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0:00if you're looking for the most
0:01comprehensive Shopify Drop Shipping
0:03tutorial this video is for you in this
0:05video I'm going to teach you step by
0:06step how to build a profitable Drop
0:08Shipping Store in 2025 and Beyond this
0:10is the most affordable way to get
0:12started and it takes advantage of all
0:13these new AI advancements that makes it
0:15so much easier than before so don't
0:17start Drop Shipping the oldfashioned way
0:19now if you're new to the channel my name
0:20is Charlie I started e-commerce back in
0:222017 and that's basically when I made my
0:24first internet money today I'm a Serial
0:25entrepreneur I run multiple businesses
0:27but essentially online money has allowed
0:29me to buy my dream cars live in my dream
0:31Apartments invest in real estate travel
0:33have time freedom and a whole lot more
0:35internet money is real and I'm going to
0:37show you how to make it in this video
0:38I'll unveil a special tool that
0:40basically builds your Shopify Drop
0:41Shipping Store for you for free it's all
0:43done with AI and it just takes a few
0:45minutes trust me you do not want to
0:47build your Shopify store manually after
0:49watching this video it's just a huge
0:51waste of time we're also going to cover
0:52the specific tools you need for Drop
0:54Shipping how to find winning products
0:55that actually sell clever ways to Market
0:57so both free and paid tips to succeed
1:00and so much more I'll make everything
1:01super simple so you can literally take
1:03action today and change your life yeah
1:05we're definitely going to cover a lot of
1:06stuff but I'm going to break it down in
1:07a way that's easy to follow and in the
1:09future just feel free to reference back
1:11to this video it's completely free for
1:13you guys there's no fluff there's no
1:14extra unnecessary steps it's just the
1:16plain basics of what you need to get
1:18started building your Drop Shipping
1:19Store so this video will be broken down
1:21into five different steps but we'll
1:22start with step 0.5 which is the
1:25precursor and that is basically what
1:26you're doing already learning props you
1:28for seeking out this information and
1:29even wanting to start a business in the
1:31first place and I just want to tell you
1:32guys watch the video follow along
1:34actually take action by creating your
1:35store and learning what the store
1:37actually in front of you you're going to
1:38actually learn and retain the
1:40information a lot better you'll also be
1:42able to apply it immediately not only
1:43can you learn from this video but
1:44there's also Zen drop Academy which I'll
1:46talk about later on it's basically the
1:48perfect next step for learning so watch
1:50this video get all the fundamentals down
1:52get started and if you want a lot more
1:53detail and specific tutorials that's
1:55where you can go to get those types of
1:56videos get live weekly coaching calls so
1:58yeah let's get started with the first
2:00official step that is building your
2:01store now if you're watching this video
2:02you probably have some type of idea of
2:04what Drop Shipping actually is and why
2:06you need a Shopify store Drop Shipping
2:08is essentially when you are selling
2:09products that you are not actually
2:11touching yourself it's your building
2:12store and then when someone actually
2:14buys a product on your website your
2:16supplier is going to fulfill that and
2:17ship it directly to them so essentially
2:19you do not need to carry any inventory
2:21and this is why it's such a great first
2:23business to start the store of course is
2:24where people purchase your products so
2:26it's very important and I'm going to
2:27show you guys how to actually use AI to
2:29build your store right now in just a few
2:30minutes so the first thing you're going
2:32to do is click on the link down below
2:34it's store. a/ char-chang and that's
2:37going to take you to this exact landing
2:39page which allows you to get your free
2:41online store the landing page is going
2:42to look something like this and what
2:43you're going to do is come here to build
2:45my free store and click on this the
2:47first step is to enter in your email so
2:48I'm going to go ahead and do that right
2:50here and we'll click create your free
2:51account so now the first step is picking
2:53a niche we'll dive a little bit deeper
2:55into actually picking your Niche later
2:57on but for now just select something
2:58we'll go ahead and get started I'm going
3:00to select home and Outdoors and we'll
3:01click next pick a color you can change
3:03your Niche at any time later on yours
3:05might look a little bit different
3:06depending on what options you select but
3:08I'm just going to go ahead and select
3:10this blue one next we will pick a banner
3:12style so there are a few to choose from
3:14I'll click on this one just to see what
3:16it looks like I think that looks fine
3:17but of course you can look through the
3:19other ones we'll click next Shopify
3:21account and now what we're going to do
3:22is claim our Shopify store so we'll
3:24click on this button right here and
3:25basically I need to follow these steps
3:27so the first thing you're going to do is
3:28click on this button right here the
3:30register on Shopify button it's going to
3:32open up Shopify in a new tab then we'll
3:34enter in our information and actually
3:36create a Shopify account we will then
3:38choose a plan and I'll show you guys
3:40which one to choose we're going to go
3:41with the cheapest basic monthly plan and
3:43don't worry there is a free trial and
3:45after that we're going to return to this
3:47tab so I'll click on register on Shopify
3:49now it's very important that you guys
3:50click on that link cuz you will get this
3:52exclusive trial for Shopify I'll enter
3:54in my email and click Start free trial
3:56we'll set a password click Shopify
3:58account we'll then select an online
4:00store right here click next feel free to
4:02answer the questions however you want
4:04I'll just say I'll decide later now we
4:05have the option to choose between three
4:07different plans now this is basically
4:08the only thing you need to pay for and
4:10you'll need to pay for this anyways
4:11regardless of what method you use
4:13because trust me Shopify is the gold
4:14standard it's what everyone uses to
4:16start Drop Shipping and of course it's
4:18what I used as well so we'll go ahead
4:19and click on try basic we'll then enter
