest in product design and manufacturing.
Hey guys, kinda new to dropshipping here. Anyone got ideas on best ways to ship to Australia? I’ve got someone buy in my shop from there and I’m just realising that most AliExpress sellers don’t ship to Australia, at least for my product. Any advice on how to go around this so I don’t have to refund the order? Any ideas will be appreciated. Thank you guys.. 💪🍻
I have a few questions about the back end of ecommerce for beginners, specifically related to Australia:
When first starting with a dropshipping (or any tentative or small ecommerce business selling things via a website), how does one set it up?
Do I get an ABN?
One of my currently percolating ideas is actually aimed at the Australian market and to me it would make sense to then get an aussiebusiness.com.au domain for this particular one. Is this true? Do Aussies prefer to buy from a .com.au site?
Is there any other reason to get an ABN? Is an ABN obligatory?
What about a business bank account and/or credit card?
When I read that credit card blocks are a bit more common in this environment (suspicion of fraudulent use due to regular purchases with constantly changing shipping address), is it wise to get a separate card and notify the provider of the cc about the nature of the business and the consequence of the ever changing shipping addresses?
Insurance, do you need them or want them and which one? I know hobby sellers on a local markets or shows need some form of public liability, but think that one is more for when personal interaction go bottoms up, i.e. someones kid banged their head on the corner of your table after tripping over it's feet, but claiming to have tripped over your power supply - something like that.
Is it needed to protect from or be covered for customer claims? Is it mandatory in certain situations?
Whether you've just started, or are a seasoned serial entrepreneur operating from Australia, I would really value and appreciate some tips or pointers on the above.
I have read quite a bit here and elsewhere, but am still mystified by a few things related to startup costs.
I read that you can start with bugger all or a $500,- budget and then see lists with breakdowns of the start costs, but I never see anything budgetted for commercial/business bank accounts/cards, or insurance and related overhead.
Am I overthinking, overly cautious? Is this something that people just don't bother with at all?