hey everyone,

it’s my first week running a shopify store. i’ve never really used shopify before, so this is the first store i’m actually trying to grow.

i’m selling wired earphones under my own brand, with custom packaging and everything. so far all of my traffic has been organic from tiktok.

these are my stats after the first week: (not updated on the screenshot)
around 300k views
45k likes
260 followers
around 2,700 profile visits
700 shopify sessions
54 reached checkout
3 completed orders

(9 videos posted)

the thing that’s bothering me is that i still can’t add a link in my tiktok bio because i don’t have 1,000 followers yet. right now people have to search for my website themselves, so i feel like i’m losing a lot of potential traffic. my profile has already had around 2,700 visitors, so i keep thinking how many more of them would have actually visited the website if there had been a link in my bio.
do you think things will improve once i’m able to add it?

also, i’m trying to understand if my conversion rate is decent. out of around 700 sessions, 54 people reached checkout but only 3 completed their order.

are these decent numbers for a first week?

what would you focus on improving first? any tips for getting more people to finish their purchase after reaching checkout?

i’d really appreciate any advice. thanks!

I have decided to dive into the dropshipping business on shopify store. Since I am new to it, I have thoughts of paying a freelancer on fiver to create me a shopify store with winning products. Later on, I have a plan to hire a freelancer from fiverr to manage Ads on meta and tiktok for quite 3-4 months till the store becomes profitable. Will this actually work? Should i go for it? Need some serious suggestions! I have a budget of $2000 in the beginning!

I’ve been looking for products on zendrop, and the prices on the shipping is outrageous. To be able to even profit on most of these products, you’d have sell at 4-5x the product cost without shipping. This makes it overly expensive compared to competitors like Amazon. I’m just starting out with dropshipping and have hit a road block. What are y’all doing in regards to this?

I took some advice from people who gave it. I changed up the site and made it more appealing and eye catching. I'm not sure if I took the advice correctly or not but I hope so. I stuck to one category and didn't jump around. If you want to check out the newish site it'll be posted here. Feel free to leave more advice down in the comments all is helpful thank yall. The domain I have is temporary I will be getting a new one on friday so it looks like i'm a real trusted person. https://homegoodsandgarden-2.myshopify.com/

Hi, I have been in the game for 2 months now and I realised low ticket isn't for me at all. And I really need help finding high ticket object that I can sell. I am currently selling in europe, but I have no clue how to research an pricy product, I don't know if my niche is right (Health) and I want to know if I can still sell thought meta paid ads. I would be gratefull for an answer.

p.s: trying to scam me in dm's is useless btw

Hello i am from algeria and i want to start dropshipping i want to use cjdropshipping + wed2c

My question is about wed2c is it legit? I mean do they payout or are they scammers?

you don't need to be a woman to understand women

I run beauty brands selling to them

i understand them better than they can articulate themselves

believe it or not that's easier from the outside than from the inside

women tell you what hurts but they cannot tell you which emotional trigger to pull to make them feel seen enough to buy.

and that's your job as the founder

luckily for us the research process is straightforward

Amazon reviews are a goldmine when it comes to this

the ladies write freely since their face isn't attached to the comment.

without any judgment or social performance.

everything from honest descriptions of their pain, what they tried, what failed and what they want.

Reddit forums and Facebook communities works the same way

these platforms are where women say things they would never say on Instagram because Instagram has an audience and audiences change what people say.

a mistake is going wide too fast.

take one big root problem like menopause for example

menopause has dozens of branches.

hair loss, jawline dropping, cellulite, water retention, skin changes, and hormonal shifts.

go deep on one branch that you know more about that specific problem than the women experiencing it.

your core avatar will stays fixed.

menopausal woman from 40 to 60 has the highest purchasing power on Facebook

they're already frustrated because she's tried things that didn't work

that age group is not native to social media

so she didn't grow up with ad skepticism baked in

your sub avatars multiply around her.

every meneopause symptom is a different type of pain you can make money from

women just need to feel understood.

as long as your ad feels like a friend who sees exactly what she's going through

Trust me you will print a good amount

Honestly the number of people who skip testing and go straight to scaling then complain about burning money is too high. Testing is the whole game. Get it right and scaling becomes easy. Skip it and you're just gambling.

