What is Dropshipping? Beginner's Overview
45sClearly explains dropshipping basics in simple terms, sparking curiosity for beginners.
▶ Play ClipThis video is a comprehensive guide to starting a dropshipping business from scratch. It covers the fundamentals of dropshipping, how to set up a Shopify store, find winning products, design a professional storefront, and drive traffic. The tutorial emphasizes building a sustainable brand rather than chasing short-lived trends.
Dropshipping is a retail fulfillment method where you don't hold inventory. You connect your online store to a supplier who ships products directly to customers. It requires minimal upfront investment and can be automated.
Self-fulfillment requires buying inventory, packaging, and shipping, which is risky and capital-intensive. Dropshipping removes these barriers, making it risk-free and accessible for beginners.
You connect your Shopify store to a supplier like ZenDrop, import products, set your prices, and when a customer orders, the supplier ships the product with your branding. You profit from the price difference.
The supplier provides a base price. You add a markup and sell to customers. Your profit is the difference between the sale price and the supplier's cost. You only pay the supplier after you've made a sale.
Use Shopify to create your online store. The video recommends a special deal: 3-day free trial then $1 for the first 3 months. Shopify handles design, orders, and settings.
ZenDrop is recommended because it owns its supply chain, offers fast shipping, custom branding, and a refund policy. It integrates with Shopify for automated fulfillment.
Avoid general stores. Focus on niche stores (one category) or one-product stores. Use feed conditioning on social media to find trending products with high demand and positive comments.
Trend Track is a tool to analyze real Shopify stores, see traffic, growth, and ads. Filter for stores with >100k monthly visitors and 20%+ growth to find unsaturated, high-demand products.
Search for products in ZenDrop, check the price, and add to your Shopify store. Set your selling price to achieve a good profit margin (e.g., cost $4, sell for $18).
Use Shopify's theme editor to customize your store. Add a logo (using Kittl), hero images, product sections, and multi-column layouts. Ensure a professional, trustworthy look.
Tidio adds AI sales and support agents. Bundle apps like Kaching or Fast Bundle create offers like BOGO. These help increase conversions and automate customer service.
Configure store details, shipping zones, payment methods (Shopify Payments, Stripe, or Airwallex), and buy a custom domain (via Shopify or Namecheap).
Use paid ads (TikTok, Facebook) or free methods (SEO, viral content). Ensure your store looks professional before spending on ads. The video recommends SellLikePro for optimization.
Orders automatically sync with ZenDrop. Use Shopify analytics to track visitors, sales, conversion rates, and average order value. Optimize based on data.
Dropshipping is a low-risk way to start an e-commerce business, but success requires a professional store, validated products, and consistent traffic. Focus on building a brand for long-term sustainability.
"The title promises a full beginner's guide and the video delivers exactly that, with step-by-step instructions from setup to traffic."
What is dropshipping?
A retail fulfillment method where you don't hold inventory; the supplier ships products directly to customers.
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What is the main advantage of dropshipping over self-fulfillment?
It requires no upfront inventory investment and is risk-free.
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How does the pricing structure work in dropshipping?
You buy from the supplier at a low price and sell at a higher price, keeping the difference as profit.
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What is the recommended platform for creating an online store?
Shopify.
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Why is ZenDrop recommended as a supplier?
It owns its supply chain, offers fast shipping, custom branding, and a refund policy.
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What are the three types of Shopify stores?
General store, niche store, and one-product store.
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What is 'feed conditioning'?
A method using social media algorithms to show you product ideas by engaging with ads.
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What does 'saturation' mean in dropshipping?
How popular a product is; too much competition makes advertising expensive.
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What filter does Trend Track recommend to find unsaturated stores?
Stores with over 100,000 monthly visitors and at least 20% growth.
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What is the purpose of Tidio app?
It adds AI sales and support agents to automate customer service.
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What is the recommended payment option for international sales?
Airwallex.
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What is the biggest mistake beginners make before advertising?
