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Salehoo Review – Is It Honestly The Best Supplier Directory Available?

by Alan Young May 21, 2019

If you're checking out this SaleHoo review then you're probably looking to start a dropshipping business or start an eBay or Amazon business selling products online.

These are great businesses that have great earnings potential.

The main problems people face with these types of eCommerce businesses are:

  1. Knowing what products to sell.
  2. Sourcing the products at wholesale prices.

SaleHoo was built with this in mind.

By the end of this SaleHoo review, you're going know if SaleHoo solves these problems well and is it worth it for you.

So let's get started!

What is SaleHoo?

To put it simply, SaleHoo is a product research tool, supplier directory, and a supportive community for dropshippers, wholesalers, and online retailers.

There are four main areas you can use this platform for.

They are:
– Wholesale supplier & product directory
– SaleHoo labs for product research. (great for finding hot trending products)
– SaleHoo Training Guides
– SaleHoo community (i.e a big forum for wholesaler, dropshippers, eBay and amazon sellers)

I'll dive deeper into these 4 areas to show you what you can do.

Wholesale Product And Supplier Directory.

You have 2 ways to use the wholesale products and supplier directory:

  1. You can look for product suppliers.
  2. You can search for a specific product you want to source.

Let's start with option 1.

Search Product Suppliers.

So for example,

If you wanted a supplier for electronic goods, you could search “electronics” in the search box and then SaleHoo will return a list of wholesale electronic suppliers who stock those type of products.

Perfect if you want to sell electronics goods on Ebay, Amazon or your own store.

Now you have a list of all the suppliers and you can go and contact them directly (I'll go into that in a minute).

Find Specific Products.

So the other way you can use the SaleHoo directory is to search for specific products.

For example, you may be looking for a specific kind of electronic product. Drones for example.

You simply need to switch the search to products and search Drones.

SaleHoo will then return a product list of all Drones on the database, you can then click on the supplier for the drone you want.

Note: SaleHoo has a database of products that suppliers have uploaded for you to be able to search on the SaleHoo directory.  This, however, won't be a true representation of all the suppliers that sell the specific product you are looking for. You should contact the suppliers directly on SaleHoo to see their complete product lists.

I would say it's best to search drones in the supplier box and see all the companies that sell drones.

You can then reach out and ask for their product lists and you'll see if those suppliers sell what you are looking for.

Directory Search Filters. 

To help when searching for suppliers and products you can use SaleHoo's search filters.

You can filter your searches by Supplier type.

  • Droshippers
  • Wholesalers
  • Liquidators
  • Manufacturers

A supplier for dropshipping will meet different needs to that of a wholesaler, a manufacturer or liquidators.

Depending on whether you are looking for suppliers for eBay, Amazon, your own eCommerce store these different options will be beneficial to you.

You also can search By,

  • Location
  • Min order
  • Worldwide shipping
  • Tax ID requirement
  • Categories

Next thing you may be wondering about, is contacting the suppliers.

How Do You Contact Wholesale Suppliers?

So, once you have found some suppliers you like, you can then click their profile where you'll get some initial info.

SaleHoo Review - Contacting wholesale suppliers

You'll be able to see all their quick business stats info like company location, Minimum Order value, if they ship worldwide, do they require Resellers'/Tax ID and Years on SaleHoo.

Then you get more detailed info like.

  • Company overview (do they dropship, wholesale or offer liquidation stock etc)
  • Brands they stock
  • Products they stock
  • Company description
  • Order requirements

If the supplier looks like a possible fit for your needs you can then contact them.

Contact Suppliers Directly Though SaleHoo.

To do that all you need to do is click the contact supplier box and then you'll open up a message box.

Simply fill out the message and send it.

It's good that the messaging feature is inbuilt as it saves time and your messages will be stored and accessed on SaleHoo making life much easier.

Pre-Formated Message Templates.

Another handy feature is the message templates.

They have pre-written messages for most questions.

For example, they have a message for:

  • Dropshipping – General inquiry
  • Dropshipping – Best selling products
  • Dropshipping – Shipping costs and times
  • Dropshipping on eBay/Amazon

They have the same types of templates for Wholesale, liquidation, and manufacturer related messages.

Example Of The SaleHoo Templates

You can also edit the template once uploaded as you may want to ask a specific question as well.

This will save plenty of time when you need to message multiple suppliers.

So that's basicaly what you can do with the directory. Next we have the SaleHoo labs.

SaleHoo Labs For Product Research.    

This area of SaleHoo will help you find new products for you to start profiting from.

When you land on this page you will see a random list of products which you will need to filter.

To filter you have 4 options:

  • Product type
  • Sell rate (average eBay/Amazon sell to listing ratio. If 4 out of ever 10 listed items sell then it would be 40% ratio)
  • Average price
  • Competition

Big list of categories to help find the best products to sell.

  • Adult Products
  • Antiques & Collectables
  • Baby Gear
  • Books & Magazines
  • Business & Industrial
  • Cameras & Photo
  • Cars, Motorcycles & Bikes
  • Clothing & Fashion
  • Consumer Electronics
  • DVDs & Movies
  • Health & Beauty
  • Home & Garden
  • Jewelry & Watches
  • Mobile Phones
  • Pet Supplies
  • Shoes & Fashion
  • Toys & Games
  • Travel & Outdoors
  • Plus more

So as an example I've filtered the products by choosing the appliances category and selecting only low competition, the average selling price of $25-$100 and a sell rate of 30%+.

That has then bought up a list of 44 matching products.

Then all you need to do is search through those products and see if any are a good fit for your business.

You could sell them on eBay, Amazon or your own online store.

Any products that you want to check out further you then click on them and it gives you a list of potential suppliers.

Potential Suppliers 

You'll see a list of suppliers that you can potentially source the products from. You just need to click on the product supplier link which will take you to their SaleHoo profile and you can contact them as I showed you earlier.

There's also some quick stat info.

  • Suppliers Type (wholesale, dropship, liquidation or manufacturer)
  • Region (where the company is located)
  • Minimum Order Amount (if any)
  • Ship Worldwide (does the company ship worldwide)

Also, there's a similar listings tab where you can see products that are similar to the one you are looking at.

This is handy if you are looking for a specific type of products to sell online.

Another thing to note is you can save your filter settings and use them later if you want.

As you can see it's a user-friendly product research tool which will find you profitable products to sell.  I think this great especially if you sell on Amazon or eBay.

So the next part of this SaleHoo review is the training area.

SaleHoo Training

SaleHoo Review - Guides

This is where you get training for all aspects of running an online business.

There are 9 full training guide sections plus a bonus guides section.

This includes:

– Beginners guide to starting a business selling things online
– Business setup
– Importing & Shipping
– What should you sell
– Find a product supplier
– Product sourcing
– Guide to selling on eBay and Amazon
– Guide to starting an online store.
– Scam prevention

Plus you get a bonus guides section which includes:

  • SaleHoo new user manual
  • Secrets to building a drop shipping empire
  • Shipping handbook
  • The ultimate guide to finding lost cost suppliers
  • Guide to fashion selling
  • Insider tips to sell electronics full-time
  • Guide to selling games and DVD’s

There is one more guide area which I haven't included in the list as it's a paid extra, and that is the online selling tactics.

It's priced at $297 for life or $97 a month.

Honestly, I don't think you need it, all the other training which is all included is plenty enough.

The online selling tactics is just a much more advanced training for people who want that extra bit of help.

Like I said, you don't need it with all the training already included in the SaleHoo platform, but the choice is there if you need it.

In case you want to know, here's what's included in online selling tactics.

You get:

– Step-by-step video training on how to implement money-earning sales strategies
– Interviews with industry experts including eBay PowerSellers, marketplace owners, social media marketing experts, eBay gurus and more

So let's give you a quick rundown of each training guide.

Beginners Guide To Starting a Business Selling Things Online.

This area is your starting guide to help you get going if you're a newbie to selling online.

Included in this SaleHoo guide is:

Step 0: What to Know Before You Begin
Step 1: Choosing What to Sell
Step 2: Finding Suppliers
Step 3: Setting Up Your Business
Step 4: Choosing Where to Sell
Step 5: How to Make Your First Sale

This guide to selling things online is very thorough and perfect if you are pretty new to selling on eBay, Amazon or your own eCommerce store.

They even show you how to sell on Etsy, Bonanza, Craigslist and more.

The next training guide included in SaleHoo is business setup.

Business Set Up

This guide is to help you with things like registering a business, taxes help and more.

This guide has 7 lessons. You won't need them all, just what's specific to you.

The 7 lessons are:

1. How to Get a Tax ID

This lesson gives you all the details in setting up and getting a tax ID.

Please note: This lesson is for US residents buying from US wholesalers. If you live outside of the US, you don't need to worry about a Tax ID to purchase from a US wholesaler.

2. Kick-Start Your Business

This lesson is on how to make some quick cash to start your business.

Sometimes when don't have the capital to get started. This shows you some quick ways to get some cash to get your business going.

3. Business Registration USA

Says what it does on the tin. A guide to setting up and registering a business in the USA.

This lesson includes a video guide.

4. Register a Business in Canada

This lesson is the same as the last but for setting up and registering a business in Canada.

5. Business Registration UK

This shows you the process of registering a business in the UK (my neck of the woods).

It also has a video explainer as well to make it easy to understand.

6. Setup a Business in Australia

Again this is the same but for Australia.

It also includes step by step video guide on setting up a business in Australia.

And the last lesson is this guide is…

7. Tax Basics For eBay Sellers

This lesson going into detail on your tax obligations when you sell on eBay.

Believe it or not, you still need to pay tax when you sell something to make a profit on eBay.

I know it sucks but it's got to be done.

Next guide included is Importing & Shipping.

Importing & Shipping

Learn how to get the best deals on products by importing!

This handy guide is filled with plenty of tips and secrets on importing wholesale so you can start your import business and make all the money you need!

Also there are different rules and regulations on importing from different countries so this guide breaks it down into finer detail so fully understand the ins and outs.

There 8 lessons are:

1. Quick Guide to Importing

2. Importing into the US

3. Importing to Canada

4. Importing to Australia and NZ

5.  Customs and Importing

6.  Importing From China

7.  The Rundown on Importing into the UK

8.  China Importing Logistics and Storage

Next guide is:

What Should You Sell?

This guide gets into the more fun stuff to learn (product research). Your business is only as good as your best product!

Included sections in this guide are:

  • Brainstorming ideas
  • Existing successful sites
  • Trends on FB & Instagram
  • Social shopping sites
  • Proven niches
  • Product review sites
  • Bestsellers lists
  • SaleHoo Research lab
  • How to shortlist a product
  • Niches to avoid
  • Trending products to sell

By the end of this guide, you'll understand what products you should be looking to sell when launching a profitable business selling goods online.

Next guide is:

How To Find a Product Supplier

This guide shows you how to find the right product supplier. It shows you how to use SaleHoo to find decent product suppliers for wholesale, dropshipping, manufacturer and private labeling.

This guide also shows you how to find trusted suppliers outside of the SaleHoo platform.

The lessons in this guide are:

–  How to choose the right supplier for…

  • Dropshipping
  • Wholesale
  • Manufacturing
  • Private label

– How to contact suppliers.
– Avoiding supplier scams.
– Building a relationship with suppliers.

There's plenty of different types of product suppliers, this guide does a decent job of showing you everything you need to know when it comes to finding suppliers who are legit, trusted and offer good products and reliability.

