Starting with Dropshipping

[Maistroo]

Hi folks

I read about dropshipping and it sounds interesting for me..

I look at AliExpress and see what they have to sell on my shopify site.

I got some questions first

- Do AliExpress ever sold out something and never put it back into sale?
- Who pay for taxes me or my costumers?
- What is the most popular niche? (for example Baby/kid toys? people who collect products from movies etc like harry potter, pokemon, game of thrones and so on?)
- Which things do you guys prefer for addons on shopify? stripe is a MUST something else, preferably free or cheap alternatives

i may have more questions down the road

Thanks.
/maistroo

 

[shopifytutor]

Hi folks

I read about dropshipping and it sounds interesting for me..

I look at AliExpress and see what they have to sell on my shopify site.

I got some questions first

- Do AliExpress ever sold out something and never put it back into sale?
- Who pay for taxes me or my costumers?
- What is the most popular niche? (for example Baby/kid toys? people who collect products from movies etc like harry potter, pokemon, game of thrones and so on?)
- Which things do you guys prefer for addons on shopify? stripe is a MUST something else, preferably free or cheap alternatives

i may have more questions down the road

Thanks.
/maistroo

It is interesting indeed. Could be a profitable business, if done right!

It is not easy as it may look or sound.
Sourcing a product from aliexpress is only profitable when you find something unique and find a winning audience.

When I first started shopify, I found my first winner as a very basic “Grandma” bracelet. I never thought it could be a winner. But now that I am experienced, I do understand that most of the people fail not because they are unable to find winning products/niche, they fail because they are unable to do the targeting right.

Nobody is going to tell you a profitable niche. You gotta find one. And that is one hell of a task.

Do more research. A lot of research!

Hope this helps