Jumping into ads without making the store look professional and trustworthy.
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Dropshipping Definition
Clearly explains the core concept of dropshipping as a low-risk, inventory-free business model.
00:02Risk-Free Profit Model
Highlights that you only pay the supplier after a sale, eliminating financial risk.
03:26Supplier Selection Criteria
Emphasizes the importance of a supplier that owns its supply chain for reliability.
06:29Sustainable Brand Building
Contrasts short-term trend chasing with building a lasting e-commerce brand.
10:52Store Professionalism Before Ads
Warns against wasting ad spend on an unprofessional store, a common beginner mistake.
34:55[00:02] shipping. First, we're going to cover what drop shipping is and how it works, and then we're going to dive into the entire setup step by step. We're also shipping strategies and how to make sure you're headed towards success. So, this
[00:16] is going to be a complete drop shipping for beginners guide. By the end of this video, you will know exactly how to make money online with drop shipping. Let's get started. First of all, what is drop shipping? In simple terms, it's a way to
[00:29] do anything physically. You don't need to have the products with you in person, don't need to invest any money in inventory. You can get started completely for free, or you can also make the process faster investing a
[00:43] the rewards can be very, very high. We're going to go deeper into the details in a moment. Now, depending on the tools that you use for drop completely automated. So, once you've
[00:55] smoothly, you're going to start getting paid on autopilot. So, you can think of this as an all digital form of e-commerce without having to invest or deal with physical logistics. Basically, you're running an online store, but
[01:07] Let's break this down in more detail. There are usually a couple different first option is what you would traditionally imagine, which is self-fulfillment. You have the products stocked at a physical location, like
[01:20] maybe your house or your inventory office, and you ship them out whenever you get an order. The downside of this is that it's very risky. It takes a lot of investments to get all the stock. It takes a lot of time, and you have to be
[01:32] this. So, it's not viable for beginners who aren't able to invest. The barrier to entry is very high. You would have to buy materials or products to sell in bulk. You'd have to buy packaging, go to post offices to ship things, etc.
[01:45] So, the second way is drop shipping, which basically removes all of these physical factors of running a store and removes the need for investment. It's completely risk-free. It takes almost zero dollars to start, and it works from
[01:57] skills that you have to learn to make through the entire process. So, let's start from the beginning. Here's what makes drop shipping possible. You basically connect your online store to
[02:09] an all digital drop shipping supplier who already has all kinds of products. they have their own inventory management, and their own shipping logistics. They can supply everything to your store for a very low price, and
[02:22] all you have to do is go to their platform, choose products that you're going to sell, import them into your online store, and start selling them as your own products in your own online store. So, every time you make a sale,
[02:35] this is then automatically forwarded to the supplier, and they will ship it brand's name in the package. So, from the consumer perspective, they're just online store is going to be its own
[02:48] original branded experience, and you're basically reselling products. It's retail store in person. Many of the products you're buying there aren't actually crafted by them. They just bought them somewhere else cheaper and
[03:00] price. So, traditionally in a physical store, the seller would buy a high amount of stock, also known as wholesale, for a lower price, and then price. So, with the drop shipping, we're doing something very similar, except
[03:14] it's all done online, and your supplier is directly connected to your store, fulfilling all of the orders for you. So, here's how the pricing structure going to be able to supply your products
[03:26] to add it to your store and increase the price for your customers. Then every time you make a sale, the order is going to be automatically forwarded to your what you received from your customer, and the rest you get to keep as your
[03:39] profits. So, with every sale, you profit. There is no way for you to lose stocking anything up front. You're only paying for the supply of each product after you've already sold it. So, it's a risk-free. That's why drop shipping has
