Yes it’s real, very real actually. It’s a very popular business model these days, but what these gurus you see on social media don’t tell you; is that it’s not as easy as they make it seem. If you’re actually interested, you need to research as much as possible and develop the proper skills for it such as website building, marketing, copy writing and etc. Also yes, I know some of these can be solved by using AI, but they’re still great skills to learn. These skills not only work in dropshipping but in any other business model so they’re very valuable. Also important tips: • DO NOT BUY COURSES! 99% of the time the people selling you these courses are just trying to scam you when they have made $0 from the business model themselves. • For a free course that can help you learn the basics + some more, I recommend looking up “conquer TikTok dropshipping”. It’s completely free and its made by actual experts. Also do not make it your only source for research either because it’s always great to learn more outside of the box! Basically don’t rely only on this free course to teach you EVERYTHING, because the economy is always changing so it’s great to always learn I hope this helps! Answer from EfficientJelly5437 on reddit.com
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reddit.com › r/dropshipping › is drop shipping real ?
r/dropshipping on Reddit: Is drop shipping real ?
October 22, 2023 -
I’ve been curious about drop shipping for so long already , the YouTube’s I’ve watched make it look simple but I believe it’s only to sell a course, it always interest me when I find a product and later in life it blows up , if real can someone show some actual proof?
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Yes it’s real, very real actually. It’s a very popular business model these days, but what these gurus you see on social media don’t tell you; is that it’s not as easy as they make it seem. If you’re actually interested, you need to research as much as possible and develop the proper skills for it such as website building, marketing, copy writing and etc. Also yes, I know some of these can be solved by using AI, but they’re still great skills to learn. These skills not only work in dropshipping but in any other business model so they’re very valuable. Also important tips: • DO NOT BUY COURSES! 99% of the time the people selling you these courses are just trying to scam you when they have made $0 from the business model themselves. • For a free course that can help you learn the basics + some more, I recommend looking up “conquer TikTok dropshipping”. It’s completely free and its made by actual experts. Also do not make it your only source for research either because it’s always great to learn more outside of the box! Basically don’t rely only on this free course to teach you EVERYTHING, because the economy is always changing so it’s great to always learn I hope this helps!
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Have you ever bought something on a drop shipping site? If so, yes. I personally have not.
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reddit.com › r/dropship › be realistic & honest - is drop shipping worth it? how much do you need to invest to make it profitable?
r/dropship on Reddit: Be realistic & honest - is drop shipping worth it? How much do you need to invest to make it profitable?
January 27, 2024 -
I see a lot of anecdotal stories that seem too good to be true: start from nothing, earn 10k per week within 2 years.
Suppose someone were to start with 1,000$ - will you breakthrough or just end up loosing it all?
How much money does one have to invest to get the business to run reliably?
What all do you need? A website, advertising, bulk buying deals etc.?
What are some very important tips that are often ignored in online courses / Youtube tutorials?
For those that have managed to dropship successfully, I want to hear the real stories that led you there, including all the negatives and potential pitfalls.
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Don't do it unless your willing to obsess over being successful with it and eventually build a real brand one day.
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Do not proceed unless you are 100% dedicated to building an actual brand with DS as the logistical function to that brand. If you’re looking for a quick buck or a casual ‘side hustle’ like some of the suburban soccer Moms that want extra vacation money then you’re going to regret it.
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reddit.com › r/dropship › is all dropshipping a scam??
r/dropship on Reddit: Is all Dropshipping a scam??
September 6, 2019 -
Hey I've been recently researching about dropshipping and etc. I've come a across many YouTubers but I've seen so many gurus with all their courses that they wanted to sell me. I once attended one of this free seminars and they weren't even legit. The live chat was just bots saying random stuff and didn't even respond to me and at the end they all just tried selling me something. Can I even trust dropshipping?? Are all YouTubers and stuff to it even legit or are they just all scammers trying to sell me their courses and softwares and whatever?
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It’s easy to setup but hard to do well. Those that didn’t succeed, sell courses on how to.
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It can work, but like any business it takes a lot of work and the margins are low. If you’ve been convinced that you can build a cheap site, add products and throw FB ads at the problem for a positive ROI think again. If you’re going to spend a year or more of your time developing a store to sell crap from China that no one really wants you may as well spend that energy inventing something, your own brand.
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reddit.com › r/dropship › why are there so many people here saying dropshipping is a scam?
r/dropship on Reddit: Why are there so many people here saying dropshipping is a scam?