4:22in our credit card information and we'll
4:23click on subscribe so after we do that
4:25it's going to take us to our Shopify
4:27dashboard and now what we're going to do
4:28is go back to that previous tab we had
4:30we'll now click on this button right
4:32here next Shopify link it's going to ask
4:34us to confirm that we have our Shopify
4:36plan we'll say I have activated now what
4:38we're going to do is go back to that
4:39Shopify tab we're going to copy this URL
4:42right here we're going to add that here
4:45copy and paste click save and then next
4:46we're going to click on this button
4:48right here to get our winning products
4:49to get these winning products what we're
4:50going to do is activate Zen drop this is
4:52my favorite Drop Shipping fulfillment
4:54tool so we'll click on this this is
4:56going to open up a new tab for us and
4:58now what we're going to do is click on
4:59install make sure to click on this
5:01install button right here and then we'll
5:02click on approve here Z drop has a free
5:05plan to use and essentially this is
5:07going to allow you to actually sell
5:08products and fulfill them to your
5:10customers but yeah don't worry I'll show
5:11you guys how to use this later on so now
5:13let's go back to our original Tab and
5:15we're going to go click on this button
5:16right here to go to the next step now
5:18they're essentially going to use AI to
5:19build our store for us all we need to do
5:21is click on this button and this is
5:22going to take maybe 1 to 2 minutes the
5:24great thing with this is that with this
5:25store build you're going to get 10
5:27winning products preloaded into your
5:29store and you're also going to get a
5:30custom developed Shopify theme that
5:32usually costs $200 everything is also
5:34designed by professionals to actually
5:36convert your customers and so yeah
5:38usually this would take a lot of time
5:39for you guys to build manually so that's
5:41why I highly recommend going this route
5:43it is super super important that you
5:44guys sign up for that $1 Shopify trial
5:46otherwise you're not going to actually
5:48receive your store so essentially it's
5:49just that $1 that's all it takes to go
5:51live with your store so now you can see
5:52that our store is done what I'm going to
5:54do is click on access Shopify and
5:56publish we're going to come here make
5:58sure you have a business address
5:59provided so this can just be your home
6:01address for now after that you're going
6:02to come here to click on remove password
6:04and now your online store is going to be
6:06open to everyone we're going to go back
6:07to our original tab click on next if you
6:10want some free Tik Tok ad credits
6:12they're going to give you some right
6:13here but for now I don't think it's that
6:15necessary you guys can claim these Tik
6:17Tok ad credits later on and don't worry
6:19we will talk about how you can actually
6:20run ads to your store cool so now that
6:23we have our store published let me go
6:24ahead and show you what it looks like so
6:26if we click on this button right here
6:28view your store it's going to open up a
6:29new tab and essentially this is what our
6:32store looks like we can do a bunch of
6:34different customizations we can change
6:36the style as well we can add different
6:38sections to our homepage essentially the
6:40AI Builder built us a great foundation
6:43and if you click on any of these Pages
6:44for example let's say this one this is a
6:47very high converting landing page we
6:49have big pictures we have these
6:51prominent buttons right here and yeah
6:53just a great start for our store if you
6:55come back here to the Shopify dashboard
6:57I'm going to quickly take you guys
6:58through this I will say don't spend too
7:00much time actually customizing your
7:02store and making it exactly how you want
7:04it this was a big mistake that I made
7:06when I started I didn't actually focus
7:08on the more important things like
7:10marketing so yeah just be aware of that
7:11over here on the left we have a bunch of
7:13different tabs so once you start making
7:15orders you can come here and see what
7:17orders there are that are active you can
7:19also create orders manually you can
7:21check out your products in the products
7:23tab so these are the 10 popular products
7:25that were pre-loaded into our store we
7:27can create different collections we can
7:28check out our inventory ventory we can
7:30create gift cards you can also check out
7:31your customers here we can check out all
7:33the content so these are going to be
7:34like files and menus for our store the
7:36finance tab is where you're going to
7:37want to set up Shopify payments of
7:39course tons and tons of information on
7:41the back end with analytics you can also
7:43do some of your marketing within Shopify
7:45and you can set discounts for your
7:46clients now if we want to actually edit
7:48our online store what we'll do is click
7:50on this we can change our theme at any
7:52point but I do just recommend using the
7:54Zen drop theme like I said this is a
7:56professionally built theme that is meant
7:58for conversions it's also a $200 value
8:00that you guys got for free so definitely
8:02keep that but yeah there are tons and
8:03tons of other themes if you want Shopify
8:06is pretty powerful when it comes to free
8:08themes so at any point if you do want to
8:09switch it up feel free to go through
8:11these themes they also have paid ones as
8:13well and you can add it to your account
8:15now notice on the left we can also go to
8:17our blog posts we can add or delete
8:19different pages we can change our
8:20navigation and we can change our
8:22preferences but for now I'm going to
8:23click on customize right here and the
8:25Shopify Builder is quite easy to use
8:28it's very intuitive there's anything
8:30that you basically want to change you're
8:31just going to click on it so for example
8:33if I want to change this image Banner
8:35right here I'll click on this select the
8:37image that I want to put and yes there
8:39are a ton of free images that you can
8:41use we can change the banner height we
8:43can change the overlay opacity we can
8:45change the alignment animations how it
8:47looks on mobile and you can also do
8:48custom CSS here let's say I want to
8:50change the text I'll basically click on
8:52this column right here come here ADD
8:54test we can change this as well we can
8:57change the icon if you'd like to add a
8:59SE section what you guys can do is come