[03:54] such a low barrier to entry and it's very accessible for beginners. with this are for advertising and maintaining your store. And there are also free ways to do this. We're going to go deeper into this in a moment. Now,
[04:07] not know that your store is a drop shipping store. From their perspective, they're just shopping in a regular store online just like any other. In fact, it's very possible that a lot of the stores that you have bought things from
[04:20] online were actually also drop shipping. This is a very very common fulfillment brand name you'd like. The idea is to make it look like a professional branded store. And I'm going to help you with all of this. Now, just to clarify a
[04:33] common question, the consumers that come shopping in your store do not have we're using is only available for sellers. Now, before we go into all of the steps, let's do a quick recap. First, you create an online store,
[04:46] connect that store to a supplier, import the products that you want to sell into the store, then you design your store, configure all of your settings, and move strategies to advertise, but there are also free methods. We're going to cover
[05:00] all of those later. Now, whenever a sale comes in, this is automatically going to charge you for the supply cost. They directly to your customer with your brand name in the package. You don't
[05:13] supplier is taking care of that part. Now, let's talk about the actual this drop shipping setup. To create the online store, we're going to be using current deal for getting started with Shopify down below. Right now, it's a
[05:28] 3-day free trial and then just $1 for your first 3 months. That means you can create your entire online store and start selling for just $1. The 3-month window gives you plenty of time to set this up. Shopify is an amazing
[05:41] e-commerce platform. It's super super easy and intuitive to use and it has all set up and manage a successful online store. Inside Shopify, we're going to design everything. We're going to design the storefront, accept orders, organize
[05:55] the products, discounts, set our shipping prices, and everything else shipping business. I'm going to walk you through the entire setup step by step. $1 link for Shopify down below and create your account.
[06:17] the first 3 months. Once you're inside, you're going to see the Shopify dashboard. Now, up here on products, this is where we can manage our catalog. So, we now need a supplier to import
[06:29] want to make sure that we're working with a supplier that's actually reliable to be shipping products to the customers. So, we want to make sure they shipping, and that they're able to scale with us as we grow. Ideally, we also
[06:45] automate the process and a way to customize our packaging later. That's going to take our branding to the next level. So, to check all of those boxes, we're going to use ZenDrop. They have a huge catalog of products. We can source
[06:58] anything that we need here. They also have fast shipping times, custom branding options, and a no questions asked refund policy. Now, the biggest reason I recommend this platform is that they actually own their supply chain.
[07:10] And this is actually very important because a lot of the other drop shipping suppliers you're going to see out there don't actually own their supply chain. to thousands of other small Chinese suppliers. It would be very, very hard
[07:23] to reach and communicate with if something ended up going wrong. There are so many types of chaotic stories out there because of this. So, you really directly with the supply chain. So, with ZenDrop, we have this sorted, and it's
[07:36] all super, super easy to manage digitally. There's a little support chat issues, they're going to get back to you right away. So, ZenDrop does have a free plan available if you want to start with that, but it does have an order limits
[07:49] trial of their plus plan, which I'm going to leave linked down below. Now, add-ons that are going to help you launch much faster and probably more >> [music] >> you get weekly coaching calls with
[08:03] access to their list of top winning products. You get access to ZenDrop Academy, where they have some courses and also automated fulfillments. So, no they come in. They just get automatically fulfilled. And when you're
[08:17] also get a private agent to help you scale and negotiate better margins. So, you can get this for free for 7 days, and then it's $89 per month if you want
[08:29] to say the weekly coaching calls definitely make this worth it. And you So, if you use the link in the description, you can get this for free for 7 days. All right, so here we are inside
[08:43] ZenDrop. So, the next step is to link our Shopify store here. That's how we're going to import products and automatically forward all of our orders to ZenDrop. So, let's click over [music] here.
