Unless you’re the exception and had exceptional success, does anyone really believe a 16 year old kid is already an ecom millionaire with lamborghinis, a penthouse, and several successful online stores? Who is genuinely making high-tier income at a young age from dropshipping stores?
I want to start but I’m not sure where to start. Should I just watch a bunch of YouTube videos about dropshipping? Just curious
’m very new to drop shipping. Like 3 weeks. Made one sale ( not a huge one) in the 2nd week. I thought it was a big deal since my store needs major help; broken pages, incomplete descriptions, photos too large. Text overlays product. I jumped with no parachute. Researching as I go! I’m not sure if I can afford it but something tells me to just keep going. I was recently reached out from someone claiming to help my store become successful. Can someone look at our conversations and tell me if this a scam or just a free lancer trying to make it just like the rest of us. The rest of the screenshots will be in the comments as I reached the limit of photos.
Honest opinions, brand new to this, but have done my fair share of research. Curious about outside opinions on how I can improve my store layout and make it more appealing. http://lightsandbeyond.net
Thank you!
Hello everyone. I’m Fin and I’ve only been in the “dropshipping” space for a short time, so I’m not pretending to be an expert. I’m genuinely just writing this for anyone else who’s a beginner so you don’t go down the same path I did to begin with.
One thing I wish I’d realised sooner is that spending hours watching “£10k/day”, “winning product” and “copy this store” videos probably slowed me down more than it helped. The biggest shift for me came when I posted my website in this subreddit and got some really straight to the point and valid feedback. People here talk about the things that actually move the needle: why customers buy, how to validate demand, why most products fail, and how margins, cash flow and unit economics decide whether any of it is worth doing. It’s essentially about building something sustainable rather than chasing the next “winner” like most of these gurus push you to do with one product stores that tend to be seasonal or spike and die out when something better appears.
A lot of the experienced people here have no course to sell. They just tell you when your idea is rubbish, explain why, and help you make it better. That honesty has taught me more than any “Top 10 Winning Products” video ever did. And because of that I feel like I’m finally learning how business works and how to run a business rather than just how to launch another Shopify store.
So thanks to everyone who takes the time to give real feedback. It probably helps more beginners than you realise. And if you’re really stuck with your store, just scroll the forum honestly because there’s some seriously useful information in here!
https://snapgridtech.com/ this is my website. im confused if my product is good, how to market it, and if my website is good. any advice?
Over the course of the last 15 years (first 4 of my eCommerce career weren't much) me and my partner sold more than $100M of products. And yes, we made it by dropshipping. We are not filthy rich since we operated on pretty thin margins, but I do consider this a somewhat achievement. Right now we are building a new platform to create and manage eCommerce stores, so operating is not our main business anymore. Thats said, we do believe that you always need to operate at least one shop to be in the know if you are doing anything even remotely connected to eCommerce. On the screenshot is the last year of operations of our store. It is nothing special. Margins are way better that we used to in the past, and here are some advice that I can share with you:
I think that's it. Ask questions if you have
I've been organically looking through tiktok and instagram for a winning product in the Healthcare/Beauty niche as it is a very high performing area for meta ads but every product is always branded especially the best ones so how do you find some to use? And also suppose you find one that is a good product and unbranded there will never be any content available to turn into ads.
does someone have a stable agent or supplier for pet accesoires mainly brushes etc if yes Please DM
Would love to connect with new agents or agents that I can rely on.. it’s hard to find good one
Hello, I live in New Zealand and have been interested in the idea of dropshipping and wondering if etsy is a good place to begin. Is there anyone that could lend some help to get started
Thanks
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:
Is there anything else that I'm not considering?
Thank you and any help / clarity is greatly appreciated!
Does anyone know how to make great image ads, and cgc style ads?
So far I've tried selling women's probiotic gummies, a massage roller, and turmeric soap.
I found all of these by seeing other people running Meta ads for them, so I basically copied the product ideas.
I'm not really sure if these would be considered trendy products or evergreen products.
What do you all think? Would you classify these three as trendy, evergreen, or somewhere in between?
Hey guys,
I've been in ecom for a while now and I'm getting extremely tired of the same recycled bullshit everywhere.
Everywhere you look there's another "I made $6k/day in 30days" guru who then immediately tries to sell you his mentorship or Skool community.
Bro, if you're really doing that well in ecom, why are you spending your time selling courses instead of scaling your own brands? It doesn't add up.
I'm looking for real talk from people who have actually done it:
I'm not looking for the usual copy-paste advice.
I want to hear from operators who actually run real businesses. I want to understand how they think, how they act, what really matters for making it, and what is just a waste of time.
Also, do you know any serious guys on YouTube who give good advice (not the typical gurus)?
Thanks
Is it worth to start out on Amazon? I’m new to this, and in a big city. I want to focus on the rent-safe items market.
Has anyone tried out some of the 3PL's and what were yout experiences with them? Which ones can you recommend?
I've been looking into Future Fulfillment and I see mixed reviews about them?
How is the typical pricing and are they legit?
My PayPal account has been permanently suspended, and I cannot use Shopify Payments either. Stripe's Apple Pay, Google Pay, and manual card entry are my only payment methods. For non-U.S. residents, could you please let me know which third-party payment methods you use for the U.S. market?
I’ve been digging into how people actually run their Etsy/Shopify stores day-to-day, and I’m trying to understand where the real friction is.
Not the obvious stuff like “getting traffic” in general—but the small, repetitive things that slow you down or feel frustrating.
For example:
\- product research
\- writing listings / descriptions
\- figuring out pricing
\- dealing with customer messages
\- SEO / keywords
\- managing ads
\- knowing what to improve next
I’m not trying to sell anything—I’m just trying to map out where people actually get stuck in the workflow.
If you had to pick ONE part of running your store that feels unnecessarily painful or time-consuming, what would it be?