[ Journey ] Low Income Dropshipping!

[Lifeisnotgood]

Hi
Looks like people are laughing at me because the previous thread i made:

• blackhatworld dot com/seo/dropshipping-problemo.1201310/

I wrongly understood, that the WordPress plugins would offer a service where i can get low commission from each sell. But let's forget that and start a Journey where i am trying to get low income from dropshipping.
From that money what i would earn! [ I hope ]
I will invest to some other things what i don't know yet.

My strategy and dream would by that, i wouldn't use money for this so much! But let see, but i don't see any possible way that i would earn millions from this. That is not the aim for this project.
Just invest money to other things...

But let's start!​

[ DAY. 1 ]

• Hosting provider has been set up, this was almost free from Namecheap. I bought hosting and i did already have one blog site what needed hosting place. I bought Stellar service that provides hosting 20 GB SSD + 3 websites.
• Bought 2 free Domains from amen dot pt site. I don't know what i do with the other one yet. Domains are up for 1 year, after that if i don't earn anything from the sites i just leave them to die or try to sell.
• Installed WordPress.
• Downloaded Woocommerce + Ali2woo
• SSL installed.
• Jetpack installed.
• Trying to choose what Theme i will use. Most of them are expensive and i don't invest money to it. I will try to find free one.

Day 1 has ended and site is completely blank, i don't even know what i would sell because the plans went against the wall from the start...

But heyh! Thanks for following the Journey!

 

[Lifeisnotgood]

[ DAY. 2 ]

• Ali2woo wasn't Free it needed some Codecanyon code to work. I uninstalled it.
• I downloaded and registered to some Ezusy aliexpress plugin. It was free and they say you can make 10 sells a month using the free thing.. That i don't know if it's good program, but i have uploaded 20 - 30 products to the site. Some the products descriptions are very shitty.. So have to think if it's possible, that i don't use any kind of plugins to import the products. Because i have to translate the English text to my own country language. 100% of the products are been listed as No Inventory. Have to check some tutorial videos, how i can set it up and why it's doing that No inventory thing... Maybe it's just one click to somewhere and it's on... But yeah, have to think if i don't use any importers, i just copy photos, make meta tags and translate text to my own language.
• Made proton-mail email address.
• Made Instagram - Twitter accounts for the Store.
• I tried to make Facebook page, but it's saying fuck off or something else. Have to check if i have to make the page using my real Facebook account or i just don't make any Facebook company page..
• Made AddMeFast account and i hoarded some points [ over 1200 ]. Those points i would use to promote the Instagram and Twitter. Of course the likes/followers would by 100% pure fakes and bad quality. But i think i just need 5 - 30 likes/followers only for fresh store.
• I made a webstore logo using Free software onlinelogomaker dot com. Quality was 5/10... But yes it was free.
• I decided that i use astra theme, but there is big problems with displaying the things. Product keywords, categorys and similar shit.
• i spied shopify dropship shops at: community dot shopify dot com/c/Feedback-On-My-Store/bd-p/ecommerce-gallery.... the sites where pretty shit and i don't think people buy from those stores anything.. waste of money i say. Google: "shopify forum" and choose "Feedback on my store" and look them.
• Have to find aliexpress dropshipping stores. Where i can look up, how they present the products. Those aliexpress dropshipping plugins gather useless information..

• Investment: 0 €
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

Thanks for following the Journey!

 

[Lifeisnotgood]

[ DAY. 3 - 10 ]
Some updates!

• Site is mostly up! i have added about 30 - 35 products.
• I like the page design and style.
• I registered to the eBay partner network and Amazon affiliate thing. The idea would be to automatically copy products from Amazon to blog-style posts and insert my affiliate links to there.
• The Ebay product affilite links i will but for all products
• Amazon products would by fully automatic, but the problem is the WP automatic plugin, where i have to add the amazon api keys. But they won't give it yet, because i haven't made any sells. So have to figure out, how i can copy the content from amazon without the Amazon Api Key thing.