[09:12] So, let's talk about what you should actually sell. You definitely don't want to start just adding random products here. We're going to focus on the most effective ways to do this so that you can make money faster. So, let's talk
[09:25] about what kind of stores are out there. First, there are three types of Shopify stores out there. Option one is a general store. This is a store that's basically selling all kinds of products from any category. So, they could have a
[09:37] mix of skincare products, electronics, pet products, all in the same store. for beginners because it's not very focused, and you need to have a very specific store look to make this work. It's almost like you're becoming a
[09:51] marketplace. So, I don't recommend creating a general store. Instead, we're going to focus on one of the other two options. Option two is a niche store. This is basically a store selling a specific category of products, like for
[10:03] example, pet products. This usually works very well it's more focused and you can create a more powerful brand. And option three is a one product store. That's self-explanatory. You just choose one product to be your main focus. This
[10:15] is also a very, very good option. It's also faster to set up, takes less research, and it also gives you some flexibility for testing. So, both are going to be great options. The big question is, how do we choose a product
[10:27] or a niche that actually works? How do we find that winning product? Traditional drop shippers usually all follow the same approach. They look for store very quickly that usually looks pretty low quality, then they run some
[10:40] ads based on trends, and just keep riding it out until it dies. Because with this setup, eventually it does. And they're back at square zero. They find another product and keep on that hunt over and over. That is not sustainable
[10:52] in the long run, and it's kind of what gives a bad name to drop shipping. So, to build something that actually lasts. We're going to be using drop shipping to but we're actually going to be treating this as a sustainable e-commerce
[11:06] business that compounds. Not just selling a trending product, but building a brand around a product. So, the first step to decide what we want to sell is to browse around and make a list of potential ideas. We're then going to
[11:18] validate those ideas and narrow down our list. I'm going to give you instructions Zendrop Plus, which is linked down below, you can go to their trending and see if there's anything that peaks your interest.
[11:32] called feed conditioning. This is a method using social media to give you product ideas. So first, you want to create a brand new account on Instagram ad appears. When you see the product, make sure to
[11:46] watch the video, engage with it, like it, save it, click to see the websites, and just keep doing that until Instagram is showing you product after product. more it's going to continue showing you similar things. So that's going to give
[12:00] you plenty of ideas to start with. You also want to check the comments of these solving a real problem. If you see comments like, "Finally, I really needed this." or "I wish I had discovered this sooner." that is a green flag. It means
[12:14] problems, so they're very likely to be winning products. So just keep doing that and write down a list of ideas. Now, there is actually a faster way to search for products and to validate whether they are actually worth selling
[12:27] using a tool called Trend Track. This is basically a store research tool that lets you analyze real Shopify stores, see how much traffic they're getting, how fast they're growing, what products they're selling, and even what ads they
[12:39] might work, you're using real data to guide your decisions. I'm going to leave this links down below for you. Now, before we start searching here, there is understand, and that's called saturation. In the drop shipping world,
[12:53] saturation refers to how popular a product is. So if a product is too saturated, that means there's way too much competition and it becomes very expensive to advertise. Now, on the other hand, if a product is completely
[13:05] unknown, then there might not be enough demand for it yet. So what we're looking products that are showing some signs of demand, so we know that people are actually interested, but they're still early enough that we can enter the
[13:19] That's the sweet spot, and that's So over here on the dashboard, we can go to these filters, and we can search for very specific stores based on how much traffic they're
[13:32] growing. So, for example, over here, we could set a filter for stores that are getting over 100,000 monthly visitors and that are growing at least 20% every combination. That's going to show you stores that are already working. They're
[13:48] quickly, but they're also not too saturated, which means it's not going to be as competitive to actually enter this market. So, here we have very specific results matching this criteria. So, this can be a super helpful way to guide your
[14:02] product decisions. Now, when you click on one of these stores, selling. You can also check all of the ads they're currently running, and you can even look at the landing pages that they
[14:15] >> So, that's going to give you very clear data of how they're actually making sales. We can also go over here, for example, to this area, and we can apply a filter for stores with a high number of live ads or
[14:28] fast-growing ads. The idea here is that if they're consistently running or scaling ads, that's usually a strong signal that something is working very well for the store and that they are making money. Now, I also recommend that
[14:40] one. If you start seeing the same type of product appear across multiple growing stores, that's usually a very strong signal that there is real demand for it. So, it gives us an extra layer of validation. Now, when you're looking
[14:54] you pay attention to how these brands are presenting their products. You want they're using and what problem they're different ways to present the same product. For example, if you're selling
[15:08] this is something you could market towards couples, or you could also try a are two completely different marketing angles [music] for the same product. So,
[15:20] get ideas for different marketing angles. That's going to be very useful store later. So if you want to use this, I'm going to leave a link down below. going to head back to ZenDrop, and you can search for it over here.