9:01here click on this plus button it's
9:02going to pull up a bunch of different
9:04sections that we can add to our homepage
9:06for example we can add this Rich Text
9:08section that's going to insert that
9:09right here if at any point you want to
9:11delete the section we'll just come here
9:13to remove a section and feel free to
9:15just play around with this it's very
9:17very easy to learn and if you don't want
9:18to click on things over here you can
9:20also go directly to them in this section
9:22over here if you come here to settings
9:24what you can do is change your logo we
9:26can change all the different colors the
9:28typography the layout animations we can
9:31change how the buttons look we can add
9:32our social media Pages we can change how
9:34the cart looks and we can also do custom
9:36CSS so feel free to play around this for
9:38a little bit make sure to check out what
9:40your store looks like on mobile because
9:41this is very important a lot of your
9:43sales will probably come from the mobile
9:45browser so you do want to make sure that
9:46it looks good but if you don't do too
9:47many changes to the pre-built theme it's
9:49going to look pretty solid once you're
9:51done with this you'll just click on Save
9:53that's going to save your store and make
9:54the new version available for your
9:56customers to see so step two is to
9:58actually find your need and find
10:00products that work you might be
10:01wondering I already got 10 popular
10:02products pre-loaded onto my store why do
10:04I need to actually pick a niche and
10:07choose other products well those
10:08pre-load products are a great starting
10:10point but if you're trying to build a
10:12long-term business you will need to
10:13focus on a particular Niche and you will
10:15need to find your own products as well
10:17yes you can absolutely get started with
10:19those preload products and start selling
10:21them but yeah I want to teach you the
10:22long-term strategy and that involves
10:24being very specific in what you choose
10:26for your Niche and your products
10:27whenever someone asks me hey Charlie I
10:29want to build a Shopify Drop Shipping
10:31Store but I don't know what Niche to do
10:33what should I do my answer is always
10:34going to be focus on a niche that
10:36balances three different things passion
10:38so something that you actually care
10:40about demand something that people
10:42actually want and then three it needs to
10:44actually make money and trust me there
10:46are a lot of products out there that you
10:47might think are awesome to sell but
10:49there is no money in that and of course
10:51we have to sustain the business we do
10:53need to make money while trending
10:54products can be good I really like
10:57focusing on Evergreen longterm products
10:59these are products that will keep
11:01selling for many many years they
11:03actually help people solve a very
11:05specific problem you also want to avoid
11:07overly saturated niches unless you
11:09actually have a really big USP which is
11:12unique selling proposition there has to
11:13be something that is very very different
11:15about you and your product which makes
11:17it stand out in a seat of competition
11:19now in terms of brainstorming there are
11:20a lot of things you can do right now yes
11:22you can actually look at what other
11:24people are selling and get a ton of
11:26information from that they can also
11:27Inspire us and help us brainstorm for
11:29our own store if you go to the Tik Tok
11:31creative Center there's a lot of
11:32information we can get from here so if
11:34we scroll down here we can see some of
11:36the top performing ads on Tik Tok a lot
11:39of the time these ads are going to be
11:40selling Drop Shipping products so it's a
11:42great way to get inspiration you can
11:44also see what's hot on Tik Tok so we can
11:46sort by hashtag by different songs
11:49creators or Tik Tok videos if you come
11:50up here to the top and go to inspiration
11:53we'll click on top ads this is a great
11:55way to look at the best performing ads
11:58in your country so I'm in the US so I'll
12:00have that selected we can also filter
12:02down by industry so we can get pretty
12:04specific let's do something like
12:06household products select all we can
12:08select by objective so we can do
12:10something like product sales we're going
12:11to choose last 30 days because of course
12:14we want something that is up to date we
12:15don't want stuff that worked you know
12:17maybe a year or two ago we want stuff
12:19that works currently you can also choose
12:20add language and stuff if you want but
12:22I'm just going to leave those as is okay
12:24so you can see we got a little bit too
12:25specific maybe so let's actually remove
12:28this one here we can see what's doing
12:29really well so maybe this one right here
12:31it's going to take us to this page where
12:33we can actually watch the ad okay looks
12:35like a keyboard cleaner I can see why
12:38this did extremely well it's going to
12:39give us information about it the ad
12:41performance we can see some analytics
12:43over here like clickthrough rates CVR
12:45which is conversion rate clicks and some
12:47other stuff it's also going to recommend
12:48other similar videos for you and this is
12:50a fantastic way to see what other people
12:53are advertising and seeing what
12:55campaigns actually work another great
12:57way is to actually just browse Tik Tok
12:59yourself so pretend like you are a
13:01consumer scroll through Tik Tok every
13:02once in a while you'll be hit with an ad
13:04and see if any of those ads stick out to
13:06you or see if it's something that you
13:07want to maybe get into another great
13:09thing you can do is actually look up
13:11Facebook ads so a lot of people don't
13:13know this but you can literally see what
13:15other people are running for their ad
13:17campaigns let's go ahead and search
13:19right here so United States ad category
13:21let's do all ads I just searched up
13:23clothing let's pick one of these let's
13:25just do the first one right here so pat
13:26pat I've never heard of them but you can
13:28see they are running a ton of different
13:30ad campaigns they're AB testing a lot of
13:32these and what you can do is click on
13:34see ad details and you can see the exact
13:36ad see what the link is you can see the
13:38multiple versions of it and of course
13:40you can actually click on it and see
13:41their website if you want to get
