How I changed my dropshipping workflow and reached my first $10k/month in sales

How I changed my dropshipping workflow and reached my first $10k/month in sales

I honestly thought dropshipping just wasn't for me. cuz for months, i watched people posting Shopify screenshots with $10k, $50k, even $100k months, while I was still struggling to get consistent sales. I tried everything people usually recommend: copying trending products, testing random niches, running ads... most of them failed.

Looking back, my biggest mistake was thinking the product was everything. I spent way too much time trying to find a “winning product”, but I ignored something more important: understanding the market, finding the right audience, and having the right angle.

The biggest change for me was building a better research workflow with AI. I started using AI like the ChatGPT to analyze customer pain points, brainstorm marketing angles, and understand niches faster. I also started using AI tools like acciowork for sourcing. Instead of manually checking dozens of suppliers, comparing prices, and collecting product details, it helped me find and compare supplier options faster with AI-driven sourcing workflows. It basically became my AI assistant for product research and supplier discovery, it focus more on testing and marketing.

After months of failing and improving, I finally hit my first $10k/month in sales. Compared to some crazy screenshots here, it's not huge, but going from $0 to this was a big milestone for me. The biggest lesson I learned: dropshipping isn't about finding a secret product. It's about having a better process, finding the right product, the right supplier, and the right audience.

Feeling like I'm not the only one to improve my dropshipping's work flow, so curious how can you find the successful road and help you to earn more money?

u/KaleidoscopeHot851 — 7 days ago

Best NSFW generator right now?

Been seeing a lot of mixed takes on this, so I’m curious what people are actually using. I’m not really after random one-off images; I care more about something that can keep the same character consistent across a bigger batch.

HotPhotoAI keeps coming up in search, mostly because of the custom training and consistency claims. Has anyone here actually tried it for real, or is it mostly just marketing?

What’s your go-to right now for the best NSFW generator if consistency matters?

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u/KaleidoscopeHot851 — 8 days ago

To those who bought the pixel 8 pro, how is it holding up in 2026?

Planning to replace my p6p with the 8 pro this month. Just wanted to know if it's holding up great in 2026, and are the cases of greenlines appearing on the screen also present in the 8 pro?

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u/KaleidoscopeHot851 — 8 days ago

I don't know what to do anymore

TL;DR: Started as a part-time lead sourcer for $200/month, but the unrealistic quota forced me to work 8-10 hours a day. Endured a month of delayed salary. Got "promoted" to full-time QA for $500/month, only to be forced to train and manage new hires. I realized they were firing foreign workers to mass-hire and lowball Filipinos. Got laid off due to "downsizing" on June 19, and my final pay for 4 full days of work was only $64. The finance team is now ghosting me.

Hi everyone, long story short: I was working as a freelancer with a US-based creative agency starting in January.

The role I initially applied for was "Lead Sourcer." The task seemed simple and straightforward: source 100 leads per day on social media platforms. It was a part-time role paying $200 USD a month (I was new and did not realize at the time how low this was for an online role). They told me it would only require 4 hours a day, which sounded super easy.

But when my first day arrived, reality hit. There were so many criteria I had to consider to find quality US-based influencers that my 4-hour shift quickly turned into 8 to 10 hours. I thought it was just a skill issue or that I wasn't good enough yet. As the weeks went on, the pattern remained: to meet their quota, I had to render double the hours they claimed the role required.

The worst part was yet to come. Because pay was bi-weekly, my first payday arrived—but I didn't get paid. I asked my employer, and she claimed PayPal was holding my funds, but my account was completely empty. Being new, I gave her the benefit of the doubt. Days turned into weeks, and eventually, a whole month passed without pay. I asked her every single day, and the excuse was always the same. I finally got my first salary in the second week of February. She then claimed their payroll system had issues. For a month, I honestly thought I was getting scammed, but I pushed through.

Fast forward to March: my employer offered me a full-time role with a fixed salary of $500 USD, saying all I had to do was "quality checking." I quickly accepted, thinking it would be easier than sourcing. I tried to ask for more details about the job description, but she ignored my messages.

My first week full-time was a nightmare. I was expected to execute things perfectly on day one, yet they only gave me a guide on quality checking—nothing about how to submit end-of-day (EOD) reports. It was harsh, but I still pushed through.

Weeks went by, and they suddenly told me I needed to start giving feedback to the people sourcing the leads. This was definitely not part of my QA role, but I did it anyway. That’s when I noticed a dark pattern: they fired all of their foreign lead sourcers and exclusively started mass-hiring Filipinos. It became obvious they were lowballing them just like they did to me, feeding them the exact same lie that the role only takes 4 hours.

Every time they made a new hire, I had to train them. The turnover was insane; they fired people every three weeks. The sourcers would always come to me complaining that they were working 8+ hours just to hit the new quota of 80 leads (down from 100, but still nearly impossible given the strict influencer criteria).

Up until June, the core issues remained: delayed payments ( you always have to message them about this or they are not going to do anything about your salary ), unrealistic goals, and scope creep. Finally, on June 19, I got laid off because the company was "downsizing."

Yesterday, I received my final salary. It was only $64 USD. Mind you, I rendered a full 8 hours a day from June 16 to June 19. I emailed their finance team to dispute this, but it seems they have completely ghosted me.

​Ano po ba pwede gawin ko? Has anyone experienced this, and is there any way to get the rest of my pay?

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u/KaleidoscopeHot851 — 2 months ago