January 9, 2024 -
And bashing it in general. Why? Why are yall here then? Geniunely wondering
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People try to copy/paste and half ass drop-shipping businesses / biz model instead of taking the time to develop and cultivate their brand and make a vibe/theme and then they fail Like alot of drop shipping ecommerce stores are generic asf. Obviously in a saturated market you have to stand out and this is why it's important to create a specific niche or have a well cultivated and thought out brand
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Let's say I told you I had an amazing method to make you a millionaire, and all you had to do was send me a thousand bucks to learn the secret. You send the money, and I send you a message that says, "Work out every day and get signed by a pro sports team... LOL!" Technically I didn't lie to you, but it was still deception because I made something very complicated and hard sound like it would be easy. That's kind of the state of dropshipping these days. It's a real thing that does exist and some people make money from it, but the REAL money is in convincing people who are young and not very business-savvy that it's a simple, easy thing that anyone can do without putting in much time, money, and effort.
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reddit.com › r/ecommerce › is dropshipping really that bad?
r/ecommerce on Reddit: Is dropshipping really that bad?
January 26, 2022 -
Hey guys,
I have a pretty strong interest in e-commerce since the past few months. I just got 18 and as you can expect my budget is small and i cant allow myself to invest big into this idea currently. I heard that you could try out dropship to test out a product and see if it sells. I found a good product and am now wondering if i should try and dropship it for now. I have a "one-product"- Store in mind. Even tough everyone on this sub is trashing dropshipping, is doing it in this case "justifiable"?
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Drop shipping is a fulfillment method. When you treat it as a business model, like riding a wave of trend, not providing customer svc, 2 month ship times, products that don’t work, etc., then imo it’s bad. My advice… Pick a higher priced product. Low price does not mean easier sales. More margin allows you to spend more to acquire a customer. Amazon is not your competitor. It doesn’t matter the price on Amazon unless you’re selling a commodity item (phone case, toothbrush, etc). Learn about marketing angles. Do this now. This is the key. Any product can sell with the right angle. Your product needs to have a X factor. It needs to be different. Position it differently so you can justify a higher price. Set your price higher than any competitors. Use discounts to get ppl through the checkout. Get a good fulfillment partner. Titan3pl is decent. IME, 14 day ship time is about the max you can deal with before you have issues with customer service and chargebacks. 10-14 day shipping is doable with Yunexpress or Yanwen. Ask the vendor. Brand your store. Tell a story. People buy from brands they like. You don’t need to use the charitable angle, but just be relatable to your target demographic. Prioritize user experience over fancy design. Make your site functional, easy to navigate, etc. don’t overlay text on images unless there is plenty of contrast. Idk what else. These are just common things that are sometimes contrary to what is said here. Basically treat it like a real biz and not a cash grab. That’s the main thing. Good luck!
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I'm not a fan of dropshipping but if you want to pursue it, please at least order one or two of your products and take your own pictures. Don't do the thing amazon sellers do with the poorly photoshopped lifestyle photos.
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reddit.com › r/dropshipping › does dropshipping actually work?
r/dropshipping on Reddit: Does Dropshipping actually work?
May 11, 2022 -
So I’ve recently discovered dropshipping as a way to create a business online and make money, however I am a bit skeptical. I’ve seen a lot of YouTubers talk about how much they’ve made and I’m just wondering if anyone has any insight on how well it works or if you’ve made money. Idk kinda seems like people are just trying to sell their courses.
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In canada you can use amazon, ebay for ds
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Some people make a lot of money with dropshipping. Some people make very little money. Most people make nothing at all. Is dropshipping a scam? No, it is not. It is a legitimate business model. Some people make a lot of money with dropshipping and some make very little money. The key to making a lot of money with it is starting out with a lot of money. You need enough money to buy out of stocks, place ads and invest in marketing to drive traffic to your site. If you have that, then dropshipping can be extremely profitable for you. But if you start with $100, you will have little chance of succeeding.
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reddit.com › r › dropship › comments › 1gk1t4b › is_dropshipping_still_a_realistic_choice_in_2025
Is dropshipping still a realistic choice in 2025?
November 5, 2024 - Is dropshipping still an industry worth putting time into? I heard many different things: it's volatile, outdated, too competitive, unstable, and it's no longer something you can do to get rich quickly (however there is still tons of gurus advertising this). I don't need to get rich quickly, ...