The next phase is that i try to set up the Instagram, Twitter and maybe Facebook pages to better quality. (i have not yet added anything there yet and there is no followers or likes)
Have to set up bots. Maybe i will use socianator bot or some other one with Instagram.. with Twitter it's working fine.
Have to put more content to main page, that it would look like trusted.
Have to figure out the WP automatic Plugin Amazon api key thing or copy the content some other way.
Have to find some free feedback for the site and some tips someday.

• Investment: 0 €
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

 

[Leader777]

[ DAY. 3 - 10 ]
Some updates!

• Site is mostly up! i have added about 30 - 35 products.
• I like the page design and style.
• I registered to the eBay partner network and Amazon affiliate thing. The idea would be to automatically copy products from Amazon to blog-style posts and insert my affiliate links to there.
• The Ebay product affilite links i will but for all products
• Amazon products would by fully automatic, but the problem is the WP automatic plugin, where i have to add the amazon api keys. But they won't give it yet, because i haven't made any sells. So have to figure out, how i can copy the content from amazon without the Amazon Api Key thing.

The next phase is that i try to set up the Instagram, Twitter and maybe Facebook pages to better quality. (i have not yet added anything there yet and there is no followers or likes)
Have to set up bots. Maybe i will use socianator bot or some other one with Instagram.. with Twitter it's working fine.
Have to put more content to main page, that it would look like trusted.
Have to figure out the WP automatic Plugin Amazon api key thing or copy the content some other way.
Have to find some free feedback for the site and some tips someday.

• Investment: 0 €
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

First of all best of luck with your journey! If u are going to do this long term add pinterest to your source of traffic or if u can just focus on pinterest and a bit ig it can work for u ( from my experience).

 

[Lifeisnotgood]

First of all best of luck with your journey! If u are going to do this long term add pinterest to your source of traffic or if u can just focus on pinterest and a bit ig it can work for u ( from my experience).

oooh. yeah. have to look the pinterest too, never done anything in the place. Thanks for the tip! i think it should work. Especially making links.

 

[Lifeisnotgood]

[ DAY. 11 ]

• Pinterest has been configured - added over 100 pins "photos of products" text and links.
• Added a Stellar Rating Star WordPress plugin to the site. Let see if it's working like they are saying.
• Edited some products text.
• Added SEO text to the categorys

Have to do!

• Have to find solution for the Jetpack social share buttons. Have to increase size and alignment those someway to the center of the post - page. https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/jetpack-social-icon-widget-size-edit.1207721/
• Have to optimize some photos - add all text and maybe decrease size.
• Have to look up, how i can use the pinterest... automatic bot.
• Have to set up the Instagram and Twitter.
• For Instagram, have to think the good photo size, text and hastags.
• For Twitter same thing!
• Have to install the fastindexing google api thing.
• Have to install the monstersight.

When those are done... the game starts!

• Investment: 0 €
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

 

[Leader777]

[ DAY. 11 ]

• Pinterest has been configured - added over 100 pins "photos of products" text and links.
• Added a Stellar Rating Star WordPress plugin to the site. Let see if it's working like they are saying.
• Edited some products text.
• Added SEO text to the categorys

Have to do!

• Have to find solution for the Jetpack social share buttons. Have to increase size and alignment those someway to the center of the post - page. https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/jetpack-social-icon-widget-size-edit.1207721/
• Have to optimize some photos - add all text and maybe decrease size.
• Have to look up, how i can use the pinterest... automatic bot.
• Have to set up the Instagram and Twitter.
• For Instagram, have to think the good photo size, text and hastags.
• For Twitter same thing!
• Have to install the fastindexing google api thing.
• Have to install the monstersight.

When those are done... the game starts!

• Investment: 0 €
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

Best of luck buddy! keep pinning and long term u will see something.

 

[Lifeisnotgood]

[ DAY. 12 ]

The Game Starts today!

