How To Start Shopify Dropshipping In 2024 (FOR BEGINNERS)
A comprehensive guide on starting a successful dropshipping business in 2024, covering product selection, store setup, traffic generation, and order fulfillment.
How to Create a Successful Drop Shipping Business as a Beginner
In this video I'm going to teach you everything you need to know to create a successful drop shipping business as a complete beginner. I'll show you how to find a winning product, how to build a store to sell that product, how to fulfill orders once you get them, and a few of my secrets that have allowed me to make 6 figures from e-commerce at 20 years old.
The first step to drop shipping is finding a great product that people actually want to buy. And unfortunately most influencers lie to y'all and say there's only one way to do this so they can keep the good product research methods to themselves. But I'm not going to do that. I'm going to break that stereotype and expose the 3 best methods I've used to find winning products starting with a secret method that no one on social media has ever talked about before.
The Twitter method. The X method works is you open up Twitter then scroll around looking for ads until you find one that's promoting a winning product. And you may ask, Logan how do you determine if a product is a winning product? Well that's easy. Just follow this criteria. 1. It solves someone's problem. 2. You can sell it for at least 3 times what you buy it for. 3. It has a wow factor that will make people stop scrolling when they see your ad. 4. It is easy to ship aka it's not fragile, doesn't weigh a lot, and has faster shipping times than 1-2 months. That criteria ensures the customers are willing to buy your product, you will be able to heavily profit when they do purchase because of the high margins, and they won't want a refund because your shipping is good.
Then after you find a winning product you need to check if there's a supplier out there who will let you drop ship it which I'll show you how to do later. The second way of finding a winning product is one I'm sure most of y'all have already heard of because I've talked about it a lot in the past alongside virtually every other ecommerce YouTuber. It's the hashtag TikTok made me buy it method. This method is pretty self explanatory. You go to TikTok and search the hashtag TikTok made me buy it, Amazon finds, or trending products. Then you go to the videos with the most likes in the last month and scroll through those videos until you find a product that follows the
How to Find Winning Products for Dropshipping
Today, we will discuss the most effective methods for finding winning products for your dropshipping business. The traditional approach has become less effective due to the oversaturation of bad TikTok dropshippers. However, by carefully considering the product criteria and avoiding common pitfalls, you can still stay ahead of the competition. It's essential to choose products that genuinely work and meet the winning product criteria. Additionally, creating a high-quality website is crucial for establishing credibility and trust with potential customers. When searching for products on social media, paying attention to comments can provide valuable insights from potential customers, helping you distinguish between scam products and high-quality offerings. Another method to find winning products is with the help of Winning Product Software, such as AutoDS. By using this software, you can access a list of winning products that have been identified through comprehensive data analysis and ad performance evaluation. The software provides essential details about each product, including price, shipping details, potential profit, target audience, and successful advertising strategies. After identifying a potential winning product, it's important to cross-verify it with the established criteria before starting to sell it on your website. To begin selling your chosen products, creating an online store with Shopify is recommended, as it is the platform commonly used by dropshippers. By taking advantage of the exclusive offer through the provided affiliate link, you can access three months of Shopify for just $1 a month. When signing up for Shopify, creating a new Google account specifically for your store is highly recommended to streamline the process and manage your business effectively. By following these methods and leveraging the right tools, you can find winning products and establish a successful dropshipping business.
Optimizing Your Online Store for Success
When running an online store, it's crucial to maintain a clear distinction between your personal and business emails. Using a professional email address, such as contact@storename.com, instead of a personal one, adds a level of professionalism to your customer service. It's essential for the credibility of your business. Additionally, when choosing a name for your store, you can utilize AI tools like ChatGPT to generate business names effortlessly. For instance, if you're selling tactical shorts, you can request ChatGPT to provide 20 business names for a tactical shorts brand and choose the one that best fits your vision. Once you've selected a name, it's time to create an email account using that name, and purchase the corresponding domain for your website. This can easily be done on platforms like GoDaddy for a nominal fee. Moving on to the logo creation, you can either hire a professional on platforms like Fiverr or use resources like Canva to design a logo for your store. It's important to ensure that the logo reflects your product and is saved in the appropriate format. Finally, with your store name, logo, and domain in place, you can proceed to sign up for a Shopify account using the newly created email. By following these steps, you can set the stage for a successful online store. It's all about creating a professional and cohesive brand identity that resonates with your target audience.