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reddit.com › r/dropship › is anyone actually making a profit ? i'm coming to the conclusion drop shipping is mostly crap!
r/dropship on Reddit: Is anyone actually making a profit ? I'm coming to the conclusion drop shipping is mostly crap!
December 4, 2023 -
I'm flopping over and over again... I've made sales but for the time I'm putting in, paying for ads it's just not worth it.. getting super frustrated..
Mostly people posting on here their sites are a flop! Please share your experiences
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You're 100% right. I put a solid 2 years into trying to get dropshipping to work. I was convinced that I was just 1 'winning product' away from success 😆 I even ended up paying agencies for help, but they ended up being low effort drop servicing bros... who outsourced all the work to cheap fiverr gigs. The only people who seem to be making money from dropshipping are the YouTube 'gurus', course sellers, spy apps etc.. They're selling shovels for a gold rush that ended years ago... The main issue is that people don't need to buy from random little weird stores that appear on Facebook. They've either been burned by lazy dropshippers, scammed by one of the thousands of fraud ads on Facebook, or are savvy enough to just go to aliexpress, TEMu, wish etc to get the same junk item for a much better price. Tough love but I hate seeing people donate MORE money to that Zuckerberg asshole. I ended up working 2 extra part time jobs and also did an indiegogo crowdfunding campaign so I could manufacture my own products in a profitable but 'uncool' niche. That was a couple of years ago and next year I'm expecting to hit 6 or maybe even 7 figures if my plans for 2024 work out. I'm 51 and basically unemployable due to being autistic and ADHD. If I can do it, any of you guys can. Especially with all of the AI and other amazing tools available now 😀
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Yeah, I’ve been making a profit for the last seven years. I think the biggest mistake people make is targeting the wrong market. Avoid the big ones—CPMs are too high, and conversions aren’t like they used to be in the early dropshipping days. Instead, try markets like the Netherlands/Belgium (NL/BE), Scandinavia (NO/SW/FI), or Southern Europe (PT, IT, ES). Not every product’s a winner there, but your chances are definitely higher. Also, I’d skip popular spy tools like Minea or Pipiads—too many people browsing the same ads. I personally use SpyTrends.net It’s still relatively unknown, and their method for spotting winners is pretty unique. Found my last two there. Good luck!
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reddit.com › r/dropship › let’s be dead honest, is dropshipping, in late 2023/early 2024 viable as a way to make a living?
r/dropship on Reddit: Let’s be dead honest, is dropshipping, in late 2023/early 2024 viable as a way to make a living?
December 8, 2023 -
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?
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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/dropshipping › is the success in drop shipping real?
r/dropshipping on Reddit: Is the success in drop shipping real?
December 20, 2024 -
I see there is a lot of hype. I’m a new mother and I want to be able to make more money so that I can be home with my child instead of working for my boss. Before you ask where my fiancé is. He’s here beside me doing his best to be a provider and I want to help so that we can have enough money to give us the freedom to spend more time with our young family. So is it real? There are so many ways of making money that to be honest is just overwhelming. Please give me your honest and transparent advice before I invest. Thank you
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There is success but like in every business it requires u to put in a lot of work and effort. It will pay off in the long run. Doesn't matter how long it takes. Just never give up
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Try to think of dropshipping as a form of order fulfilment instead of the end goal. Use dropshipping during testing but your first step should be moving to private fulfilment or 3PL as soon as you can Dropshipping, or the guru style ‘aliexpress product + Shopify store + Facebook ads = $$$’ has arguably never been very successful, outside two golden periods. First was when the entire scheme wasn’t oversaturated, and before the big iOS update. I was a total beginner back in 2018 but still got sales with a low quality store and a simple Facebook ad 🤷♂️ The second was during the Covid lockdowns when people were bored and stuck at home. Many of the current crop of broccoli-haired ‘guru’ kids had success during the Covid days and are still milking that to sell a dream to vulnerable people. I’ve been a ‘digital nomad’ since 2018 and mix with people in the e-commerce world. In all that time I’ve never met a person who’s had success with dropshipping (as taught by the mentors and gurus). Most of the people who are successful are either doing high-ticket dropshipping (stuff like furniture and shop fittings etc) or they’ve built their own brand with exclusive products and really polished store. I got caught up in the dropshipping honey trap back in 2018 when I left my teaching job. I was convinced that I could make it work, and was super into it for almost 2 years. I did courses, paid for mentorship, watched hundreds of videos… I was obsessed. Tested a bunch of different stores. Single product, niche, tested heaps of different products in all sorts of niches. I got scammed a bunch of times by Indian bros and lost a lot of money overall, but it was all a learning experience. I look back now and consider it paid training! I ended up abandoning it all in 2021 and decided to start manufacturing my own products. I’m still running that business today and earning enough to live on and keep growing the business. It has not been easy. I haven’t had a holiday or been able to buy anything substantial for a long time. Every spare dollar goes back into the business. Here are just some of the skills you will probably need as a solopreneur - whether it’s dropshipping or your own brand: Writing and proofreading (although AI helps a LOT with this nowadays). Graphic design Video editing Customer service, conflict resolution Logistics and warehousing/inventory management Accounting - tax etc And then there are intangible skills that really helpful: Creativity Perseverance Problem solving Time management TLDR: Dropshipping is a form of order fulfilment. Zoom out and look at the bigger picture and be prepared for a LOT of hard work, self doubt, challenges and stress. Ignore what you see online from course sellers and ‘gurus’. Those guys are just interested in one thing - your hard earned money.