• Okey, Twitter, Instagram has been set upped.. and that means, that i have added profile photos and description.
• Added to Twitter and Instagram 4 products, description with hashtags. ( First future update for that i have to put the hashtags in different order in Instagram, because it looks bad, because they are in the vertical line).
• Automatic bot is liking in Twitter some keywords + hashtags. ( Right know it's liking 22 post in a day, have to change in the future higher, because it's not enough)
• Not sure yet, how i will do with the Instagram... photos and text i will add manually, but liking i have to think that i first start is by manually and some day i will want it to my automatic..
• I remembered that i have in one smmpanel some money.. 10€... and i don't have any experience with Pinterest.. So i used that money to boost the Pinterest. Some followers and likes to some products... Let see if they boost the Pinterest account higher... So that was my first investment, i think the investment did go bad, but let see. They haven't yet confirmed the order and it's possible, that the panel is already dead so i lost the 10€ what i uploaded there years ago.. but let see..

Have to do?

• I will let the Twitter automatic bot to do his job and i will check if i can do something with the Instagram.
• Have to understand that Pinterest better, because this is my first touch to that stupid looking website what i don't personally don't use never. Have to think outside in my box, because there is different kind of people in the pinterest.. maybe business orientated or some people who likes pretty cats.
• I try to get some amazon sells (3) some other way, so i will get the api key for the amazon affiliate. So i can build the automatic product poster to the site.
• Have to think, if i can use the addmefast- site someway to boost something, but at this point i don't see any point. Because if i order Instagram/twitter followers or likes.. Those are mostly bad quality and those platforms will see it for certain.

Stats in Instagram:

• 1 Like in one photo from random dude!
• No Followers.

Stats in Twitter:

• No likes.
• No followers.

Stats in Website:

• MonsterInsights plugin - No page visits.
• Jetpack plugin: Shows 3 visits, but they can by my own visits.

• Investment: 10 € (Pinterest Followers - Likes)
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

 

[Leader777]

[ DAY. 12 ]

The Game Starts today!

• Okey, Twitter, Instagram has been set upped.. and that means, that i have added profile photos and description.
• Added to Twitter and Instagram 4 products, description with hashtags. ( First future update for that i have to put the hashtags in different order in Instagram, because it looks bad, because they are in the vertical line).
• Automatic bot is liking in Twitter some keywords + hashtags. ( Right know it's liking 22 post in a day, have to change in the future higher, because it's not enough)
• Not sure yet, how i will do with the Instagram... photos and text i will add manually, but liking i have to think that i first start is by manually and some day i will want it to my automatic..
• I remembered that i have in one smmpanel some money.. 10€... and i don't have any experience with Pinterest.. So i used that money to boost the Pinterest. Some followers and likes to some products... Let see if they boost the Pinterest account higher... So that was my first investment, i think the investment did go bad, but let see. They haven't yet confirmed the order and it's possible, that the panel is already dead so i lost the 10€ what i uploaded there years ago.. but let see..

Have to do?

• I will let the Twitter automatic bot to do his job and i will check if i can do something with the Instagram.
• Have to understand that Pinterest better, because this is my first touch to that stupid looking website what i don't personally don't use never. Have to think outside in my box, because there is different kind of people in the pinterest.. maybe business orientated or some people who likes pretty cats.
• I try to get some amazon sells (3) some other way, so i will get the api key for the amazon affiliate. So i can build the automatic product poster to the site.
• Have to think, if i can use the addmefast- site someway to boost something, but at this point i don't see any point. Because if i order Instagram/twitter followers or likes.. Those are mostly bad quality and those platforms will see it for certain.

Stats in Instagram:

• 1 Like in one photo from random dude!
• No Followers.

Stats in Twitter:

• No likes.
• No followers.

Stats in Website:

• MonsterInsights plugin - No page visits.
• Jetpack plugin: Shows 3 visits, but they can by my own visits.

