IG Journey, Dropship + Shopify

[Anas90]

Keep up, that's very interesting.

Thank you man!

Hello! Any update?

Sure i will update now!

Congrats on finally reaching your 1st goal! I'm doing the same thing.

Thank you man ,wish u luck too!

any update

Yes, right awaay!

cool，i want to follow you

Thanks man

Good luck!

Thank you !

It´s always nice to see other people succeeding in what they are doing! Congratulations and keep up the good work x

Thank you bro!!

First and foremost congratulations on the sales and success man!

I have been looking into Shopify dropshipping as well, however....
I see from AE the shipping time to the US is about 20-30 days. I saw earlier you had already answered someones question about shipping to Europe. Have customers complained about shipping time to the US?

The shipping to US takes about 8-20 Days , sometimes it only takes a week, it depends on which Post the supplier send the item from! because there is one in the center of the city and another one, outside the city, there is a 3-4 days between those two! in general it takes 15 Days in average, and no US customer so far never complained, just find a good trust worthy supplier

 

[Anas90]

UPDATE Day 28, 31/05/2018; Time flies,,

Sorry didn't update, i have been really busy!

Instagram:
Acc 1: 4062=> 4455 Followers [+393]
Acc 2: 1705=> 2214 Followers [+509]
Acc 3: 1885=> 2073 Followers [+188] I forgot to bot it for 2 days
Acc 4: 1421=> 1883 Followers [+462]
Acc 5: 96 => 425 Followers [+329] New account
ToTal : 8931=> 10812 Followers ( 1881 New Followers ) thats good so far

Remember guys, only Acc 1,2,5 are monetized for this journey, the other Acc 3 & 4 are for another future niche store


Pinterest acc : 11XX Followers, i understand now that i don't need followers in Pinterest like Instagram so i stopped following there, its all about posting in other famous boards to get featured.
Over 98K Monthly viewers so far

Shopify: So today might be the best so far!
108 Visits, 15 Add to Cart, 7 Checkout, 7 Orders First 2 Sells from Pinterest ! ( Well didn't expect sells From Pinterest)!
2 Customers Bought 2 Items!
Total profit for today = 72$ , Conversion 6.48% Best Results so far!
(First Goal: 50$ a day Reached, Next Goal 100$ A day!)

Till next time!!

 

[alek123]

HI.

I am also starting with shopify+dropshipping hope to finish the store in some day.

I want to ask what you do on your store about GDPR?

Can i have "subscribe" field as on the picture ?
Also please tell me if someone leave the checkout but didn't check the "checkbox" that can use the email for promotional purposes ,can i send them abounded cart email ?

And if you have some other information about GDPR rules please tell me.

Thanks

 

[Anas90]

HI.

I am also starting with shopify+dropshipping hope to finish the store in some day.

I want to ask what you do on your store about GDPR?

Can i have "subscribe" field as on the picture ?
Also please tell me if someone leave the checkout but didn't check the "checkbox" that can use the email for promotional purposes ,can i send them abounded cart email ?

And if you have some other information about GDPR rules please tell me.

Thanks

Hey bro
The only thing i did about GDPR is updating " privacy policy" page with the new GDPR rule thats all
I have no idea, but shopify stores already have a subscribe ,but as picture no idea
Yes you can send them abandoned carts, but better with apps, there is alot out there

 

[tjw616]

You've motivated me to get into Shopify dropshipping. Did a little product research in a couple niches, added them to my store, and now kind of just promoting them on FBads.

4 Checkouts, 0 orders in my first day.

Reached out to some IG influencers to get promotion shout outs on prices to see what I can do might start manually growing an IG page tomorrow morning.

 

[bizroach]

congrats. what's your ROI for last 30 days?

 

[Anas90]

You've motivated me to get into Shopify dropshipping. Did a little product research in a couple niches, added them to my store, and now kind of just promoting them on FBads.

4 Checkouts, 0 orders in my first day.

Reached out to some IG influencers to get promotion shout outs on prices to see what I can do might start manually growing an IG page tomorrow morning.

Since you got 4 Checkouts, it is really good, just make 4 adsets each one you target an interest, the best one of them , duplicate it and scale it and kill others that aren't good, just use 5-7.5$ budget per day its enough. good luck bro!

congrats. what's your ROI for last 30 days?

Well only the last 15 days ( from 16/05 till now ) were good, before that it was bad, so ROI in the last 15Days is over 400$ Profit

 

[tjw616]

4 checkouts (abandon carts) is good? I ran 4 adsets today, I see which one out of the 4 is performing the best and I am going to duplicate that one.

