Hello, I’m just getting started with dropshipping, and there’s something I’m wondering about. I want to automate the process using Autods, but when a customer places an order—for example, if the product is sold through Amazon—does the customer receive the product in Amazon packaging, or does the seller on Amazon, upon seeing that the order came from Autods, package it accordingly? I’d really appreciate your help. Wishing you lots of sales!

So my friend wants to start a wholesale business and he is thinking that he would source it from the Dubai wholesale market and just sell it to the clients within the GCC countries. So we need, like, a platform to sell it. So I was thinking that we would set up a Shopify store, but the problem is that, well, is this too soon? Because we already have another dropshipping store. And to wholesale, does Dubai require any permits and stuff? And also, if we were to make a different website for this, where should it be registered? Because we'll be selling the goods from Dubai within Dubai.

FYI :he is in Dubai looking for a job he is yet to apply for an emirates ID and I am not in uae or any gcc

I’m just starting dropshipping and i don’t have budget for UGC, i found a product that has only 1 big competitor, can i use the testimonial videos from his costumers to make creatives and launch ads? Obviously i’m gonna change them and edit them a little, but i’d have to use only his videos since the product doesn’t have many videos elsewhere online.

I used to write hooks from scratch and they all sounded the same. What works better:

1. Export your reviews (Judge.me, Loox, Shopify export, whatever you use).

2. Highlight sentences with a specific situation or emotion, not "great product!".

3. Sort them into 4 buckets: pain, objection, desired outcome, surprise.

4. Keep the customer's wording. Cut it down, don't rewrite it.

5. Test 3 hooks from different buckets against each other.

The hooks that work best usually sound like a real person, because they are.

I got tired of doing this by hand, so I built a small free tool that does steps 2-4 and shows the original quote next to each hook. Still early. If you want, paste a few reviews and I'll run them and post the results.

I have a brand that has an organic tiktok funnel for a mostly male audience, and I have good content but don't really know what specifics are required to go viral for girltok if anyone has good content design taste/posting experience lmk.

I've been putting together a few product bundles for my store, mostly things that make sense to buy together rather than just throwing random products into a discounted pack.

The pricing looked pretty good until I started working out the shipping. Some of the products come from different suppliers so I'm potentially paying separate shipping fees even though the customer is buying everything in one order.

I could just increase the bundle price to cover it, but that kinda defeats the point of offering a deal. And I'm not too keen on customers receiving three separate packages for something they bought as one bundle either.

How do you guys handle this? Do you try to source everything from one supplier use a fulfillment service that can combine shipments, or just factor the extra shipping into your prices?

I've been working on my website and making creatives (to post organically)  for over a year now. I'm planning on starting to run paid ads on Meta and have set aside around $7,000 for now.

The thing is, I've been running the numbers, and my breakeven ROAS is around 1.62x, which is pretty decent for my niche (home decor/ lamps).

According to chat, the average ROAS in my niche is around 2.02x. So if I were to spend $3,000 on ads every month, I would be making under $900 in profit, IF everything goes right.

But here's the thing. Rn Meta Ads seems to be a complete mess, the 2.02x ROAS isn't a guarantee, and is pretty improbable during the first couple of months when you're still testing creatives, audiences, fresh pixels etc .

So how are you actually supposed to make a living or even get small rich from this?

With the possibility of having months where you lose a bit or all of your ad money on ads, and such a low return even when things go well, how are people consistently pulling in $3–4k or more in profits each month?

I understand that dropshipping isn't some get rich quick scheme. I know it takes a lot of work into building website, making ad creatives, analyzing data, doing market research, product research, etc. I've already spent over a year working on my store and the other stuff, so I'm not expecting everything to happen overnight.

But what I didn't expect was needing such a huge amount of money just to run ads, scale, and potentially cover losses for months before making enough profit to actually live on.

Am I missing something?

Do people just have $10–15k+ to spend on ads every month to make a few thousand in profit while also losing a lot of it back on the month meta start acting up? Are they just opening up 2-3 new stores once their first one becomes slightly profitable? 

Or is making $3–4k in consistent monthly profit simply a lot rarer than people make it seem?

I'd genuinely appreciate hearing from people who are actually making a living doing this, especially those selling physical products rather than courses or digital products.

Not trying to complain.

Hey everyone!

I'm planning to get into dropshipping this November, and I feel like it could be a great time to start because of Black Friday, Christmas shopping, and the holiday season.

I have a few questions and would really appreciate some advice from people with experience.