[15:40] here, and they're going to source it from the factory for you in a few days. example. And then over here, we're going to see the price. So this is the amount that you will have to pay ZenDrop to get this
[15:55] item to your customer. So once you add this product to your Shopify store, and make money on the difference. So for example, if inside ZenDrop it costs you $4, you could add it to your store and sell it for $18. So with every sale, you
[16:09] get $12 of profit. Now shipping is going to be calculated separately. There are going to dive into that later inside shipping from the US and others from China, but they typically have pretty
[16:23] fast shipping times. So now the idea is to go through the list that you saved earlier, search for each product here in ZenDrop, and start comparing some of the prices. The idea is to go for products that give you a good profits margin
[16:35] consumer. The bigger your profits margin, the more you can also play with things like bundle offers, which are going to help you get more sales later. later. So let's click on add to my products.
[16:48] products. Here you can set your product title, your description, and also your product's price. But we can also change all of this later inside Shopify.
[17:05] product has been added. Now inside your Shopify dashboard, if you click on here's where you can edit all of your product listings. So here we have the title, the description,
[17:18] the images, the variants, and the prices. Down here we also have settings for our search engine listing, so that's how you can optimize how you rank on Google, and a couple other technical details. So if
[17:31] do that over here. And if we go to the product images and click on this one, generate. So here you can actually change the background of your photos with AI all inside Shopify. So you can use this to
[17:47] look more professional. This typically works well for some small changes, but if you want to fully regenerate your photos with AI and really enhance them, I recommend going to Kittl and using Nano Banana. That's going to give you
[18:00] I'm going to leave Kittl links down below. Now the next step is designing the store. So from your Shopify dashboard, store. And here's where we can design
[18:12] everything. So if we scroll down, here we're going to see all of the themes that we can use to design our store. Let's click on visit theme store. And here you can browse through all of the options. There are 24 free themes in
[18:25] and you can design a beautiful store on a free theme. But if you do have a budget to spend, the paid themes are also definitely worth it. To preview it, so we can click over here and click on view demo.
[18:43] That's going to give you a feeling of what your online store could look like. these options and find something that fits your vision. And if you want to try
[18:55] one of the paid themes, you can actually even customize it for free. You only publish. So that gives you a lot of flexibility. Once you find a theme that you like, just click on try theme,
[19:11] So over here on top, we're going to see the theme that's already added by see the other themes that we've just added. Just notice that the one on top So, if you want to publish one of these ones, you would click over here.
[19:32] And here we are inside the theme editor. So, on the side, you're going to see the sections that are currently added to to start with the header section and ends with the footer section. So, the
[19:45] header is this part over here on top. And the footer is this area on the So, no matter which page of your store you're viewing, it's always going to footer. So, if we click on this section, for
[19:57] example, we can see that it's going to be highlighted here in the theme preview. Now, this is a drag-and-drop builder, so example, we can see it's very easy to reorder everything. And if you want to
[20:10] add a new section, you would just go down here. Now, if you click on one of these sections, you're going to see another sidebar open up on the other side with all of the
[20:22] settings to edit the section. Under each section, we can also add blocks. For example, under the hero, we could add a text block. So, if we click on the text block, here we can actually edit the text and all of the text
[20:34] every time we hover on something, it's if you want to turn off this feature, you just go up here and you deactivate I usually prefer working with this turned off just because I can see better
[20:48] what's actually going on in my store design. So, instead of hovering on over here on the sidebar and choose your sections.
