I Tried Dropshipping for 2 Weeks (Realistic Results)
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 10. 04. 2022
- I've tried running a few dropshipping stores in the past couple of years but I could never get past the point of making 1 or 2 lucky sales. But recently I've heard a lot of talk about how Tik Tok with its organic growth and ads is bring dropshipping back into it's prime like in 2016 and 2017 and I wanted to give a shot.
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I was like, wow I should subscribe to this guy. AND I ALREADY WAS! Love the videos
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Thank you bro being so clear and tell the true that dropshipping it might not work
It's definitely the product. You need a product that actually provides value to the customer and fixes their problems. This product didn't fix any of their problems tho. Also this product would only be used at night time and not the other half of the day. So make sure you find a product that provides value to the customer and fixes their problem or else you will struggle.
Thanks!
didnt even think about the day time, w comment
not only that but all social media advertising favors the highest bidder and everyone else just gets ghosted whether you are paying or not. Maybe putting it this way will get some to see it for what it is. Take Amazon, for example, billions of people shop there a day but if you run an ad for $20 a day you would think at least one to two hundred thousand would see it. Nope, it's all up to the algorithm and whether or not it thinks your product is worth it or not. And if you run those ads for a week with no sales that algorithm throws up a red flag and says hey no one likes this let's put it on the back burner until someone buys it. So two weeks pass no sales, high click rate costs you hundreds just about to shut ads off when you get a sale. Bam now your traffic triples not necessarily your sales but your click rate costing you even more and giving you hope that now people will start seeing it. But another week goes by and you get a few more sales boosting click rates but still not where you need to be. Very few products or in my case designs go viral, you have to spend consistently over time to generate and if the products suck then well your just wasting time. Just know this is not get-rich-quick biz and takes time to build up any product or design. Unless you are like a lucky few who hit the timing and product perfectly with the backing to go viral then it's a grind. Good luck everyone and be kind out there the world is a tough place already!
what do you think about a mini ventilator?
and adding to that, I believe the price is also a factor too. The product is cool, but from a consumer point of perspective, I wouldn't spend $20 on a pair of glasses that will probably only be used a few times in a year (likely during party time). I mean, even toy glasses could potentially create similar effect, and it costs like $5 or so. But I get the point, lowering the price will probably make the sell unprofitable. It's really only the problem of the product I guess
Thank you for being so transparent -- So many gurus will be in this same situation but claim they made $10,000 and try to sell you a course...
Because they do it different thatâs whatâs the difference between most people doing it. Like for example have a agent so you can make profit easier and reduce prices. Once you have product test the product first with adds on Facebook/TikTok with just a low budget can even be under 20 euro a day. If you have many clicks but nobody buying. Check everything because they for sure are interested otherwise they wouldnât click. So are there enough payment methods. Looks it thrust worthy. Is price way to high compared to others. Once you do get sales while testing and it all looks good. Thatâs the time you gonna scale it and dumb in allot more money. đ
Yeah theyâre so desperate to sell a course but if they made so so much from drop shipping why do they need to sell courses? hmm
@@semperrnat to make extra money to help people ? Some people just like to help others and if they can make some extra money with it why not would be stupid to not do it
@@FmatrixFreetopG youâre really gullible
@@FmatrixFreetopG the best advice that exist in dropshipping is in a comment seccion with only 6 likes
I've been in the e-commerce industry for about a decade now and what people really seem to forget regarding dropshipping is the customer care part. Especially in the EU where the customer is incredibly well protected, you see a lot of kids try the drop-shipment method. They push out products like it's nothing but when there is even a single issue regarding customer care, everything crumbles. Right-to-return requests are ignored, shipping or repair costs are not calculated into the margin, and contact with clients is almost never a thing. Thus resulting in a lot of dropshippers folding early under either a lot of pressure from tax agencies, debt collectors, and other legal departments. Setting up a webshop can be done within a day, maintaining a healthy webshop can not.
i was thinking the same thing, i have a reselling business on ebay and im from germany and there is so much stuff to take care of like taxes, laws, returns and much more and idk if the laws are different in America but i never see these videos issue these topics
Super interesting , thanks
Yep doing e-commerce you should have any business education and most of these dudes dont even know how to do own accounting so how would they know how to sell a product. You can smell a drop ship almost "scam" product from a mile and most of the customers avoid them. For sucess you need to create your own trademark and have good customer contact and support as you said. You can still sell these product but without estabilishing a system that will orbit around only you its pointless.
What else would crumble is when you add the cons to these videos no one would watch or are interested. Not saying this video specifically but most of the viral dropshipping fba videos, majority of the people watch for entertainment, the small minority who actually pursue find out quickly itâs not that easy or even worth the ROI.
