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I was wondering if anyone could suggest some ecommerce research tools to see how competitive a certain niche is. For example, say I wanted to start an ecommerce store and thought selling kids' watches could be a profitable niche. Is there a tool I can use to search how competitive this...

Alibaba and 1688.com is a good place to do some research on wholesalers. There are a ton of wholesalers available online so you'll have to do some research

Shopify has some great content on this. If you haven't seen this, check this out: https://www.shopify.ca/guides/dropshipping In terms of selecting products to sell you can go to various websites like AliExpress, DHGate, GearBest, etc. and search for the best-selling products and start that...

Amazon and Ebay most likely won't ban your drop shipping products unless there are blatant copyright or trademark violations in the products you are selling. It's usually safe to stick to unbranded products or products with legal barriers associated to making sales.

As mentioned AliExpress is a good place to look. You may also want to consider similar sites such as: DHGate and GearBest. As an aside, if you're interested in finding high-quality products and sellers on AliExpress I'm actually developing an AliExpress product research tool to simplify this...

I would say this is tough to determine because this is highly dependent on the product being sold. My best guess is, in most cases the physical product has the potential for higher yields since that sort of product can target a larger demographic of people vs. a digital product that is...

Have you tried using Google Trends to do some keyword research? Also try using social media to search your keywords too to see if any of the ones you are considering are more popular than others.

I would agree with your thoughts. But, if you can market your product well and target it to a specific audience then I don't think it really matters if you're drop shipping physical products or digital products. Just from doing a little research you'll notice there are a fair number of people...

Yes Oberlo helps to process the order and makes it really easy to add products to your ecommerce store assuming you're using Shopify. You may have to do some manual ordering on AliExpress after someone places an order on your site because I'm not too sure how good Oberlo's auto-ordering feature...

I would also not recommend women's clothing due to competition, construction quality and the inherent problems related to clothing returns. I'm actually developing an AliExpress product research tool that can help you simplify product research. I've setup an early access program, if you're...

There are a ton of drop shipping groups on Facebook, just go to the groups section and search 'drop ship'

I would say it depends on whether you want to drop ship or buy products directly from a wholesaler/supplier and then sell to your customers. If you decide to go the drop shipping route, you can try AliExpress, DHGate, GearBest, etc. If you want to look for wholesalers/suppliers try Alibaba or...

I've previously done research through AliExpress by searching categories or keywords I've been interested in and filtered the search results based on number of orders. This method will typically help identify the best sellers or a product in a particular category, but there are other factors...

Both platforms present their own challenges. The challenge with Shopify is driving traffic to your site. Most successful drop shippers tend to heavily use Facebook ads to bring traffic to their sites. If you're unwilling to put in the initial financial investment for ads then this route may...

Which suppliers have you used in the past? For most people who are drop shipping off of AliExpress they mostly list products that ship via ePacket. The shipping times for ePacket aren't that great but better than your standard free shipping options.