13:42inspired by what their actual website
13:44looks like a lot of people do not
13:46realize how much information they can
13:47get just by looking through other
13:49people's ads and so I really recommend
13:51you guys do this another great tool to
13:52use is Google Trends so whenever I want
13:54to start something new or sell a product
13:57this is one of the places that I'm going
13:58to go to so let's say I search up Sunset
14:00lamp we'll select United States let's do
14:03the past 90 days and we'll select web
14:05search because that's what I care about
14:06right now here it's going to show us the
14:08interest over time and this is why it's
14:09so cool you can sort of see if a product
14:12is starting to gain interest so as you
14:14can see this is a pretty Evergreen
14:16product it's slightly trending upwards
14:18in popularity or interest but we did
14:20have a pretty big spike recently this
14:22helps show me that there is demand for
14:24this particular product it shows me the
14:26trend if it's going up or if it's going
14:27down or it's stagnant and we can also
14:29look at interest by sub regions so
14:31different states there's also related
14:33topics so these are going to be other
14:35things that you can get inspiration from
14:36as well as related queries very similar
14:38for example if you're interested in
14:40Sunset lamps you might be interested in
14:41selling lava lamps or AA lamps these are
14:44all things that you can absolutely drop
14:46ship another popular item right now is a
14:48portable sticker printer so if you look
14:49that up right here you can see the
14:51interest over time just like before it
14:52seems to be most popular in Hawaii and
14:54what we can do is actually compare this
14:56term with another term so if we compare
14:58two sunset lamp you can see blue is
15:00sticker printer it seems to have a lot
15:02more interest as of right now compared
15:03to the sunset lamp so let's see right
15:05here December 15th to 21st of 2024
15:08scroll to the very right right here we
15:10can see January 12th 18 2025 sticker
15:13printer is at 70 interest and sunset
15:15lamp is at 27 so that just shows that
15:17the sticker printer is more popular
15:19right now this can be a great way to
15:21gauge interest currently if you are
15:23deciding between two different products
15:24it also works if you're deciding between
15:26two different niches right we can
15:27replace these with two different niches
15:29and basically see those interests over
15:31time as well yeah I just want you guys
15:32to use some common sense when it comes
15:34to picking your Niche and product think
15:36about it is it going to be a niche or
15:38product that you actually would buy will
15:40it add some type of value to your life
15:42if it doesn't then it's going to be a
15:43very hard to sell but if it's actually a
15:45great product that can really help
15:47someone then that might be your winning
15:48product now when you're in the final
15:50stages of picking a product one thing
15:52that I really recommend doing is find
15:54that product for sale on Amazon or Ebay
15:56Amazon's probably going to be better
15:58because there's a lot more product
15:59review volume there but let's say you
16:01are trying to sell a sticker printer I'm
16:03going to come here it's very likely that
16:04someone else is already selling this
16:06product and that's totally okay so what
16:08we're going to do is let's click on for
16:09example this one you can see they're
16:10selling it here for $23 it seems to be a
16:13pretty solid product 4.3 reviews with
16:16almost 800 reviews as of right now and
16:18you can see over 4,000 were bought in
16:20the last month I want you guys to know
16:22that the scale of e-commerce is just
16:23insane there are so many people in the
16:25world there's so many purchases
16:27happening every single day if you can
16:29just capture a small small sliver of it
16:31you can get insanely Rich from doing
16:33that but I'm going to come down here
16:34what we can see is some other variations
16:37of similar products and then the most
16:39important part is to actually come down
16:40here to the reviews and what you're
16:42going to do is look at the complaints
16:43that people are having this gives us the
16:45ability to actually make the product
16:47better you might in the future create a
16:48custom product that fixes these issues
16:51you can also see if people just like
16:52this product or not right because if the
16:55reviews here are great then the people
16:56that buy your product from your Drop
16:58Shipping Store are also more likely to
17:00like it review it and come back to
17:01purchase again so this is all just the
17:03name of product research there's a lot
17:05of research and planning you guys can do
17:07when deciding on your product or Niche
17:08and it's definitely worth your time
17:10doing so so step number three is our
17:12product fulfillment and this is
17:14basically where Zen drop comes in if you
17:16built your store using store build. a
17:18like I showed you in the previous
17:19section of this video then Zen drop is
17:21already going to be installed on your
17:22store essentially Zen drop is a product
17:24fulfillment platform they offer tons and
17:27tons of products that you can sell from
17:28the catalog you connect those products
17:30to your Shopify store when you make a
17:32sale zendrop is actually going to
17:33fulfill that product for you it's going
17:35to go through their warehouse through
17:37their shipping they're going to handle
17:38all that so there really is no
17:39fulfillment that you need to do on your
17:41own every drop shipper of course needs
17:42product fulfillment and Zen drop is my
17:44personal favorite now if you already had
17:46a Shopify store but you still want to
17:48install Zen drop I will have a link down
17:50below you'll get a special deal there is
17:52a free plan but there's also a paid plan
17:54which makes a lot of sense for many
17:55people since I already connected Zen
17:57drop to my shop if I I store in the
17:59start of this video we'll come here to
18:01the Zen drop dashboard and let me just
18:03show you guys how amazing this software
18:06is so if we come here to find products
18:08we'll be able to browse Zen drop's
18:10insanely large catalog of products that
18:12we can start selling literally right now
18:14here we have some new arrivals if you
18:16don't see a particular product that you
18:18want to sell you can always request it
