u/Hopeful-Passion3902

Hi everyone,

I recently fulfilled my first orders through CJdropshipping. After importing the orders, selecting the shipping method and paying CJ, their status changed to “Pending.”

However, CJ immediately sent fulfilment information to Shopify. Shopify then marked the orders as fulfilled, archived them and automatically emailed my customers saying that their orders were on the way.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a CJ setting that controls when fulfilment and tracking information are synchronized with Shopify? I want Shopify to mark an order as fulfilled and notify the customer only after CJ’s status changes to “Dispatched,” not while it is still Pending.

Hello,

I was analysing my Meta ads from the past few months. I spent approximately €900 in total without generating any sales for my webshop.

Something interesting stood out: the simple static-image ads generally produced a higher link CTR and lower CPC than most of my UGC-style and demonstration videos. My best static ad achieved a 5.64% link CTR, generated 108 link clicks and 101 landing-page views, and cost approximately €0.20 per landing-page view.

This contradicts a lot of the advice I see online, where people say that UGC-style videos are almost always the best format for paid social. My own data suggests that the static image and its message were much better at stopping the scroll and generating traffic.

However, even the best-performing ad generated no recorded add-to-carts or purchases. I am therefore aware that the bigger problem may be my offer, product page, pricing or tracking, not necessarily the creatives.

Would you continue testing static images because the data clearly shows stronger click performance, or would you still invest in producing more UGC-style videos? How do you decide whether a creative is genuinely good when it produces cheap, high-quality traffic but no downstream conversions?

I would appreciate feedback from people who have encountered a similar situation.

1. PERSONALIA

• Age: 26
• Education: Middelbaar, totally unrelated to finance. I started university while working a student job in finance, but ultimately decided to leave university and work full-time. So far, this decision has benefited my career.
• Work experience: 4 years (+ 2 years studentjob in finance also)
• Civil status: Single
• Dependent people/children: None. I still live with my family, so I save and invest a lot of money (roughly 80%)

2. EMPLOYER PROFILE

• Sector/Industry: Project Consultant in Finance
• Amount of employees: Employed by a consultancy (vast contract) and assigned to a client with +5000 employees
• Multinational? Mainly focuses on BE, but also some other EU countries

3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

• Current job title: Project Consultant
• Job description: Back office employee
• Seniority: Almost 4 years
• Official hours/week: 40h/week
• Average real hours/week incl. overtime: 40h (no overtime allowed)
• Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): Glijdende uren
• On-call duty: No
• Vacation days/year: 34 days total (including ADV)

4. SALARY

• Gross salary/month: 3,5k
• Net salary/month: 2,5k total
• Netto compensation: around 200 EUR/month (included in the 2,5k net)
• Car/bike/... or mobility budget: Company car (EV) + charging card which in unlimited for private and professional use. The car can also be used for private trips.
• 13th month (full? partial?): Full (PC 200)
• Meal vouchers: 8 EUR/day
• Ecocheques: 0
• Group insurance: Yes
• Other insurances: Hospitalisatie
• Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): Only Edenred discounts

5. MOBILITY

• City/region of work: Brussels
• Distance home-work: 45 km (~45-60 min)
• How do you commute? Company car
• How is the travel home-work compensated: Company car + charging card
• Telework days/week: 2days/week at the office and 3days/week at home. I can choose which days.

6. OTHER

• How easily can you plan a day off: Very easy
• Is your job stressful? Low to moderate
• Responsible for personnel (reports): No

Hello,

Where can I find cheaper dropshipping products? They say try to sell product 2-3x the sourcing cost, but the sourcing cost is high af. How do people do this profitably?

Hello,

I have a slight issue. I had created a amazon seller account in the past, it was professional for a couple of months and I later changed it to 'individual'. The problem is that I never listed product nor did I sell through that account.

I want to start selling on Amazon FBA, but the support suggests that I create a new account because my previous entity does not exist. But I need to close this account first.

I have updated my credit cards. For the Netherlands I need to pay 156 euro, but I also have 5 more marketplaces and I am assuming that I will pay the same for all these marketplaces.... That is about 1k.... it's not nothing.

Is there somebody I can contact to have these fees waived off, because I never used that account?

Any help is appreciated.

Hello,

I currently run my own webshop, but sales are underperforming. I'm testing various products, many of which are also available on Amazon.

My original strategy was to validate products on my webshop first, then scale winners to Amazon. However, my conversion rates are struggling, and I'm questioning this approach.

I've noticed Amazon's conversion rate outperforms independent e-commerce stores. Would it make sense to pivot and use Amazon as my primary testing and sales channel instead, treating my webshop as a secondary outlet?