Also did some email marketing for people who didn’t check out to follow up with them.

I think my Shopify design itself could use a little work to make t look at a lot more appealing. But I am getting engagement on my Facebook page. 5 shares couple likes in 1 day.

 

[JBaumInsta]

4 checkouts (abandon carts) is good? I ran 4 adsets today, I see which one out of the 4 is performing the best and I am going to duplicate that one.

Also did some email marketing for people who didn’t check out to follow up with them.

I think my Shopify design itself could use a little work to make t look at a lot more appealing. But I am getting engagement on my Facebook page. 5 shares couple likes in 1 day.

Little Facebook ad trick...if you’re running your ads to cold traffic, spend like $2-3 per day for 2-3 days warming up your ad to gain social proof via third tier countries. Once your ad has social proof, then run it to first tier countries. It’ll have likes and shares so they’ll assume it’s popular and have more interest in buying

 

[JBaumInsta]

-I have a disclaim right away when the customer buys, it says " due to high demand of this item X , it may take 1-3 weeks, and usually it takes over 15-27 Days to reach clients in Europe
-Till now, only one sent me email saying he only receive 1 item rather than 2, it was my mistake,i forgot to ship the 2nd one since i do it manually , no app or something, so i talked to him and sent him tracking number, all done in email no dispute or smth



-Heyy bro! sorry been a little busy! You are right, maybe if its really good and easy to use it will get you more conversion
-Well i just copy Description and remove the supplier brand name & dropship support one, i only leave details about the product and for the title, you must create a unique one of course, because you really want to avoid same Title, imagine someone remembers the name and come to google with ur domain name, there is a chance that aliexpress one will pop up since they are high ranked in google Seo right? So yeah try to avoid that
-I think that DM can be risky like commenting because it annoys people and rather than just deleting the message if they don't like, they click spam inappropriate,,, If only 10 people do that ,,, you are at risk, so try to avoid it i guess, u don't want to lose your account at 5K + followers,,
- Thank you man , i might use it when i run out of phone numbers, i tried the same number of another account and it worked lol
-Yeah i really think about it, i use now the same link in 4 accounts, some are with .com/collectionX , but still risky i guess,i will start using Bit.ly even tho it deosn't seem legit and it will lower the clicks to the website ofc, but its better than getting banned anyway xD
Thank you for the tips bro! i hope you already setup your website and ready to start!

I managed to finish the store. Design done. Descriptions fixed. Titles done. Not amazing stuff but probably doesn’t make a huge difference. Site looks pretty good.

Yeah DM has its risks...I’ve had a few accounts close down in the past but it’s really not a big deal. You see when you utilize a good DM, it does not matter so much if you’re account has 1k followers or 10k because still you are having a direct conversation with your potential audience. Of course, it seems more “cool” to the potential customers if you’re some big page reaching out to them but I don’t think it matter THAT much if they’re interested anyways.

Issue when using same exact number - if Instagram will ban one of your accounts you run a high risk that they’ll ban all of your accounts because they’re all easily linkable.

Same goes for website. Not safe to use same exact domain across all those sites. Trust me better to change that than potentially get banned. But of course that’s your decision. And bit.ly is very well known. You have nothing to worry about with them. Only downside is that the link looks different so maybe people will think it’s less legit.

I have my store set up at US only. Do you think it makes a huge difference to ship worldwide? I wonder because I already get 30-40 visits and more per day but not even 1 add to cart. Trying to figure out why it was so much easier for you!

 

[bizroach]

congrats. what's your ROI for last 30 days?

Since you got 4 Checkouts, it is really good, just make 4 adsets each one you target an interest, the best one of them , duplicate it and scale it and kill others that aren't good, just use 5-7.5$ budget per day its enough. good luck bro!


Well only the last 15 days ( from 16/05 till now ) were good, before that it was bad, so ROI in the last 15Days is over 400$ Profit

how many posts under each account?

 

[Omoruyiik]

Op you might want to use Oberlo (search shopify apps store) it's a free order fulfillment and automation app

 

[alek123]

Hey bro
The only thing i did about GDPR is updating " privacy policy" page with the new GDPR rule thats all
I have no idea, but shopify stores already have a subscribe ,but as picture no idea
Yes you can send them abandoned carts, but better with apps, there is alot out there

I forgot to attach picture so you can see.
I mean on this subs button

 

[Isaxmx]

UPDATE Day 28, 31/05/2018; Time flies,,

Sorry didn't update, i have been really busy!

