Hunting for problem solving products on aliexpress

Share your techniques for finding trending products on aliexpress.

I'll start:

A few months ago i was using a chrome extension called 'facebook turbo ad finder' that deleted everything on my facebook newsfeed except adverts, so I can see whats hot now. The extension doesn't work as well as it did before, kinda wonky now. Worked especially well when you clicked on a few interesting ads and did some add to carts/initiate checkouts, so when you return to facebook and refresh your feed you get better ads.

I also used this tool 'adspy' that collected a shit ton of facebook ads into a database once I found a cool product to see if it sells well. Its a paid tool tho, so I used some youtuber's affiliate link that gave a free trial period.

A simple way to find which products are popular / trending on Facebook

Step 1. Open FaceBook
Step 2. Search for "free shipping" in the main search bar
Step 3. Choose "Videos" from up top (You can also choose "Photos")
Step 4. Now you'll see most popular videos/photos that include "free shipping" in their description. Mostly, dropshipping stores mention free shipping.

You can also search for something else..use your imagination.

In addition to the mentioned methods I double check in google trends what's the situation with the demand of that product and I also go to dropshipping center on Ali to check daily orders for the past week if it's selling.

Just to add, there is also a way to trick facebook pixels to think you completed checkout if you want to be seen as a regular purchaser on facebook (thus getting better ads)
A few steps to do this:

1) Get 'facebook pixel helper' on chrome extensions
2) Go on facebook and find an advertisement for a product that interests you
3) Click on the ad, add product to cart and initiate checkout
4) When you get to checkout, check the facebook pixel helper on the chrome menu, there should be a dropdown section called 'initatecheckout', open the section and you should find a) product ID and b) price
5) While still on the checkout page, open the chrome console
6) Paste this code below, and replace 'X' with the product ID, and 'Y' with USD price, press enter

fbq('track', 'Purchase', { content_type: 'product_group', content_ids: '[X]' , value: Y, num_items: 1, currency: 'USD', })

7) To check that it worked, after entered the code into console, check the pixel helper to see if a new event 'purchase' is shown, if you see it, you did it correctly
8) Close tab and go back to facebook, after a while you should see some better ads

There is an easier way how to trick fb pixel into this, you either:

1. reach Thank You page on your own website (where Purchase pixel fires)
2. create a custom conversion "Purchase" on any page and go to that page after that