• Investment: 10 € (Pinterest Followers - Likes)
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

Keep it up ! u are on the right track. For that pannel that diden't deliver if u think they are on bhw u can tell their name so people can avoid them other than that for pinterest create some accounts and when u have free time and not working , take your phone log in with each account and start pinning your pins.

 

[Lifeisnotgood]

[ DAY. 13 ]

• I don't know what to say, no yet any views at the site and that means no any selling. Of course everything is very hard if i don't use money to the advertising.

• Right know i am trying to get more twitter followers. I am liking some keywords + hashtags at Twitter automatically using one bot. Right know 22 likes done in 20 hours. That is not much, but i can't do more because the twitter will notice for certain and then ban hammer comes. The bot automatically follows the liked person, that way i am following 22 and 2 person has followed back, but they haven't clicked any links at Twitter..

• With Instagram i haven't yet done anything new. There is just those 4 products and i am not liking anything or doing anything. I wait some days for Instagram, so they won't ban my when i start do some Follow - Like thing.

• I posted the some links to local (my country) flea market site... Where is my products and descriptions. One flea market site banned already my, because they noticed, that i am some kind of business thing and they won't permit that kind of thing in their site.

• There is some other places, where i can post, but i don't think it's a good way to promote my site. Then it would look like SPAM and i would get negative response from the people.

• For the Pinterest i don't have a clue what the socionator bot is doing. Right know i have 2 accounts there the Shop account and some other one account. Those two accounts are right know just following some keyword accounts. I haven't yet repinned anything, have to look some tutorials, because it's not finding boards and the querys.

• I used addmefast to get some followers and pins but the quality is so bad that i laugh to the guys who make accounts to the addmefast and they don't even think what they are doing. If you are doing something in addmefast, plz update your account profiles to look real! Upload profile photo and add some description to those. Add some link there, that way you can get visitors to your site or something else.

What to do?

• Just configure something.

• Investment: 10 € (Pinterest Followers - Likes)
• Visitors in the Site: 0
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

 

[Meerakat]

How did you get the free domain? Do I need like an IP from Spain in order to register free domains for a year?

 

[Lifeisnotgood]

How did you get the free domain? Do I need like an IP from Spain in order to register free domains for a year?

i don't think you would need IP from Spain or Portugal.
You can get two .com domains and .pt domains maybe 1 or 2. Free for year.
For the .pt domains they are asking some real information.

But for "buying" i used prepaid bank cards. For buying i mean, they are asking a bank a card, you can of course delete the information from the site after you have registered. They aren't asking money when you just correctly add the domains to the cart and the is 0€ value.

You can change the nameservers to forward to some other hosting. I used google translator for Portugal language to my language. it is pain in the ass method, but you get it for certain.

 

[Lifeisnotgood]

[ DAY. 18 ]

Pinterest

• Pinterest banned my from their site. I don't know the reason, they just informed my, that you are banned. In the same they banned my domain. i can't post my domain link to the site. Of course i can skip that using tinyurls. I didn't use any bots using that account. I used one other account to repin the pins, what i uploaded to the Pinterest account. There was over 200 pins, what i added manually. That other repin account is alive and its working. I used socinator dominator with LOW settings, so it was doing everything very slow.
• It's of course possible, that i used addmefast to repin the pins too, so they detected that someway. Hard to say..
• I made today new pinterest account and i added about 30 - 40 pins manually using the same photos with different text - links. Let see if they ban that. I don't use any proxys or anything. I just use own IP. Let see if they will lock that too..
• It's possible, that this is just my luck. Everything i try to do, they will fail.

Twitter

• With Twitter i have socinator dominator bot liking keyword things and that way i am trying to get visitors to my site. Twitter is hard place, people don't click anything they just swipe and look photos. The bot settings are low too. It's liking about 25 - 35 different post a day. I think it's very few, but i don't want that account is banned too. The bot just likes peoples comments with specific keywords.

