Dropshipping journey to 5k a month

mcdollof said:

So here it is, yet another dropshipping journey. Over the past 3 months I prepared everything from a brand identity, game plan to hiring an accountant.
The first goal is to reach 1k a month in profit and gain valuable experience in social media advertising.
I've read dozens of books, finished dozens of courses (all pirated/free, don't worry), spoke to several local marketers and got insufficient sleep, but it's been fun and now it's time to go at it.

I'm dropshipping with shopify and aliexpress, low-medium priced items. My store has a big catalog and it's a pretty general niche.
I have some sales funnels ready to test. Now I'm in the process of setting and designing the site I plan to put it online in no more than 30 days, but it might take slightly more, since I currently have about 300 items to sell.

I'm ready to fail, but I'll put myself into this 100%
My plan is to advertise on facebook and instagram, work on SEO lightly (long tail keywords with low search volume to have at least a small chance to rank with not THAT much work) and pinterest

I know it's fairly soon to start a journey since I haven't started, but I not only want to motivate myself, I also want to document my every step in this project for others who might want to try in the future.

Ask, recommend or insult my friends.
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EXPENSES:
14 usd - domain
60 usd - design work (logo, social media..)
75 usd - articles (a lot, about 135, not the best quality, but my friend is rewriting them constantly and I pay him by mentorship and knowledge(of course not in what I'm doing now, since my experience is very limited)
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GOALS
0k-
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1k-
3k-
5k-

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Umnik Technology said:

Any results?

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mhtro said:

I love that MF DOOM profile picture, +1 respect from me.
Following even though you don't seem to update this.

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korbes said:

Interesting, will be following your journey!
What is your total budget for starting up, until you gain any profits?
Also, which books have you read, have you read any on marketing/social media marketing?

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