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reddit.com › r/explainlikeimfive › eli5: drop shipping: is it a scam?
r/explainlikeimfive on Reddit: eli5: drop shipping: is it a scam?
July 29, 2020 -
theres a lot of folks these days talking about quick, yet seemingly sketchy ways to make money. is drop shipping sketchy/a scam?
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It is a legitimate way to do business, however currently is seems there are a lot more people out there who are making money from telling others how to get rich through drop shipping than those who actually get rich by drop shipping. The idea is simple enough: You start by selling things you don't actually have and when somebody buys them you have them shipped directly to the customer from the factory in China. You pocket the difference between what the customer paid you and what you paid the factory in China. It seems like an easy way to make money. You don't have any costs for keeping an inventory in a warehouse anywhere. The prices for stuff bought from the factory in China can be dirt cheap, so that you can mark them up by a lot and still have a cheap product. All you really need is a website to that allows people to order stuff from you and there are already pre-prepared templates for this and you can import the products and their description straight from the manufacturers catalog. It takes less than an hour to set something up that looks semi-professional, works and can make you money. It all looks like an easy way to get rich and some people do make money that way. However since the barrier to entry is so low, there is a ton of competition that does just that. In order to get ahead you have to work hard and spend a lot of money on advertising. Quite a lot of people fail to make money that way. There are a bunch of people who will tell you in their podcasts and youtube series that it is a good way to make money and how they are willing to sell you their secrets about getting rich this way. Note though, that those people who claim to know how to make money by drop-shipping, actually make their money by teaching others about drop shipping and not actually by doing it themselves. There is an entire sub-cultures of these scammers out there. This is not to say that drop shipping is a scam in general. It can be a very valid way of making money in cases where the seller offers a genuine value added service by selling. If it is some stuff where they can give expert advice to their customer to figure out which product are best for them, that is something they can give. Just a website with product descriptions taken straight from the manufacturer is really something anyone could do. You don't add anything nobody else could and thus have to compete with everyone else who has the same idea and you usually do what few customers you get a disservice.
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Drop shipping is a valid business model, but it depends on what you are buying and who you are buying it from. Let's say I want to get into a business selling cameras... one way to do it would be to spend a bunch of money to buy inventory, then rent a warehouse where I keep all the stuff I bought till I sell something to someone else for a profit. Drop shipping allows me to not have an inventory or storefront really. I could have someone order a camera from me for a set price, let's say $1,000. Then I take that money and reach out to the wholesaler that I have a discount with and buy that camera for $900 and have it sent to the customers house. I made $100 profit and the customer got their camera. Now where you are buying from makes a difference
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reddit.com › r/dropship › is dropshipping a real thing?
r/dropship on Reddit: Is dropshipping a real thing?
June 30, 2022 -
I mean, I don't believe that TikTok accounts that says they have done like 5k in 2 weeks, I just wanna know it is possible to make like a 500 USD side hustle income
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You're looking at this the wrong way. The better idea is to dropship a product for 2 months. Let's say you make $100 in the first month. Then you make $200 in the second month. After that, you just make an online course on how to double your sales in a single month and promote it everywhere. That's how you'll get your $500.