[21:01] of your store you are viewing. So, we have the home page, we have our products pages, collection pages, our carts, checkouts, and other custom pages. So, the first thing we're going to do is add a logo to the store. We're going to
[21:16] And here we're going to see some additional configurations. So, let's click on logo. And here you can add your logo file. want to make sure that you have a nice branded experience in your store. So,
[21:30] store name, something that fits the kind of products that you're selling, and then to create a logo. So, to create a logo, we're going to be using a design platform named Kittl. This is my absolute favorite for design. They have
[21:43] use to design a logo. They also have some pretty advanced features, and it's still very easy to use. Kittl also has Nano Banana integrated into their software, which is a super super
[21:55] powerful image generation tool. So, you can generate all kinds of visuals in different versions of your logo. You can try putting your logo on top of a product. You could create lifestyle images with your logo, and just try
[22:08] you're coming up with your design, I also recommend creating different variations. So, when I have something that I like, I duplicate the artboards, see if I can make it even better. And Kittl also recently released a feature
[22:22] called Kittl video, which lets you animate your static images into videos. So, this is going to be very useful when we're advertising the store later. All right. So, when your logo's ready, we're going to go up here to downloads.
[22:35] And make sure it's a downloaded with a transparent background. and we're going to add it over here. your logo. And that looks pretty good. All right.
[22:50] So, now down here we can also edit the colors of the store. So, you can play Now, you don't want to go crazy here. Make sure that it looks harmonious and Make sure that it looks harmonious and not messy.
[23:04] This looks pretty good. Let's go with that. So, here I'm going to add my hero image. Up here on image, let's click on select.
[23:18] looks high quality and not pixelated. You can also find stock images to use on the sides, we're going to enter our text. So, let's click on it text. So, let's click on it and enter it here.
[23:38] products. Now, down here by default, you're going to see a featured product section with the products that you previously imported from Zendrop. All going to go ahead and add another image with text section.
[23:53] So, I'm going to choose my other image up here.
[24:25] And over here on the button, I'm just going to enter buy now
[24:38] Now, I'm going to repeat the process and add a couple more sections. click to add section once again. And I'm going to add a featured product.
[24:52] Up here, you can choose your background color Next up, we're going to add a new section.
[25:05] multi-column. This is a really great type of section to explain how your product actually works. So first, we're going to enter the title.
[25:21] choose the first column, which is the first block over here. We're going to first block over here. We're going to add an image. one of how to use this product. We're going to enter the title over here.
[25:45] other two blocks. And here we have it. Now, all the way up here, you're going to see your announcements bar. So up here, the idea is to add some kind of offer for your customers. We're
[25:57] going to be setting up our offers later, but for now, let me show you how to edit but for now, let me show you how to edit this. Just click over here.
[26:14] links to. We're going to cover how to add buy one get one free type of offers in a little bit. Remember to save. bit. Remember to save. Now, let's go over to our product pages.