How to Set Up Your Shopify Store for Success
To get started, click on 'create Shopify ID' to join and provide basic information like your name, address, and plan type. Now, it's time to import your product. Head over to autods.com, select your product, click 'import draft', then press import again in drafts. Your product will then appear on Shopify. If you can't find your product on Autods' marketplace, you can import it from AliExpress using its URL. Next, determine the selling price, considering factors like margins, branding, shipping, and quality. A good practice is to charge three times the total cost (product + shipping) and input double the amount in the 'compare at price' section to display a 50% discount on your store. In the media section, arrange or add product images to your preference. Once done, it's time to create your product page. As a beginner, focus on a descriptive description and adding reviews at the bottom. This simple yet powerful approach can significantly impact sales. By following these steps, you can effectively set up your Shopify store for success. Stay tuned for more tips and tricks to optimize your eCommerce venture.
How to Create a Successful Online Store: A Step-by-Step Guide
If you want solid persuasive text like that on your own website, you can do it yourself if you have experience in copywriting or you can let chatqpt do it then you reword it slightly. It will only take you like 10 minutes to write an entire description using AI.
Then to create the chart under the description you can hire a freelancer from fiverr or upwork to make it for around $20 or if you have photoshop skills you can make it yourself.
Next, it's important to understand the significance of incorporating gifts into your store. Gifts play a crucial role in your store as they help to convey how your product can solve a customer's problem in just 5 seconds, making it more likely for them to make a purchase. You can create gifts by downloading tiktok videos of people using your product with snaptick.com. Then, you can use giphy.com or Adobe's giftmaker to turn the video into a gift. Once created, simply drag and drop the gifts into your Shopify description, aiming for about 3 to 5 gifts matched to unique selling points. This creates a balanced ratio of imagery and text explanation on your store.
After setting up the description, the next step is to add product reviews. Product reviews significantly enhance a new customer's confidence in your business. You can achieve this by downloading the Shopify app a-reviews, which is free. Simply paste your Shopify product link into the top search bar, filter for 5-star reviews, and then import the reviews to display them on your store.
Lastly, to ensure seamless order fulfillment, consider using autodesk, which automates most parts of the dropshipping process, including fulfillment. Import the product to Shopify through autodesk, add a balance to your account, and autodesk will purchase and ship the product automatically for you through their orders tab. With these steps in place, your beginner product page is now set up for success in your e-commerce journey.
The Importance of SEO and Traffic Generation for New Dropshippers
How it works is when someone purchases your product, the order will alert Autodesk and be flagged as pending until the customer's information is sent to the supplier. Then once the supplier ships the product, it will be flagged as shipped and finally when the product arrives at your customer's house, it will say delivered. As you can see, Autodesk is a literal must have for all new dropshippers and right now they are offering a free 30-day trial to everyone who signs up with the link in my description. So make sure to take advantage of that before it's too late.
And now that your store is complete and ready to fulfill orders, it's time to get traffic on your site so you can actually make some money. There's tons of ways to get people on your website, but they all boil down to two main sections paid and organic traffic.
Paid traffic is when you get people on your site through ads, sponsorships, events, and other monetary inclined promotions. And organic traffic is when you get people on your site through methods that don't cost money like social media, blogs, podcasts, word of mouth, etc. Both paid and organic traffic are very crucial to a business' success, but most people start with paid because you are guaranteed to get in front of people if you pay for it.
Organic traffic is nice if you already have an email list or followers on social media, but for people without that, your blog, YouTube video, or podcast will most likely get little views which will result in you getting no sales. So what I'd recommend you guys do is start with paid TikTok ads that you can pay people to create for you on Fiverr, Billow, or Banz off ads.
Then if your ads are resulting in enough sales to be profitable, you can create social media accounts to start promoting your products organically. That's the format I personally use when running new stores. And if you want to get a great deal on ads right now, sign up for TikTok ads with the affiliate link in my description. TikTok is giving all new members up to $1,500 in free ad credits who use my link.
And if you're still a little hesitant about starting your dropshipping journey, you can watch this video where I made $1,000 in one week dropshipping without spending any money. Just click right here to watch it and God bless.
Conclusion:
Equip yourself with the essential knowledge and strategies to kickstart your Shopify dropshipping journey and set yourself on the path to success in 2024.