Ive heard about dropshipping a long time ago but only recently started studying and taking notes from the videos. I plan to make my own website in a month or 2. With a budget of 500/I'll test 5 products) (the idea is to test 5 every month, at some point I'll strike gold). Is it viable ? It's probably not as easy as CZcams makes it seem, but there's average people on reddit saying that they have succeeded and make a lot of money. What are the realistic chances of me being successful ? As in making atleast 10k/month profit.
Love this video. This type of transparency is uncommon. Itâs always sunshine and rainbows. Never the grit and hurdles one has to go through.
So true
Most of the youtubers got rich by CZcams ranting how they got rich on other things and remember being rich is a state of mind and how you dress.
i love the honesty in this video, like so many ppl r so fake with dropshipping its not even funny. I think more ppl need to see this hes keeping it real the whole video. Much respect!
Love seeing the transparency in this video! And not just the BS like every other drop-shipping video Iâve seen. SUBSCRIBED!
I have been doing some dropshiping for almost a year already, and I can tell that biggest difference is having some high demand, trending products. It is a difference between being average and highly successful. Searching for dropsecrets in the last few months has helped a lot for my business, and now I have about 30 orders per day (with good income) since I update my products weekly, and most of them are really trending.
where do you find trending products? and what formal things you have to fulfill to keep it legal. appreciate it
do you have to actually ship all the products to your house and reship them or am I saying something wrong
what do you use to find trending products?
hey, when you spot a new trending product, how do you advertise it? like it takes 1-2 months to ship from china, and i think the hype dies down in that time, doesnt it?
@@TheNiuks i dont even dropship (yet) but I'd say pay for the fastest express shipping.
Folks that succeed often solve a problem. It could be customer service, shipping, return policies. Being clear in communication to the consumer is key! Keep up the effort.
Not just your content idea, but your execution is incredible. This channel is way underrated.
Pretty good but that product was mainly popping off on valentine, i would recommend u finding a problem solving product and create 2-4 tiktok accounts with similar names to market the product organically. Repost the exact videos on all the accounts rinse and repeat for a week and decide which account you should keep and which you should delete (You can only have 2 tiktok accounts per device otherwise tiktok will black list you as a business) you wont get as much views if your black listed Great Video keep up the grind
Appreciate you! Thatâs some really solid advice
per device or per IP address?
@@alexulbin and spam the hashtags homie. Even 100 hashtags per video if itâs necessary. Try a different theme for the stores. Make them look more professional. Good luck
I had 3 accounts logged in, does that mean i am permanently blacklisted?
@@tudor8963 nah def dont spam hashtags lol you could get shadowbanned. 3-5 at most IMO
great video! thanks for sharing man, gave a good glimpse of the process !
Great Video! I rate the honesty, tips and effort you put.
i like how he keeps it real thats a huge respect right there
Patience and persistence is the key to making sales. Some products explode in sales and some take a long time to build up from popularity building up. Thats what I think anyways. Great video Alex I think your niche is very unique and you should keep it up!. I have subscribed.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Your design was on point. Product was cool, but price point was too high. This is a fun and cool item that is usually enjoy with a partner or friends and at $23 a piece, it doesnt make sense. Also, its only heart glasses which seems seasonal to Valentines or durng peak wedding seasons. In addition, you had an original price of $45 which is exponentially higher than what its worth and immediately buyer question the true cost of the product. Instead try offering a discount if multiple items are purchased, ex. 1 for $25, but buy 3 and pay only $69. Also, you only had one product on your site. Most buyers like to browse before checking out, especially if there is an additional shipping fee. Its likely you had some abandoned carts when there were no other products to be found. Only my opinion and wishing you the best!
yea, i agree. i think you got to invest more time into this before you become sucessful (i.e. >100k revenue per month).
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this.
Thank you very much, at last somebody with transparency.
love how you integrated your prior experince with facebook ads
Mad video, was super helpful. This is just great haha, nice editing đ was funny.
Thanks for the detailed insights through out the whole process, i guess the reason why it didn't convert sales ,is probably the product aren't appealing enough to the viewers .but definitely a great video, keeps up the great work !
Thanks man for sharing this project with us and for all the transparency! Keep it up.
Yeah as I mentioned in my LATEST VIDEO: 90% of all people who try Dropshipping fail because they underestimate the marketing part. It is by far the most important skill you should have if you want to run a successful dropshipping business in 2022. But if you learn from your mistakes, there is still a lot of money to be made in this industry.
I always forget to put entrepreneur in my bio! I knew I was doing something wrong đ . Great vid!
I am like 2 years into trying to learn this trade, on top of other projects i work on and i do think there is money in it. I am in disbelief that all the gurus are just slinging lies and whatnot. But that being said its been tough and i have thought about giving up many times. I think there is so much more to it than just setting everything up and waiting for people to buy. I have pushed myself and learned so much more about marketing in general and i do believe its all possible, i just don't think it is as easy as they may make it out to be.
donât give up bro! definitely not as easy as they make it out to be. keep learning and buy a course/mentorship if you can.