[26:26] Now click on default product. And here we are inside our default product page. So by default, this is going to be assigned to all of your here, it's going to affect all of the other products that are also assigned to
[26:39] this template. So if you want to design custom product pages with custom kinds of sections for each product, which is definitely recommended, I'm going to below. Now, because this is just a one product store, that's not actually
[26:52] necessary. We only have one product, so we only need one template. So, here by default, we can see we already have a product listing. We have our product description. Now, to really optimize your product pages for conversions, the
[27:04] here, kind of like what we did on the with your product benefits, and also some instructions on how to use it. You could also add an FAQ and some trust signals. You should also have your
[27:17] refund and your return policy clearly visible somewhere, and also your shipping times. All of that is going to build trust and help you get more sales. Now, to take your Shopify store to the next level, you can also install Shopify
[27:29] apps. This is basically a way to add extra functionality to your Shopify store. Now, you don't want to go crazy and add a bunch of apps here because having too many apps can actually slow down your store speed. So, you want to
[27:41] actually helping you get some more sales. I do have two recommendations for you in this video. The first one is Tidio. Tidio basically lets you add an AI sales and support agents directly to your store. So, it's a way to automate
[27:54] customer support. So, if someone asks a question about a product, shipping, or an order status, the AI agent can respond instantly. It can pull information directly from your product descriptions, recommend products,
[28:06] suggest alternatives, and guide customers towards a purchase decision. representative sitting inside your store at all times. This is especially helpful typically raise a lot of questions from consumers like maybe electronics, skin
[28:21] Now, this can save you a lot of time later as well because the AI can handle automatically. I do have a full tutorial for you to set up this app, so I'm going to leave it linked down below. And I also recommend you add an app for bundle
[28:36] offers. That's how you can create buy one get one free type of offers, buy one one get one free type of offers, buy one get 50% off, mix and match offers, etc. That's also a really smart way to optimize your product pages and get more
[28:48] sales. My two favorite apps for this are Kaching and Fast Bundle. Both are great options, and I do have a tutorial for each one of those linked down below. All ready, we also have to customize our navigation menu. So, we're going to go
[29:02] navigation menu. So, we're going to go back to Shopify. we're going to click on menus. Here we have options for our main menu and also for our footer menu. So, let's click on main menu.
[29:15] click on main menu. Over here you can edit your items Now, if you are selling more than one product, down here under products,
[29:30] So, this is how you can group your products into different categories. Once with multiple products, I'm going to leave this other tutorial linked for you All right, so if we go back to our store,
[29:44] here we can see that our navigation menu has been updated. All right, now if we have a look up here, we can see that our store address is still set to something random.myshopify.com. So, let's go over all of our back-end
[29:56] settings. From your Shopify dashboard, go down here to settings. And here's where we can customize all of the back-end management of Shopify. So, lot of this is going to be configured automatically. Over here on store
[30:10] contact details, just make sure you set this to your store brand's name as this order confirmation emails. Let's click on save.
[30:25] we're going to charge for shipping. Typically, you have to configure this with Zendrop, a lot of it has been taken care of automatically. By default, up is basically a group of products that we're are to be shipping. So, by
[30:41] default, all of your products are going to be added to this profile. So, if we click on it, here we can see the products inside it. going to be shipping from. So, here we can see ZenDrop. And here we have our
[30:55] and our shipping rates. So, your shipping zones are basically groups of shipping to, and the shipping rates are the pricing options for your customers that are shopping from those countries. I recommend you go back to ZenDrop and
[31:09] you for shipping. If it's, for example, $8 to ship a product, you might want to charge your customers that same amount. you could also increase your product prices to make up for that amount. If
[31:23] you do want to offer free shipping, there is actually a smarter strategy. So, instead of just setting it to zero, you want to create a discount codes. I'm below. All right, so now let's go to payments.
[31:36] customers are going to pay you. So, depending on your location, here on top you're going to see Shopify Payments. This is Shopify's default payments if you're selling domestically. And if you're not seeing Shopify Payments,
[31:50] that's okay. It's not available in every single country. So, instead, you might be seeing Stripe, which is also a really good option. And down here, you can also look for other payments methods.
[32:12] recommend using Airwallex. This is the best option to sell internationally, but registered. It's a solution for business accounts only. It's a great option if you want to reduce currency conversion fees. They have multi-currency accounts,
[32:25] before you receive them or send them out. You can also use it to fully manage your business finances. So, they have things like corporate cards. You can do international transfers. You can also use it to manage your expenses. So, it's
[32:38] an all-round finance management platform that you can integrate to receive payments on Shopify as well. So, that's going to be my number one recommendation if you do have a business registered. So, I'm going to leave Airwallex linked
[32:50] down below for you. And I also made an entire video comparing Airwallex to through the entire Airwallex setup step-by-step. I'm going to leave that once you have that set up, over here we're going to go to domains.