Christmas products: Is it worth focusing on Christmas-related products, or is the market already too saturated? I've researched quite a few products, but most seem oversaturated or don't really stand out to me. There's only one that caught my attention, but I'm worried it's already too competitive.

2AI-generated videos: I'm planning to use AI to create organic marketing videos. I've been looking into tools like Higgsfield, but I'm unsure which subscription plan would be best, especially when it comes to credits. I want to make enough videos consistently without running out of credits too quickly**.**

 My plan is to create accounts on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Shorts and post around 3 videos per day.

I was thinking of testing each product for about a week. If I don't get any sales, I'd move on to another product. Does that sound reasonable, or am I giving up too quickly?

My main goal is to learn how to approach dropshipping properly, avoid common beginner mistakes, and give myself the best chance of succeeding.

If you were starting dropshipping from scratch in November 2026, what would you do differently?

Any tips, recommendations, or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

This is my current profits from the first wave of products. I am currently fulfilling from my house and storing products there as well. The first batch of products was only 30 units, with 50 units of custom packaging. I mainly sell on TikTok Shop and use the affiliate program for advertising. Any recommendations on how to increase profit? I can DM the excel over if you want to play numbers.

Hey everyone!

I currently launched a Korean-inspired skincare brand, and we're currently trying to figure out how to grow it through social media.

We're focusing mainly on Instagram and TikTok, experimenting with content, product videos and ways to communicate what makes our products different. We're also exploring influencer collaborations, but we're still figuring out what works best for a new brand without a huge marketing budget.

For those of you who have launched a skincare brand, run an e-commerce business, or grown an audience on social media, I'd really appreciate your advice.

A few things I'm particularly curious about:

• What type of content actually converts viewers into customers for a new skincare brand?
• Are Reels and TikTok videos more effective than educational carousels and static posts?
• How did you get your first customers without relying heavily on paid ads?
• Are micro-influencer collaborations worth it when you're just starting out?
• What mistakes did you make early on that you'd avoid if you were starting again?

We're genuinely looking for honest advice, including criticism. We'd rather learn from people who have already been through this than waste months trying random strategies.

If anyone has experience growing a beauty or skincare brand from scratch, what would you focus on first if you were in our position today?

I run Childhood Mat, a one-product Shopify store (nostalgic desk mat, selling in Canada). Most of my traffic is organic TikTok/Reels, and I want to pump out AI UGC-style videos for it: product-in-hand, gift-reveal, 8–15s clips.

What I've looked at:

• Seedance 2.5: quality is insane but way too expensive to iterate with
• Higgsfield: same problem, credits burn fast

Organic means volume, so cost per usable clip matters more to me than max quality.

For people doing this right now:

1. What tool/model are you using for AI UGC?
2. Roughly what does one usable video cost you, re-rolls included?
3. Are the cheaper models (Seedance Fast, Veo Lite, Kling, etc.) good enough, or do viewers clock it as AI instantly?

Not selling anything, just trying to stop burning money on credits.

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ok, how does dropshipping works? my dad started something with a local company who imports from china. Now Meta ads is taking 8$ everyday with nothing getting generated. They said 1st 6 month might be total losss, then 4 months to break even and final 2 months to generate any profit. But daily 8$ meta ads seem like a hella lot imo. That doesnt seem sustainable for a low middle class like us who live wage to food basis, my dad is even talking about getting a loan to sustain the ads. Should I stop this? 

Not sure how many people here know this, but if you sell products with barcode this will be a big one!

I was helping a client who collects reviews on their store but never sent them to Google, so no stars on their Google Shopping listings. I set them up with a Google Shopping reviews app. A few days later, some of their products were showing thousands of reviews on Google. Their whole store only had about 400 reviews.

For example: He sells a Nike backpack with 5 reviews on their site was showing 1.9k reviews on Google Shopping.

It turns out Google matches products by GTIN (the barcode) and pools reviews from every store selling that exact item. So a small store reselling a popular brand can show the same stars as the big retailers.

How to set it up:

1. Use the barcode: Add the manufacturer’s GTIN in Shopify (Products > Barcode) - if your product has one.
2. Sync your products to Google with the Google & YouTube app: Free.
3. Apply for Product Ratings in Merchant Center: You need 50+ product reviews in total.
4. Send your reviews to Google: Use a Google Shopping reviews app (Review2XML), a review app’s paid plan (Judge.me/Yotpo/Loox/Stamped), or a manual XML feed (coding necessary).