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Imagine your product video blows up on tiktok and gets 1,000,000 views in a few days (not unrealistic for tiktok at all) and 0.1% of people who watch it buy the product. That’s 1000 sales from that 1 video, if your product is $20 that’s $20,000 in a few days (revenue). The sky is the limit when it comes to how much money you can make online, it’s just not easy.
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reddit.com › r/ecommerce › is dropshipping dead in 2024?
r/ecommerce on Reddit: Is dropshipping dead in 2024?
March 21, 2024 -
Hi expertise enterpreneurs, i've found some negative voice in dropshipping since the beginning of this year. Negative blogs about dropshipping, less people in this community online...Is dropshipping dead？
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Dropshipping is just a delivery/fulfillment method. Customers don’t know or care where their products are shipped from. People treat dropshipping as distinct from regular, online retail when it’s not. It’s just how your products are delivered. Companies of all sizes use this or a similar methods of fulfillment.
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Aliexpress dropshipping has been nearly dead since apple ios 14 update that happened around 3 years ago
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reddit.com › r/dropship › is dropshipping profitable. i doubt?
r/dropship on Reddit: Is dropshipping profitable. I doubt?
March 27, 2025 -
Hello friends, I am new to dropshipping. When i heard about this model, i thought, i can earn millions. Then before creating a store i used shopify free plan to learn it and dig deeper. I also learned from my youtube channels how it works.
But as i dig deeper, it seems it's not profitable at all. I imported couple of products from cjdropshipping and as i checked these products are already listed on hundreds of shopify website. Not only this but why would anyone will purchase from me if they are getting it from amazon or wallmart within few days.
The major problem seems ads spending.
Kindly share your opinion friends
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because your looking at stuff somebody can easily find in walmart or amazon. Look for products that not as easily found/ more niche products and design a reputable branding online store. dropshipping isn't dead, is just not a passive income like everybody think it is. you don't just set up a store with random products and expect to be rolling in dough. Do your research, find your winner, sell the winner to the right communities, and if your biggest problem is spending money on ads start organic advertising imo its a lot more work but pays off in the long run if your actually looking to create a super legit brand.
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It can be profitable, but you need to do market research. Find trending products, yes, but also find products that aren't oversaturated or being oversold across the different platforms. Also, dropshippers can use Amazon and Wal-Mart as platforms to sell. And the idea of delivery time "a few days" is really more about where you're sourcing your product. Are your suppliers based in China with longer delivery times or are they based in the US where your delivery time can be 1-5 days? So really, the ultimate question is what makes someone buy from one dropshipper vs another and it can come down to your pricing, your delivery time, which community you're targeting, how you're presenting the product, etc. Ads aren't a problem, they're the solution to getting people to see you and the product you're selling. The problem is only in whether or not you know how to do ads. And if that is the problem, then start there. Learn how to do ads. Udemy and Coursera have great social ads courses you can take and it's a valuable thing to put on your resume too.
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reddit.com › r/dropship › was dropshipping worth it for you or do you regret doing it?
r/dropship on Reddit: Was dropshipping worth it for you or do you regret doing it?
November 4, 2022 -
Saw it on YouTube.
Really intrigued by it.
I’d love to research it for a few months maybe and do it while I do my corporate job.
Would love to know ppls journey for those who’ve done it as a business successful and/or no so much.
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I am sort of new to dropshipping, but I have done it for a few months. Originally I was eBay dropshipping which was profitable, but not as scalable as I would like. I can give you a perspective from a 'newbie' I suppose, as I am currently running my shopify store. This is 100% worth it, there are a lot of success stories (you can find loads on this sub) but I will warn you, this is not a get-rich quick scheme. It will take you hours and hours of developing your site, finding good products, listing them, optimising them etc. Another thing to consider is IMO you will need some capital behind you in order to do this properly. Yes you can grow organically (tiktok vids etc.) - but if you want to seriously scale you need money for ads using facebook etc. This is what majority of these gurus do not tell you, they make it seem like it is going to make you a millionaire within 3 months. However, like I said, it is profitable, I have seen it hands-on using a different platform, but creating your own store etc. is the way to go IMO. Ideally, you want to build a brand for yourself and eventually buy stuff wholesale, look at the bigger picture, you don't just wanna dropship forever. Hope this helps :) My advice is to seriously avoid courses, I learnt this the hard way. Everything is on the internet, free to learn. Believe me! This whole thing is a business, it isn't just a little way to make some cash. You seriously need to put time into it.
