r/dropshipping

I first tried dropshipping during the pandemic when apparently everyone with a laptop decided they needed a store. I kept mine going for a few months, never really got it anywhere and eventually gave up on it.

I've been thinking about trying again and the whole process looks completely different now. Back then I remember spending ages finding products, writing everything for the store and trying to get enough creatives together to actually test something. Now I'm seeing AI everywhere, products with UGC already made and stores people claim they're getting up in a day.

For anyone who was doing this back then and stuck with it, what actually changed the way you work? And what new stuff sounds useful but you barely touch?

Hey there,

I have a DTC brand with mainly one product which I succeeded to scale until 150k revenue per month and around 20-25% profit until July 2026. Suddenly in August the profit went down to 3%. Its a healthcare product. Meta ads are the main driver of my scaling strategy. Google ads dropped a bit as well but still performing better.

I have a creative strategist and 3 editors, which allow me to push new ads every day.

CTA went up, CTM went up, CTR slowly down, Ads don’t show fatigue but ROAS dropped from 2x to slowly under Breakeven.

Reduced meta ads budget. Killed some ads with the highest CTA since 01.08. until today. Increased google ads budget as conversion is high.

How do you handle the “Summer drop” at this volume?
Looking forward to hear any ideas / suggestions / thoughts what else do to.

I’ve been dropshipping for a while and have a solid store. I also have a small private discord group with a few other dropshippers.

It’s not a course or anything like that. We share product ideas, suppliers, ad strategies, creatives, and what’s actually working for us. We also share the highs and lows, good sales days, bad launches, failed products, and everything in between.

Thinking about bringing in a few more people who are serious about growing or are thinking about starting their own store. Just want to keep it small, genuine, and actually useful.

If you’re already dropshipping or you’ve been wanting to start but don’t really know where to begin, feel free to comment or DM me

So I'm jsut starting out with a new site and supplier sourcing has been the ahrdest thing to do so far. I was going to go with aliexpress to test my products. I found some genuinely good stuff that would be perfect for my store. but when I ordered samples, they came arbitraged through amazon. I spent the last few weeks trying to scour cj dropship for the same stuff without getting killed by shipping fees. Is aliexpress arbitrage something I should care about in the product testing phase?

Been running my store for a few months now and the manual work is starting to pile up fast. Syncing inventory, updating prices, processing orders one by one, it feels like I spend more time on admin stuff than actually trying to grow the business. I looked into a few automation tools but most either seem way overpriced for where I am right now or have pretty mixed reviews that make me hesitant to commit. What are you guys actually using that handles this stuff reliably without charging an arm and a leg?

hello! i hope someone could help me with this. i want to create a shopify dropshipping store. when an order gets placed, do i pay for the product and then recieve the money from the buyer or does the buyer make the payment and it gets split between me and the one i get the product from? sorry if my english is kinda weak.

Whre is the best place to search for them? I did found some by googling, but not much reviews and they look shady.

Im looking for supplier from Poland (construction tools)

I’ve wanted to do e-commerce since I was a child. I’m 22 now. I’ve been doing freelancing for about three years yet I haven’t saved even 1k usd to launch an online shop. Everyday I work but it feels like I’m stuck in the same place. I cannot get a job as I’m in college. Any encouraging words for me?

New to Reddit. Is there a way to mark threads as favourites? I’ve joined a few communities specifically to e-commerce, business and dropshipping in particular, but still seem to get quite a random and wide ranging set of threads on my feed. Is there an easy to follow onboarding process somewhere in the platform I should be using?

Got my first organic sale this morning after posting consistently on platforms for about a month I’m just wondering if I can get any tips on how to keep the momentum with this ?

Is it as simple as just continuing to post or what can I do to make sure that this boost I have gotten isn’t a waste and I build something off it.

I've recently setup a Meta campaign which had 3/4 days consistent €19-€23 CPA on a €100/day ad budget - which in my case is decent and profitable (I do focus on LTV). In the past I always scaled ads with automatic rules. in this case: if CPA is below €25 avg. scale the ads 20%. Which eventually Meta also did.

After scaling to €120/day ad budget, nothing converted anymore. Now I heard there is some bug when scaling. Do any of you have had the same problem? And is there a way to fix/scale now?

I'm a graphic designer and I've had people ask a few times if I sell any of my designs on shirts, totes, etc. I've always liked the idea, but ordering a bunch of inventory upfront when I have no clue what people would actually buy feels like a pretty easy way to end up with boxes of my own stuff sitting around. I've been looking into print on demand instead so I could start with a few designs and only have something made when it actually sells. I also like that I could change designs pretty often instead of committing to one big run, because knowing myself I'd get bored of the first collection within a month anyway. For anyone who's done POD with their own designs, what did you start with and was it actually worth doing at a smaller scale?

Im looking for a supplier from China like someone from Alibaba or something who can supply me with inflatable party attributes. Like inflatable soccer and basketball games, bounce castles and birthday stuff. Who can help me or has a list ?

Quick disclosure upfront: I work on this, so take it as self-promo, not an unbiased review. But I've been lurking here for a while and this community's constant complaints about video ad costs are basically why we built it, so I figured I'd share and get honest feedback.

If you're running a dropshipping store, you already know the drill. Every winning product needs video creative, and one video almost never wins. You need 10, 20, 50 variants to find the hook and angle that actually converts, and a normal shoot or freelance editor can't keep up with that kind of testing volume without burning your margins.

What we built (SuperMaya.AI) generates video ads from a single product brief, no camera, no actors, no studio. A few things that seem to matter most for stores like the ones in this sub:

Speed. Up to 100 videos an hour. You can test a product's creative angles same day instead of waiting a week on an editor.

Volume for actual testing. Campaigns can run up to 1,000 to 1,200 ad variants at once, which matters a lot when you're trying to find the one hook that beats your control.

Pre-launch scoring. Every video gets scored for predicted performance before you spend a rupee or dollar on media, so you're not blind-testing everything.

Format variety. UGC-style, story ads, cinematic product ads, all from the same brief, so you can match the format to the platform (Reels vs Stories vs TikTok feed etc.)

Pricing. Works out to around $80 per polished video, which is a fraction of what a freelance editor or agency charges per video, especially once you're testing dozens of variants per product.

Happy to answer questions on how it actually works under the hood, or drop a portfolio link in the comments if anyone wants to see sample output before asking. Not trying to oversell it, genuinely curious if this solves a real problem for people running lean here or if I'm missing something dropshippers actually need more. Sign-up and DM your email - will send you extra credits.

I want to start dropshipping and I'm based in Canada. I've done a bit of research on my own and want to start dropshipping. I've seen AutoDS but I'm wondering if that is legit, if not are there any other similar websites for someone who is just starting out. I know dropshipping isn't instantly making huge profits but I have some time and money to put into this. Any sort of tips or advice will be greatly appreciated (but I don't want to spend money on any courses LOL).