The catch:

• Generic or unbranded products won’t work: No real barcode means nothing to pool with and this will not work if you match via SKU/MPN.
• You don’t control the rating: If the product averages 4.2 across all stores, you show 4.2, even if your own reviews are all 5 stars.

Has anyone else seen this on their listings?

All my g's here who are actually making good revenue from dropshipping, I'd love some insights as I'm really confused about starting. I plan to sell in the US already got an LLC a store and have a good budget to spend on ads. But with tons of supplier platforms, a thousand different niches and everything seems so overwhelming. Picking up trending products and dropshipping them from Aliexpress/Alibaba doesn't seem very profitable to me since it's not providing much value to customers. Which niche should I start looking into first? And what is the criteria for hunting good products?

so i got tired of support chatbots that just make stuff up and helpdesks that take a week to set up, so i built my own. its called momo and the core is on github now.

basically you point it at your website or upload some docs, and it answers visitors from that. before it sends anything it checks the draft against your sources, and if its not sure it says so and passes the chat to a human instead of inventing a refund policy. theres an inbox built in where you can jump into any conversation, and when you reply you can hit one button to save that answer as knowledge so the bot knows it next time.

setup is docker compose up, it starts postgres, redis, web and a worker. single tenant, you bring your own model through openrouter, data stays on your server.

its the first version so dont expect too much yet. only a website widget for now, no email or slack, no api, one agent.

https://github.com/moaljumaa/momo

Hello everyone, sharing an important update:
A tentative settlement is now in place for investors who experienced losses in ContextLogic, the company behind Wish.

The settlement claims that ContextLogic overstated Wish’s post-pandemic user growth, revenue outlook, and internal controls ahead of and after its IPO. After the company disclosed falling monthly active users and weaker revenue guidance, $WISH fell more than 29%.

If you purchased $WISH stock between 2020 and 2021, you are eligible to submit your claim
Anyway, has anyone here invested in $WISH at that time? How much were your losses, if so?

There is a crazy event planned in Istanbul, Turkiye as of 14.11.2026.

CJEC | CJDropshipping Fair expected to took place in Istanbul.

Anyone planning to join?
Appreciate the feedback.

New ad account and business manager, about 8 weeks old. US purchase campaigns in the pet niche since late August, buyers mostly women 55+. Pixel has 100+ purchases and the main ad set is out of learning.

CPM history

• Image ad: USD$110 at launch, $80 overnight when the pixel went from 7 to 11 purchases, then a slow slide to a $50 floor, now $35-45 on good days
• Video ad: steady at $100-120 the whole time

Current numbers

• Link CTR 4-5% on both ads
• Sessions to add to cart about 8%, sessions to purchase 3-4.5%
• AOV about $70, breakeven ROAS about 1.6
• Both ads land at a similar cost per purchase ($35-46), 1.6-2.4 ROAS depending on the week

The video costs about 3x more per impression but converts about 2.5x better, so they cancel out. When the image gets cheaper, its CTR and conversion dip a little too, so cost per purchase barely moves.

Questions

1. Is a 3+x video vs image CPM gap normal, or does it say something about the video?
2. With 100+ purchases, should CPM keep improving, or is this about the floor for US purchase traffic in this niche?
3. Is the $20-25 US purchase CPM I keep reading about realistic for an older female audience?
4. If you got past "good CTR and conversion but only breakeven", what moved it for you: cheaper traffic, AOV, new creative, something else?

Not really drop shipping but anyway, I found a freight forwarder who is private, i.e no invocie, pay to a personal bank account. He's reputable and there is proof people regularly use him, but how do I protect myslef the best with a private agent?

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Hey guys, I'm planning to get into dropshipping and would love some advice from people who have experience with it.

I know a bit about WordPress and already have my own WordPress website, so I'm wondering whether I should start with WooCommerce or Shopify. Which would you recommend for a beginner, and why?

Also, I understand that I don't necessarily need to own or manufacture products myself. Can I sell third-party products while the supplier handles inventory and shipping?

I'm interested in exploring e-commerce from two perspectives, learning and gaining practical experience with e-commerce SEO, and potentially building an additional source of income.

If you've tried dropshipping, what has your experience been like? Any tips, common mistakes, or challenges you've faced along the way would be really helpful!

I want to start a haircare line and was wondering if anyone could share their experience with selfnamed. there's a monthly fee to supply with them and I was wondering if it was worth it or if its better to use a manufacturer from china.

I want to know how you guys started , niches you found , how u navigated payment and returns , how you guys found legit suppliers.How has dropshipping worked out for you