[00:02] shipping tutorials on YouTube, but most are outdated, way longer than they need to be or taught by people who haven't even made a single sale in the last 3 years. Just recently, I built a brand new drop shipping store from scratch.
[00:14] And I took it from zero to over $100,000 in less than 30 days. And my goal for this video is to skip the BS and show you how anyone, even a complete beginner, can do the same with $0. All right, the first most important step to
[00:30] start drop shipping is to master your product research. Look, problem-solving products are in front of you every single day, whether you know it or not. up Facebook or Tik Tok, scrolling through your for you page until you find
[00:44] in line with the trend that you're looking to sell. And truthfully, the ads that you're seeing by liking, commenting, and even making it all the way through checkout, the more that the algorithm is going to pick up on this
[00:58] which ultimately means that they're going to be showing you even more product options on your for you page. And one of those could easily be your next winner. And the best part is you can do this at any time, any place. And
[01:10] this costs you nothing to be able to do. But listen, when you're working with such a small budget, better yet, no budget, you need to understand something. [music] It still comes with a cost. But only now, the currency is your
[01:23] time. Look, we've all heard the saying over and over again that nothing in life is free. And I'll be honest, it's true. I mean, there's times in life where maybe you have to sacrifice just a little more time to save a few extra
[01:36] bucks cuz, you know, maybe money's a little tight at the moment. Maybe you're saving up for something. Maybe you have no choice but to invest more time than wrong with that whatsoever. If you do things the right way, cuz look, I'm
[01:50] going to be real with y'all right now. Most beginners hear product research, and immediately overthink it. They start comparing five different niches, scroll Tik Tok for winning products, check Google Trends, spy on other stores, and
[02:04] still walk away more confused than when they started. Listen, trying to track that across multiple apps, different creators, different dashboards, it gets messy fast. Which is why myself and my team collaborated with AutoDS on a brand
[02:17] one place. I mean, we literally had a direct hand in building this tool based ourselves [music] and the exact problems that beginners run into every single you through it because once you see the layout, you'll understand why it makes
[02:31] effortless. [music] And if you want to follow along with me, the link is right right, [snorts] so up here at the top is want. And yeah, I know that this might look overwhelming at first, but we
[02:45] literally built this for beginners. So just stick with me for 30 seconds and is. Okay, so right over here you got all your categories. You have toys, home and garden, sports, clothing, and then you've got your time filters, the last
[02:59] 7, 30, or 60 days. meaning that you can get the demand behind each of these products as recent as just seven days ago or [music] even two months back. For seven. And then scroll down where you'll see selling products. And what I like is
[03:12] that everything is already sorted out for you. I mean, the product, the shop that's selling it, the sales trend, the units sold, all the numbers that you without any type of guessing. For example, this one's already got my
[03:25] attention, the Glow Revor lipstick. Just from this trend line alone, you can see that it is moving upward. But before I ever test a product, I want to know if that upward movement is consistent, [music] not just a one-day spike. So to
[03:37] do that, all you have to do is go directly to the product, click it, and right here. And now you're looking at the deeper metrics for this specific product. The reviews, the ratings, the total performance, everything that you
[03:49] need to see whether this product has real momentum or not. But the main thing here, which is the sales trend graph. So, what I'm going to go ahead and do is I'm going to switch it back to the last 30 days. And yeah, this is exactly what
[04:01] I'm looking for. You can see this pattern clearly. It rises, it dips just a little bit, and then it rises again where each spike is higher than the last. Then right here, it plateaus for a moment and then boom, another huge
[04:15] spike. That is what a healthy trend looks [music] like. It breathes while when you see that kind of pattern forming, it usually means that the demand is still growing. This is exactly the kind of product that I would dig
[04:29] deeper into. Which brings us to step two. The moment where you stop looking at the product and you start looking at the customer behind it. Look, you can have the best product in the world. But if your store doesn't feel trustworthy,
[04:41] the second someone lands on it, they're gone. And I'm talking [music] instant are always going to be skeptical. They've been burned before. They've seen sketchy websites. They've seen fake stores, scams, all of it. So, when they
[04:55] click on your ad and they land on your store, their brain is instantly asking one single question. Can I actually trust [music] this? And you've got maybe 3 seconds to answer that question before they bounce. So, the question is, well
[05:08] then, how do you prevent them from dipping out? First, you need an actual normally this is where beginners get stuck for days trying to figure out themes, pages, [music] layouts, colors, all that design stuff. But with my 100%
[05:24] free AI store builder that I have linked in the description for you guys, you can skip all of that. You literally just pick your niche, choose a style, and that AI builds your entire store, homepage, product pages, everything in
[05:37] under 60 seconds. No coding, no design experience, no sitting there for hours trying to make things look right. It handles the full layout, the branding, and it even optimizes it for mobile. And the best part is that it's built with
[05:50] trust signals that are already baked in. Clean design, professional layout, all the things that make a customer feel confident enough to actually buy. I already got 90% of the job done. And that last 10%, things like your logo,
[06:05] you can knock all of that out in under two minutes with AI just by feeding it the right prompts. In fact, because you've made it this far, I'm dropping a completely free AI prompt pack in the description specifically for this step.
