Captain Gh said:
jamaicabound said:
WeekendCasanova said:
jamaicabound said:
Not saying it can't be done but when somoene orders 2 products from your store a shirt and an Ali item potentially the shirt shows up in 6 days, their Ali Product is trailing 30 days behind it. Your probably going to be fielding a lot of questions about I only got one item, and your gonna have to be like oh man here check this China post tracking that doesn't show anything,you can be confident your mini sewing machine will be arriving in 30-45 days, just be patient
Can you cut your shit with hating on a viable business model?
I make most of my money via consulting now, but I'm still earning around 5-figures a month through dropshipping, and coach/consult various others earning 5-6 figures a month using this business model. Is Weekend an exemption probably... but he's trying to help us become the Next Exceptions!
Just because you suck at it, doesn't mean it's not viable.
I've had maybe 10 customers over 2-years complain about the shipping length, as I typically put a notice in the receipt, product page, and FAQ pages.
First off wasn't even talking to you was ansering a question someone else had posted. Their question is a legit concern and I was answering it. If I order 2 items form a store and I get something in the mail and only one product is in the box I'm going to be curious where my other item is. Regardless of whether you mention this in your FAQ section people don't read shit so your going to get calls and/or e-mails saying hey I got my package I only got my shirt I didn't get my xyz item. What is your explaination to them about that?
Someone asked a question and I was answering it. You started this thread and then dipped off a couple people have been asking you things and you havn't been back to the thread so I was trying to help answer their questions.
Personally I think dropshipping is kind of a shit business, that's just me, if it works for you do you brother. I think the vast majority of people are gonna fail at it but then again the vast majority of people are goign to fail at traditional ecommerce as well so maybe its all a wash anyway but if you think the whole Ali Express DH Gate dropshipping thing isn't comming to an end you have your head in the sand.
Man jamaicabound I'm not hating, but you need stop barging in Dropshipping thread in order to mention how you think it's not effective or will die soon. 2nd time this happens! Is the field saturated probably... but as long as you do it better... You can make bank... and that's all that count
This will be my last post in this thread, you guys do you. I'm not saying dropshipping doesn't work, I'm saying certain forms of dropshipping don't work.
You can find companies in your own country which means your customers will get their items in 3-4 days maybe a week as opposed to waiting a month from a site like Ali Express. There are suppliers who offer unique products ie not the same stuff other people are selling. There are suppliers who will white label or blind ship for you meaning your inserts will be in packages, your company name and address will appear on invoices, it will look like the product is comming from you. That is a good way to dropship which will be effective.
If you choose to dropship stuff from Ali Express or DH Gate IMHO your selling the same garbage as every other 16 year old dropshipper, your items are going to take weeks or even months to arrive to your customer, your supplier doesn't know you from a retail customer there's no relationship, packages will show a customs form showing what you paid, suppliers may include product inserts, etc.
I've done it both ways and I'm just sharing what's been more effective for me. Here's one of my Shopify stores, this year we've done 450K in sales through the Shopify platform and that's not counting wholesale orders, Amazon, eBay,and phone orders. I realize I'm not the biggest seller out there but were doing decent numbers and this is WAY more than I've ever made with Ali Express dropshipping, Amazon dropshipping, Walmart dropshipping, etc.
One thing I attribute to this stores success is the number of recurring customers we have which right now is at like 38%, historically its been upwards of 55%. With recurring customers I don't have to pay to acquire them and I can e-mail market to them for free.
Customers return when they have a good experience ie get good customer service, receive their product promptly, etc. I personally think dropshipping from China isn't going to lead to recurring customers which is IMHO the driving force behind a successful business.
I'm done with this thread, best of luck to all of you on your endeavors