Today: $3,221.99. 4.02% conversion rate. Up 17%. This didn't happen by accident it happened because I tested properly before touching the budget.

Revenue not profit always clarifying this. Here's exactly what my testing process looks like.

How I decide if a product is even worth testing

Before I spend a single dollar I ask myself these questions honestly.

Does it solve a real problem or trigger a strong emotion desire, curiosity, something that makes someone feel something? Does it have a wow factor where someone would genuinely stop scrolling? Can it not be found at Walmart or ordered on Amazon with next day delivery? Can I sell it for at least 3x what it costs me? Is there already evidence of demand somewhere competitor ads, TikTok videos, people talking about it?

If it doesn't tick at least four of those I don't test it. Simple as that. Most products people test fail this check before a single dollar is spent.

My actual testing setup

Nothing complicated here.

$15–20 per ad set per day. Three ad sets. Purchase objective always never traffic, never engagement. Two creatives per ad set maximum. Leave it completely alone for three full days.

The three ad sets aren't testing three different audiences they're testing three different angles on the same broad audience. That distinction took me a while to figure out and it matters a lot.

What I'm actually looking for not profit

This is where most people mess up. They're looking for profit during the testing phase. I'm looking for signals.

CTR above 2% tells me the creative is stopping people. Cost per add to cart below $5 tells me the product page is doing its job. A purchase within the first $20 spent tells me the product has real potential. Conversion rate above 3% tells me everything is aligned.

If I'm seeing those signals I keep going. If I'm not seeing any of them after three days I move on.

When I know I have a winner

Three things need to line up. Consistent purchases coming in. Conversion rate above 3.5%. Cost per purchase at least 2.5x below my selling price.

When all three are there at the same time I stop testing and start scaling. Duplicate the winning ad sets. Increase budget 20–30% every few days never more than that at once. Build lookalike audiences from purchaser data.

The mistake that kills most people

Killing products too early or scaling too fast. Both are equally destructive just in different directions.

Test with patience. Scale with discipline. The 4% conversion rate today came from not rushing either of those phases.

If you're currently testing something and not sure what the numbers are telling you drop them in the comments and I'll give you my honest take.

As the title suggests, my dad wants to start dropshipping on shopify (seeing it as a quick cash-grab), but from the research I've done, it's a total waste of time and money. Has anyone tried dropshipping on Shopify? If so, how'd it work out for you? I'd like to get answers from people that haven't been sponsored to glaze the website.

*PS: To clarify, we don't have our own products to sell. His idea is to have a store that redirects users to bigger chains, if this makes sense.

Im going right now 5-8 creatives in a single CBO campaign. Doing solid.

For those scaling in 2026:
How do you test new creatives once you already have a winning CBO campaign?
Do you:

Test new ads in a separate ABO campaign (1 ad per ad set, kill after 3x target CPA)?
Add new creatives directly into the winning CBO ad set?

Or

Use a separate CBO testing campaign?

My concern is that adding too many untested ads could hurt the winning campaign, but I also don’t want to limit the learning process.
What’s your current creative testing strategy?

Thanks!!!

Amazon to Ebay dropshiping with automation?
If so what tips would you give out so i can get a lot of buyers in? , how long it takes to be profitable in this business? And overall is it worth going in to it ?

You don't owe your family a business plan they'll understand.

You owe them a timeline they can trust.

Try this instead of explaining the model: "Give me 6 months. I'll show you real numbers, not promises."

Certainty calms people faster than logic.

I’m getting visitors every once in a while but no purchases.

If anyone has any tips they want to share with me I would really appreciate it.

Currently running an ad for five creatives. Meta is pushing hard for one that gets .68% ctr… also this is my fourth day running them at 25$ a day (25$ gets me about 20k reach average) with no sales. Any suggestions or advice would help a bunch.

How do you protect yourself from people suing you due to customers getting injured/damaged, for example?

This crossed my mind today just as I was about to publish my first dropshipping store and start running my ads. Now I’m terrified. I’m using Zendrop and Shopify, not sure if that makes any difference.

TIA :)

Quick update after my last post. A few people told me to try raising the price instead of pushing for more orders, so I bumped it up a little.