I have heard a couple of christians and muslims doing the Qiudao (for example Yiguandao). Does this contradict the abrahamic beliefs?

Hello,

I have a problem. I currently spent around €550 on facebook ads to test a product. I have no structure for running the ads.

I don't believe this is a good approach to test products for my webshop. I want to find a way to structurally test products with objecstive criteira.

I am wondering if this is a good way to test products:

3 different angles:

Angle one: 1 campaign 1 adset 7 creatives

Angle two: 1 campaign 1 adset 7 creatives

Angle three: 1 campaign 1 adset 7 creatives

Budget is about €5/adset per day. I want to let them run for 7 days.

I'll slowly kill off the low CTR, high CPM and no ATC.

What are your thoughts? Is this good?

Hello,

​I recently got in touch with the ACAMS team to inquire about their exams because I am interested in getting certified. Initially, everything went smoothly—they responded quickly and were very helpful.

​I asked if it was possible to pre-verify my eligibility. I suggested sending over my professional experience for their review, and they agreed to look it over and let me know.

​Following their agreement, I sent over all my details. My background includes experience in banks, brokerages, and insurance companies across KYC, Fraud, front-office, and back-office roles. However, instead of reviewing my experience as promised, they have completely ignored me. I waited a full month before sending a polite reminder, but I still have not received a response.

​This level of communication is incredibly unprofessional. It makes me wonder: is ACAMS a reputable organization? Maybe I'm overqualified? Or maybe their teaching are just bad?

Hello,

I'm selling a €50 cervical pillow for neck pain via Meta ads. CTR on ads is around 2,5%. It's not an impulse purchase, but I am having trouble getting sales. I have reviews, comparisson, before/after image, website is optimized for mobile etc.

I'm curious how to can sell this through my website since people come to my webshop but there is a chance they go to Amazon and buy from there. How can I avoid this? It's not an impulse purchase, so I understand the customers want to compare with other sellers and get the best pillow to solve their neck problem.

What worked and what was wasted money?

To respect the rules of this forum, I will not share my course link. I would also like to remain anonymous.

All of my revenue currently comes from the "Udemy Promotions" channel. I have zero direct sales, and the Google Ads I've run haven't brought in any conversions either. I am trying to figure out why people are buying through Udemy's promotions but not directly from outside traffic. Does it purely have to do with the price point?

Previously, I gave the course away for free, which brought in about 1,300 students in total. I assume this means there is at least some interest in my topic, but for some reason, the landing page or the positioning isn't converting paid external traffic.

Can anyone help me understand why I am only getting sales through Udemy Promotions and absolutely nothing through any other channel?

Thanks!

Hello,

I am new to advertising on Facebook.

I am noticing that other sellers are dropshipping the exact same product. They are running ads on the same market. How can I possibly compete? We have the exact same product. I do not want to start a price-war.

Should I try a different geographical targeting? Should I just increase the daily budget? What would you do?

Hello, I am noticing that other sellers are dropshipping the exact same product. They are running ads on the same market. How can I possibly compete? We have the exact same product. I don"t want to start a price-war.

Should I try a different geographical targeting? How would you approach this?

How are people able to push 200+ ads when testing a product/offer on facebook. Where do they get this type of content and how do they structure this?

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How can I do the same?

Hello,

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How are people able to push 200+ ads when testing the product? Where do they get this much content from?

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How can I do the same?

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Hello,

Can you please review my store: https://www.crevirest.com/

I've paid a copywriter to help me with the product/landing page and I still need to make those changes.

Hello,

Do marketeers offer any consultation services for e-commerce product. I want to sit down with a marketeer and talk about how I can position my product online.

I want to know if this service exists.

Hello, I was going to keep this private, but I might as well share it — maybe somebody can learn from what I've tried.

In February I decided to get a VAT number and start selling online. I had a product in mind: a niche cultural car accessory. I found a manufacturer in China and asked for a custom sample, which cost about 5x the MOQ price. This was a custom product that I could not have dropshipped. The landed cost would have been about €1/piece when buying in bulk, dropping to around €0,65 at higher volumes.

I got my first sale on the 17th of May, but had to refund the customer because I had no stock. I had intentionally decided not to hold stock until I confirmed product-market fit — and looking back, I'm glad I didn't. I had made the mistake before of buying stock I couldn't sell, so this time I wanted to validate demand first.

Why did it take until May if I started in February?

There were no supplier delays. I have prior experience with Amazon FBA and did some dropshipping back in 2019, but this time I wanted to do things properly — so I spent a lot of time building the website, creating custom sections with Claude AI, and researching the psychology behind e-commerce purchases. It was mostly a learning curve. The website launched by the end of March.