[06:19] possible and get your store live even faster. But here's the thing. Even with a professionallook store, there's one element that most people overlook. And it kills conversions before they even start, which is your domain. But more
[06:33] specifically, a store domain. I once ran a test. Same product, same ads, two completely different domains. One was a dos store domain and the other was a generic domain. And that store version, it converted at 23% higher. Why? because
[06:49] subconsciously people knew immediately what they were looking at. No guessing and no hesitation. So listen, using a dot store domain instantly signals to customers that this is an online store, a place to purchase something. And
[07:02] studies show that you can get more visibility, more clicks, and more sales just by using a dot store domain. I mean, think about it. The most trusted names across every industry are using it. [music] Rihanna, Emirates, Airlines,
[07:14] Mr. Beast, Speed, I mean, they're all running on domains. So, look, if you want your store to look official from day one, then use my code AC store to posted in the description below. So, yeah, between an AI [music] built store
[07:27] that actually looks legit and a domain, you're setting yourself up to pass that 3se secondond trust test every single time. And now that your store looks official and it feels trustworthy, it is time to nail the most crucial part of
[07:39] determines whether you spend your time growing your business or constantly putting out fires and fixing avoidable mistakes. Look, you need to set this up before you get your first sale, not after. Not once orders start rolling in.
[07:54] Not when things get [music] serious. I mean, right now. Because if you don't, you'll be building a business that's designed to stress you out, drain your headsp space where quitting actually starts to make sense. [music] And yes,
[08:07] shipping is the business model that everybody loves because it's no inventory, no product needed up front, and [music] it's low cost to start. Yet, like it's an afterthought, like it's something that they'll figure out later,
[08:21] which just never really made sense to me. I mean, it's literally the That's like pulling up to a basketball court without a basketball and saying, "Uh, I'm sure I'll find one laying around here somewhere." And look, take
[08:34] it from me because I learned this the hard way. That zero to 100K store that I mentioned earlier, it didn't start off so hot. I'll be completely transparent. payments froze. Chargebacks started showing up. My stress went from zero to
[08:47] 100 real quick. And I finally said, "Enough is enough. I need to solve this once and for all." Because even though it was the first hiccup in a long time, guessing game with suppliers. Tired of chasing people down, tired of being left
[09:01] my business depending on someone who disappeared the second things went wrong. Because during the start of my career, like six or seven years ago, I had a store that was making over $110,000 a month in sales. And that
[09:14] [music] same store ended up becoming one of my worst. Chargebacks started rolling in, customers were blowing up my email, shipping was delayed, tracking wasn't updated, and refund [music] requests were piling up where by the end of the
[09:26] month, even after all that revenue, I was down almost $18,000. And that wasn't some cute beginner mistake. I mean, this was a business ending mistake. The kind that can take you from feeling on top of the world to wanting to quit instantly.
[09:41] [music] So, I said, "All right, I am never going to let this happen again." first hiccup, I wasn't going to continue to keep playing that guessing game with spending weeks just trying to find someone that feels like an actual
[09:55] platform that changed the way that I view my supplier entirely. the one that I recommend to all my clients and the one that I'm recommending to you today, stepped in and they helped reverse my chargebacks. My payouts got unfrozen. My
[10:10] business got back up and running. I went from chasing 10 different suppliers who wouldn't even reply to having one supplier who checked in more than even I did. Constant updates, product photos before things shipped, inventory
[10:22] confirmations, quality control. I mean, everything. Even just last month, a [music] sent me product photos before shipping on Monday and the customer received it on Wednesday and left my store a five-star review. You see,
[10:35] that's the real difference. So, you're not reacting after something breaks. they even happen. Where that kind of visibility is what lets you test confidently, scale cleanly, and actually build consistency instead of constantly
[10:48] from a business that you're spending all your time on into something that you're investing real money into because now you've actually earned that option. So, enough to evolve, you can find the link group with the other tools that I
[11:01] mentioned today in the description. And let me just say, I know money is tight, which is why you're watching this video. So, let me make it clear that Team Drop is 100% free and it cost you nothing to start working with them today because
[11:13] they only make money when you make money. All right, so now that your store is live, your supplier is locked in, and your product is ready to sell, it is actually makes you money, which is your ads. Because here's the thing. You could
[11:26] store, the most reliable supplier, but if your ads don't stop the scroll, none where most beginners either blow their entire budget testing random creatives
[11:38] that don't work or they overthink it so much that they never even launch. Truth is, creating ads that actually convert in 2026 isn't about having a huge budget or fancy equipment. It's about understanding what makes people stop,
[11:51] watch, and click. And I'm not talking about some generic make it relatable advice. I'm talking about the exact formula, the hooks, the structure, the call to action that is working right now to turn cold traffic [music] into paying
[12:03] customers. The kind of ads that don't just get views, they get sales. And right here, but this video is already running long. And honestly, that topic deserves its own deep dive. So, if you want to see exactly how I script, shoot,
[12:16] and edit ads that have generated over seven figures in sales, the step-by-step breakdown, I mean, the behind-the-scenes process, all of it, then watch my next video of how to create viral drop shipping ads in 2026. Because everything
[12:28] that we just covered, the product research, the store, the supplier, it nail this part, you're not just running a drop shipping store anymore. You're running a real business. So, as always, thank you guys so much for watching.
[12:42] I'll see you in that next video. This is AC with Supreme Ecom and I'm