Next guide is:

Product Sourcing Guide

This guide goes in depth with 12 lessons on where to source products to sell online.

This is helpful whether you sell on eBay, Amazon or dropship with your own eCommerce store.

The 12 lessons in this section are:

  1. 4 Myths of Wholesale Buying
  2. Stuck on What to Sell?
  3. What Sells Best on eBay?
  4. Find the Best Dropshippers
  5. Pros and Cons of Dropshipping
  6. Managing Dropshippers for Better Results
  7. Multi-Sourcing
  8. Elusive eBay Niche Markets
  9. Get the Best Wholesale Prices
  10. What Sells Best on eBay?
  11. How to Order From a Wholesaler
  12. Guide to Handling Dropshipping Returns.

Just so you know, every individual lesson in the product sourcing guide is in-depth.

Quite a few lessons have a video lesson as well to teach the point even better.

I feel SaleHoo has really gone above and beyond in adding value to their platform.

Next guide included in the SaleHoo training is…

Guide To Selling On eBay And Amazon

When you know what products you want to sell, do you know where to sell them?

This guide gives you the rundown on the major eCommerce platforms eBay and Amazon and details the pros and cons of using each one.

SaleHoo covers selling on eBay and Amazon really well.

Included sections are:

  • eBay vs Amazon: What's the difference?
  • Fees
  • Seller Tools
  • Market Share
  • Alternatives to eBay and Amazon
  • How to create great product listings?
  • How to cope with competition
  • Tips for selling on eBay
  • Tips for selling on Amazon

I learned a lot by going through this guide.

For example, what platform charges less fees, what platform has better seller tools to help you sell your stuff, what platform has a higher sell rate, and how to create a great product listing.

You can also check you the other alternative platforms mentioned in this guide which are Etsy, Jet, Rakuten and uBid.

Next is…

Guide To Starting An Online Store

The last guide talked about eBay and Amazon. This guide goes in depth into the pros and cons of starting an online store instead of selling on eBay, Amazon or anything similar. 

Covered in this guide is.

– The benefits of selling on your eCommerce own store.

– What Ecommerce stores you can set up a store with.

(They don't mention CommerceHQ which is my favorite platform for setting up a store. You can check out my CommerceHQ review here. )

– How to get visitors to your store (traffic generation). Things like SEO, PPC Ads, Influencers, and content marketing are covered here.

– Cost of running an online store.

E-commerce is how I started online so I really enjoyed reading this article as I'm sure you will.

There are so many differences between selling on your own store and selling on eBay and Amazon.

The main perk for me is there's no other direct competition on your own site as there is on Amazon and eBay.

And also you keep all your customer details so you can follow up and market to them again, and again, and again 🙂

Next up in this SaleHoo review the scam prevention guide.

Scam Prevention

There'd be nothing worse than scraping your first bit of capital together to buy some stock and then getting scammed and losing your money.

Don't worry, this is rare but it's good to get clued up and understand how to protect yourself from any scam.

The 3 main lessons in this scam prevention guide are:

  • Dealing with Bad eBay Buyers
  • Dealing with Chinese Suppliers (and how to avoid getting scammed!)
  • Catching the Crooks

The 3 guides cover things like, avoiding chargeback scams (this has happened to me so it's good they talk about it).

Using safe payment options when paying for your goods, this is super important so you are covered if anything happens. The best payment options are covered.

How to avoid ordering poor quality items and dealing with big purchases.

Plus SaleHoo covers the telltale signs of dealing with a scammer.

Overall this is another great guide that you'll be happy you checked out.

SaleHoo Bonus Training Guides

There's more outside the screenshot.

Lastly, we have the bonus training guides which cover topics from selling games and DVD's to secrets to building a dropshipping empire.

Each guide is an eBook which are really good.

I highly recommend you checking out the SaleHoo new user manual before you do anything on SaleHoo.

They send you this in one of your welcome emails anyway so make sure you check it out as it details how to get the most out of the SaleHoo platform.

To recap the guides included in the bonus training section. You get access to…

  • SaleHoo new user manual
  • Secrets to building a drop shipping empire
  • Shipping handbook
  • The ultimate guide to finding lost cost suppliers
  • Guide to fashion selling
  • Insider tips to sell electronics full-time
  • Guide to selling games and DVD’s

Like I've mentioned before. I feel SaleHoo has over delivered on the value you get in exchange for the $67 cost for the year.

That's probably why they have such a fantastic Trust Pilot score of 9.6/10.

 

If you knew nothing about selling online, then after going through each of the 9 training guides plus the 7 bonus guides you'll know what you need to know by the end.

Last main feature I'm going to talk about is the SaleHoo Community.

The SaleHoo Community.

Sometimes when you're working from home on your own, it can be a lonely place with no one to turn to for help.

To help you, SaleHoo has built a fantastic community which covers topics that help online sellers.

This is a forum where you can go to for help or get involved in topics and talked to others in your community,

Whether you are a dropshipper, eBayer, Amazon seller, you can get help from likeminded people.

The SaleHoo community is highly engaged with thousands of topics and posts.

Example questions posted in the forum.

This is probably the biggest community of it's kind online.

I was really surprised to see how active it was and how many topics and posts have been covered.

I highly recommend you check this out.

SaleHoo Pricing.

Salehoo charges a simple 1-year flat rate of $67.

I personally think that is a bargain. They could have charged much more or charged it monthly.

Overall, $67 is a very fair price for what you get in this platform.

The tools, suppliers, training, and community makes it very worth it in my option.

SaleHoo offer a 60-day money-back guarantee so you can test it out with no risk to you.

Next up, I've listed the pros and cons of SaleHoo.

SaleHoo Pros

Plenty of product suppliers. SaleHoo has over 8,000 hand-picked local and global suppliers. This includes suppliers for high quality branded products.

Quality brands. There's plenty of top brands available. SaleHoo isn't just a glorified AliExpress, it has access to the best brands available online.

Great product research tool. This will help you find hot products to sell online. No guesswork involved, just good data to help you make the right decision on what to sell. The lab product research tool is really simple to use as well.

Access to 2.5 Million products. SaleHoo suppliers give you access to over 2.5 million + products to sell. You won't be stuck for choice!

Top training. As you've already seen in this SaleHoo Review there are tons of training guides which will help you on your journey to becoming an established online seller.

Community support. You'll never be stuck with anyone to turn to for help. With thousands of members and literally tens of thousands of posts and topics, you'll never be short of people and answers to help you.

Money-back guarantee. SaleHoo believes in their platform so much they offer a 60-day money back guarantee. This takes all the risk away so you can feel safe in testing out SaleHoo and seeing if it's for you.

Dropship suppliers. They don't just have wholesale suppliers, they have access to over 1000 dropship suppliers as well.

SaleHoo Cons

Out of date supplier details. I noticed that a couple of the supplier websites weren't active anymore. Overall the majority were all fine but there was a couple where the websites didn't work so I presume they were not doing business or had a new website that hadn't been updated on SaleHoo yet.

Has upsell. For their premium “Online Selling Tactics” training, you have to pay a one-off fee of $247 or $97 a month. Even though it's the only training you pay for it would be nice to get it included with the other training. (I might be asking for too much 🙂

Is SaleHoo Worth It?

A big fat yes from me.

For $67 you can't complain. SaleHoo delivers tons of value on their platform.

They could charge $67 for each component of their platform. The supplier directory, product discovery lab tool, eCommerce training, and SaleHoo community.

They are all great features in of themselves. So I give this platform a massive thumbs up.

You can check it out risk-free here and see what you think. 

SaleHoo Review: Conclusion

I think SaleHoo is a great all-around platform that'll you'll love. This is great if you sell on eBay or Amazon but also great if you're a dropshipper looking for some higher quality products that you can't find on AliExpress.

At $67 for the year, I think it priced very competitively. 

The fact that SaleHoo offers a no questions asked refund policy shows how confident they are that you'll love using the platform.

So there you have you it, I hope you've enjoyed this SaleHoo review.

If you want to check out it out then click here and test drive it yourself and see what you think.  

SaleHoo FAQ

Is Salehoo legitimate?

Yes, SaleHoo is. You just need to check their Trust Pilot score of 9.6/10 to see they are trusted with plenty of happy customers. SaleHoo has been around for over a decade so it proves it's legitimate by standing the test of time.

Are there any hidden fees or upsells on Salehoo?

SaleHoo has 1 upsell and that is for their premium “Online Seller Training”. That costs a one-off fee of $297 or you can sign up for $97 a month. Everything else in the platform is included at no extra cost including all the other training.

How many suppliers does SaleHoo have?

SaleHoo has over 8,000+ pre-vetted suppliers. You can choose the search criteria you want to help filter through the local and global suppliers to find the bests ones for you.

Are there any alternatives to Salehoo?

Yes, the main competitor to SaleHoo is WorldWideBrands.com, they are more expensive at $299. They are a similar type of platform that provides access to a wholesale and dropshipping directory. Is it better though? In my opinion, I think SaleHoo is more superior and more affordable.

Is there a SaleHoo discount code?

Some people want to know is there a SaleHoo discount code. There is not, but at $67 for a full year, it's already super affordable and great value for money. Remember in comparison to other wholesale directories SaleHoo is already discounted.

Your SaleHoo membership costs just $67 for a full 12-months and you get access to all their resources. Like I said earlier, I think they could charge that per month.

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Click here and checkout SaleHoo for yourself. 

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14 Things I learned when Dropshipping With AliExpress

by Alan Young December 14, 2018

14 eCommece business tips

Last year I thought I give Dropshipping a go and see what happens.

I did roughly $60k in sales with my first store in a few months. 

So not too shabby, plus I experienced somethings that were expected and some totally UNEXPECTED.

In this post, I share the top 14 lessons I learned when Dropshipping from AliExpress. 

So let's get going with number 1… 

1. Finding Good Products Takes Hard Work

When I first started Dropshipping I just spent hours and hours looking for products on AliExpress.

The was a few problems with this method. 

  1. There were just so many products to search through to find viable products worth testing.
  2. Most products are unproven so you test way too many losing products.

I found it best in the end to use a tool such as Pexda to find proven products that other people were currently running ads with on Facebook.

Even with a research tool, it takes time and effort before you find those “winners”.

So don't give up too easily as you'll find those winning products eventually if you keep looking and testing.

2. Suppliers Don’t Always Speak Good English

Don't be annoyed if you message a long detailed question to a product vendor and only get a short one sentence reply not really answering your question.

You have to remember, most vendors English is not their first language. 

Some AliExpress Vendors speak great English but most do not. 

So don't expect a detailed answer to your questions. 

Sometimes it might be better to Skype with your vendor as they may speak better English than they can write it.

3. Suppliers Can Run Out Of Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This happened to me a few times.

I'd be making plenty of sales with a product, then all of a sudden the supplier runs out of stock.

Most of the time I could find a new vendor who sold the same product at a similar cost.

But sometimes it was the only vendor selling that product on AliExpress. 

You need to be careful as sometimes the vendor will promise new stock coming soon,

Because of that, you keep selling the item on your store with the intention to fulfill the orders when the new stock comes in. 

You then get promised every other day that new stock will be in soon.

Then 2 weeks later they still haven't got new stock.

Also, be careful scaling if you're having supplier problems. 

I wouldn't worry about this issue too much, as long as you are aware and on top of your game.

4. Vendors Sometimes Send You Tracking Numbers Even When They Haven’t Shipped The Item.

I have had this multiple times.

A vendor will mark all your items as shipped and add the tracking number to AliExpress.