Instagram

• I'm afraid of instagram, so I didn't dare do anything there. I am afraid, if i lose the account or they will ban it. I have 6 uploaded photos there with text, links and tags.. i have liked about 15 - 20 different kind of hashtag photos. Everything is done manually. No followers, i am following 6 company sites.
• I don't know yet how I'm going to handle the instagram.. maybe i use the socinator dominator bot for liking some photos each day automatically about 10 - 20. Maybe it's not so much, but it would by 70 - 140 photos a week... maybe it's too much. Maybe just 5 photos a day and that would by 35 photos a week.

Pinterest Investment 10€

• I told in one post, that i used one smm panel to buy pinterest followers and likes. of course they haven't full filled the purchase. I think i just lost the 10€ at sociaffy.com. I think the site is dead, have to send message to the admin and ask if he is alive and say refund the money from Pinterest purchase and i will use that to some other thing. I don't think they will send my the 10€ back, because i uploaded the money to the site years ago.

What to do?

• i don't know yet, maybe i will add more links and i will check if the products can by found using google and try to boost them someway.

• Investment: 10 € (Pinterest Followers - Likes)
• Visitors in the Site: 70
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

 

[Lifeisnotgood]

[ DAY. 19 - 35 ]

There was been so many days before the last update in this journey. I haven't earned anything yet. I think mostly everything in the site is good in my perspective, but i don't get any visitors to the site. Of course i have got about 534 visitors, but those haven't bring any money to my. They don't click anything, they just read and see the products. But they won't buy the product in the site, where i am directing them "ebay and amazon".

In the site, there is about 6 different kind Ebay - Amazon Guide - articles, total about 5000 - 6000 words what i wrote myself. in my perspective those are pretty good guides - articles. Topics are mostly How to buy, why to buy, tips and tricks. I don't know if people read those, but let see in the future. I used many hours to those.

One craigslist website banned my from their site. So i can't post my products - website there. No huge loss in that.
My website shop is ranking in Google, but when i search the website name in Google. i don't use the .com in the end, It's not ranking how i want it to rank.
I find the website at rank 5.
But when i add the .com to the end it's ranking the site of course to the first place and showing everything in Google search.
But maybe this will change in future for better.


Instagram

• I manually post everyday 1 product and i but text and hashtags to there. I like each day about 30 - 40 different kinds of keywords - hashtags. I follow about 10 - 15 accounts a day. I get about 1 - 6 likes to each photo. Some BOT accounts are following my, so i don't think i have real followers. They just find my when i post some product photo and they just automatically follow my.

Pinterest

• I have posted products to the new pinterest account and transformed the account to business. I haven't yet got any visitors from pinterest. Because of course i don't pin anything, i just wait sometime if Pinterest bans the account again. But this week i will start to pin again and add new products to the pins.

Twitter

• The bot is doing the same things like before. liking some specific keywords - hashtags. Totally right know the twitter account has liked about 900 different kind of posts. But if i check the analytics, i don't get any visitors from twitter. So i think it's not right place to get visitors. I use the twitter at this point only for making links. I think twitter post and likes helps someway to get better standing at Google search. "back-links"

Facebook

• No any likers in the site. It's just pretty new Facebook page and i don't i think i will use so much time to Facebook. I just post products there.

Reddit

• I made reddit account and there i post products, but i mostly use the reddit to make back links to my site. I don't know if it's good idea, but i am doing that. The bot is upvoting some post, so they will see i am interacting at the site someway.

Gab

• I made account for Gab site and i post products there too. I haven't yet received any visitors to the site from the Gab, but i have seen some activity. People are following my Gab account, but some are liking my products links. I think those are bots

So what to do?

• I just resume posting - promoting each day a new product in the different kind of social media sites.
• Maybe i change the theme. Right know i use ASTRA THEME and Custom Printing started template.
• Do something with the pinterest.
• Import new products.
• Think some free advertisement things. ( i don't want to use money for ads)
• Have to buy SIM card local store ( 4 - 5€ ) and look if my 8 year old Facebook accounts are alive, so i use that for some advertisement things.