[33:04] And here's where we can change our website address. So, by default, you're going to see your store is set to something random.myshopify.com. That's not very professional. So, to change this, we have to buy a domain.
[33:16] So, there are two options over here. One is to just buy a new domain inside Shopify, which costs around $15 per year. Or if you want a cheaper option, Namecheap, where you can buy a domain for around $5 per year. So, I'm going to
[33:30] leave Namecheap linked below for you. Once you've bought your domain, you can then you just have to copy and paste a couple codes. You're going to see pretty clear instructions inside Namecheap after you've purchased your domain. All
[33:43] ready. Let's have a final look at the store.
[34:01] Make sure everything is working smoothly. So, from your dashboard, go over here to online store, password. All right, congratulations. Your store
[34:16] is now available to the public. All right, so now that the store is ready, To do this, you're going to have to drive traffic to your store. Or in other words, bring visitors to your store. Now, there are different ways to do
[34:29] this. There are free methods and also paid methods. The most common method for drop shipping is running ads. This is great because it works very fast, so you can very quickly test different products if you need to. I do have a TikTok ads
[34:41] linked for you below. Now, before you jump into driving traffic, you just want looking professional. The biggest mistake that I see a lot of beginners making is jumping straight into advertising when their store is just not
[34:55] looking professional enough yet. And if you end up getting visitors on a store just going to waste money on traffic that isn't going to buy. So, to make sure that you don't just burn away your money on ads, you have to make sure that
[35:08] your online store looks trustworthy, looks professional, and like a place entering your credit card's details. A lot of YouTubers out there will tell you to just rush through the design process, and that the store doesn't matter so
[35:21] much, it's all about the products, but this is simply not true. I have owners that were struggling with the exact same thing. They had a store that just looked kind of amateur. They were driving traffic to it and getting no
[35:34] results. So, the online store is your foundation, and it's really important to work on this first. It doesn't mean it has to be perfect or look like Apple, but it does need to look professional and trustworthy. That's exactly what we
[35:46] do inside SellLikePro. This is a mentorship program and online course where I help you optimize your Shopify store. We go over all sorts of beginner sales. These are mistakes in both your settings and also your design. I teach
[35:59] you how to fix and improve these by step. And we're also going over tons of optimization strategies to help you get more sales on Shopify. So, we go over them so you don't hurt your profit margins, sharing your offers with your
[36:13] customers, fully optimizing your product pages with reviews, pop-ups, and email marketing. We go over all of your visuals and your store design, and how makes people want to buy, and tons of other strategies to help you get more
[36:27] through the course, so I'm going to dive deeper into it. Once your store is looking good and like a place where you details, that's when you want to drive traffic to it. So ads are not the only
[36:42] marketing and I do have a tutorial for create viral videos, you could work on your Google ranking also known as SEO. your budget. I'm going to leave a video breaking down all of the options linked
[36:57] down below as well. Just keep in mind that no matter what strategy you're using to drive traffic, you have to commit to it. It's not about trying that it's not working. These things take a little bit of testing, it takes a
[37:10] how to read your data and refine the sale over here on Shopify, you're going to see it up here under orders. Now because your store is automatically synced with Zendrop, you don't have to
[37:24] do anything here. It's just going to be automatically forwarded to Zendrop. So inside Zendrop, you're also going to see it over here. Now over here on analytics, this is where you can check all of your
[37:36] store data. So how many visitors you're having, how many sales, what your average order value is, your conversion rates, etc. So definitely keep an eye on this as this is going to be really really important for you to optimize the
[37:49] process. I'm also going to leave a video down below teaching you how to get your first sale on Shopify. And that's all for this video. Quick reminder, if you I'm also going to leave the best current deal for getting started linked down
[38:02] below. Right now it's at $1 for your first 3 months. All of the other down below. And if you have any questions at all, you can drop them down best to help [music] you out. If you enjoyed this video, make sure to hit
[38:16] appreciated. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next watching and I'll see you in the next one.
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