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How I Made a Shopify Dropshipping Store for Free with AI (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

0h 11m video Published Apr 14, 2025 Transcribed Jul 31, 2026 R Real Money Strategies
Beginner 8 min read For: Aspiring dropshippers and ecommerce beginners with no coding experience who want to launch a Shopify store quickly.
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"A genuine step-by-step tutorial, but padded with hype and a heavy affiliate pitch."

AI Summary

This video is a step-by-step tutorial on creating a Shopify dropshipping store for free using an AI tool called StoreBuild AI. The host, Justin, walks viewers through building a store in the pet niche, loading trending products via the Zenrop app, and using free training to drive traffic through TikTok and Facebook ads.

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Massive Pet Niche Demand

With over 65 million US households owning a dog, the demand for pet products is huge, making it a highly profitable niche for dropshipping.

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StoreBuild AI Tool

StoreBuild AI is a free AI-driven tool that creates a full Shopify store complete with trending products in around 5 minutes.

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Shopify Free Trial and VIP Discount

Shopify typically costs $29/month, but through StoreBuild AI's VIP link you get a free trial and can extend it to $1/month for the next 3 months.

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Zenrop App for Sourcing and Shipping

Zenrop is installed to load 10 preloaded trending products onto your store and handles product sourcing and shipping to customers on your behalf.

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Zenrop Pricing Tiers

Zenrop uses usage-based billing: $29/month for 1-20 products, $49/month for 21-100 products, and a $79 cap for over 100 products.

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Start Small, Test, and Scale

Start with 10 products to test sales and customer response, then swap underperformers and scale up to higher product tiers.

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Free Training and Community

Joining the free Zenrop Academy gives you access to short video lessons on making TikTok and Facebook ads, plus a community hub with live coaching and 70+ recorded sessions.

The tutorial delivers a straightforward path: use AI to build a store, leverage the Zenrop app for product sourcing, and take advantage of free training to drive traffic. With low upfront costs and a clear scaling strategy, even beginners can launch a dropshipping business in minutes.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 01:32 Go to StoreBuild AI via the link in the description and select the pet niche.
2 01:45 Click 'Build My Free Store' and enter your store details.
3 01:59 Customize the store colors and banner, then click Next.
4 02:39 Click 'Create Shopify Account' and sign up for Shopify.
5 04:26 Enter your email and password, then select the Basic plan with the VIP discount to activate the free trial.
6 04:54 Copy your Shopify store URL from the dashboard and paste it into StoreBuild AI to link the store.
7 05:37 Install the Zenrop app and approve it to load 10 trending products and handle shipping.
8 09:01 Disable password protection on your Shopify store and save the changes.
9 09:39 Join the free Zenrop Academy program to access course modules on driving traffic via TikTok and Facebook ads.

Study Flashcards (7)

What is StoreBuild AI?

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An AI-driven tool that creates a Shopify dropshipping store in about 5 minutes for free.

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How many US households own a dog, according to the video?

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Over 65 million.

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What VIP discount does StoreBuild AI offer for Shopify?

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It extends the free trial and reduces the monthly cost to $1 per month for the next 3 months after the trial.

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What is Zenrop's usage-based pricing for 1-20 linked products?

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$29 per month.

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Why does the tutorial recommend starting with only 10 products?

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To test which products sell best, optimize the store, and then scale up to higher product tiers.

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What role does the Zenrop app play?

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It sources suppliers, loads trending products onto the store, and handles shipping to customers on your behalf.

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Which two ad platforms are recommended for driving traffic?

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TikTok and Facebook.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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65 Million Dog Households

Provides a concrete market size that justifies the pet niche as highly profitable.

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Usage-Based Pricing Model

Shows the exact cost structure of Zenrop, allowing viewers to calculate scaling costs.

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Test Before You Scale

Emphasizes a lean startup approach: validate product performance with a small bundle before expanding.

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TikTok and Facebook Ads for Traffic

Identifies the primary traffic channels used in the strategy, which is essential for beginners.