Then you get a customer email 2 weeks later chasing up their order. 

And when you look, you see there's been no update on the tracking number.

The reason is, the vendors can print the labels up at their warehouse and give you the tracking number but then forget to send the item.

This is a really simple problem to avoid. 

Just check the tracking from the previous week once a week to make sure there's been an update.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If there isn't “accepted” and then “posting” on the tracking update page then the Chinese post office hasn't received your parcel yet. 

If that's the case just shoot a message to your vendor and let them know.

5. AliExpress Products Are Generally Good

Sometimes you get the impression that because you are buying the products from China they won't be good quality.

This is generally not the case. 

I've never really had a quality issue with any of my products.

Only on a few odd occasions has a customer messaged me with a product issue.

The issues were nearly always postal damage. 

Having said that you can minimize the risk of choosing poor products to Dropship from AliExpress.

Here are a few tips…

  1. Check the vendor's positive feedback score. Only use vendors with 95% or more positive feedback. 
  2. Check the product feedback score. Only sell products with good feedback, 4* or higher and have multiple reviews (10+)  

6. You Will Need To Verify Your Credit Cards

Don't panic when this happens as it happens to everyone.

When I placed my first 10 or so orders I got an email saying all my orders were on hold for a security check.

I then had to verify I was the owner of the cards by sending a picture of the card.

Then about 5 days later they verified the cards and I was good to go.

The only thing is they will cancel all your orders that were on hold through the verification and you will have to re-order them.

Another thing to note is, if you start to use another card then you most likely will have the same thing happen and you will need to verify that card.

You'll still be able to use your old card to make orders while you verify the new card.

7. You Can Get Up To 8% Cashback From AliExpress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first person I told this too just told me he got $800 dollars back last month.

Crazy right and most people don't know about it.

So how it works is, you can sign up to the AliExpress affiliate program and then put your affiliate deep-link ID into a fulfillment tool like Dropified.

And then when you fulfill your orders through Dropified you'll get an up to 8% affiliate commission on your order.

This is 100% legit so there's nothing to worry about.

The good thing is that Dropified can be paid for with the cashback you make by linking it with your AliExpress affiliate ID.  

Click here to see step by step instructions on how to set up Aliexpress Cashback.

8. Some Products Aren’t That Cheap

I've found on a few occasions that some products are the same if not cheaper on Amazon and eBay.

To make it seem worse they also have quicker shipping from the US.

It's frustrating when this happens but it's a part of the business.

This usually happens because someone has imported the product in bulk to lower their buying cost,

Which means they can sell at the rate vendors sell on AliExpress singlely. 

They could also be selling a product cheap as a frontend product, then selling more expensive products with better margins on the backend.

If you see someone selling a product cheaper on Amazon or eBay than you can buy on AliExpress…

Then either move on and find a new product.

Or sell it anyway as most people won't look elsewhere as it will be an impulse buy.

9. Running Facebook Ads Is A Full-Time Job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Something most people don't realize is how much you need to monitor your Facebook ads.

If you aren't checking every few hours then lots of your ads will overspend when you should have turned them off.

If you let your ads run over by just a few dollars per ad set and you launch 100s of new ad sets a month then you're easily going to be wasting over $1000+ a month.

When you're running ads you need rules and metrics. 

For example on new ad sets…

  • If over $3 CPC within $5 spend = Pause
  • If less than 2x ROAS after 48hrs = Pause
  • If over $20.00 CPM with $5 spend = Pause
  • If less than 2% CTR with $5 spend = Pause
  • If $20 spend with no sale = Pause

You need to be watching your ads like a hawk otherwise you will frequently overspend on poor performing ads.

In the end, I used Reveal Bot to automate all my facebook ads which saved me so much time plus it saved me money as well. 

Reveal Bot works by giving it rules like the ones above then it will automatically pause ads that don't stay within those metrics. 

10. Uploading New Products Is Time-Consuming

It's all fun at first but in the end, this becomes a boring time-consuming task.

When you are adding dozens of products in a day this task really is tiresome.

I first hired a VA to do this but in the end, I started using Dropified as it had other features I needed as well.

I could upload about 6 or 7 products in the time it would take to do one and even then it can be still tedious even when using Dropified. 

Recommended: How To Use Dropified With CommerceHQ To Import Products From AliExpress

11. You'll Need To Remove Logos From Some Images

Dropified in-app image editor

Logo Removed Using Dropified

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When dropshipping with Aliexpress you'll sometimes need to remove cheap looking logos from Vendor images.

I don't know why but some vendors feel they need to stick a cheap looking logo on their images which totally ruin the product images. 

Sometimes you can find another vendor with the same product with good pics that you can use.

But sometimes there's only 1 vendor with that product.

When that was the case I learned some very basic Photoshop so I could remove them.

And believe me when I say “basic“, I mean BASIC!

Thankfully Dropified released an in-app image editor which could remove logos really easily.

Thank you Dropified for making my life easier 🙂

Recommended: Dropified Review – This Is EVERYTHING You Need To Know

12. There Are Fake/Unlicensed Products

You need to be careful around this stuff. 

For example, I would stay well clear of something that's possibly unlicensed merchandise. 

Like Harry Potter gear or Boston Red Sox merch. 

I've even heard of people getting their Facebook ad account banned because of copyright violations. 

You might make some good money at first selling these types of products,

But if you lose your Facebook ad account over it, then you'll be game over as it's hard to get your account re-activated if you were in the wrong. 

However, this is nothing to really worry about if you are sensible.

13. Fulling Orders Is Tedious

This is sort of the same as uploading products. 

It can be very tedious. 

The good thing is, it's more exciting as you're actually making sales when you're fulfilling orders. 

As soon as I starting making 10+ orders a day I started using Dropified.

You can also use Oberlo as well to fulfill orders but Dropified has more features than Oberlo so I personally used that.

Either way, a fulfillment tool is a must when you start making sales as you'll want to spend time on the other tasks that bring in more money! 

14. Customer Service Is Important

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last but not least, customer service.

From very early on I aimed to give the best customer service possible.

There are real people on the other end of those emails and they want to be treated with respect. 

Because I always did that I had very low chargeback rates and refund requests. 

Isn't it amazing how being understanding and respectful will resolve most issues without needing to issue a refund or get a chargeback? 

I've seen so many people get tons of chargebacks and not know why.

When I probed a little, it turns out they where leaving emails unanswered for up to 5-6 days. 

No wonder their customers got worried and filled chargebacks!

I always aim to respond within 8 hours but 100% within 24 hours.

A little tip that helps is to create pre-written replies to your most common questions. Then just use them and tweak them a little when you reply.

It will save you a ton of time and you'll find it much easier to reply when you get those customer emails!

So there you have it. 14 Things I learned when Dropshipping With AliExpress!

Thanks and please share or leave a comment if you found this post useful!

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Dropified Review With Bonus – This Is EVERYTHING You Need To Know

by Alan Young October 19, 2018

I think you’ll agree that the day to day running of a dropshipping business can be time-consuming and tedious.

Adding new products from AliExpress, fulfilling new orders, monitoring tracking statuses, it all drains your precious time.

However:

If you use an automated dropshipping app you could eliminate all that and free up an average of 20 hours per week of your time.

Not to mention saving you the cost of hiring a VA.

In this Dropified review I’m going to show how you can do that.

Plus:

You’ll see all the best features that’ll save you TIME and MONEY when using Dropified App.

NOTE: If you prefer video then check out the tutorial of all the best Dropified features at the bottom of the page.

So without further ado, let's get into the good stuff.

Firstly:

Do You Need Dropified Straight Away?

Truth is, it depends if you have the budget and if you want to save valuable time right off the bat.

If you do have the budget and do want to save time, then yes.

It will help you import products quickly and get you using the auto order and auto tracking feature straight away.

 

Is Dropified App essential?

Yes and No…

You can get away with doing it yourself manually till you start making sales.

Then you can invest in it.

But if you’re like me you’ll want to use your time on the important tasks,

Like LAUNCHING ADS and MAKING MONEY!

Pro tip: If you sign up to the Admitad affiliate program then that would cover the cost of Dropified anyway as I’ll show you shortly.

Next thing you need to know is…

 

How Will Dropified Improve Your Dropshipping Business?

There are dozens of great features so I'll try to show the best ones here.

To be honest you only need to use 3 or 4 of the features to make this totally worth it for you.

So let’s get onto the good stuff.

 

The Dropified Features

The like I said there are tons of features to help make running your dropshipping business a lot easier.

And I'm going to show you just a handful of them in this article.

Because it would take me too long to list everyone in detail here. 

So let's get into it and talk first about the…

Dropified Chrome Extension 

More options are below as you scroll down.

One of the key features is the Dropified chrome extension.

That's what you'll use to import products from AliExpress and other suppliers. 

You can 1-Click Import Products to your Shopify, Commerce HQ or WooCommerce store.

You directly import from sites AliExpress, AliBaba, eBay, Walmart, Costco, Wish, Etsy, SammyDress and many others.

I shouldn't really just say and many others.

So…

What Websites does Dropified Import Products From?

Here's is the current list of websites that Dropified can import product from…

  • AliExpress 
  • AliBaba 
  • eBay 
  • Amazon 
  • Tmart
  • DHGate
  • SammyDress
  • Overstock
  • Banggood
  • Etsy
  • Wish
  • Walmart
  • Costco
  • Teespoon
  • Blinq
  • Groupon
  • LAShowroom
  • Shineon
  • Sunfrog 
  • FashionGo
  • Kmart
  • GrandinRoad.com
  • OpticsPlanet.com
  • Tmall
  • Wanelo
  • Taobao
  • ToysRus
  • Target
  • GearBest
  • PartyCity
  • BedBathAndBeyond
  • WayFair
  • NotOnTheHighStreet
  • AllStarHealth
  • Qvc / QvcUK
  • Staples
  • Vat19
  • TurnOverSinc 
  • GMarket 
  • WholeSaleCentral 
  • ChildrensPlace 
  • Crazy8 
  • FastTech 
  • WholeSaleVapor 
  • CapellaFlavors 
  • SheIn
  • Pro Flowers
  • Dog Supplies
  • Rose Whole Sale
  • Wedding Factory Direct
  • NovaTech Wholesale
  • 5Brides
  • 1688
  • Hexinlingerie
  • snapdeal
  • flipkart
  • Tomtop
  • Boyztoys
  • Bangalla
  • Thinkgeek
  • Tanga
  • Fancy
  • Jdsmarketing
  • Lesara
  • Svorn
  • Lazada
  • Ninadesigns
  • Bigbuy
  • Cjdropship
  • Gitionline
  • Lightinthebox
  • Miniinthebox
  • Everbuying
  • Rakuten
  • Newfrog
  • Tinydeal
  • Lightake
  • Geekbuying
  • Dinodirect
  • Chinabuye
  • Cndirect
  • Cb2
  • Perigold
  • Ltdcommodities
  • Macys
  • Bloomingdales
  • Shopbop
  • Nordstrom
  • Rhmodern
  • Sephora
  • Shopspring
  • Rosegal
  • Planetmetee
  • Allmodern
  • Doba
  • RubyImports
  • Creativemarket

 

As you can see there's a lot of places and suppliers to import products from. 

The truth is most people will just use AliExpress but the options always there if you want.

Let's go into more detail into how you can…

Save hours by importing products directly from AliExpress.

This is done by using the…

 

One Click Product Importation

Dropified review

 

You can add the product images and descriptions straight to your store.

It’s very easy to do.