Instagram:
Acc 1: 4062=> 4455 Followers [+393]
Acc 2: 1705=> 2214 Followers [+509]
Acc 3: 1885=> 2073 Followers [+188] I forgot to bot it for 2 days
Acc 4: 1421=> 1883 Followers [+462]
Acc 5: 96 => 425 Followers [+329] New account
ToTal : 8931=> 10812 Followers ( 1881 New Followers ) thats good so far

Remember guys, only Acc 1,2,5 are monetized for this journey, the other Acc 3 & 4 are for another future niche store


Pinterest acc : 11XX Followers, i understand now that i don't need followers in Pinterest like Instagram so i stopped following there, its all about posting in other famous boards to get featured.
Over 98K Monthly viewers so far

Shopify: So today might be the best so far!
108 Visits, 15 Add to Cart, 7 Checkout, 7 Orders First 2 Sells from Pinterest ! ( Well didn't expect sells From Pinterest)!
2 Customers Bought 2 Items!
Total profit for today = 72$ , Conversion 6.48% Best Results so far!
(First Goal: 50$ a day Reached, Next Goal 100$ A day!)

Till next time!!

Are your pages posting general posts about your niche or its a store page so you keep promoting your store with post including the products?

 

[Anas90]

congrats. what's your ROI for last 30 days?

Well over 500$ ; more 100$ , you see if u have read all the journey, u will see that on the first days there was no Sales , i started generating sales in the last 15days, and i still have no idea what have i done, that made me get more sales lol im trying to figure it out tho

I managed to finish the store. Design done. Descriptions fixed. Titles done. Not amazing stuff but probably doesn’t make a huge difference. Site looks pretty good.

Yeah DM has its risks...I’ve had a few accounts close down in the past but it’s really not a big deal. You see when you utilize a good DM, it does not matter so much if you’re account has 1k followers or 10k because still you are having a direct conversation with your potential audience. Of course, it seems more “cool” to the potential customers if you’re some big page reaching out to them but I don’t think it matter THAT much if they’re interested anyways.

Issue when using same exact number - if Instagram will ban one of your accounts you run a high risk that they’ll ban all of your accounts because they’re all easily linkable.

Same goes for website. Not safe to use same exact domain across all those sites. Trust me better to change that than potentially get banned. But of course that’s your decision. And bit.ly is very well known. You have nothing to worry about with them. Only downside is that the link looks different so maybe people will think it’s less legit.

I have my store set up at US only. Do you think it makes a huge difference to ship worldwide? I wonder because I already get 30-40 visits and more per day but not even 1 add to cart. Trying to figure out why it was so much easier for you!

Yeah i might try DM with a new acc with over 500 followers, but if u do follow them & then one like of their post, they will notice you 100% , i mean thats enough if they are interested to buy. sure DM will make them check you more and even your website , but buying is a little bit rare!

Oh i have never thought about it! thats risky! i might go and buy a SIM card its cheap here,,

Yup , i found a big page using the bit.ly link so yeah, i will create one for sure, there is no ads between the click and the website right? i mean it only redirect ur link i guess,

It doesn't really matter which country you Set up your store from if you do Dropshipping! that will change nothing, in fact you will have the credit cards payment method available for you aswell as paypal so congrats, i only have paypal option at the moment, stripe and shopify pay aren't available in my country unfortunately! if you get 30-40 visits, u must at least get 2 add to cart & why not a sale! you have 2 things to think about now, whether the price is very high, or the product is bad. and remove shipping cost if there's any, if u have low margin, try to add to the product price and remove shipping tax$, i guess because i sell very cheap compared to other companies, i sell for 19.95$ with free shipping, but they sell for 24$ and some for 35$ + Shipping. Keep the website simple, try not to use too much colors on the website, keep it bright
Also keep checking your dashboards, always, to see whats wrong and what not, look where customers are coming from, its important for me, if u get alot visits from asia for an example, u are targeting a bad page! anyway you have 10Days to figure out whats going on and when u do , sales will come up!
it took me 1month + to know how is it working!
Good luck bro! and if u have any question , im here

 

[Anas90]

Op you might want to use Oberlo (search shopify apps store) it's a free order fulfillment and automation app

Its buggy, it keeps saying error, sometimes it doesn't sync so on, so i removed it

I forgot to attach picture so you can see.
I mean on this subs button

Yeah i have the same! one Tip , try to remove that green color, its really bad , keep it simple white etc

Are your pages posting general posts about your niche or its a store page so you keep promoting your store with post including the products?