What I learned about using Claude AI to build custom Shopify sections.

I took inspiration from an existing profitable website and tried to replicate their layout as closely as possible. The site was built on a black background with bold white and yellow typography. It looked clean and premium. I kept that theme consistent across the entire website, except for the checkout.

The process for a custom section itself is straightforward: find a website you like, take a screenshot of the section you want to recreate, and ask Claude something like "create a Shopify section code that looks exactly like this image." You'll get the code, create a .liquid file in Shopify, and paste it in. If something doesn't work — say the text isn't readable on mobile — you just describe the issue to Claude and it fixes it.

I had bought a theme for around €300 (I could have pirated one, but I wanted a legitimate copy in case Shopify ever asked for proof of purchase). In hindsight, it wasn't necessary since most of my sections ended up being custom anyway. That said, the website and all its custom sections carry over to my next product, so the time invested isn't wasted.

What I learned about e-commerce buying psychology

My product was a branded version of a generic item — something you'd find in any supermarket for under a euro, but with a design targeting a very specific cultural demographic in Europe. Either my target audience buys it, or nobody does.

Although my sourcing cost was very low, I couldn't get people interested enough to buy. I tested different offers, landing pages, and designs. Initially I priced 2 pieces at €13,98 + shipping (around €10 depending on the country), but that felt too expensive for what it was, and the margin still wasn't workable once you factored in customer acquisition costs.

Eventually I restructured the offer:

• Starter Pack — 2 units — €14,95 (€7,40/piece)
• Silver Pack 🔥 — 10 units — €34,99 (€3,50/piece)
• Premium Pack — 20 units — €49,99 (€2,50/piece)

The reasoning was that since this is a consumable — you use it for a while and throw it away — people think in terms of cost per use. I wanted to make the (perceived) cost per use as low as possible. For reference, the biggest competitor on Amazon US was selling the generic version for $0,65/piece.

On my ads and website

In hindsight, the website's premium branding worked against me. It communicated "exclusive identity product" while the product itself was something people associate with picking up cheaply at a gas station. That disconnect likely contributed to people bouncing within 2 seconds.

I spent €329,99 on Meta ads total — UGC-style videos — with a 1,7% CTR and 836 landing page views, resulting in 0 add-to-carts and 0 purchases. The ads were clearly interesting enough to click on, so the problem was on the website. I installed a heatmap and session recorder and found that people were leaving after an average of 2 seconds, typically when they saw the price. I couldn't lower the price further without killing the margin entirely.

My ad structure was 1 → 1 → 1 (one ad set, one ad, one creative variation): first broad targeting, then specific interests, then broad again. I couldn't directly target my audience, so I used a combination of interests to approximate it. For my next product I'll try a 1 → 1 → 10 structure instead.

The one sale I did get came from someone who clicked the ad, left, and came back the next day to purchase — according to Shopify's attribution.

I also ran TikTok ads, spending around €48 for roughly 37k impressions, a 0,23% CTR, and 0 add-to-carts.

I also tried getting the product into physical stores

I cold-outreached around 10 stores to try to get the product on shelves in the relevant country. The landed cost there would have been around €2/piece. There was some initial interest, but once I shared the minimum order quantities, they went quiet — understandable, given the price per unit.

My verdict: In total I spent around €600 — spread across the theme, ads, Shopify subscription, apps, VAT registration, and an accounting app — to test an idea that didn't work. I'm glad I kept it lean. Most of the costs aren't wasted either: the website, the knowledge, and the process all carry forward.

For my next product, I'll focus on solving a real problem rather than selling a commodity. I found a product doing around €1,9M in monthly revenue with very few EU sellers. The good news is I can dropship it first, and build a brand around it if it works. I found it through Minea (a product research tool for spotting winning ads), cross-checked the demand on Amazon using Jungle Scout, and sourced it through CJ Dropshipping. I've already ordered a sample, I'm happy with the quality, and I'll use it to create original content for the ads.

If you have any questions or feedback, I'd love to hear from you in the comments.

Hello, I was going to keep this private, but I might as well share it — maybe somebody can learn from what I've tried.

In February I decided to get a VAT number and start selling online. I had a product in mind: a niche cultural car accessory. I found a manufacturer in China and asked for a custom sample, which cost about 5x the MOQ price. This was a custom product that I could not have dropshipped. The landed cost would have been about €1/piece when buying in bulk, dropping to around €0,65 at higher volumes.

I got my first sale on the 17th of May, but had to refund the customer because I had no stock. I had intentionally decided not to hold stock until I confirmed product-market fit — and looking back, I'm glad I didn't. I had made the mistake before of buying stock I couldn't sell, so this time I wanted to validate demand first.

