I haven't launched my dropshipping store yet, and a friend's questions made me face why
I'm a beginner who has spent months learning dropshipping but hasn't launched a store yet.
I told my close college friend about it, hoping he might become my partner someday. I kept sending him content and pitching the idea, until he asked me three questions:
Isn't testing products just gambling?
If others sell the same thing, why would anyone buy from you?
If mentors make money, why do they sell mentorship?
I had some answers, but none came from real experience, so they sounded weak even to me.
Then I noticed the same pattern in my gym goals. I keep learning and planning, but I haven't taken the action that would give me results. I had been teaching and motivating others while not doing the work myself.
So I've stopped pitching him.
My plan now is to launch one small test store with a fixed budget I can afford to lose, and show him numbers instead of opinions.
If you started where I am now, learning a lot but not yet launched:
What was the first thing that actually got you to start, and what did your first test look like?