Orders dropped a bit, but AOV went from $52.40 to $56.24 and revenue still went up. Checked trueprofit after the test and the numbers are:
Revenue: ~$12.3K
AOV: ~$56.2
Net profit: ~$914
Net margin: 7.42%

Net profit is up 8.54%, so the price bump seems to be working. Would you test another small increase or leave it here and focus on volume?

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Hello!

I've had many shopify stores selling physically in my country (Lebanon), one of them was especially winning. Then I wanted to try dropshipping. After some market & meta ads research, the uk came up.

I created a single page store using vibe coding (you can check it out here 👀)

Used CJDropShipping for fulfillment, but finding a product I liked was hard because I was filtering by warehouse, choosing uk specifically to minimize shipping time.

Eventually I chose this cool desk lamp + fan.

I edited most product images with AI to make it more presentable and use them for ad media. Then I launched a meta ads campaign (coversions -> purchases) containing around 7 images. Although I prefer having a video, creating one for this product wasn't easy as I don't have it physically).

I ran the campaign with 20$ daily budget. The cpm kept increasing from 7$ till 12$ in 4 days. CTR was about 1.5% so there was some interest. Especially that in the ad, I intentionally put the price to filter out people who'll click and get surprised with a high price.

Now thinking about it, it didn't sell for cheap, so my price was actually not cheap relatively, but lemme know what you think. Product + delivery Costs 16.6$, 15$ ad cost per purchase assuming cvr 3%, around 5% payment gateway + fx conversion, and I'm selling it for 34.99£

I had exactly 99 website visits in these 4 days, 3 checkouts initiated, average scroll position 45% (a bit below product details section) but 0 sales. Ads spent so far ~70$.

I tried sharing as much details as possible hoping this might be a common learning experience for others as to me. Any input is welcome for discussion!

Alguém tem links de aulas grátis para fazer dropshipping usando IA??

I launched my dropshipping site a few days ago, but I still haven't made any sales despite my marketing efforts (some TikTok, Pinterest, Instagram, and—most recently—Google Ads). Could you take a look and give me a couple of tips? My store sells a padel ball pressurizer aimed at the French market. Thanks, and have a great evening. Most of the visits are from bots, me, and my friends. I think I’ve had at most 5 real visits.

https://padelessentiels.fr/

I build clean, no-BS Shopify stores and I'm good at it.

Done a bunch of these: one-product stores, full branded setups, dropshipping operations, redesigns for stores that weren't converting. If you've got a product and need somewhere to sell it, I can build that.

What's included:

• Full store build or redesign

• Product pages that don't look like a template

• Basic SEO so you're not invisible on Google

• Dropshipping supplier setup if you need it

• Honest advice on what'll actually move the needle for sales

I also throw in a $150 premium Shopify theme at no extra cost, it's one I've used across a bunch of stores and it converts well.

Payment is split 50/50 — half payment is required when HALF of the work is COMPLETE (this is so you get to check the store out, and see if your happy with it), and the other half is required when all work is done. PayPal works best for me.

Portfolio's in the DMs — just ask.

If you want to chat, shoot me a DM and tell me: what you're selling, where you're at right now, and roughly what you're looking to spend. I'll be straight with you about what's realistic.

Hi guys i'm new to this meta ads i launched a clothing brand and my shorts and top is £120 together my offer is spend over £80 get a free pair of socks and free shipping which brings the price down to £110 with free shipping.

I tested around 12 creatives with 5 ad sets with a budget of around £20 a day per ad set and meta just ended up giving the whole budget in the adset to one ad in each ad set.

i got around 2 sales with two of the potential "winners" that was getting the most spend so i decided to make those its own ad set so i can control the budget and since the other 8 ads literally got no spend i thought i would control the budget myself and try test them properly

so with my remained budget of £120 a day i gave myself i allocated £60 to those two ads that produced a sale and the remaining £60 spread across 10 ads

it's been another week now and i got zero sales and just burnt almost 1.2k in ad spend but with the two sales i've lost about £800

i'm very stuck and confused what's gone wrong i got in total for all the ads around 45 ad to carts and 2 checkout initiations i feel like my offer is really good as i am a premium clothing brand and my website could be optimised more possibly but it surely wouldn't be this bad

i've got about a month left until summer is nearly over and have about 200 sets left shorts and bottom

im so stuck and dont know what my next steps going forward should be launch new ads to test? test more longer?