r/DropshippingTips

First let me start by wishing all of you a happy 4th of July!

I'm looking to get started on this journey. My budget to get started is around $3-5k.

A bit about me:

This will start as a side project for me.
I come from a software engineering background so I don't think I'll have any issues dealing with the domain, modifying store look and feel, etc.

I also have some experience running social media ads as well as using pixels and GA for tracking.

The parts I'm getting hung up on are the mechanics of the store. More specifically:

• I think shopify is the logical choice for hosting the storefront but let me know if thats not necessarily true.
• Where are people sourcing products from these days? AudoDS, Dsers, something else? I've been reading some pretty nasty reviews on AutoDS but they really seem to have flooded the web with ads, blog posts and tutorial videos. Have they gotten their act together?
• I was looking to try to source products stored in the US so that customers don't have to deal with long shipping times (even if it means i have slimmer margins). Is that the right train of thought?
• I'm located in the US. Does my location matter? If so, why?
• What tools are commonly used for customer support? How do returns work?
• Does it make sense to set up multiple stores each with their own theme or go with something more vague to get a lot of products under one store?
• How many products is a good amount to get started with? I was thinking of trying like 2 -3 categories and 10-20 products per category but not sure..
• Are ads targeted towards getting traffic in the store or specific product sales? Basically, in your ads are you saying "come check out my store" or "come buy this thing from my store" (or both)?

Is there anything else that I'm not considering?

Thank you and any help / clarity is greatly appreciated!

I build clean, no-BS Shopify stores and I'm good at it.

Done a bunch of these: one-product stores, full branded setups, dropshipping operations, redesigns for stores that weren't converting. If you've got a product and need somewhere to sell it, I can build that.

What's included:

• Full store build or redesign

• Product pages that don't look like a template

• Basic SEO so you're not invisible on Google

• Dropshipping supplier setup if you need it

• Honest advice on what'll actually move the needle for sales

I also throw in a $150 premium Shopify theme at no extra cost, it's one I've used across a bunch of stores and it converts well.

Payment is split 50/50 — half payment is required when HALF of the work is COMPLETE (this is so you get to check the store out, and see if your happy with it), and the other half is required when all work is done. PayPal works best for me.

Portfolio's in the DMs — just ask.

If you want to chat, shoot me a DM and tell me: what you're selling, where you're at right now, and roughly what you're looking to spend. I'll be straight with you about what's realistic.

I have a store selling height boosting insoles for guys.

Store is: ondorq.com

Been in this game for a few years, have made decent money with some stores.

This one was doing well until about 3-4 months ago and has just been steadily getting worse for months. I don’t know what the fuck to do or what’s really going on, I don’t understand it truly.

Please could you take a look at the product page and let me know if anything at all stands out to you for any reason.

Don’t hold back please, I need to fix this and that requires honesty. I’m too used to seeing it that I’m now probably a terrible judge.

Please don’t message me trying to sell a course, I’m making no money right now, hence why I’m in this situation 😬

Broke but experienced dropshipper here.
Ran a few stores before, learned a ton, but always ended up back at zero from ad spend.
Anyone actually restarted with literally no money and made it work?
Not looking for “just save up” answers, genuinely asking what worked for you

Okay lets begin this. This is my second post after I completely lost motivation for dropshipping so lets just scratch that post off, anyways here's the basics
I'm a 15 year old male I live in the US I've "truly" tried what I'd call "Dropshipping" Once before a couple months ago on... ETSY IDK the communities thoughts on dropshipping on ETSY but it seemed the easiest for me because I didn't need to have monthly payments unlike Shopify Which I know everyone uses but I've honestly never even tried using Shopify, so on ETSY I sold about 4 items from what I can remember and they were stupid cheap items such as 3 chains and 1 carabiner which together would've made me about $20 total I have used Tik Tok promoting on my posts for about a day also I am great with AI and I love Claude and also I am a aspiring Daytrader although I've made no money but I passed my Eval and hope that I can attain a payout also I have a job I get paid Bi-weekly and average paycheck is about $300 so I can have money to start and also to be completely honest I have basically never watched a course or bootcamp or anything on dropshipping but I am very confident and if given the proper guidance and knowledge I can become great Trust Me. (ANY HELP IS GREAT AND APPRECIATED). Okay well mid making this post I logged into my ETSY account for the first time in a bit and requested an Appeal anyways I saw I actually had 6 sales and $41 profit and 57 item favorites but I had shipping problems so thats what mad my etsy account get temporarly shut down.