This also saves you having to manually save each image individually and then adding it to the corresponding variant on your site.

This can be a royal pain,

I LOVE love using this feature and I’m sure you will.

Check this video to see me using this feature in action.

Please Note: In this video, I show how to import products to CommerceHQ. Check out this post CHQ vs Shopify if you want to know the difference. Whatever platform you use it's the same process.

Next cool feature is…

Built-In Image Editor

This will help you quickly remove logos and make edits to your image.

Whether you're are using Dropified's One Click Import or manually importing products yourself. 

Some images will need editing. 

This can be done on Dropified's Platform.

So no need to use tricky Photoshop software.

And no need to pay for any other third party software!

Here's a quick video showing it in action.

This really is handy,

So often I used to spend too much time trying to remove a background or remove a logo a vendor had put over the product image. 

Thankfully I can do it really easily in just a matter of minutes or even seconds. 

So, moving on.

The next great feature is the…

Dynamic Product Description Templates

Now you don’t need to manually type one for each product.

This is great to just add things that you use in most descriptions.

Like the guarantee or CTA for example.

You can create a template just how you want and it will dynamically add elements that you choose.

Like price, compare price, product title and more.

Here’s an example:

You can also create multiple templates that you can use for different types of products or offers.

Another way to make the most when importing products to your store is to use…

Product Bundle Mapping

This one is for the pros.

By adding product bundles you can increase your average order value (AOV) which will mean more profit for your business.

If you don't know what product bundles are, then to simply put it, they are a few products listed as one item (the bundle).

For example,

A boxing starter kit, this could include gloves, pads, wraps and speed ball.

This will increase the probability of your customer buying all the items as they're are in one package.

Plus when you fulfil the order through Dropified it will still know to order all the different variants on AliExpress.

It will order ALL of the items from the bundle in 15 seconds which is a massive time saver!

If you’re not using product bundles then it’s time to start working out how you can add some to your store.

Here’s a video showing how to set that up.

Cool ay?

If you thought that was cool,

Then you’ll love to save hours by using the…

One Click Automated Order Feature

 

At first, it's fun fulfilling your first orders but trust me it becomes a real time drain.

Once you start getting 10+ orders a day which isn't hard then you'll be thanking the dropshipping gods for this Dropified feature.

It also saves you from accidentally making mistakes with customers addresses and not choosing ePacket.

They are both mistakes I routinely made due to tiredness and rushing to get this done each day.

Avoiding those mistakes will save you time and money.

Here’s a video of this auto order feature in action.

Next,

Dropified gets your tracking numbers and notifies your customer when their order has been shipped.

This is all done through their…

Auto Tracking Feature

Normally you have to keep checking AliExpress for the tracking number,

Then once you have it,

You need to add it to the backend of your store then click send a shipping notification to your customer.

This is just another time drain that you'll be thankful you can avoid.

Dropified does all this for you so you can then focus on the money-making parts of your business.

Another great Dropified feature is the…

ePacker Filter

This will help you can find ePacket products with no effort.

When you're looking through AliExpress you can easily find ePacket suppliers you'll use.

The ones who use ePacket.

No need to waste any time looking at vendors who don't ship with this method.

You can also see the product price with ePacket as well, meaning you'll quickly know how much it will cost total to buy and ship to your customer.

It’s good to see those details at a glance.

Also:

Ever wanted a list of US based dropship vendors?

You have access to the…

US Product Database

 

Get products to your customers faster with access to a list of over 10,000 products that ship from the US.

Now you can quickly see if the product you want to sell has vendors who ship from the United States.

Perfect if you want to cut your shipping speed in half.

A quicker shipping speed will give you a conversion boost and an edge over your competitors.

Like I said before this is not all the features. So please check the video at the bottom of the page.

So I presume you're now thinking…

What Are The Dropified Price Plans?

Well, they've kept it simple. 

There are 2 Dropified price plans.

The Builder Plan And The Premier Plan.

The builder plan is $47 per month and the Premier Plan is $127 a month. 

You can reduce this to $39 per month or $97 per month if you get the annual plan.

Either way…

You'll be absolutely fine with the builder plan unless you're doing well and need to open multiple stores. 

It's advised to stick with one till you get that of the ground before you move onto the next store.

To help with the cost,

I've got a nice way to get you some FREE MONEY you wouldn't have got unless you used Dropified.

So as promised here’s the…

Dropified App Bonus

Most people don’t know about this but if you do what I’m about to show you then you’ll be able to cover the cost of getting Dropified and more when you start making sales.

If you sign up to Admitad then you can get up to 8% cashback on all AliExpress orders you process through Dropified.

Just think,

If you only fulfilled $600 worth of AliExpress orders through Dropified then you could cover the cost.

That’s very minimal though.

One person I showed this to, gets up to $700 a month in cashback!

So this is definitely worth doing.

And just so you know, this is 100% legit!

How To Get Dropified Cashback

Here’s how to do it.

Step 1.

Make sure you’re signed up to Dropified. If not then sign up here.

Step 2.

Sign up to Admitad as a publisher and then sign up for the AliExpress affiliate program.

Step 3.

Add your Admitad affiliate deep link to Dropified.

Step 4.

Fulfill your orders using Dropified.

This is essential but you’ll be using the 1 click auto order anyway so you’ll already be doing that.

And then:

Let those commissions stack up!

Here’s a video showing you what to do.

 

Click here to sign up to Admitad’s affiliate program.

So there you have it, my Dropified review.

Check out this video out if you prefer to watch a handsome British guy show you Dropified's best features 🙂

 

Tutorial Of All The Best Dropified Features

 

Get the Dropified with the link below.

My super covert affiliate link ——> Click here to get Dropified

P.S If you're just skipping to the bottom of the page to see the postscript then here's a quick summary of my Dropified review.

1. Dropified will save you loads of time so you can work on the things that make you money.
2. That's it.

Thank me later 🙂

 

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Dropified vs Oberlo – What’s Best For You?

by Alan Young October 8, 2018

So before I say anything, I'm going to be totally upfront with you.

I use Dropified.

And if you’re you’re going to be a serious Dropshipper then I’ll be recommending Dropified.

If you want to get it then here’s the link —> Get Dropified Here

That’s an affiliate link, and if you do get it then I will make a small commission at no cost to you.

With that said.

I’m going to be totally honest and say even though I don’t use Oberlo….

Oberlo is still a great tool.

With the main benefit being it’s FREE!

You can’t grumble when it’s free.

It’s a great tool for Dropshippers.

And will work just fine for anyone getting into Dropshipping.

If you want to get that then here’s the link —> Get Oberlo here

I had to say that because out of my own integrity…

I can’t say something isn’t good just because I prefer something else.

The truth is…

Both Are Great Tools For Dropshipping

But there are differences.

As I’ll show you.

I’m going to show you the differences in features.

Then…YOU CAN DECIDE what’s best for you.

That way you’ll be happy,

As YOU made the decision based on YOUR needs.

So let’s get into this…

What’s the difference between the Oberlo and Dropified's features?

To start with let me list the features that each platform has to offer.

And just to let you know…

I haven’t used all these features as I only use the ones I need,

But this is the current list of features I’ve pulled off their website.

Dropified Features

  • Manage Multiple Stores
  • Product Board Research
  • Works with Shopify, Commerce HQ and WooCommerce
  • 1-Click Order Placement
  • ePacket ID & Filtering
  • Edit Products On Upload
  • 1-Click Save For Later
  • US Product Database
  • 1-Click Add to Shopify
  • Quick Default Settings
  • Easy Product Images
  • Easy Product Variant Setup
  • Bulk Editing of Products
  • Save Original Product Information
  • Send Multiple Products to Shopify at Once
  • Set Automatic Margins
  • Saves Shipping Options
  • Dashboard of Revenue & Profits (Coming Soon)
  • Easy access to vendor ratings
  • Filter by AliExpress top sellers
  • 3 Order Placement Modes
  • Ali Captcha Solver
  • Import Reviews from AliExpress
  • Notes
  • Upload Custom Product Images
  • Download Product Images
  • In App Photo Editing
  • View and Manage Shopify Orders
  • Auto Save AliExpress Order ID
  • Auto Scan For Tracking Numbers
  • Edit Shopify Order Notes
  • Automatically Marked Orders as Fulfilled
  • Save Order Info To Shopify Notes
  • Custom Order Notes To Supplier
  • Easy Order Filtering
  • Advanced Variant Mapping
  • Add Sub Users
  • Product Availability Alerts
  • Product Price Change Alerts
  • Add multiple suppliers per product
  • Easily switch suppliers
  • Easily create Free + Shipping version of products
  • You can import products from the following websites…
  • AliExpress
  • Alibaba
  • Amazon (.co.uk, .de, .fr)
  • eBay (.co.uk)
  • SammyDress
  • Tmart
  • DHGate
  • Wish
  • Walmart
  • Etsy
  • Costco
  • Overstock
  • Banggood
  • Groupon Goods
  • Blinq
  • Teespoon
  • LAShowroom
  • Shineon
  • Sunfrog
  • FashionGo
  • Kmart
  • GrandinRoad.com
  • OpticsPlanet.com
  • Tmall
  • Wanelo
  • Taobao
  • ToysRus
  • Target
  • GearBest
  • PartyCity
  • Bed Bath And Beyond
  • WayFair
  • NotOnTheHighStreet
  • AllStarHealth
  • QVC / QVC UK
  • Staples
  • Vat19

Now here is a list of Oberlo features,

This is straight from their mouth (well from their website).

There’s not as many but it has the key essentials.

Oberlo Features

  • It’s Free!
  • 1 Click order fulfilment
  • Product Page Customization
  • Pricing Automations
  • Track Your Orders
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • Track Your Sales
  • Filter Products with ePacket
  • Create Product Wishlists
  • Connect Existing Products
  • Change Product Suppliers

So there you can see both sets of features for Dropified and Oberlo.

Obviously one has more than the other,

But I suppose you are thinking…

What Are The Key Differences Between Oberlo & Dropified?

So this is where Dropified outshines Oberlo.

Everything Oberlo has in term of features…

So does Dropified.

But Dropified has MUCH MORE.

I’ll get into those in a minute.

The biggest advantage Oberlo has, is that…

Oberlo has a FREE option.

And Dropified doesn’t.

That alone will make plenty of people use Oberlo.

And I don’t blame them.

The truth is…

You can do all the key things you need to do with Both.

Things like 1 click order fulfillment and product importation from AliExpress.

But there are some super COOL and HELPFUL things you can do with Dropified that you can’t do with Oberlo.

Here’s a list of some of those key differences…

With Dropified you can…

  • Edit your product BEFORE you upload it to your store
  • Bulk edit products within Dropified App
  • Easy access to vendor ratings
  • Filter by AliExpress top sellers
  • Import products from over 30 different product sources (Amazon, eBay,etc.)
  • Product boards for product research
  • Bulk edit existing products in your eCom store
  • Ability to add multiple suppliers for each product
  • More than one option to place order (step-by-step, auto, auto shipping, order all)
  • Filter orders by country and product
  • Advanced variant mapping
  • Pinterest sorter tool
  • Products feed for creating dynamic product ads in Facebook
  • TWO Built in image editors for modifying product images
  • Manage multiple Shopify stores in one interface

(This list is correct as of my knowledge in Oct 2018)

Out of those features I love the In-App image editor,

It’s great for removing logos on vendor images.

Dropified also has many more platforms you can import products from so you’re not just restricted to AliExpress.