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[00:02] somebody purchases this affiliate product in the highly profitable pets shown you how to maximize those just like this, for example. But I've

[00:14] even more money in this niche by creating a Shopify store just like this in literally a few minutes using AI. That store comes preloaded with trending products that people are actually

[00:26] buying. And with the right strategy, a single listing just like this can make us hundreds of dollars every single day. When somebody purchases, the supplier ships that product out for us, and that's when we make a profit. With over

[00:39] that's when we make a profit. With over 65 million US households owning a dog, the customer demand for products just like this is absolutely insane. And in this video, I'm going to show you step by step exactly how to set up a store

[00:52] just like this in literally minutes using AI. And we're then going to talk store to absolutely maximize those sales. And the only thing that I ask of you before I show you exactly how to set this up step by step is that you smash

[01:06] that like button and subscribe to the channel. My name's Justin. Let's get store, which we can literally do in around 5 minutes using an incredible AIdriven tool called StoreBuild AI. I've got a link in the description of this

[01:20] video. Once you click onto that link, you will be taken to a page like this. And not only can we create our store with this AI tool in around 5 minutes, but we can also get started with this completely for free, which I know you

[01:32] guys are going to like. So, once you've clicked onto that link on the right hand that you want your store to be in. Now, select the pet niche, but you can pick any of these niches that you so choose.

[01:45] can also click onto where it says need inspiration right here. Once you've done that, you simply want to click onto where it says build my free store. You details and then simply click onto where it says claim your store. And with pet

[01:59] it says next. And here is where you can design your store in terms of the colors. Now, I'm going to keep blue selected. Click onto next again. And banner for your store. I really like the one that it's given me right here.

[02:14] Again, simply going to click onto where it says next. And the AI will simply start building your store. And almost immediately, it says your store is ready. Now, there are still a few small things that we need to do before we can

[02:26] driving those sales to the trending products listed on it. Let's go through them step by step right now. So, the first thing I'm going to do is click And you'll then be prompted to create your Shopify account simply by clicking

[02:39] onto where it says create Shopify account right here. Now, as you can see on the top right, it does say there is literally only 4 minutes left. Now, we want to walk you through exactly how to do this step by step. But what I will

[02:53] say to take four minutes to create an entire Shopify store just like this one right here containing trending products in a highly profitable niche in one of the strongest customers out there is absolutely insane. It actually reminds

[03:07] me of when I created my first Shopify store around five or six years ago. guys. I didn't know how to code. I didn't know how to carry out research to find trending products just like these. As a beginner back then, setting up a

[03:20] impossible, which we can now do in literally around 5 minutes to start selling these products as soon as our store has set up. So, before we get to click onto where it says create Shopify account right here. You'll then be taken

[03:34] to a page like this. Now, typically to set up a store just like this with Shopify, it is around $29 per month. But as mentioned in this video, we can set this up and get started completely for free with Shopify's free trial. And not

[03:48] only that, by clicking on to where it says create Shopify account right here in store build AI. You'll also get access to the VIP discount, meaning you're able to extend that trial. And rather than paying $29 a month after

[04:01] your free trial is up, it's literally a dollar a month for the next 3 months can cancel anytime, giving you more than enough time to start seeing results and start making those sales for those trending products as soon as your store

[04:13] has been set up, which we're going to be getting to in the next few steps. So, simply want to enter in your email address and then click onto where it once you've created your username and password, you can then literally click

[04:26] setting this up right here. So we've completed number four over here. And the final thing that we need to do for this step is to select your basic plan with the VIP discount to get signed up with that free trial. So going back over to

[04:40] Shopify. I'll simply click onto where it says try basic right here. And once this promo, you then want to click onto where it says next. All right, step four of six. 3 minutes left. We now need to link our Shopify store. To do that, you

[04:54] want to click onto where it says access Shopify URL right here. It'll then open the Shopify dashboard. And what you want to do at the top of the page is literally copy over your Shopify store URL. Go back over to the

[05:08] literally paste it in before clicking onto where it says save. Once you've onto where it says next again. And here is where it all starts to come together. to your store. So, what's going to happen behind the scenes here is they're

[05:24] going to source our supplier. Remember, the supplier is who stocks our products and sends those products to the customers on our behalf every time a purchase is made via our store for those trending products, which is when we're

[05:37] going to get paid. And they're also going to load those trending products onto our store. 10 winning products in total. So, to set that all up, you want products right here. And you'll then be prompted to install the Zenrop app,

[05:50] going to be listed onto our online store. And it's also how shipping is going to be handled as well, so that the supplier sends those products out to our customers on our behalf. So you want to click onto where it says install right

[06:03] then I'll simply click onto where it says approve. All right. So, before we so we can view our store and actually start making sales by driving traffic to our trending products, which we're going to be getting to in the next few steps,

[06:17] let me clarify exactly where we are at. So, we've utilized storebuild.ai to going to see in just a second. It should look something like this. And again, guys, we've signed up to Shopify via their free trial. And using the VIP