Hey yea its really tough! Because that market or industry is heavily saturated plus everyone want to work from home. But once you have the marketing right and put in the work in SEO and ads, maybe even focus on bringing a sense of value to them by creating or finding a unique product.
@@esha_iii have you been successful in the field? Can you share some of your experience?
@@jaimininorath5760 You know ive thought about getting into Ecommerce, but i feel like now its really tough, Iso i decided not to go into ecommerce or dropshipping. Instead took an interest in and on opening a marketing company here in Toronto, which i just opened like 6 months ago but its fair game, its slowly but surely getting better and picking up. I just remind myself that its realistic for a business to get slow at times or be stagnant int he beginning phases, and i totally agree with you statement that even with exceptional marketing you can't succeed or its tough, but what i can suggest to you is if you have already started the ecommerce business, try to create a unique strategy in terms of marketing. Just a quick question for marketing, do you do SEO for your ecommerce business and paid ads?
@@CutTheKam I appreciate it man. I defitinitely feel like i have put in too much work to give up now and that I could be right around the corner from accomplishing what I came for. the difference in my knowledge and eagerness for the path has changed so much since I started. I have done both, the first course/mentor was confidence building but a bit bland and expensive for what it was. The mentorship i have now is much more realistic and helps me focus more on tiktok (i believe its a better market to start on and i also have been banned from FB for bullshit reasons). How has your experience been?
Another informative video with 1000's of views. So many people watch these and think that was cool but they don't do anything with the information. Just watching these great videos is not enough. I bought myself a Video Influencer Tutorial Strategy Journal from Amazon so I can take notes from all these influencers that share their ideas and strategies. The idea is to then choose what works for you based on your actions, but at least you have the notes to work with....
Youâre hilarious and very inspiring!! Thank you! This is very realistic and I appreciate it!
Thanks for watching!
This got me thinking about who this product really should have been geared towards, and the EDM community popped into mind. Obviously this is just an assumption, but I'd guess that you'd have abit more luck in the two weeks if the ads were focused using the glasses at a rave, even maybe targeting areas with a big scene for EDM festivals. Though regardless of any of that, the shipping times are probably the other big killer. If you made the shipping time info collapsible, you could track how many clickthroughs left after viewing shipping info.
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it was very nice and understandable to watch this material, I subscribed:)
thanks for honesty man, i do appriciate that!
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The one thing I hate about anything money related on the internet, is the fakeness and feeling im constantly being sold something for their gain and overhype. I appreciated the realness of this vid, so subbing hope you keep that same mentality.
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@@alexulbin it's true your content are like an experiment CZcamsr. keep going Bro
Thats what im saying
Finally an honest video. My respect.
This is such a quality content for only 16k subscribers. Really enjoyed the video.
You priced it too high and forgot about golden customs of retail :) 1)you always want to make customer say lower number than they actually pay hence 19.99,- instead of 20,- .... 19 sounds much better than 20 even though both numbers are de facto same when it comes to profit. 2) sell more than one item... the easiest way is a financial incentive. Buy 2 and get the second one for half.... if that half is more than your input, it is extra profit. 3) artificial scarcity a.k.a limited editions... you have your white glasses, black glasses, blue glasses but red ones are the limited edition, only 15 pieces left (make sure the counter resets back to 15 when it hits 0 ) :D
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Product is trully the king. I tried testing 7 viral tiktok products spending 50 usd each. And 2 of them showed potential and got sales. I think quantity is the game at first. You filter through many products to find the one that really sticks. Then you focus on it.
what do you buy the product off to get it shipped and how is it re packaged to match your "brand"?
Great video. Do you have ideas on the services offered by Fulfillman and other sourcing teams?
Really good and transparent video. Made me laugh at 1:14 đ Hope better results are around the corner.
you re so entertaining bro, loved the video, keep it upđȘđŒ
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Good stuff! Appreciate the mention btw.
Youâre the man Sharif!
This video was fire. Youâre gonna blow up man
Please keep making videos, you have what it takes to be the next up
Love the video, and the editing style, definitely more competitive than 2017, but you can still make it work and profitable, you just gotta be obsessed about it and do it all day, basically in everything you want to succeed you need to be OBSESSED with it and focus only on that thing in order to make it work.
Great advice my friend đ
I would not advice anybody to do that. You can learn the basics, practice, spend enough time after your 9-5 and then when you just the soft place of the bread, push as hard as you can.
you are amazing ! thanks for this great video â€
Good effort mate, keep it up
I love your video ideas they are awesome. Hope you'll be sucessfull in your life â„
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Great vid dude, real and genuine đ€
That's increĂble man! I'm in the same position as you. With more preparation and a bigger budget, it's definitely possible!