I also like that…

Dropified works on other eCommerce platforms.

This includes…

  • Shopify
  • Commerce HQ
  • WooCommerce

Also from the list above…

I love the advanced variant mapping (great for bundles) and the ability to have multiple vendors links for each product.

Here's an example of a bundle…

What this means is you can create product bundles on your store and you can have backup vendors linked up in case your current vendor runs out.

There’s tons of extra stuff you can do with Dropified but…

One of the best things you can do with Dropified that you can't do with Oberlo’s free subscription is…

Dropified Allows 8% AliExpress Cashback

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What this means is with Dropified you get up to 8% cashback on all AliExpress orders you make through them.

So when you do the 1 click auto order you will be getting up to 8% cashback.

This can add up to HUNDREDS a month.

One person I told this to has got up to $800 back in a month through this feature.

You just need to sign up to the AliExpress affiliate program.

Then add your affiliate code into the backend of Dropified which is easy to do.

Click here for more info on how to set this up.

Oberlo does offer this feature but only if you use their Pro account which is $79 a month.

They don’t allow this with their FREE option or their $29 a month basic plan.

I don’t blame theme either, as they need to make money somehow.

So…

What’s the pricing plans of Dropified and Oberlo?

 

– Dropified Pricing

There are 2 plans available.

  • Builder Plan which is $47/month
  • Premier Plan which is $97/month

Check out the differences in the Dropified price plans in the table below.

These details are straight from their website…

FeaturesBuilder PlanPremier Plan
Products525
Orders Per Month50250
Multiple Users15
Product Wish Boards✓✓
Stores Connected ✓✓
Product Bundling✓✓
One Click “Free + Shipping”✓✓
Chrome Extension ✓✓
Manage Multiple Stores✘ ✓
Beta Features Access✘✓

Next is…

– Oberlo Pricing

There are 3 plans available.

  • Stater Plan which is FREE
  • Basic Plan which is $29.90/month
  • Pro Plan which is $79.90/month

Check out the differences in the Oberlo price plans in the table below.

Again, this is straight from their website…

FeaturesStarter ($0/month)Basic ($29.90/month)Pro ($79.90/month)
Products Limit50010'00030'000
Orders fulfilled per month50500Unlimited
Daily Products Sync ✓✓✓
Orders Auto-Fulfillment✓✓✓
Automated Tracking Numbers Sync✓✓✓
Place Bulk Orders✓✓✓
Pricing automation ✓✓✓
Free plugin extension✓✓✓
Sales report✓✓ ✓
Dispute Management✓✓✓
Shipments Tracking✘✓✓
Orders fulfilment monitoring✘✓✓
Multiple Users ✘✘✓

The fact that Oberlo has a FREE option is a massive advantage for Oberlo.

However,

It is limited to only 50 orders per month,

So once you start getting orders you will need to quickly upgrade.

For anyone who’s struggling with capital when starting their business then this tool is helpful when getted started.

But it’s still limited in its features.

If you want the more advanced features that Dropified offers then you will have to pay straight off the bat.

Eventually, you’ll have to pay anyway when you go above the limits the free plan has with Oberlo.

So anyway…

You’ve seen the differences between the two Dropshipping tools.

Now you need to decide…

Should You Get Dropified or Oberlo?

It’s really down to you.

If you are just starting out,

And don’t know whether you are going to be sticking with the dropshipping business.

Then you might just want to test out the free Oberlo plan.

It’s great to be able to test out whether Dropshipping is for you or not.

Please Note: This advice only applies if you are using Shopify.

If you want to use Commerce HQ then you will have to use Dropified anyway.

If you are sure you are going to stay in this business for the long term then I would recommend Dropified.

Just because it has more features.

And…

You can claim 8% cashback to cover some of the cost if you sign up to the Admitad Affiliate program.

Either way, they are both good in their own ways.

Here are the links to Sign Up

—–> Get Dropified Here

—–> Get Oberlo Here

I hope that helps you see the difference between Oberlo vs Dropified.

Also if you want to watch a video version of this article then here you go…

Dropified Vs Oberlo – Which Is Better? Review

If you have anything to say about either platform please comment below and let me know your thoughts.

Thanks and good luck 🙂

October 8, 2018 2 comments
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Dropship Spy Review – Hot Or Not?

by Alan Young August 16, 2018

Dropship Spy Review

I'm sure you'll agree with me that it's not as easy as we'd like to find hot new products to test on our stores.

The idea of finding products that are winners sounds easy enough.

But the reality gives us a sharp wake up call very quickly.

We realize that what we expect to be winners,

Normally turn out to be big fat flops.

Because of that:

We waste heaps of money testing products that WE like, but end up leaving our bank balance in a worse state than before. 

We'll the good news is…

it doesn't need to be like that.

In this Review of Dropship Spy you'll find out how to find proven products to test on your store.

Plus you'll see how YOU can take advantage of up and coming winners before they get saturated by everyone else.

So whether you’ve just opened your new Shopify or Commerce HQ store,

You’ll have a much bigger chance of success from the get go.

So with that said,

Let's dive in…

What does Dropship Spy Do?

Dropship Spy is a tool for searching winning and trending products.

It works by finding products that are selling well or gaining significant traction on social media (which is always a good sign).

These products are then made available to you.

With Dropship Spy,

You will be able to find winning products quickly,

Without breaking your back, or wasting money testing products.

Searching social media for hours every day looking for products that seem to be doing well can be tedious and time consuming.

Dropship Spy takes the stress out of doing product research.

It eliminates the trial and error. But that’s not all. This tool can do so much more.

So,

What Features Does Dropship Spy Have?

 

Dropship Spy gives you…

Winning Products To Test On Your Store

The first thing you’ll see when you log in to your account is the dashboard.

 

Here, you find two types of products lists:

Winning products and Promising products.

On the winning products list,

There are products that are currently on hot demand.

This is the winning area:

 

And this is what a winning product page looks like.

 

The promising products list is similar,

It show's all the products that are starting to gain traction with buyers.

You can pick products from one or both of the lists to test on your dropshipping store.

This list gets updated daily.

Dropship Spy also provides,

  • Product Profits
  • Social Media Analytics

On each of the products, you get the product description.

And if you're like me:  

You hate writing product descriptions,

Then Dropship Spy has got you covered.

 

You also get the buy and sell prices,

As well as the potential profits you’ll be generating from the product.

What’s more, you are even given the product’s social media engagement.

So you’re able to know how the product is performing on Facebook.

This includes the views, comments, and the total number of shares.

 

 

It's nice to have the metrics ready for a quick glance.

Also, with Dropship Spy you get…

Facebook Ad Copy To Use

If you are stuck for ad creative, or you simply just don't writing ad copy by yourself, this feature will come in handy.

You could tweak the text a bit if you want but they are good to use straight away.

Dropship Spy also gives you a…

Video Ads That You Can Use.

You should realize that Facebook videos have been proven to get much more engagement.

Plus videos are much more likely to be seen than image posts.

Here's where you find it…

Then once you click it,

It opens up the video on another page.

Which you can then download and use yourself.

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And just so you know,

The videos Dropship Spy Provide are 100% safe to use. 

You won't risk getting your Facebook account banned for copyright infringement.

It's happened to enough people,

So don't let it happen to you!

Also, besides the AD copy, you get…

Done For You Facebook Targeting

This is to help you find the right audience to get your product in front of.

This is the free targeting given for the Cat Pouch Hoodie.

 

If that’s not enough…

You Get Supplier Information

These are actually links to AliExpress vendors that are currently selling the product.

 

Dropship Spy gives you several different stores with valuable information,

Such as the number of items being sold, their current prices, shipping costs, as well as the supplier’s feedback score.

You'll want to choose the most reliable suppliers for your winning product.

The next feature is also vital for your store's success.

Facebook Audience Builder

The Facebook audience builder is the place you go when you're looking for targeting options for your products.

You'll find over 48 different niches with more being added weekly.

 

Just choose your niche,

Then you'll be given interests to target for your ad.

This takes the headache of having to find all the best targeted interests for your niche.

It's just another way to save time to focus on other aspects of your business.

The following screenshot shows some of the targeting options you’ll get under the Christian niche:

Dropship Spy doesn't stop there,

It gets better you get the…

Instagram Influencer Database

Besides Facebook, Instagram is another great platform for building an audience.

The best way to market on Instagram is through influencers who have a huge fan base.

Dropship Spy provides you with a database of Instagram influencers.

 

The database gives you access to detailed information about influencers.

This includes follower count, engagement percentage, and shout out price breakdowns.

 

This is an awesome tool if you are looking to buy influencer shout outs.

Dropship Spy also offers you an influencer research tool.

 

This tool allows you to quickly find out some important stats before approaching an influencer for a shoutout.

 

This is another excellent way to save time and money with Dropship Spy.

Last but not least…

Amazon Review Downloader

You can download product reviews from Amazon to use on your online store.

Reviews are great for boosting customer confidence toward the product.    

Dropship Spy allows you to copy any product review link and download the CSV file for your store.

You can then upload the downloaded reviews to your store.

So lastly,

How much are the…

The Dropship Spy Plans

There’s 3 membership plans,

Basic, Premium, and Professional.

And they’re all pocket-friendly.

Basic plan is $17, Premium is $27, and Ultimate is $35.

The best of the Dropship Spy features are available through the professional plan.

That will cost your $35 a month.

If you get just ONE winning product then the return you’re going to get will be totally worth it.

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So there you go, it's now over to you, I wish you good luck and lots of successful products for your store 🙂

I hope you found this Dropship Spy Review helpful,

And feel free to share this with anyone who’ll benefit from finding smoking hot products to test.

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Dropshippers: 11 Reasons Why Everyone Is Talking About This NEW eCommerce Platform

by Alan Young July 21, 2018

For a relatively new eCommerce platform Commerce HQ is gaining popularity amongst dropshippers and eCom store owners alike. There's so many great features making this a great alternative to the other platforms. Check out the 11 reasons and see what you think. #ItsAlanYoung #eCommerce #eCom #Dropship #Dropshipping #Dropshippers I think you’ll agree with me when I say…

You need a high converting store if you have any chance of making money with dropshipping.

The problem is most people set up poor unoptimized stores that are destined to fail.

The thing is,

Building a high converting store doesn't need to hard.

In this article, I'm going to show you why smart Dropshippers are using Commerce HQ to build their stores (and maybe you should too).

Here are 11 powerful reasons why,

1. Built In App Store

With the other eCom Platforms, you have to pay for your apps (the good ones worth having). These are essential for high converting stores. 

Just paying for apps can rack up a hefty bill each month not to mention the fact you have to deal with lots of third parties if something goes wrong with any of them.

They'll be no issue with CHQ as they are all built in-house.

And the great thing is,

With Commerce HQ all the apps are built in and are included in your plan. 

Here's a list of some of the apps plus more is getting added regularly. 

  • Print on Demand App
  • Product Customizer App
  • Platform Migrations App
  • Shipping Plus App
  • Review App
  • FB Dynamic Feed App
  • Security Badge App
  • Checkout Timer App
  • Zapier App
  • Lead Capture Overlay App
  • Promo Bar App
  • Timer Widget App
  • Quantity Left APP
  • Recent Purchase Notification App

As you can see. All the essentials for a high converting store.

Next, you have:

2. Free High Converting Themes Built In

No need to pay for a premium theme anywhere else as they're already built into the platform at no extra cost.

CHQ's themes are clean and stylish and built to convert.