[06:32] bonus plan via storebuilder.ai, AI. It's literally a dollar a month for the next 3 months. Now, that's our Shopify store. Now, on the Shopify store are our trending products. If I click onto where it says catalog over here, you'll see

[06:46] all 10 of these preloaded trending products. And by driving buyer traffic to these trending products, there is the potential to make a lot of money with this strategy, particularly within this niche with such a huge market and

[06:58] customer demand. Again, guys, over 65 million households in the US alone own a dog. So, we're going to be getting to the traffic part in the next few steps. Now, these products that we list on our Shopify store are sourced via Zenrop,

[07:13] right? And the good news is Zenrop is also completely free for our trial period. Now, the way that Zenrop operates is listing based, right? So, it charges you based on the amount of products that you list. And I want to

[07:26] show you exactly how much they do charge. They call it a usagebased billing plan. So if you got one to 20 linked products, it's only $29 a month, of money that we can make back in return. Now, the reason that we've only

[07:40] got 10 products listed, you may ask, as opposed to making use of that $420 is because with this particular strategy, what you'll see, guys, is when you do products and you start getting those sales, you'll see that some of these

[07:54] than others. you're still in that testing period. If some of these products aren't making as much sales as others, what you want to do is swap out those products and you want to make sure that you optimize your store so that you

[08:07] right? It's only when you start optimizing your products that you can expand your store and start adding even more products to your store, right? That's when you can scale up and start adding between 21 up to 100 products,

[08:21] which is then only $49 a month. And eventually, if you even grow your store even more, you can scale massively to over 100 products. And that's a $79 cap. 10 products so that when we start driving traffic to our store, we can

[08:34] assess those sales, test, adjust, and eventually scale up. So, let's go back over to storebuild.ai. And we're simply going to click onto where it says step. You're almost there. Literally, all we need to do is to click onto where

[08:48] So, I'll do exactly that. And one last next. And it will say, "Congrats, your store is ready." Now, there is a remove. We want to make sure that when we drive our customers to our store,

[09:01] they don't need to enter in a password. Right? I'm simply going to click onto here. And where it says password protection, you simply want to toggle simply hit save. And on the lefth hand navigation, I'll click onto where it

[09:14] says online store and onto this eye symbol to view it. There it is. looking as expected. Super clean store with these trending dog products. You can view all 10 by clicking onto catalog right here. Now, to actually start

[09:26] making sales via your store to start making money and driving that traffic, if I go back over to storebuild.ai, you'll see it will say simply want to click onto that and you then want to click onto where it says

[09:39] join free program over here underneath where it says now that you have your store, it's time to start attracting customers and making sales. I'll simply program and you'll then get access to the Zenrop Academy which is completely

[09:51] free and you can watch this introductory video. But if I click onto where it says course modules over here, you'll then get access to a complete Shopify drop everything you need to know to drive traffic to those trending products. Now

[10:03] in terms of watching these lessons guys, they are very short video lessons, right? Covering everything. Number one is setting up your store. Two is finding winning products which we've already done actually, right? is a very short

[10:15] course modules in the form of video. Now, if you look at lesson five onwards, it's all about driving that traffic, right? Number five is making ad creatives, it shows you exactly step by step how to create ads that you can use

[10:29] to drive that traffic to those trending products. And if you look at lesson six, for example, it covers making Tik Tok ads. Lesson seven, making ads on Facebook. Tik Tok and Facebook are absolutely huge when it comes to driving

[10:41] that traffic to your Shopify store. So rather than me going through a stepbystep example showing you exactly how to do that, these guys know best when it comes to driving traffic to your store and I've watched every single one

[10:54] they are absolutely everything that you start driving those sales and testing out your products and eventually scaling up and growing your store. And as you do scale up, if you have any questions,

[11:07] they have a thriving community hub. If I click onto community hub over here, you can literally ask any questions in this forum over here. Or what you can do is literally book live coaching sessions as well. They run them all the time, guys.

[11:20] And that includes one- on-one coaching as well. And one of my favorites are these recordings. You can actually watch recorded previous coaching sessions answering a ton of different questions. since they've had over 70 of these

[11:33] coaching sessions that you can watch as well. So, I strongly recommend getting started with this Shopify drop shipping strategy. It's never been easier to set up a Shopify drop shipping store in literally around 6 minutes. And if you

[11:46] sure that you smash that like button, subscribe to the channel, and hit that notified every single time that I release a new online money making video. release a new online money making video. Take a

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