• Visitors in the Site Total: 534
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

 

[zuhrul]

Good luck hope you will reach your goal in the future, keep it up. following your journey

 

[Matta28]

Keep grinding it! I myself are on my own dropshipping journey, since mid May only earned $12. Tried FB ads, failed. But I'm using actively Pinterest and IG to promote it, for now my Pinterest account are the account that are providing most visitors to my site

 

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[ DAY. 19 - 35 ]

There was been so many days before the last update in this journey. I haven't earned anything yet. I think most everything on the site is good in my perspective, but I don't get any visitors to the site. Of course, I have got about 534 visitors, but those haven't bring any money to my. They don't click anything, they just read and see the products. But they won't buy the product in the site, where i am directing them "ebay and amazon".

In the site, there is about 6 different kind Ebay - Amazon Guide - articles, total about 5000 - 6000 words what i wrote myself. in my perspective those are pretty good guides - articles. Topics are mostly How to buy, why to buy, tips and tricks. I don't know if people read those, but let see in the future. I used many hours to those.

One craigslist website banned my from their site. So i can't post my products - website there. No huge loss in that.
My website shop is ranking in Google, but when i search the website name in Google. i don't use the .com in the end, It's not ranking how i want it to rank.
I find the website at rank 5.
But when i add the .com to the end it's ranking the site of course to the first place and showing everything in Google search.
But maybe this will change in future for better.


Instagram

• I manually post everyday 1 product and i but text and hashtags to there. I like each day about 30 - 40 different kinds of keywords - hashtags. I follow about 10 - 15 accounts a day. I get about 1 - 6 likes to each photo. Some BOT accounts are following my, so i don't think i have real followers. They just find my when i post some product photo and they just automatically follow my.

Pinterest

• I have posted products to the new pinterest account and transformed the account to business. I haven't yet got any visitors from pinterest. Because of course i don't pin anything, i just wait sometime if Pinterest bans the account again. But this week i will start to pin again and add new products to the pins.

Twitter

• The bot is doing the same things like before. liking some specific keywords - hashtags. Totally right know the twitter account has liked about 900 different kind of posts. But if i check the analytics, i don't get any visitors from twitter. So i think it's not right place to get visitors. I use the twitter at this point only for making links. I think twitter post and likes helps someway to get better standing at Google search. "back-links"

Facebook

• No any likers in the site. It's just pretty new Facebook page and i don't i think i will use so much time to Facebook. I just post products there.

Reddit

• I made reddit account and there i post products, but i mostly use the reddit to make back links to my site. I don't know if it's good idea, but i am doing that. The bot is upvoting some post, so they will see i am interacting at the site someway.

Gab

• I made account for Gab site and i post products there too. I haven't yet received any visitors to the site from the Gab, but i have seen some activity. People are following my Gab account, but some are liking my products links. I think those are bots

So what to do?

• I just resume posting - promoting each day a new product in the different kind of social media sites.
• Maybe i change the theme. Right know i use ASTRA THEME and Custom Printing started template.
• Do something with the pinterest.
• Import new products.
• Think some free advertisement things. ( i don't want to use money for ads)
• Have to buy SIM card local store ( 4 - 5€ ) and look if my 8 year old Facebook accounts are alive, so i use that for some advertisement things.

• Visitors in the Site Total: 534
• Time: Too much
• Profit: 0 €
• Experience 100%

i worked on 10% of traffic as a sale .

products are the key .

use amazon for the best products with google trends then use web 2.0 to promote your shop .

comment blasting works good aswell .

when you setup web 2.0 you use a blog app to post to them all for you .
look at ifft free .

gd luck.

try looking for wp apps that schedule and post for you .

 

[BHTC]

Interesting journey to follow. I'm also thinking of going into dropshipping businesses, if you are interested to do partnership and collaboration, will be happy to work together with you and learn along.