It gets better though,

Because Commerce HQ has something NO OTHER platform has, 

And that's the…

3. Visual Stores Builder (Drag And Drop Software)

This is truly one of a kind and completely revolutionizes how eCom is done.

You can make changes to your stores with drag and drop functionality. 

No need to pay for expensive coders to make changes to your theme. 

You can literally add or remove parts of your site with a click of a mouse. 

Your store will look just how you like it, giving you total control.

No wonder smart dropshippers are loving CHQ!

Next you've got,

4. Abandoned Checkout Recovery Feature Built-In

With other eCommerce platforms, you have to pay for access to their abandoned shopping cart features or pay for a third party app. 

CommerceHQ they have an amazing and really easy to use Abandoned Cart recovery feature built in for free whatever package you are with.

It feel like it sounds like I’m over hyping this but it’s all true you can check it out yourself. Commerce HQ is really this good,

Next, you have a…

5. Built-In Review App

You can add reviews to your store to give you social proof. This app is a must have as it’s a massive boost for conversion rates. 

You can set it up so it automatically emails your customers after a set amount of time that you choose to ask for a review.

 

You Can Automatically Send Review Requests

 

Or you can manually import reviews from AliExpress.

 

You Can Add Reviews Manually

 

Want to increase your AOV (average order value)?

Then you can with…

6. One Click Up-Sells

With this, you can have different types of upsells.

The best is the after sale up-sell.

You can give a storewide discount without your customer having to put all their details in again.

This is a simple yet effective way to boost your revenue without having to get more traffic!

You can also increase your revenue just by using…

7. Automated Gift Cards

Image showing the automated gift card tab

Built right into the platform you can automatically send gift cards to your customers enticing them to come back with a 10% OFF gift card. 

This can be sent out straight after purchase as another way to get your customer to purchase without you having to spend any more money.

You can choose the % OFF or $ OFF that you want and then watch the customer come back.

One of the best things that people love about Commerce HQ is the fact you can have…

8. Multiple Stores Under One Account

No need to have multiple accounts that you have to pay separate bills for.

Imagine,

You have 3 stores with 3 sets of apps.

You're going to pay BIG BUCKS!  

Not with Commerce HQ,  you can have multiple stores and there are no other fees for apps etc.

Want 2 Free Stores With CHQ?

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Click Here to Get 2 Free Stores With Your Plan

 

That's why Dropshippers love using this platform.

Another thing worth noting is, 

There's…

9. No Transactions Fees

Commerce HQ doesn't charge you to process orders through their platform.

In fact,

With CHQ there are no extra fees whatsoever.

That’s a big deal if you start doing some serious volume with your store!

Next on the list.

CHQ has…

10. Print On Demand Built It and Integrated With Custom Cat

DAMN!

CHQ and Custom Cat have partnered up to give discounted rates for CommerceHQ users.

The Print On Demand APP is built right into CHQ meaning you can run your Print On Demand products straight from your own store and it automatically sends the orders to Custom Cat to be fulfilled by them.

How cool is that?

Again this is all included in the single monthly price. It doesn’t stop there either.

You can also get…

11. Advance Reporting included at no extra cost

You can get reports on things such as,

  • Sales
  • Traffic
  • Taxes
  • And more

I don’t think you should have to pay extra for features like this, and neither does CommerceHQ.

This is built in and available to you as standard with this platform.

So what are your thoughts?

Are you a smart Dropshipper?

I leave that down to you to decide.

I hope you enjoyed this article and I hope can now see why Dropshippers are talking about this new eCommerce platform. 

 

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$2522.15 A Day With Commerce HQ – Dropshipping Success Story

by Alan Young July 18, 2018

Video Transcript:

Alan: Welcome to the Commerce HQ success series this is episode number one. I'm Alan Young and today we have Adam here who's going to share his story of how he went from struggling with $300 days up to over two and a half thousand dollar days and over thirty thousand in sales in a month. We're going to talk to him all about that so I'm excited to speak to you Adam. So thank you for coming here and speaking to me mate.

Adam: How are you? And you're welcome mate. Are you okay?

Alan: I’m doing good man, and for all the people who are watching, just so you know you can't see Adams face because we've blocked it out for security reasons. Haha na I'm lying, to be honest with you I literally can't work out why the camera is not working on his end so we're just going to go with it so unfortunately, you're going to miss out on Adam’s beautiful face. So you'll just have to look at mine for the next 20 minutes.

Before we do actually get into the interview if you want to know about Commerce HQ and if you're not actually sure about it then the links are in the description. You can see a walkthrough of all the features you can see why it's a great alternative to Shopify. And you can see how you can get two extra free stores if you can. With Shopify, you only get one store, but with CHQ you can have multiple stores under one account and with the link below you can actually get three stores for a one store plan with commerce HQ so check out the links in the description. I'll leave that to you and let's get stuck into it.

So Adam let's get the ball rolling, so firstly let's just get into a little bit about you and how you got into e-commerce in general. So how did you actually come about e-commerce and are you a newbie or are you a veteran and what’s your story behind getting into it all?

Adam: With E-commerce I’ve been into it really for a few years now, how I actually came across it, I was looking to make money online essentially and I did all the basic things like eBay and everything else like that. I went through all the general hundred-dollar courses and just tried to find ways and building sites on WordPress. I tried as an affiliate, affiliate marketing, creating blogs doing all that. I have shiny object syndrome.

I see something like that looks great I'm going to give that a try and then ten minutes later I see something else and I go straight for that so what I wanted to do was find something that I could focus on and I could stick with then that's when I came across the Shopify platform.

That's what I initially started out on. And it's kind of what I was already doing but I was trying to build the websites to WordPress which is obviously a lot of work and a lot of unnecessary work when you've got a platform like commerce HQ or Shopify. So that was essentially how I got into it I made that decision and I was going to stick with one thing and one thing only and I thought you know eCommerce is the way forward really.

Alan: That sounds a bit like my story in a way. You go through that stage when you're a complete newcomer to the idea of just making money online. At first though you seem to get bombarded with marketers selling you courses and showing you ways to make money online. It's really hard to get your yourself stable in that environment but obviously you eventually made it through that to eCommerce in the end which I feel is probably the most sustainable kind of business in most of the make money online spaces. So yeah sounds like you know probably a lot of people who are listening to this probably experienced the same thing. So any way you said you had a little bit of experience with Shopify. What is the story behind that before you made the switch to commerce HQ?

Adam: I used it when I initially decided I was going to stick with eCommerce after I bought a course. It’s one of the first costs with an e-commerce business. I went and built my store and I paid the monthly installment and I did everything apart from actually generating traffic to the store.

So I literally made zero sales and I spent months doing it. I lost interest after a little bit but I would design the store with the branding and come up with a name and then two months later I'd be like, actually I'm going to change it all as I've had a new idea and I'm going to go for this now and then I'd redesign that all and then I change everything and I went through that cycle about probably two or three four times and then after that I kinda step away from it for a little bit. But then I'd really want to try and make it work again. I come back so I started there and I probably used it for maybe close to seven months properly actually running ads and testing products and everything.

Alan: And that was a Shopify yeah.

Adam: That was Shopify alone yeah.

Alan: Did you actually manage to get any sales or you didn't actually get anywhere with the platform before you switched. How was that?

Adam: I got sales here and there but I never actually got anything that was amazing, nothing that kind of blew me out the water to the point where it’s like wow yeah I can actually make a living from this. It was just a couple of sales here and there.

The thing that I tend to find with Shopify is there's a lot of apps and there’s a lot of add-ons and if you have issues with something there's a lot of different areas of customer service. So when you use that platform and you've got any issues then you've got all the different types of people that you need to talk to, to try and kind of work together and commerce HQ doesn't have that obviously. CHQ it's all in one house and isn't with Shopify.

Alan: There’s a lot of distraction especially when you are new to e-commerce in general. You're definitely going to come across challenges because obviously, you don't know how to move forward in certain situations when obstacles arise. People who switch from Shopify to commerce HQ have said it was just a lot of moving parts with Shopify. You had to get your apps from other places and there are multiple creators of apps that do similar things and you've got to decipher which app is the best. You might have an abandoned cart email sequence and you've got to try which app's the best one to go through and then you've got the other apps and then you have to pay for them and like you said you have to reach out to different customer services as well.

That's the good thing with commerce HQ. You don't have to do that. It's all under one roof and built in so it's nice and easy. so anyway, you've moved from Shopify then you went to commerce HQ lets just get into a bit more about that experience before we move into the other stuff.

So I how did you feel when you made the switch from Commerce HQ. What do you feel about a platform, the way it was put together, the way the apps were built in, the quality of the apps and all that kind of stuff?

What was your experience around that?

Adam: I was excited for it. I just purchased another course from the co-founder of Commerce HQ and I looked into it and I bought the platform to go along with it.

It just blew me away. So clean and so easy to use, everything's easy to set up. It’s pretty much a tick box system to get it started and get it up and running. Get your domain name and everything's there so obviously because I already had my Shopify store open and they have some kind of switch integration. So I actually clicked a couple of buttons and it brings your information from Shopify to commerce HQ.

You didn’t have to do a lot, it's a pretty easy process especially for someone who can't even get their own webcam to work. 

Alan: So you obviously you like the platform.

So how long did it take you to get that first sale? And I know you had a rocky patch and we’re going to get into that in a minute. You obviously had a period where you're struggling to reach a certain level but just to even get that first sale. And I mean just in general, it doesn't mean on what platform but just you know what was your experience around trying to get your first sale.

Did you have to test a lot?

Adam: To be honest, when I started I spend a lot of time watching YouTube videos buying classes, reading, researching, I like to try and think that I got a good mindset of what you actually need to do to kind of succeed in eCom.

So when I picked my first product to sell I actually got a sale within about day or so. I never have issues generally finding products testing them and getting single sales. It's recognizing the winning products enough to scale and really push on.

That's where I struggle the most, I would say that I've come across many winners and just not known how to recognize them.

Alan: And I believe you the same for me and probably a lot of other people. I'm sure in the past I've had products which were probably scalable and I just didn't know what to do at that moment in time with the knowledge that I had.

It's a common experience.

So you got the first sale, for you it obviously wasn’t too hard. Some people might have had to test a few more products. But what was the timeframe and I know there's quite a bit of time from when you started and then when you actually started to get momentum but what was that like?  

How many products did you test in that period before you started to get traction to where you've got to today at a minute?

Adam: I probably tested into the hundreds. But actually recognizing the winning products was kind of my fall down really. It's the place where I struggled the most.

I just didn't have the confidence. And if you go out there you test a couple of audiences and you get a couple of sales and everyone always says in the community you'll know when you found the winning product.

So if there was any kind of doubt in my mind they're like well it's not winning product because I didn't recognize it.

I've been testing products for three years now and I've struggled here and there. I just really needed to kind of go for it and go all out. it’s make it break it and that's essentially what I did so this is the turning point.

Alan: So this is the turning point, you tested a few hundred products and to be fair this is realistic. A lot the big heavy hitters they're not testing one, two or three products a week they're testing five a day. Over the space of six months you're definitely going to go into the hundreds. I don't think it's uncommon to test that amount of products to get traction and get winners but at the same time like you were saying you probably might have had winners in the past. You just weren’t sure how to scale them.

So let's talk about a couple of things really, first of all let's just say what was the change that got you some momentum behind you. What do you feel like the difference in your behavior and your actions? What's the mindset when you started to get you're thirty thousand dollars in sales in a month. What's that in comparison to what it was like when you were like struggling with a two to three hundred dollar days?