18:20basically their product sourcing experts
18:22will find the product for you at the
18:23lowest price and then they're going to
18:25add it to their product catalog so that
18:26you can sell it this allows you to get
18:28in on new new products that might not be
18:30selling yet and that can be a huge huge
18:32Advantage but up here we can actually
18:33search for different products as well so
18:35let's search for sticker printer here we
18:37can select where we want it to ship from
18:39so I'm just going to leave it as ships
18:40from anywhere but of course we can
18:42specify if we want it to ship directly
18:43from the us or if China is okay these
18:46I'll just leave as is and we'll click on
18:47enter so you can see there are tons and
18:49tons of products that match this search
18:51term let's say this one looks kind of
18:53cool so I'll click on this you can see
18:55that there are pictures already made so
18:57once you import this over to your
18:58Shopify store you know you don't need to
19:00take photos they're all pre-populated
19:02for you here we can see the different
19:03variations there's going to be a
19:04description that's already written we
19:06can see the pricing so let's say this
19:08one right here the product cost is $2.40
19:11the shipping is $68 from the US so
19:14that's going to be quite fast and the
19:15total product cost is
19:16$848 so if I want to add this to my
19:19catalog I'm going to click on add to my
19:21products you can also order a sample as
19:23well if you want to actually see it in
19:24person that can be good and once you add
19:26a product it's going to go into this my
19:28product tab right here we're going to
19:29come here click on review and publish
19:31it's going to show you the stuff that's
19:33going to get imported to your store you
19:34can change this description as well if
19:36you want look at the different variants
19:38remove whatever variants you don't want
19:40change any images and then once we're
19:42good to go we'll click on publish to my
19:44store we'll select this and click on
19:45confirm so now it's going to go into
19:47this tab right here which are the actual
19:50products that are available on our
19:51website once this is done publishing
19:53it's going to have this linked button
19:55like this so it's done and now people
19:57can actually buy it I want to emphasize
19:58that one great thing about Zen drop is
20:00that they own the supply chain and they
20:01can Source any product in the Chinese
20:04market so whatever you want to sell they
20:06can supply it there's no middlemen and
20:07they only work directly with
20:09manufacturers so that you can get the
20:10best pricing so yeah if you come back
20:12here to your store you can see that
20:14product we just added is right here and
20:16so yeah it's all connected it makes it
20:18super super easy coming back here to Zen
20:20drop you can see that there is also
20:21zendrop Academy this is a course that
20:23dives extremely deep into specific
20:25things when it comes to drop shipping if
20:27you want to be a really successful drop
20:28Shing I think having this type of
20:29mentorship is going to make a huge
20:32difference there's also Zen drop AI
20:34which is pretty cool if you click on
20:35that it's going to take you to this page
20:37and essentially creates ad copy for you
20:39so for example let's say this pocket
20:41printer that we added let's say we want
20:43to create ad copy for it it's going to
20:45automatically use AI to generate this
20:47copy for us which saves a ton of time so
20:49yeah once it's made you can basically
20:51copy and paste it directly to your
20:53product listing we can also look at
20:55other trending products so you can see
20:57if any of these Spark spk your interest
20:59if you want to focus on these for your
21:00Niche it's just really really fun to go
21:02through there's also this custom
21:03branding section which is very very
21:05important essentially personalizes your
21:07customer experience so when they
21:09actually unbox your product they're
21:10going to see a logo and there can be a
21:13custom message as well so I definitely
21:14recommend filling the section now yeah
21:16basically Zen drop is going to handle
21:17all the Fulfillment the logistics the
21:19customer service when someone places an
21:21order you're going to be able to see
21:23that in the order section you'll
21:24probably want to turn on autof
21:26fulfillment right here of course we're
21:27going to do this as as well and that's
21:29just going to mean that once someone
21:30makes the order it's going to be
21:31automatically fulfilled yeah Zen drop is
21:33basically a mandatory tool when it comes
21:35to drop shipping they have three
21:37different plans there's the free the pro
21:39and the plus if you want to take Drop
21:40Shipping extremely seriously I do
21:42recommend the plus plan of course you
21:43can always absolutely get started with
21:45the free plan if you want the plus plan
21:46definitely use my exclusive link down
21:48below it's going to save you a ton of
21:49money you get order credits and a bunch
21:51of other big perks so go ahead spend
21:53some time getting familiar with the Zen
21:55drop and all the products that they have
21:56on their catalog and then populate those
21:58onto to your store so step four is
22:00marketing this is a very very important
22:02part and we're going to be breaking it
22:03down into multiple sections first is
22:05going to be email marketing which is
22:06something that not that many people talk
22:08about because it's not that sexy but
22:09this is really where you can achieve
22:10some of the highest Roi possible when it
22:12comes to marketing strategies and then
22:14we'll also talk about social media and
22:15we'll break this down into organic media
22:17as well as inorganic slaid media and
22:20this is definitely one of the most
22:21important things we'll talk about in
22:22this video because the truth is without
22:24marketing no one's going to know that
22:26your store exists and you're not going
22:27to make any sales one of my first
22:29e-commerce stores actually failed
22:31because of lack of marketing so ever
22:33since that I told myself marketing is
22:34one of the most important things
22:36whatever business I build I'm going to
22:37focus on marketing and if I can do that
22:39then that's when the business can
22:40actually be successful so hopefully this
22:42sticks with you I don't want you to make
22:43the same mistakes that I did previously