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Changed my life, now I'm semi-retired. It is nothing more than an opportunity to change your life for the better. The same thing can be said for most business ventures, be it content creator, affiliate marketing, forex trader, even just drawing. If you dedicate enough time, you'll get paid. Cheers!
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reddit.com › r/dropship › does drop-shipping actually work?
r/dropship on Reddit: Does drop-shipping actually work?
January 23, 2023 -
Has anyone seen any success with it starting out as a newbie within the last year or so?
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reddit.com › r/nostupidquestions › is dropshipping actually legit? or is it another one of those trends that end up going nowhere?
r/NoStupidQuestions on Reddit: Is dropshipping actually legit? Or is it another one of those trends that end up going nowhere?
July 25, 2022 -
Recently, I’ve been seeing many videos about dropshipping when scrolling through TikTok. And I don’t mean just influencers, literally people in my age group are doing it too.
I want to start, but it could end up being a scam or a waste of money/time so idk whats the deal with this.
Anyone have any experience with this?
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Drop shipping is legal. The vast majority of companies selling through Amazon are drop shipping (their stock is held by Amazon and dispatched by Amazon but they can monitor stock levels and move stock if they need to) - if it's not sold by Amazon but its "despatched by Amazon" it's dropshipped. That doesn't mean that people who want to sell you dropshippig are legit Any "investment" along the lines of "pay for 10000 units of stock, it sells itself, we ship it for you, just do some social media to promote it" is a scam. Or at the very least it's a bad investment.
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Drop shipping is incredibly common, lots of businesses do that for part or all of the items they sell. The hard part is getting people to buy from you if you’re just offering the same goods as everyone else.
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Is dropshipping legit?
March 22, 2022 - It's a place to share resources, solve problems and have serious discussions on issues we all face. ... Like I know people definitely can make money off of dropshipping, but can you really make as much as people seem to make? Like $30k/month in profit? The only reason I ask this is because the people that show these numbers always sell courses too, so why would they sell courses instead of dropship?
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reddit.com › r/dropship › serious question: are any of you guys making legit money with drop shipping?
r/dropship on Reddit: Serious question: Are any of you guys making legit money with drop shipping?
January 31, 2017 -
I've launched a droppshipping business and I'm making sales but my total business model is slightly negative. I know that with a lot more effort I can probably turn this positive. But I'm wondering if this is a business that's worth staying in and if there is real upside that can be obtained. Are any of you guys making real money (no guru answers please).
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I’ve been making about ~$500 dollars a month profit from ~$1000 dollars in sales for the last several months. No advertising costs, all of my traffic is organic from search. I’m now using the profits to buy custom branded products and after those come in I’m going to work on growing the brand and move away from dropshipping as a fulfillment method.
Right now it sounds like you’re looking at this the wrong way. Don’t ask “is anyone making money with dropshipping” because that doesn’t matter. You should be asking “is anyone making money with ecommerce” because that’s what it is. Dropshipping is just a way to fulfill orders for an ecommerce business as opposed to buying in bulk... a lot of people view dropshipping as it’s own separate thing and go around asking “IS DROPSHIPPING DEAD?!!” because they were expecting to make sales in the first week their store was open. As long as ecommerce is a thing dropshipping will be a thing.
If you want to start an ecommerce business and are willing to put in the time required to run a business then you should continue to pursue it because it’s incredibly possible to make money from it if you put in the hours. If you want to spend 2 hours on a store and then throw money at Facebook ads and expect to start making sales then you’ve probably been fooled by a guru and should just spend your time elsewhere.
I hope this doesn’t come of too harshly. There’s a lot of confusion out there with how people view dropshipping because of all of those horrible gurus desperately trying to sell courses to misinformed people.
Good luck with your store if you decide to pursue it!
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I did an interview recently with a guy that does Amazon private label but he has a strong dropshipping background.
He does not dropship any longer but he gives a very honest list of pros and cons. He’s not trying to sell a guide, ebook, etc and just gives some honest advice.
I hope this helps!
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-business-of-ecommerce/id1320676721?mt=2&i=1000417359488
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reddit.com › r/explainlikeimfive › eli5: what is dropshipping and why is it bad?
r/explainlikeimfive on Reddit: ELI5: what is dropshipping and why is it bad?
August 12, 2022 - There is nothing inherently wrong with dropshipping, but it has attracted a lot of sellers who put minimal effort into their business, failing to follow up on orders, offering no ...