I love this thread. Kudos to the OP and as a matter of fact...I had a really successful drop ship business going on with amazing (I had a Silver bullet hehe). I was advertising at all, but the method I was using had a monthly cost. Was making 300-1000$ a month (actually my first successful Online Income). But the asshats at Amazon were complaining and kept suspending my account due to sale velocity. Basically alot of sales with minimum customer feedback (with my strategy, I did not require ANY feedback....Ziltch). May of 2019 I was actually sitting on the beach in Jamaica completing orders (like the jackass in 60% of the IM or Affiliate marketing graphics lol)....sitting in the sun with a drink and my Android phone.
But after the 4 suspension, I said the hell with it (a shame to lose the income, but i despise Amazon). So I am going to start with Shopify, as someone in the thread mentioned....WP and Woo.....still a bit advanced for me.
I wanted to throw in a tip for your guys (most probably are aware).....DROPIFY will help save you alot of time (time = money). Monthly cost, but its reliable, consistent. Also with my Amazon Business, my customers were received their shiny (made in China) product usually 30-50 days,.....maybe a 7% return rate at MAX. They honestly Don't care. I would average 5-30 sales a day....I didn't have to focus on niches at all....I have Baby clothes, Vibrators (woman bought the shit out of these.....anonymous right.....some men too :/ LMAO). Jewelry, Balloons. It was awesome.
BUT the products i sold, were only about .1% of my profits.
The failure of this business for me, was not focusing on the Velocity issue. But my technique, has a solution for that but frankly, I dropped the ball.
The reason I haven't gone back to it (maybe if i have no luck with Shopify) is because I'm thinking of making a course on my System and techniques with Amazon and maybe putting it on Udemy to monetize it.
My only expenses were Amazon Business account, (my silver bullet) and the items I would buy from Ali. Maybe 150-200$ Canadian a month.
--Few thoughts....I wonder how a partnership would work???
-- With Shopify I would need a specific Niche....curious as to which.
-- I wonder how solo ads and an email marketing system would work?
I'm still relatively new at IM....and I'm currently in that position where I'm overwhelmed...learning about Wordpress, setting up and understanding hosting, domains....proxies. Also CPA, AM and PPD. So I'm basically info overload, and obviously cripples me.
If anyone would be interested in the dropship method I was using for amazon in form of a course, let me know (encouragement lol). I would also be willing to share it with someone who could get me rolling with a Shopify system. Help each other make some money, and stable income.
THE REASON I posted this, was because I'm brainstorming if my Amazon method would work with Shopify (good fucking bye Amazon).
I want to thank all you guys for what you do here on these forums. Although I cannot learn enough, cause ya'll are much more advanced than me hehe, i get bits and pieces...and with hard work and diligence I'm sure I'll be using other methods successfully down the road. But I'd love to meet some like minded folks, maybe help each other out.
I don't think I can message anyone until I get more posts under my belt (too bad i posted more in BlachHatProtools lol
Cheers
Nobledroid