22:45so email marketing is something that I
22:47think a lot of people don't realize just
22:49how powerful it can be so it's very
22:50important to use emails to Market to
22:52your existing clients as well as your
22:54potential clients and for email
22:56marketing my favorite platform to use by
22:58far is omnisense I'm just going to spend
22:59a little bit of time showing you how
23:01this works basically for every $1 spent
23:03on email and SMS marketing through their
23:06platform they found that their Merchants
23:08are making $68 in return so that's a
23:11insane Roi and that's why I think email
23:13marketing is the thing that not that
23:15many people talk about but that's just
23:16because it's not sexy that's why I
23:18wanted to talk about it first in this
23:19marketing section so I'll have you link
23:21down below to my exclusive omnisend link
23:24you're going to be able to get a free
23:25plan with that link but if you do want a
23:27paid one there is going to be a discount
23:28for you now Onan is a platform that
23:30allows you to build email campaigns have
23:32tons and tons of automations be able to
23:34segment your audience introduce popups
23:36and forms to your website and yes it
23:38integrates with tons of different apps
23:40including Shopify there's a free
23:41standard and Pro Plan for most of you
23:43guys starting out the free plan should
23:45be good enough but at some point later
23:46on you can of course upgrade to the
23:48standard or Pro Plan but yeah this is
23:50what I use to run my email Automation
23:52and I just cannot stress how important
23:54doing emails is for your business this
23:56is my go-to for email SMS as well as
23:59push notifications and like I said there
24:01are tons of e-commerce Integrations so
24:02it does integrate with Shopify WordPress
24:05ucommerce and more so if you click on
24:06the start free button you'll be able to
24:08get started without a credit card so
24:09what I'm going to do is just sign up
24:11with Shopify of course you can use
24:12Google or your email we're going to
24:13click on install right here and that's
24:15going to add it to the Shopify store
24:17that we just built we'll click on get
24:19started and it's going to set up our
24:20account now what we can do is set up our
24:21brand assets but I'm just going to do
24:23that later I'm just going to really
24:24quickly run you through this so you can
24:25see our store is connected already which
24:27is perfect it's going to get all the
24:28contacts and if we come here to
24:30campaigns this is basically where we
24:32build automated email campaigns so we'll
24:34click on create email campaign I'm just
24:36going to run through this really quickly
24:37you can use AI to generate stuff but
24:39you'll basically populate all this
24:40information here we'll choose email
24:42template I just want to show you guys
24:44they have tons and tons of
24:45professionally built templates that you
24:47can use right away so let's say we want
24:48to use something like this we'll click
24:50on preview looks good to me click on
24:51choose template and now we can just use
24:53their Builder to change the text add
24:56images we can add different sections too
24:58you can preview and test and then once
24:59you're done with that you can also click
25:01on Save and choose recipients they also
25:03have an AI assistant that helps you
25:04write content you'll select all
25:05subscribers or you can choose different
25:07segments click on review campaign and
25:09then you'll click Send now of course I
25:10don't have any subscribers so I can't
25:12send it but that's essentially what you
25:13can do besides email you can also create
25:15email AB tests you can also do SMS and
25:17you can do push notifications if I come
25:19here to automation you can see that I
25:21can start and create workflows for
25:23example there's the abandoned cart
25:25workflow so that's going to Target
25:26people that actually put something in
25:27their cart cart but don't actually check
25:29out so we click on preview and start
25:30workflows you can see we can turn on
25:32abandoned cart and check out workflows
25:34for your Shopify store let's say we want
25:35to give them a 10% off coupon code on
25:38the third email we'll click on this and
25:40now you can see these workflows are
25:41already active it's already connected to
25:43our Shopify store so it just saves you a
25:45ton of time and trust me this is going
25:46to make a huge impact on your overall
25:48sales and conversions you can see all
25:50your automations at any points yeah this
25:52is just a super powerful email and SMS
25:54Builder I highly recommend doing email
25:57marketing for your business business and
25:58again I'll have a link down below to
26:00omnisend for you to check it out this is
26:02100% a long-term strategy and I like to
26:04look at it like free money being
26:06unlocked essentially it just doesn't
26:07make sense not to do it so now let's
26:09talk about the social media aspect of
26:11marketing which is also extremely
26:12important within social media there's
26:14organic and there's inorganic so organic
26:16essentially means content that you are
26:18posting out that you are not paying for
26:20ads and inorganic is going to be ads
26:22that you create on social media I think
26:23that every single drop shipping store
26:25owner should be doing organic social
26:27media this is going to be extremely
26:29powerful and it's definitely a long-term
26:31play as well if you're trying to build
26:32an actual brand instead of something
26:34that's just super shortterm then you're
26:36going to absolutely loving having your
26:38own organic media pages instead of
26:40paying to acquire customers you'll find
26:42that people actually are super super
26:44warm since they came from your content
26:47it costs you zero besides of course the
26:49cost of creating content and this can
26:51really help with your margins most of
26:53the very successful drop shipping stores
26:54out there and just e-commerce stores in
26:56general will have pretty big big social
26:58media pages so what I recommend doing is
27:00build an Instagram page Tik Tok
27:02Pinterest as well as YouTube and post
27:05short form media on all of these
27:07platforms the great thing is that you
27:08can create the content once and then
27:10just repurpose it across all these
27:12platforms you want to be as omnipresent
27:14as possible now in terms of what types
27:16of content you can create this is where