https://preview.redd.it/zx4h7hyvu5bh1.png?width=959&format=png&auto=webp&s=93825f207b3bf002991a8e68eff5ff0b726d6eb2

I'm new to dropshipping and I've already read the Beginner's Guide and searched through some older posts. It helped me understand the basics, but I still have a few questions that I couldn't find clear answers to.

I'm from the Philippines, so I'm also wondering if anyone here started their dropshipping business from the Philippines. I'm not looking for shortcuts or a step by step business plan. I just want to learn from people who have already been through the process and avoid some common beginner mistakes.

請問各位， 我想開shopifty ， 想搵些供應商， 我是主要賣功能鞋， 足弓鞋， 等等， 想拉台灣， 韓國， 日本的供應商， 謝謝！

I built an AI tool that turns plain English descriptions into a fully responsive website in about 3 minutes.

Example: you type "I want a restaurant site with a menu, contact form, and gallery" – it generates the site live.

We also have an app builder (no-code) available on both App Store and Play Store.

I’m specifically looking for honest reviews from people in Ghana – on usability, load speed, mobile-friendliness, and whether it actually solves a real problem for small businesses/creatives there.

If you’re in Ghana and try it out, I’d love brutal truth:

· Is the 3-min claim real?
· Does the generated site look local/relevant?
· Would you actually use this for a real project?

10 credits added free after signup – no payment info required. That’s enough to generate your first full website.

Hey so i'm new to ebay dropshipping and I have 1 product listed already. I'm dropshipping 1:1 colognes right now to start off and have already gotten 2 sales. But everytime i try to list something else it gets token down. How do I not get my listings token down on ebay?

Hi everyone, this is my first time starting an e-commerce business, and I want to sell stationery. I used the Accio Sourcing Toolkit to filter out a group of suppliers on Alibaba that meet my needs. However, why are there different unit prices and minimum order quantities for the same product images? How can I find the actual factories that manufacture this product? My workflow used to require separate tools for verification, but Accio Work automatically checks third-party data for legal litigation and risk records during the background check phase, which helps me immediately identify if they are a risky trading company. Besides excluding new accounts and suppliers without addresses, what other factors can I use to determine their products? Thanks for your advice.

Hello i been wanting to get into dropshipping for a while now but i have no idea how to get into it i been on YouTube for a while now watching these guys promote there courses but my budget is £300 so i dont know what to do so any help will be appreciated or if you guys have anyone you guys recommend me watching that would be really appreciated aswell.

Good luck to anyone actually trying to better there life one day at a time

Hi Guys, if you haven’t figure out already from the title 🤣, I’m fairly new to dropshipping. Through use of chatgpt/zeely for image creation and Claude for website building, auditing, and most importantly product research I’ve manage to build myself (what I think anyway). I understand how to set up meta ads/campaigns and all that jazz but I was wondering if, on the off chance, there’s anyone who’d be willing to give me opinions/pointers on my site before I consider spending money on it?