What would you say is product research?
How's it going?
Cool Challenge Bro. One thing is for sure though, dropshipping takes time to get results, be careful with this video (to those who are watching). It takes time and resilience, some products will not get you the profit you think it would, there are probably something "wrong" with the product, the ads, or the website. There are a bunch of tools that can help you convert these visits into a purchase. The beginning of dropshipping is all about investing your money until you find a especific niche or product that makes a good sale, and this product usually makes a good sale for some time, not forever. So looking on social medias for products that are booming right now is an excelent strategy, but it doesnt mean that it will be a 100% success rate.
Great video!
New subscriber here. This video provided so much value because I was about to do the same thingđ . How much did you spend on ads in total?
i suggest doing a broad niche store so you can test multiple products bro!
Have not even watched the whole vid yet (looks very promising though!), but noticed that Faces poster on the wall! Right on man, love to see another Machead!
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Love the transparency fire video
thanks for sharing. one of the best videos I have watched today.~~~
Great video man! Thank you!
Iâve been looking at getting into dropshipping and building an online business ALOT recently, I need to save a bit and I want to have an initial budget of between $1500-$2000, Iâd love some advice if you have any and definitely need to get into some more research on exactly how to start
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Great honest review đđđđđ
Nice content man! That website was soo clean tho!
appreciate you!
Appreciate transparency
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w for staying honest, u got my sub
I love your honesty
well done good reasonable video, you should make a part 2
Appreciate the video, I subscribed.
This video was really well made and provided a lot off value.
I have tried drop-shipping myself 2 times.
It was nothing for me (im working as a publisher and enjoy that part).
It was mainly when all the drop-shipping channels boombed a few years ago.
Naive as i was, i though it would be easy money.
But no, it's not!
This video shows the reality off drop-shipping.
Don't get me wrong, it's not impossible - but it's way harder than most of the drop-shipping channels displays.
great video on showing the beginner side of things thank you
think rich - does shopify automatically send the sale to your dropshipper or do you have to go in and manually type in their billing info and address?
That was a good video tho bro thank you for keeping it realđŻ subscribed
What's your contact brodi, let's work!
Yeah this earned a sub, great video man.
Appreciate your honesty.
Can you please do a video explaining how you got those orders to the customers and how you setup up shipping from a manufacturer
Banger vid đ„
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Did you let the glasses be delivered directly to the customer or did you have some inventory? Where the glasses from a local provider or from China? The video was super transparent and great, thank you man! We really need more brutally honest people like you on the internet with all the gurus (some of them really believable) out there now.
It's the product, I also tested those glasses a couple months back very very low conversion rate. I think it was great when it first popped but there's just no real value from them. Don't give up man you're so close I can see how knowledgable you are with the process. Keep testing, with Tiktok you'll find a winner twice as fast as you use to on Facebook
Damn well itâs good to know Iâm not the only one
Did you find something better?
cool vid dude, one real guy in here
This gave me more motivation than the ones with rich stuff
Very realistic... it's not like some other people that make it sound like it will happen like magic, and you will have instant sales.
Thanks for that video !
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Great video! đ
Taking in consideration, this product doesnt bring a lot of value, but it would be such a grab on holidays for example, think about 14th of feb, this would be a perfect valentines day gift, so use it goodly.
For this kind of business, I prefer searching for dropsecrets. It helped me a lot.
What do you mean by that?
How much did you Made in the past
@@frederikpeters7353 a lot of money, but with dropsecrets it got even bigger amount.
@@dennybb1586 what are dropsecrets bro?
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good video, let's try a product that fix problems!
Finally an honest channel.
Enjoyed this cheers mate left a like
Thanks brotha!
Hello great video btw Iâm just wondering when somebody buys the product, how is it delivered to them do you have to order it and send it to them or is it automatically done for you ?
iâm wondering the same thing
Me as well
as far as i know you can do it either way, maybe doing it yourself to start then proceeding with an automation process later would be your best bet. Customer buys product>You buy product with YOUR money>Ship it directly to customer.
â@@jacksonharris789 you don't need to do it later. its very simple to automate it before you even open your store.
if you just create a shopify account from then on its pretty straight forward it automates it for you, and the first 14 days are free so u can test it out if you want without having to spend anything
How do you add that âsale endingâ counter to the website?
I'm a 17 year old serial entrepreneur who has built multiple 6 and 7 figure businesses using strictly the power of the internet...
Never give up!
Congratulations man!
I wouldn't know where to start with this - or how I was even recommend this video!
please could you make a video on how you made the website??
Would love to learn more about how to link the droship items to your store.