27:17you need to get creative what I
27:18recommend doing is search for companies
27:20that are selling a similar product to
27:22the one that you are selling and see
27:23what they are doing seriously guys you
27:25can learn so much from your competition
27:27I wouldn't say just copy exactly what
27:29they're doing but maybe get inspiration
27:31from them do it a little bit better
27:32whatever it is it's going to really help
27:34you out I recommend finding ugc creators
27:36to create content maybe have them on a
27:39retainer where they create X pieces of
27:41content per month for X if you don't
27:43want to spend money on this you can
27:44absolutely do it for free at the start
27:46you can create the content yourself just
27:48with your phone and just show the
27:49product being used the most important
27:51part of the video of course is going to
27:52be the hook so that's the first one to
27:54two seconds of the video this is where
27:56the viewer is going to decide do I want
27:58to keep watching this video or do I want
28:00to just keep scrolling and it's very
28:01important that you grab their attention
28:03immediately videos like this they don't
28:04need to get that many views but they can
28:06convert extremely extremely well another
28:08thing you can do is actually just give
28:10value to people who may be interested in
28:13your type of product so for example you
28:14can teach people things in that subject
28:16this is going to allow you to build
28:17trust with your future audience your
28:20future buyers and if they get enough
28:21value from you they're going to be like
28:23okay how can I support this company and
28:25that's of course going to increase your
28:26conversion rates a lot the best thing is
28:28that is that with all this content that
28:29you are creating this ties directly into
28:32the inorganic the paid media side of
28:34social media so you can take your best
28:35performing organic short form media and
28:38actually use that for paid ads in terms
28:40of paid ads I do recommend getting on
28:42Tik Tok YouTube ads as well as facebook/
28:44Instagram ads that could be a whole
28:46video in of itself but just know that if
28:48you want to really scale your business
28:50the paid ads way is definitely what you
28:53want to do I just love how these go
28:54super hand inand because by creating
28:56that great short media for your organic
28:59Pages you can actually just use that
29:01repurpose it for your paid media and
29:03that's really what everyone does that
29:04should be the strategy for you I'd say
29:06that yes steps one two and three are
29:08important but when it comes to actually
29:09making sure your business is successful
29:12that stuff is not as important as the
29:14marketing aspect it is very very
29:15important that you spend a solid amount
29:17of time actually focusing on the
29:19marketing because you can have the best
29:21product in the world but if no one knows
29:22about it you won't make any sales
29:24unfortunately you can get very craved
29:26with your marketing you can not spend
29:27any money you can spend money but
29:29everything that you do for marketing
29:31should result in a huge Roi return on
29:33investment by investing your time or
29:35your money marketing is what is going to
29:37make your business successful okay so
29:39step number five is I'm just going to
29:40cover a bunch of final tips I have for
29:42you guys as well as some frequently
29:44asked questions my first big tip is you
29:46really need to understand your target
29:48audience and Achieve product Market fit
29:50like we covered in step two the research
29:52that you do is extremely extremely
29:54useful and if you don't do any research
29:56you're going to be at a huge
29:57disadvantage basically once you narrow
29:59down your Niche and pick something you
30:00need to find your audience's core data
30:03so this is going be who they actually
30:04are their age their profession where
30:06they live their interest their income
30:08what they like what they hate what
30:09brands are into and so on by knowing all
30:11this information you can really tailor
30:13your product to suit them a lot better
30:15for example if you know that your target
30:17audience is usually High income earners
30:19that means that you can actually charge
30:20more it can mean that they want a more
30:22premium product rather than something
30:23that's the cheapest possible basically
30:25you want to put yourself in their shoes
30:27and have basically their mindset if you
30:29can really get into their mind that's
30:31when you're going to know if your
30:32product is going to click with them it's
30:34going to impact what type of impression
30:35you want to make on them your social
30:37media strategy and a bunch of other
30:38stuff the next step I have for you is
30:40you want to build a brand experience so
30:42consumers they are getting smarter they
30:44don't like seeing one product stores and
30:46while this can be a good way to get
30:48started and learn I'd say that if you
30:50want to build a long-term business this
30:52is not the way to go you really want to
30:53build a brand that you are proud of that
30:55has a long-term strategy behind it so
30:57essentially treat your Drop Shipping
30:59Store as a business something that you
31:00want to live for 5 10 plus years rather
31:03than a getrich quick scheme and when you
31:05go about it this way it's going to take
31:07longer right it's going to take more
31:08time at the beginning to actually see
31:10traction yeah you really need to be
31:12patient with business especially Drop
31:14Shipping develop your organic marketing
31:16strategy because this is going to help
31:17you with your paid media strategy create
31:19all your social media Pages do email
31:21marketing as well and like I said don't
31:23be afraid for it to take a lot of time
31:25another big tip I have for you is to
31:26stay on top of trends now we covered how
31:28to actually do this in step two but I
31:30really want to emphasize this again at
31:32the end because if you do not stay on
31:34top of Trends then you're going to fall
31:35behind the competition it's very very
31:37important that you are constantly
31:38looking at your competitors seeing what
31:40they're doing and trying to innovate
31:41that way e-commerce is a high paac
31:44industry and if you do not stay on top
31:45of Trends then you are going to fall
31:47behind the next thing is that you are
31:48going to fail products and it's just