Well i only promote my products in all posts lately, im running out of products anyway lol so i will start using general posts soon

 

[nana_24]

I've been checking this journey every day for the last week, really interesting.
Not really surprised cause our MA brothers are used to these results and more.
Gonna get back to shopify soon after exams, i'm planning to use IG too, may i know what bot r u using !
Keep it Up Bro, & keep us updated
Best luck.

 

[JBaumInsta]

Well over 500$ ; more 100$ , you see if u have read all the journey, u will see that on the first days there was no Sales , i started generating sales in the last 15days, and i still have no idea what have i done, that made me get more sales lol im trying to figure it out tho



Yeah i might try DM with a new acc with over 500 followers, but if u do follow them & then one like of their post, they will notice you 100% , i mean thats enough if they are interested to buy. sure DM will make them check you more and even your website , but buying is a little bit rare!

Oh i have never thought about it! thats risky! i might go and buy a SIM card its cheap here,,

Yup , i found a big page using the bit.ly link so yeah, i will create one for sure, there is no ads between the click and the website right? i mean it only redirect ur link i guess,

It doesn't really matter which country you Set up your store from if you do Dropshipping! that will change nothing, in fact you will have the credit cards payment method available for you aswell as paypal so congrats, i only have paypal option at the moment, stripe and shopify pay aren't available in my country unfortunately! if you get 30-40 visits, u must at least get 2 add to cart & why not a sale! you have 2 things to think about now, whether the price is very high, or the product is bad. and remove shipping cost if there's any, if u have low margin, try to add to the product price and remove shipping tax$, i guess because i sell very cheap compared to other companies, i sell for 19.95$ with free shipping, but they sell for 24$ and some for 35$ + Shipping. Keep the website simple, try not to use too much colors on the website, keep it bright
Also keep checking your dashboards, always, to see whats wrong and what not, look where customers are coming from, its important for me, if u get alot visits from asia for an example, u are targeting a bad page! anyway you have 10Days to figure out whats going on and when u do , sales will come up!
it took me 1month + to know how is it working!
Good luck bro! and if u have any question , im here

Yeah, that's a good point. Getting 500 followers first so people don't think you are a scam, and then start doing the DM. Makes sense! I'm not 100% sure if that's enough to just follow and like a post, but who knows, I guess you have more results than I do At the moment, my price multiplier on each item is 2, meaning if a product costs me $1 on AE, I charge $2. HOWEVER, in my DM's and Instagram bios, I mention discounts between 25-50%, meaning that I'm basically giving it for free. Do you think it's better to just remove ALL discounts and lower the price to $1.20 for example (if we use the $1 product on AE example)???

I didn't mean where I set up the store. I meant, should I offer worldwide shipping? Until yesterday, it was US shipping only.

Strange that I get 30-40 visits per day (only 20 yesterday though) and no add to carts...I think price may be too high, since I'm offering the discount. Probably better to do no discount or very little discount (10%), instead of doubling price and offering 50% discount. What do you think? BTW, I already offer FREE SHIPPING and NO TAX.

I always look at dashboard...doesn't really give me an indication of what's wrong, I just see visitors come from Facebook/Instagram but no one purchases anything. Where should I look for more details? Most my visits are United States, btw, so I know it's quality. My site just isn't converting them for some reason....

Oh and with regards to bit.ly, just redirect, no advertising or anythign

I managed to finish the store. Design done. Descriptions fixed. Titles done. Not amazing stuff but probably doesn’t make a huge difference. Site looks pretty good.

Yeah DM has its risks...I’ve had a few accounts close down in the past but it’s really not a big deal. You see when you utilize a good DM, it does not matter so much if you’re account has 1k followers or 10k because still you are having a direct conversation with your potential audience. Of course, it seems more “cool” to the potential customers if you’re some big page reaching out to them but I don’t think it matter THAT much if they’re interested anyways.

Issue when using same exact number - if Instagram will ban one of your accounts you run a high risk that they’ll ban all of your accounts because they’re all easily linkable.

Same goes for website. Not safe to use same exact domain across all those sites. Trust me better to change that than potentially get banned. But of course that’s your decision. And bit.ly is very well known. You have nothing to worry about with them. Only downside is that the link looks different so maybe people will think it’s less legit.

I have my store set up at US only. Do you think it makes a huge difference to ship worldwide? I wonder because I already get 30-40 visits and more per day but not even 1 add to cart. Trying to figure out why it was so much easier for you!

 

[legion2k]

Anas90, congrats - great journey!

what bot do you use for instagram and pinterest?
thank you

 

[dovab]

Awesome to read your journey anas90!

I'm also interested to know which nbo you are using for instagram