I just started dropshipping, any tips?

[Hawkeye Digital]

Totally agree. If after all the effort, money and time, finally you got them to checkout page. As soon as you show them crypto payment gateway, they will bailout quickly thinking you are scammer or something.

That's the whole point , why paypal still rules the king of gateways , they are selling trust (maybe fake ) but trust .

 

[PrgnIM]

you tried before? i was having those thoughts, but when i read this, kinda hesitate to do the aliexpress things.

You need to treat it like an actual business and not a scammy get rich quick scheme. If you use AliExpress you will get a shit product, unbranded packaging, and like 30 day delivery times or 2 weeks at best. And also dropshipping is not a long-term model or even a medium-term one, it's for testing products quickly with small budgets before investing in branded products and working with fulfilment centres/agents/distributors.

You should start but think about customer experience like delivery time, product quality, branding (no one wants to see that their product came from AliExpress), custom ads instead of using stock footage

 

[throwaway12321]

One product or niche stores make more sense than general stores. Stay away from general unless it works with your traffic source. Once you find something that works, keep doing it. Sounds stupid but you'd be shocked how many drop shippers find a winning or slightly winning product and then go decide to do something else completely

 

[4pollo$$]

Nice, what products do you sell?
From which supplier? (AliExpress, Alibaba…)
Keep us updated!

ali express and shoppe

 

[4pollo$$]

Dropshipping ? Number 1 tip :-
Keep away from all merchant payment (card, etc) gateways. Also keep away from PayPal, Stripe, etc, etc ... They will all steal your money nowadays, if you are doing dropshipping.
Embrace crypto, use crypto payment gateways such as CoinPayments, etc.

oh thanks so much

 

[Daemon Targaryen]

My tip is don't ask for tips after you already started. Should've asked before. Now you probably need to start over.

 

[averros]

You need to treat it like an actual business and not a scammy get rich quick scheme. If you use AliExpress you will get a shit product, unbranded packaging, and like 30 day delivery times or 2 weeks at best. And also dropshipping is not a long-term model or even a medium-term one, it's for testing products quickly with small budgets before investing in branded products and working with fulfilment centres/agents/distributors.

You should start but think about customer experience like delivery time, product quality, branding (no one wants to see that their product came from AliExpress), custom ads instead of using stock footage

what do you offer as an alternative to aliexpress?