Any help or advice is much appreciated 😊

Hello guys, so after months and months of stressing and thinking on what I want to do in life I couldn’t put my finger on anything. I’m only 19 turning 20 soon but I stress so much not knowing what I want to do as a career or what path I want to take. Especially coming from immigrant parents who came here at a young age to give their kids a better life. Since I was young I always saw myself as some sort of business owner I’ve always been told I could do alot in life and achieve great things. I also knew there’s way more to life than getting a good job that pays good and work for the next 40-50 years and retire at 65. Especially now in this digital era we live in, so I’ve been doing my research I’ve known about dropshipping for a while now and it always seemed to good to be true. But after a buddy I went to middle school with starting doing it and I saw he was profitable it just sparked something In me. Not simply because he was making money but because he was doing it in a way that isn’t traditional and immigrant parents are very traditional they want you to go to school study get a degree find a job and that’s it. But like I said I know there’s more to that. With that being said (sorry for the long story) I hit my buddy after a couple years of not talking and he told me he’d help. But I also need help from you guys. Like what are the basics how to find a supplier and link to my Shopify how much should I invest starting off how to scale up once I’ve found a successful product where do I want this business to be 5 years from now. I want to make it happen not just for me but to help my parents and show them that it really is possible my brothers and my sister work traditional jobs they make good money but they’ll be working until retirement age or maybe earlier if they invest right LOL. So thanks in advance for any tips guys you’ll see me here often now and I will keep you guys updated in my journey and helping me will allow me to help those later on when they want to do the same because I want to see everyone succeed no gatekeeping on this side

good product?

This "trend finding" word has been abused by many tools to give a false perspective to its users, they pose the "trending product" as some mythical product that's going to make you millions, when, in reality that's almost never the case.

Your sales highly depend on your website and even more so on your marketing, does your site build trust or does it look like another AI slop site? Are your ad creatives interesting? Do they make the customer stop and look? Do they build a sense of urgency?

But don't get me wrong. Your product matters too, your product must be something interesting, something that potentially solves a problem, it can also be something that's nice to have, but it better be REALLY nice to have, something that makes people buy it out of impulse. Your product doesn't necessarily have to be
"trending", that is more of a buzz word, in reality, if something is trending, it will lead to a lot of competitors in the market.

Also, most of the tools available online, they try to please the global audience, when in reality a global trend =/= trend in a specific country. For instance a guy trying to sell to the US market, might be mislead by global trends, as the global trend might be spiking due to popularity in a totally different country, eg: Brazil.

About a year ago, we started work on this exact dilemma, how do we find products that sell and how do we allow our users to position themselves better in the US market? How do we give them the best chance of saving their money and time by investing into a product/supplier, which is not saturated, has good profit margins, and cheap but good suppliers.

PYRATREND is build around the premise of these exact problems, PYRATREND is a personal project of ours, started by me and my associates. We took these exact problems and started working towards solutions.

We took the US advertisement data, cross referenced it with Shopify and Aliexpress with our custom matching model, which told us the Suppliers and the Competitors for that product. We also cross referenced each advertisement with other advertisement which told us how many other people are advertising this same product!

Our thinking works on a simple premise, if someone is advertising something for a long amount of time(eg: They're running 30 copies of an advertisement for 20 days), it means that they're spending serious money, and to justify that serious spend, they're obviously making money. That's what constitutes a "good selling product". Now, suppose that we found out if another website is ALSO running ads for the SAME product, that doubles our proof. People are spending and making serious money from this specific product.

Now what is left after this specific step is to find out the shopify competitors, the suppliers and advertising competitiors.

Competitors are not just a number, PYRATREND proves its data by providing you links to the competitor sites, so you can even verify yourself, by looking at competitor sites, you gain valuable insights as to how they're positioning the product, how their site looks? Does it look trustworthy? By finding these exact weaknesses in the competitor sites, is how you position yourself strongly!

PYRATREND also gives you the competitor advertisements, so you can look at their creatives, gain inspiration and see where you can do better!

If the competitor advertisements and sites are weak, you can almost certainly enter and DOMINATE the market with better branding/marketing and site design!

To TOP it all off, PYRATREND provides you with AGENT PYRA, If you're a beginner this is especially helpful for you, AGENT PYRA provides you with detailed insights on the numbers, it helps you avoid falling into traps and pitfalls by showing you hidden weaknesses in the products. AGENT PYRA helps you find exactly the products that match YOUR interest and your brand and your website.

What would you say about a tool like this? I would love your feedback. Feel free to check it out at: https://pyratrend.com

Thank you.

So i'm a beginner ebay dropshipper and I got my first 2 sales. I have a trusted vendor already but I just need to figure out how to actually fulfill these orders. Do I order from the vendor with the customers information and put the tracking number they give me into ebay or what?