Why did it take until May if I started in February?

There were no supplier delays. I have prior experience with Amazon FBA and did some dropshipping back in 2019, but this time I wanted to do things properly — so I spent a lot of time building the website, creating custom sections with Claude AI, and researching the psychology behind e-commerce purchases. It was mostly a learning curve. The website launched by the end of March.

What I learned about using Claude AI to build custom Shopify sections.

I took inspiration from an existing profitable website and tried to replicate their layout as closely as possible. The site was built on a black background with bold white and yellow typography. It looked clean and premium. I kept that theme consistent across the entire website, except for the checkout.

The process for a custom section itself is straightforward: find a website you like, take a screenshot of the section you want to recreate, and ask Claude something like "create a Shopify section code that looks exactly like this image." You'll get the code, create a .liquid file in Shopify, and paste it in. If something doesn't work — say the text isn't readable on mobile — you just describe the issue to Claude and it fixes it.

I had bought a theme for around €300 (I could have pirated one, but I wanted a legitimate copy in case Shopify ever asked for proof of purchase). In hindsight, it wasn't necessary since most of my sections ended up being custom anyway. That said, the website and all its custom sections carry over to my next product, so the time invested isn't wasted.

What I learned about e-commerce buying psychology

My product was a branded version of a generic item — something you'd find in any supermarket for under a euro, but with a design targeting a very specific cultural demographic in Europe. Either my target audience buys it, or nobody does.

Although my sourcing cost was very low, I couldn't get people interested enough to buy. I tested different offers, landing pages, and designs. Initially I priced 2 pieces at €13,98 + shipping (around €10 depending on the country), but that felt too expensive for what it was, and the margin still wasn't workable once you factored in customer acquisition costs.

Eventually I restructured the offer:

• Starter Pack — 2 units — €14,95 (€7,40/piece)
• Silver Pack 🔥 — 10 units — €34,99 (€3,50/piece)
• Premium Pack — 20 units — €49,99 (€2,50/piece)

The reasoning was that since this is a consumable — you use it for a while and throw it away — people think in terms of cost per use. I wanted to make the (perceived) cost per use as low as possible. For reference, the biggest competitor on Amazon US was selling the generic version for $0,65/piece.

On my ads and website

In hindsight, the website's premium branding worked against me. It communicated "exclusive identity product" while the product itself was something people associate with picking up cheaply at a gas station. That disconnect likely contributed to people bouncing within 2 seconds.

I spent €329,99 on Meta ads total — UGC-style videos — with a 1,7% CTR and 836 landing page views, resulting in 0 add-to-carts and 0 purchases. The ads were clearly interesting enough to click on, so the problem was on the website. I installed a heatmap and session recorder and found that people were leaving after an average of 2 seconds, typically when they saw the price. I couldn't lower the price further without killing the margin entirely.

My ad structure was 1 → 1 → 1 (one ad set, one ad, one creative variation): first broad targeting, then specific interests, then broad again. I couldn't directly target my audience, so I used a combination of interests to approximate it. For my next product I'll try a 1 → 1 → 10 structure instead.

The one sale I did get came from someone who clicked the ad, left, and came back the next day to purchase — according to Shopify's attribution.

I also ran TikTok ads, spending around €48 for roughly 37k impressions, a 0,23% CTR, and 0 add-to-carts.

I also tried getting the product into physical stores

I cold-outreached around 10 stores to try to get the product on shelves in the relevant country. The landed cost there would have been around €2/piece. There was some initial interest, but once I shared the minimum order quantities, they went quiet — understandable, given the price per unit.

My verdict: In total I spent around €600 — spread across the theme, ads, Shopify subscription, apps, VAT registration, and an accounting app — to test an idea that didn't work. I'm glad I kept it lean. Most of the costs aren't wasted either: the website, the knowledge, and the process all carry forward.

For my next product, I'll focus on solving a real problem rather than selling a commodity. I found a product doing around €1,9M in monthly revenue with very few EU sellers. The good news is I can dropship it first, and build a brand around it if it works. I found it through Minea (a product research tool for spotting winning ads), cross-checked the demand on Amazon using Jungle Scout, and sourced it through CJ Dropshipping. I've already ordered a sample, I'm happy with the quality, and I'll use it to create original content for the ads.

If you have any questions or feedback, I'd love to hear from you in the comments.

Hello,

I am getting traffic to my shopify store but I am getting no sales. I was optimizing and have installed a heatmap to try to find the issue. To my surpise, from all the visitis, nobody, not even one person, ever clicked on anything. I am wondering if the traffic from meta are bots, or is there something broken on my shopify store. Any ideas?