Adam: Yeah everything was different and now obviously everything changed when I decided it's now or never and I started testing. I tested 15 products, I now have three that were recognized to be winners. But then two started to outperform one. So I drop that when I thought I need to focus really on one.

I barely know how to scale one product so to scale three at the same was just a little bit too much.

So then again I dropped another one and I started to push this one product and started scaling.

Alan: Testing more ads so not more products just more ads.

Adam: Sorry yea, so I started testing more ads and started to just push them out there. I would duplicate, I would change the audience slightly, I would try to keep them as broad as possible. I would go down into a suggestions tool in Facebook so if I had one broad interest, I would click the suggestions and then I would just do the second one and do them a single if there were small audiences or I'd group them together.

It’s just crazy really how much it took off, there's a lot of worrying, there's a lot of concern, what if it dies tomorrow, I'm going to kind of have all this debt you know.

I’d already made the decision that it was make or break it and I was going to go in like wholeheartedly no matter what the outcome. If I ended up with no money you know at least tried at least I give it a good go I’ve been passionate about it for a while. I spent a lot of time and a lot of investment into it and you know what if it fails I could start again. I could recover from that in a couple of months and start again. Yea it definitely took a lot.

Alan: A lot of determination and obviously a lot of testing. I feel lik that's it the difference, the shift where you've gone from probably testing a lot less ads and being more cautious into just going for it.

You know you've got traction and you need it just get in to get the data in and build the picture for that product and you just like launching ads in different different interests, different types of ads and you've gotten a bit more board. So you need to test sometimes. I was doing well more precisely. Interests some might be more broad it really depends on the product obviously.

But you know that's just the way it so that's the key thing I'm getting from this is you got to test a lot of ads and just keep pushing and really going for when you get some traction behind something because I’ve been there before where I've probably got a winning ad and I've launched you know 10 new ads to start with and they've done really well and then I've gone half-hearted added five every few days and it's lost the momentum, like you know you've got to be obviously stacking them ads daily and really building a nice stack of winning ads which are going to cover the cost of the newer ads you’re testing over the days so it’s good to hear that man.

Adam: I was testing at some points 30 to 40 ads per day and like I say I was starting off initially on 10 dollar ads. You need to monitor them you need to check them. When you can see that you don’t have any clicks in 5 dollars. You need to stop them quick.

Cut the losers and keep pushing the winners, and duplicate the winners. Put more money into it, more higher budgets and just test what works. The thing is what works for one person might not work for another. And as coming into this I knew you need to test both ads and see what works for you because you will only learn properly from your own mistakes.

So if you recognize that something works and you can push that and you can test that ad that might even come back to you later and think I’m going to try this that works. It might be worth doing again so I definitely say test everything as much as you can.

Alan: So the key point now is test test test and do some more testing and get launching. So that's the one so I wanted to know as well what kind of conversion rates you we seeing. That a good conversion rate, 3 percent is a good conversion rate. What was your conversion rate on average using commerce HQ with you store.

Adam: Yeah currently daily it's about 8% so it's doing really well I have shared a couple of screenshots actually in the Commerce HQ Facebook group. But yes about 8% which is really good.

Alan: I'll tell you what if I can I'll get one of them screenshots and I will post it there now. If I have got that should be on the screen now for you to see. That's an amazing conversion rate 8%, I mean that is a really good conversion rate. It just shows you what a good platform with the good apps can really do you know for your store man.

That's the thing, you can use your platform where you're going to get a certain amount of conversions for your hundred visitors and if you've got a better functioning store with better apps then you know your store is built to convert.

This platform is built by marketers so they really understand the needs of what was really needed for a higher conversion rates. Obviously it's working for you to get 8%. So that's amazing and another thing while we are talking about conversion rates, there was something you was telling me before we started this was your abandoned cart conversion rate which is amazing as well.

So what was your abandoned cart conversion rate with the commerce HQ?

Adam: Yes it's approximately about 12 to 13% I think it’s just short of 13% now. It wasn't great to start with and again you got to test things and see what works. I had to look into it, I got some advice from someone. And yea 12 to 13% it's just crazy, I think it’s pretty much unheard of really. I’m happy with that because that’s extra income which isn’t even accounted for generally when obviously you’re launching ads in testing and I'm cutting. Them ads are coming in late they're coming in it could be 3 or four days later I stopped testing the product four weeks ago and I'm still getting people coming back from the abandoned cart emails and purchasing now.

So obviously it’s either got lost in their junk mail they’ve seen that you offer for a discount code they come back and bought it and it’s great. Because it’s money for nothing really you’ve already done the work you’ve essentially already lost that business and now it’s coming back to you.

Alan: Mate that's amazing and I'm probably going to get you to show me the actual stuff that you put in the emails so I'm probably getting a video together and show everyone courtesy of Adam that actual abandoned cart sequence.

So I look forward to doing that, so yeah that is amazing so just another great result when it comes to conversions with commerce HQ.

Adam: Sorry I can’t say take credit on that abandonment cart though it was all down to John Mac who is obviously one of the co-founders of commerce HQ so credit to John Mac.

Alan: Exactly so big up John Mac, John Mac is to found or co-founder of this platform so he can go and give advice which is going to make a difference to Adam going to make that much difference.

You know that he's building this platform with the intention of getting these conversions higher. So a lot of respect to John Mack, he does a lot of good stuff for e-commerce. So nice one for sharing that mate.

So look the next question I've got here is and I think you got to be real about this stuff. What are the challenges can people expect when coming into this business that they really don't expect it to be that challenging.

They imagine that it's just a matter of sitting around a computer launching a few products and they don't really understand the daily the struggles with running an e-commerce store. Such as customer service or whether it’s fulfillment, whether that’s you know PayPal problems ad verification issues and slow shipping times. Just lots of stuff which are moving parts which are definitely going to give you problems depending on what day of the week it is.

So I mean what are some of your biggest challenges? Just the biggest ones, you don’t need to go on about all of them but one of the main ones which has been an issue for you in running an e-commerce store and how you overcome it?

Adam: I’m a member of a lot the E-com groups on the likes of Facebook and everything and you kind of see all this stuff going on the back end I knew it existed but it just hadn't hit me yet.

So when I started scaling and started doing a lot of ads I hit a wall to be honest, I had everything from Paypal blocking my account to issues with AliExpress and to my banks contacted me because there was all this kind of money floating around and coming in and everything else.

And I've had lots of money pass through my account in the last probably eight weeks, more then I generally would in a year. Then obviously to the banks their alarm bells going off and everything else. You've two videos Alan and when I hit these kind of struggles and I actually watch them to help me out on how I needed to get to it really.

And some of them is like Aliexpress, they for my card to verify the details you know and I know again from your advice to try and do like this before they actually block your account so that it doesn't happen. But yeah I had a couple of different cards so they blocked one card and I started using another card then they block that card and you know and then I have to wait a couple days I had no other choice would please wait a couple of days and keep on at the customer service and try and get through it well you know I just keep at it.

I would keep on talking to customer service because when you have these help customers understand that problems happen and that things go wrong sometimes and you know we're not Amazon we're not trying to be Amazon. And so when you hit these struggles really you know make sure that you customer service is on point.

When people contacted us we're very personal in our emails not just generic stuff. We kind of have a little stories, a little list of templates that we spent saying we're really sorry that your products are not there yet. People complain and they’ll be like you know I've not received my products in twenty days and I'm so disgusted your company's a fraud.

And then all sudden it's like looks your products on its way. You can track it here and when they receive their products they're like oh my god you guys are amazing I'm definitely going to buy from you again and more orders generally come in as well.

So I will say that that's a big thing is that when you hit these roadblocks like PayPal has blocked my account and I'm you know I sent all my documents, I ring up, I kept calling them and saying you know you need to sort this out because while you're holding my money you're affecting my business which benefits your business.So if they hold my money and my customers complain it’s not getting charged back then they don't get paid either. So it's quite important you do it straight away and you have all these documents beforehand. Your driving license your bank statements and your proof of who you are and everything and be prepared for it. But yeah I’d say overall making sure you got the good customer service in the back end really helps out a lot for when you hit these road blocks.

Alan: 100%! You know what, I feel the same, I see people who've had customers emailing them and they haven't replied after two days.

It’s going to start off the scam alert in their heads. I love to get back really within a few hours and I have pre written emails. aAter a while you nearly get every single question repeated. So you literally just have to have the templates up and you just paste them into the reply.

Edit it obviously a little bit to fit the customers query properly but you know if you do it right away with integrity and an understanding you normally get a good response and I've rarely, rarely had someone who's been a real problem because normally they are understanding if you treat them with respect. So I like that you said that mate, your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Treat them well be quick replying to them. 

Adam: A couple of times we’ve had angry customers and you got to understand where they’re coming from. You know in a world of things like amazon and next day delivery when they’re waiting is 20 days, 22 days to receive something you understand them.

Sometimes you they waited three to four weeks to get the products and then they open the packet and it's broken and it's such a shame. It’s like no problem we’ll send you another one out. And just send them a little free gift so if your profit margin was twenty dollars and you know obviously you know the customer satisfaction send them out a pair of sunglasses that kind of match the products or you know something else it's just a little something you think would fit their style, whether it be a necklace or something and just a little gesture might cost you five dollars but to them you know if it’s for 25 dollars they just got a twenty-five dollar product for nothing and really it’s cost you nothing more than a few pound or a few dollars. So that's how I’ve been handing it as well.

Alan: Next question that I wanted to ask you was and this was asked to me by a subscriber.

Do you ever find that some products of surprised you with their success?

So say have you tested five products and you're pretty sure that a few of them are just going to be duds but you're just doing it for the sake of it. And a after a few days you find that products you thought are definitely going to be winners ended up flopping and you you are pleasantly surprised with the results from the other products.

Adam: Yea definitely, I've learned from this last several weeks that there's no room for emotions in this game and you can't have personal attachment to products. And like I said that one thing that I've learned hugely is you've got to test everything you know my products that I'm winning with at the moment I would never thought I would be selling, it’s not something that I would ever really thought would have been a winner.

But if a products was doing well elsewhere I thought what have I got to lose I test it. So I tested a couple of audiences and got a few sales, I tested a few more and got a few more sales and just kept really scaling up that way. So yeah definitely say that there are products out there that will surprise you.

Alan: Nice! That's it, don't go with your heart, just be go with the data and see what the data shows you.

Adam: It's a numbers game isn't it.

Alan: 100 percent! I'm now going to wrap this up with a final question…

What would you say if you are just talking to all the subscribers listening and all the future people who are going to watch this video.

What was the one best piece of advice you’d give for aspiring newbies e-compreneurs?

And I swear that I coined that phrase, I’m sure I’ve never hear e-compreneurs before. So if I invented that you just witnessed the making of that word, if not then I’m infringing on someone’s words.

So do you have any advice mate for any new ecompenuers.

Adam: Yea definitely the biggest piece and the best piece of advice that I can give you really is just that you got to go for it, you got to be accepting that you’re going to make mistakes, you’re going to hit road blocks. There’s going to be nights of worry there’s going to be night’s of stress, there’s going to be sleepless nights but you got to enjoy the process.

You’ve got to love it, it’s like I got one of my accounts blocked on PayPal and you know it's exciting times for me I oh my god PayPal have blocked my account,and I know now that I am at the next level even though I've hit a roadblock I'm at the next level of being an e-compreneur. So because you’re hitting these roadblocks so I’m doing something right I’m going in the right direction, so okay let’s overcome this really you know.

