Learning the trade.

Sean Fleming · Mar 26, 2019

Hi folks recently started learning the trade if dropshipping complete newbie. Can anyone share their dropshipping journey sofar and what should I focus on Learning and mastering first. So far I understand to pick a unsaturated niche with products thats unique with the buyer after heavily reaserching product and competitors. To focus on good customer service and focus on targeting resales and repeat buyers. Creating a shopify store and driving targeted traffic using Facebook and google adwords etc. Of course allot more to it however are these steps usefull for myself and others anything else to focus on ? Thanks.

EasySunshine · Mar 26, 2019

One mistake I personally made in the beginning was over-saturating my product categories with a ton of junk. Pick a select few products and build off those.

Sean Fleming · Mar 26, 2019

EasySunshine said:
One mistake I personally made in the beginning was over-saturating my product categories with a ton of junk. Pick a select few products and build off those.

Thanks for the advice

EasySunshine · Mar 26, 2019

Sean Fleming said:
Thanks for the advice

happy to help. I'm no e-commerce guru but I have made my fair share of mistakes and learned a few lessons along the way. If you have any questions feel free to p.m. me. Good luck on your journey!

Ryan Oak · Mar 26, 2019

Agree with @EasySunshine I have many products but people mainly buy maximum 10-15 of them. But if I haven't added them all, I would never know which one customers will buy. So that's a tricky thing.
You should focus on one marketing channel at a time. If you have a larger budget start with Facebook ads but they are harder to master. If you have less budget, start with Instagram Shoutouts. You can follow various journeys but the best is to test everything yourself.
I can recommend finding competitor stores and see how they are doing. You can spy their ads easily.

EasySunshine · Mar 26, 2019

Ryan Oak said:
Agree with @EasySunshine I have many products but people mainly buy maximum 10-15 of them. But if I haven't added them all, I would never know which one customers will buy. So that's a tricky thing.
You should focus on one marketing channel at a time. If you have a larger budget start with Facebook ads but they are harder to master. If you have less budget, start with Instagram Shoutouts. You can follow various journeys but the best is to test everything yourself.
I can recommend finding competitor stores and see how they are doing. You can spy their ads easily.

Very well put Mr. Oak. If you flood your categories / product pages with a ton of products, not only does it make your life a lot harder, you'll never be able to fully gauge what your audience really desires until later in the game.

Jess156 · Mar 27, 2019

EasySunshine said:
Very well put Mr. Oak. If you flood your categories / product pages with a ton of products, not only does it make your life a lot harder, you'll never be able to fully gauge what your audience really desires until later in the game.

So it's best to do niche/one product store in your opinion?

EasySunshine · Mar 27, 2019

Jess156 said:
So it's best to do niche/one product store in your opinion?

Niche stores for sure. I'm not sure what you mean by one product but lets say your niche is beauty. If it were me I'd have 4 categories or so (skincare, makeup, etc, etc.). In each category I'd pick roughly 6-10 high-demand products and go from there. I've had success with this model while integrating a "product suggestions" popup. When I would get a suggestion I'd write a quick personal email to each customer as the founder of the company thanking them for their input and letting them know our team has already started researching the best suppliers for that product to deliver it to them (the customer) at the best price possible.

Trying to build a dropshipping amazon isn't plausible. There isn't enough time in the day to manage alll of those products and it becomes more of a clusterf*ck than anything else. You'll find yourself tired, confused and irritated.

Jess156 · Mar 27, 2019

EasySunshine said:
Niche stores for sure. I'm not sure what you mean by one product but lets say your niche is beauty. If it were me I'd have 4 categories or so (skincare, makeup, etc, etc.). In each category I'd pick roughly 6-10 high-demand products and go from there. I've had success with this model while integrating a "product suggestions" popup. When I would get a suggestion I'd write a quick personal email to each customer as the founder of the company thanking them for their input and letting them know our team has already started researching the best suppliers for that product to deliver it to them (the customer) at the best price possible.

Trying to build a dropshipping amazon isn't plausible. There isn't enough time in the day to manage alll of those products and it becomes more of a clusterf*ck than anything else. You'll find yourself tired, confused and irritated.

Ah, i get it.
You know, lately all the gurus are bragging about One product store (example of this is coco-carbon, hismile, blendjet, etc.), so if you have time you can search for that a little.
Thank you for the personal email tips, that's quite unique.
I'm a noob but i'll try to share back what i think is useful, cheer

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