31:50part of the game I know that a lot of
31:52new entrepreneurs they're going to be
31:53quite afraid of failure but take it from
31:55someone that's failed a ton it's just
31:57part of the game it's going to happen
31:59and it's totally okay I'm actually quite
32:01proud of all of my failures because for
32:03every single one I learned a lot and it
32:05help me succeed in the next thing so
32:07it's okay if some of your products fail
32:09right you're going to lose maybe some
32:10money on some of them but if you keep
32:11doing it I guarantee you you're going to
32:13get a banger and you just need one or
32:14two bangers to have a very solid store
32:17this repairs into the concept of getting
32:19lucky to get lucky you need to stay
32:21consistent so I don't know if you've
32:23heard of this quote but it's basically
32:24volume negates luck three very simple
32:27words but have had a huge impact on me
32:29the more volume and consistency you put
32:31in the more lucky you're going to get so
32:33that essentially negates the luck Factor
32:36where most people think luck is out of
32:37their control it's actually very much so
32:40in your control the only input you need
32:41to do is consistent long-term input a
32:43very common question I get is what is
32:45the most simple way to start Drop
32:48Shipping and it's essentially what I
32:49talked about in this video it's exactly
32:51the five steps we talked about yeah
32:53those tools we talked about this in
32:54video those are the only ones you really
32:56need and I encourage you not to over
32:58complicate you might see other tools out
33:00there that seem you know like they could
33:01help you and yes you can add those in
33:03the future but at the start focus on the
33:06basics focus on the fundamental tools
33:07just use the tools that we talked about
33:09in this video another very common
33:10question I get is how important is your
33:13Niche does it need to be specific or can
33:14it be a bit more broad the short answer
33:16is yes it could be a bit more broad but
33:18for most people I'd say that you want to
33:20focus on a very specific Niche most
33:22people should not want to buy a product
33:24because if they do then it's too broad
33:26these days there are so conglomerates
33:28that have huge catalogs of products
33:30they're super broad they have their
33:32marketing down and you do not want to
33:34compete with them you want to compete
33:35with people that are very very specific
33:37because I guarantee you these huge
33:39companies they're not doing that this is
33:40a very Surefire way to increase your
33:42chances of success so yeah I just highly
33:44recommend that you Niche down another
33:46question I get is how should I price my
33:48products and basically the answer to
33:50that is you need to price them high
33:51enough so that you have some margin for
33:53your marketing costs if you're only
33:55doing organic marketing of course you
33:56don't need to have too much of a buffer
33:58but if you are running paid ads you do
34:00need to calculate that and see what you
34:02need to price your product at so that
34:03you can still make a profit usually it's
34:05going to be between 2.5 to 3x your
34:08product cost that gives you enough of a
34:11margin for you to have a pretty healthy
34:13business and another question I get is
34:15how can you actually optimize your sales
34:17and generate more Revenue per person so
34:19that's a little bit more complicated but
34:21you guys can do things like product
34:23bundles you can introduce order upsells
34:25and this should definitely increase your
34:26average order value especially when
34:28you're doing paid ads where the cost to
34:30acquire a customer can be you know
34:32pretty significant doing strategies like
34:34this to increase the aov is very
34:36important and can really make or break
34:38your business and the last question
34:39we'll cover is should I actually do it
34:41my answer is always going to be yes this
34:43does not need to be the thing you do for
34:44the rest of your life almost every
34:46entrepreneur that I know started doing
34:48Drop Shipping or some type of e-commerce
34:50it is one of the easiest ways to start
34:52your own business you don't need to
34:53invest a lot of money you can do it from
34:55your laptop and I guarantee you you're
34:56going to learn so much stuff that will
34:58help you out with whatever business you
35:00want to start in the future and nowadays
35:02with AI and all these tools it is so
35:05easy for you to get started there's
35:06really no excuse and that's why I think
35:09yes if you're watching this video
35:10especially if you already have an
35:11interest in doing Drop Shipping then you
35:13should absolutely get started today wow
35:15that was a pretty long video I want to
35:16say thank you guys for staying for this
35:18whole time basically this is a Prett
35:20condensed overview of all the steps you
35:22need to take to get started Drop
35:24Shipping there are other videos out
35:26there that go into a lot more specific
35:28but for me I think sometimes they can
35:29get too specific it can be too
35:32overwhelming to go through them that's
35:33why I wanted to create this video so
35:35that you guys can actually watch it and
35:37take action watch this video take action
35:39and then watch more detailed videos on
35:41each step if needed essentially learn as
35:43you go because you will need to do that
35:45all the tools we talked about in this
35:47video are going to be down below in the
35:48description some of them are affiliate
35:49links so if you do choose to use them
35:51you will be helping to support my
35:53channel so thank you so much in advance
35:55and yeah if you have any friends that
35:56also want to start a Drop Shipping store
35:58send them this free video and I want to
35:59say thank you so much again for your
36:01time I wish you guys the best of luck
36:03starting your own Drop Shipping Store
36:04and if you got any value from the video
36:06make sure to hit that like button
36:07comment below your advice or anything
36:09that you found helpful and then also
36:10subscribe if you want to see more videos
36:12just like this I do a ton of videos
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36:15making money and the whole goal of the
36:16channel is to help you live a
36:17financially successful life that you are
36:19proud of thank you and I'll see you in
36:20the next video peace
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