Do what you can to overcome it. And you come out on the other side and you’re right okay bring on the next challenge you know. You got to go for it you just got to find your products you got to test loads and loads of videos. You know follow someone that you have faith in that you believe in and what I would do is I would follow one person. But what I keep doing is I’ve been doing more recently is I’ve been following one person when I get to like the part of the process like scaling. And you're testing there's only so much you can learn so I will start watching different videos on scaling see how other people are doing see if there's other things that people look out for that that's maybe something that I'm missing on.

Different avenues to go down and that's the best piece of advice I can give you early you just got to suck it and go for it. Because got to you can watch all the videos in the world until you actually go try on your own and fail.

Alan: Take action.

Adam: But will you succeed.

Alan: Exactly take action and then you'll actually get some results and experience. Like you said at the start of your journey you were in shiny coin syndrome following too many people trying too many things not giving something enough time to work it's magic.

So just get stuck in with one thing and not go from one thing to the other. Just get stuck in and actually take action around one thing. Well done on your recent success and I hope it continues. And know thank you to for coming on and thank you from everyone who's listening to this, you know I appreciate you taking the time to come on here and speak to me about this. And I'll hopefully I'll see you again in a new video so to everyone listening if you want to know more about Commerce HQ check the links in the description. You can see our CHQ tutorial in action and get yourself two free stores and if we're not friends yet join the family and click Subscribe and I will see you in the next video of the commerce HQ success series turn till then.

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Top 5 Best Dropshipping Niches

by Alan Young May 22, 2018

What are the best dropshipping niches? I've narrowed it down to 5 areas to make it nice and simple.

If you stick to these you should get more success when starting out, rather than going too narrow in your niche selection.

Generally, if you go broad in one of these niches you'll have more chance of finding winning products to scale.

So we're not talking target all niches on your store. Just ONE niche as a whole.

The Top 5 Best Dropshipping Niches

 

1. Beauty

Unicorn Makeup brushes

 

This niche is huge.

It includes things like the black head paw cleaner, anti-aging creams, moisturizers, hair coloring wax, unicorn make up brushes.

You get the point.

And I'm sure you've seen these a lot already.

Beauty can do extremely well on Facebook ads as it's easy to target and has a very broad demographic.

 

2. Home & Kitchen

Best dropshipping niches - image of rapid thaw tray

 

This is also one of the biggest niches as it's so broad. Everyone has a home and kitchen so you've got a lot of people to target.

There are tons of products in this niche.

This could include easy pancake maker, easy pineapple peeler, magic mops, quick defrosting tray, wall art, bed covers and the list goes on.

 

3. Electronics

Image of Skull Speaker

 

Again another big niche. The great thing about this niche is the margins are so big.

The perceived value of some electronic goods can be high so you'll have room to make some decent profit if you get the product at the right cost.

You could get $30,$40, $50 margins with some Electronic items.

Items in this dropshipping niche will include items like novelty audio speakers, Drones, levitating globe lamp, led wall lights etc.

 

4. Jewelry

Image of wrist with bracelet

 

This is a personal favorite of mine.

The margins on these products can be huge as well. I've had products that have $40 fulfillment cost and I sold for $150.

That's $110 margin before Facebook ad cost.

Items in this category can include watches, rings, necklaces, bracelets plus custom engraved items.

Jewelry has been popular for years and I think it will continue to be popular for years to come. AliExpress has so many products available for you to test so it's definitely worth checking out.

 

5. Fashion

Image of print on demand t-shirt

 

Last of the top 5 best dropshipping niches is fashion. This covers all garments. Leggings, hoodies, t-shirts, hats etc.

This is also a huge niche but I think it's probably one of the hardest as there's so much competition.

And unless your products stand out it will be hard to compete for your customer's attention.

Print On Demand products will most likely do the best as they will are unique and easier to target with Facebook ads.

 

Best Dropshipping Niches Summary

From the best Dropshipping niches mentioned above, I would say Home & Kitchen, Electronics and Jewelry are the best to go for as the margins are the highest.

They're also easiest to target on Facebook and there's slightly less competition giving a little more chance of success.

You're best opening a general store in one of these categories and then test lots of products on your store.

You can also sell products from each one of these niches on your store if you have a completely general store which is up to you.

Anyway, good luck and get launching some products.

 

Using Commerce HQ When Dropshipping

Before you go, if you want to know about one of the best new eCommerce platforms that's built for Dropshippers then check out CHQ.

Multiple stores under one account, all apps are built in free, no processing fees, plus a visual store builder just released. Need I say anymore.

—> Click Here To Check It Out

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Aliexpress Cashback – How To Get It

by Alan Young May 18, 2018

Get AliExpress cashback on your you Dropshipping orders when using Dropified and AdmitadI'm sure you'll agree with me when I say…

Every bit of revenue counts.

Including AliExpress Cashback.

The truth is…

Every little helps.

In this article, I show you how to get up to 8% cashback on all your AliExpress orders.

When dropshipping, your margins count.

And the AliExpress cashback on your orders will add to your bottom line.

In fact,

Someone I showed this to,

Told me the other day he got $700 back last month.

Can you imagine getting that back to use on your business?

Well you can!

This is very easy to do.

Just set this up and you can cash out your money when it's ready.

Firstly I want to say this is 100% legit.

You won't get in trouble or your AliExpress account banned or anything like that.

All you need is a Dropified account, Admitad account, and an AliExpress account.

I presume you already have the later so you just need to set the first 2 up which is super easy.

If you don't know what Dropfied is, then check out my post on Dropified and see what it does.

In a few words,

It's an automation tool that will save you millions of hours a week. Ok, not millions but A LOT!

It's an essential tool you'll need when Dropshipping if you want to get cash back on your fulfillment costs from AliExpress.

The commision you make from setting up the AliExpress Cashback will cover the cost anyway.

How To Get AliExpress Cashback When Dropshipping?

This is really simple and should only take 10 mins to set up. Just do each of the 5 steps below and your good to go.

So firstly…

Step 1 – Sign Up To Admitad As A Publisher

Firstly Go to Admitad and set up an affiliate account as a publisher.

Image of Admitad Sign Up Page

Just go through the signup process which is pretty easy and add your details to be paid your commission.

You can get paid via PayPal which is good plus it has a low thresh hold.

It's $20 as of writing this.

Step 2 – Sign Up To Dropified

 

Image of the Dropified homepage

You need to be using Dropified to fulfill your dropshipping orders to get your commission.

Dropified is a must use pro tool for any Dropshipping store.

You can check out the features and benefits here in my article or check out their website for more details.

 

Step 3 – Add Your Admitad Affiliate Link To Dropified

So once you're set up get your Deeplink (affiliate link) and paste it in the box under Admitad Affiliate Program on the Dropified main page on the dashboard.

It will look like this.

Image Showing where to put AliExpress cashback link.

Once that's done then you're all set up.

You just need to make sure you fulfill your orders using Dropified for those AliExpress commissions to register.

 

Step 4 – Fulfill your orders using Dropified

Manually fulfilling orders is sooo time-consuming so using the Dropified Auto Ordering feature will help you massively as well as make you money.

It's just one click then it does all the ordering for you.

If you want to know more about the features then check out my Dropified Review.

 

Step 5 – Let Those AliExpress Cashback Commissions Stack Up

Well, this isn't really a step but it's all you have to do now that you're all set up 🙂

Enjoy!

 

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Marketing Tools And Resources

by Alan Young May 1, 2018

Here's a list of the marketing tools and resources that I use or have used or think will help you in some way. I'm keeping this short and sweet. Some of these are affiliate links, and some are not but I 100% recommend these to help you with your online business. 

Just click on the image or link if you want to check out that resource and it will take you to the page of one of these resources.

Best Dropshipping Tools

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Commerce HQ

Commerce HQ is hands down the best dropshipping platform in my opinion. I've created tonnes of videos on my YouTube channel about this e-commerce platform and why it's so great. Feel free to check them out.

Commerce HQ logo

Click here to get Commerce HQ and start your eCommerce store today!

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Dropified

This is one best dropshipping tools if you want to save hours and hours of mundane tasks that can be done in minutes with this amazing automation tool that works with CHQ. It will free up your time so you can do the more important tasks that make you the most money.

I've done quite a few videos on this as well so check out my Dropified YouTube playlist if you want to see it in action.

Click here to streamline your Dropshipping business with Dropified.

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Canva

This tool is sooo handy, you can make free logos, website homepage banners, Facebook Ad images, collection thumbnails plus many more things.

The logo creator is amazing and makes really good stylish logos all for free. You'll be so grateful you found this tool.

Not only is it free, it's such a time saver as you won't need the back and forth getting edits and waiting for your designs to be created.

You'll be able to make something in just minutes.  Enjoy 🙂

 

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Design Wizard

This tool is another great tool to create impressive designs. Just like canva you can create amazing designs quickly & easily.

With Design Wizard you can easily create unique content in minutes. Every element in the template you choose is editable. You change or upload backgrounds, images, videos and colors. Add your logo, change fonts or include a personalized caption and more.

This is a highly recommended design tool.

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Reveal Bot

This Facebook ads automation tool is really handy if you're not ruthless enough with your ads or even if you not available to monitor your ads 247.

You can set up loads of custom rules that will allow this tool to take care of your Facebook ads for you.

You can get it to pause your ads if the CPC is over $3 within $5 ad spend, or you can get it to pause an ad set if it's not had any ATC's within $10 or no purchases within $20. Or you can get it to automatically increase the daily budget if your ROAS is above 3x after $20 ad spend.

There are loads you can do with Reveal that will save you time and money as most people well overspend when it comes to testing products.

Click here to automate your Facebook ads with Reveal Bot.

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Pexda

With this tool, you can find hot products to sell on your store. It shows you the products that are trending on Facebook and it shows you the actual ad that's been running.

Plus it gives you 3 targeting options plus a product description so you can test the product for yourself.

This is great if you're a little stuck finding products.

There's also a Chrome extension that can be used on Facebook to find hot products.

As of now, you can try this out $1.95 for 14 days. Worth a try?

Enter alanyoung at checkout for a 20% discount.

Click here to discover hot new product using Pexda!

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Thieve

This another cool tool which can help you find products to sell on your store. And the best thing it's FREE to use.

It's not quite as full-featured as the tool above because it only shows the product by popularity, unlike Pexda which show's you the ads running plus targeting options etc.

But still, this is defo worth a look from time to time to help you find some ideas for products. Enjoy!

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Unsplash

This is a royalty-free image resource. Perfect for finding images for banners for your site. Just thought I'd show you that in case you needed some free images for your site as you don't want to risk getting sued for using someone's image without their permission. (It has happened believe it or not).

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Admitad

This the affiliate program for AliExpress. Once you start getting orders then signing up is a must have as you can get up to 8% back on all orders you fulfill with AliExpress.

For it to work you need to sign up and get your affiliate deep link and use it through Dropified. I've done a video explaining it all here. —> Click here to watch the awesome video here (it's only 3 mins long 🙂

 

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Best Wordpress Tools

 

Thrive Themes

Amazingly fast WordPress templates and plugins, built to get you more traffic, more subscribers, more clients, and more customers. What more could you ask for?

Visit this website to get 24% coupon code.

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Recommended Reading

I've created a list of 50+ of my favourite books that have helped me learn and grow massively. Check out that list here.

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That's it for now, I hope you found some of my resources and tools useful and check back from time to time as I'll update this when I find some new tools for you to check out. 🙂

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