How I Make $100k/Month On Shopify WITHOUT Dropshipping

Published on: November 27 2022 by Jordan Welch

How I Make $100k/Month On Shopify WITHOUT Dropshipping

How I Make $100k/Month On Shopify WITHOUT Dropshipping

How I Make $100k/Month On Shopify WITHOUT Dropshipping

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00:00:00	00:00:03	let's get real for a second drop
00:00:02	00:00:05	shipping is
00:00:03	00:00:06	not the most sustainable way to grow on
00:00:05	00:00:10	shopify in 2021
00:00:06	00:00:12	oh man now don't get me wrong it is an
00:00:10	00:00:14	amazing way to get started but it is
00:00:12	00:00:16	extremely hard to scale for the long
00:00:14	00:00:18	term and just to be clear i've made well
00:00:16	00:00:20	over seven figures with drop shipping
00:00:18	00:00:22	but it's just not how i run my business
00:00:20	00:00:24	anymore so in this video i'll show you
00:00:22	00:00:26	exactly how i'm making over a hundred
00:00:24	00:00:28	thousand dollars a month on shopify
00:00:26	00:00:30	without drop shipping if you're new here
00:00:28	00:00:32	my name is jordan and i'm currently
00:00:30	00:00:34	documenting the entire process
00:00:32	00:00:35	of growing my ecommerce brand with as
00:00:34	00:00:37	much
00:00:35	00:00:38	transparency as possible so if you're
00:00:37	00:00:39	interested in starting your own online
00:00:38	00:00:41	store
00:00:39	00:00:43	make sure to subscribe for new videos
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00:00:43	00:00:46	all right now let's get started firstly
00:00:44	00:00:47	i want to tok about some of the pros
00:00:46	00:00:48	and cons of drop shipping i think the
00:00:47	00:00:50	major cons with the drop shipping
00:00:48	00:00:52	business model are pretty clear
00:00:50	00:00:54	terrible customer experience due to slow
00:00:52	00:00:55	shipping times and a lack of quality
00:00:54	00:00:57	control
00:00:55	00:00:59	you typically have a poor customer
00:00:57	00:01:00	experience which ends up with a bunch of
00:00:59	00:01:03	bad reviews and upset customers
00:01:00	00:01:05	which kills your long-term potential for
00:01:03	00:01:06	this reason alone this business model is
00:01:05	00:01:07	much less sustainable than the one i'm
00:01:06	00:01:09	going to share with you today
00:01:07	00:01:11	and another major con is that it is
00:01:09	00:01:13	extremely low hanging fruit
00:01:11	00:01:15	for anybody with a decent skill set to
00:01:13	00:01:16	come and just steal your product like
00:01:15	00:01:19	that now drop shipping is not
00:01:16	00:01:20	all bad there are some benefits to it i
00:01:19	00:01:21	think for a beginner with next to no
00:01:20	00:01:22	money
00:01:21	00:01:24	it's a pretty good way to learn the
00:01:22	00:01:26	basic skill sets
00:01:24	00:01:28	and having the freedom to test a variety
00:01:26	00:01:30	of products without having to spend a
00:01:28	00:01:32	bunch of money on ordering inventory so
00:01:30	00:01:33	i'm not against drop shipping all the
00:01:32	00:01:35	way but it's just not how i run my
00:01:33	00:01:37	business anymore so how am i currently
00:01:35	00:01:39	running my shopify business well
00:01:37	00:01:40	it's surprisingly simple but it's so
00:01:39	00:01:42	much more effective
00:01:40	00:01:44	basically i'm running a branded shopify
00:01:42	00:01:47	store this is a store that focuses on
00:01:44	00:01:47	selling one main product or a variety of
00:01:47	00:01:50	products
00:01:47	00:01:52	that are directly related this store has
00:01:50	00:01:53	a premium look and feel similar to the
00:01:52	00:01:55	biggest companies out there
00:01:53	00:01:57	and as opposed to drop shipping i
00:01:55	00:01:59	actually hold inventory for this product
00:01:57	00:02:00	and ship it with private shipping lines
00:01:59	00:02:02	now as a beginner
00:02:00	00:02:04	this might sound a little overwhelming
00:02:02	00:02:06	to get to this level but i promise you
00:02:04	00:02:08	it's possible and it's so worth it so
00:02:06	00:02:10	now i'm going to share my three steps
00:02:08	00:02:12	for going from this traditional drop
00:02:10	00:02:14	shipping model to building a brand and
00:02:12	00:02:15	making money without drop shipping so
00:02:14	00:02:17	the first step
00:02:15	00:02:19	is to find a winning product now
00:02:17	00:02:20	honestly you could just pick a product
00:02:19	00:02:22	and go directly
00:02:20	00:02:24	to ordering inventory and fulfilling it
00:02:22	00:02:26	in-house but i don't think that this is
00:02:24	00:02:27	the most effective way
00:02:26	00:02:28	because if you can't get the ads for
00:02:27	00:02:30	that product to work you're going to be
00:02:28	00:02:32	stuck with inventory and you're going to
00:02:30	00:02:33	lose way more money than you need to so
00:02:32	00:02:35	i would totally advise
00:02:33	00:02:37	finding your first winning product with
00:02:35	00:02:39	drop shipping there's a specific type of
00:02:37	00:02:41	store that i recommend
00:02:39	00:02:42	testing products on that has the highest
00:02:41	00:02:45	conversion rate
00:02:42	00:02:47	and is exactly what i use to test and
00:02:45	00:02:49	find the winner i'm selling today
00:02:47	00:02:51	and i've gone ahead and created a sample
00:02:49	00:02:53	of exactly what this story looks like
00:02:51	00:02:54	so you guys can get some inspiration so
00:02:53	00:02:57	let's take a look this is
00:02:54	00:02:59	a sample store that looks identikal to
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00:02:59	00:03:02	on
00:02:59	00:03:04	i would classify this store as a broad
00:03:02	00:03:06	niche store in the plant and gardening
00:03:04	00:03:06	niche what a store like this allows you
00:03:06	00:03:09	to do
00:03:06	00:03:11	is freely test products just like you
00:03:09	00:03:14	would be able to on a general store
00:03:11	00:03:16	but with a premium and trustworthy feel
00:03:14	00:03:16	that you would have on a legitimate
00:03:16	00:03:18	brand
00:03:16	00:03:20	a store like this is not too difficult
00:03:18	00:03:22	to set up i'm using the
00:03:20	00:03:24	impulse theme for this store and it took
00:03:22	00:03:26	me a couple hours to put it together
00:03:24	00:03:28	if you want to see a step-by-step guide
00:03:26	00:03:30	on how i built this store
00:03:28	00:03:32	i've included a full tutorial inside of
00:03:30	00:03:34	my ecom toolkit viral vault which you
00:03:32	00:03:36	can check out in the link down below
00:03:34	00:03:37	so step number one build out a nice
00:03:36	00:03:40	professional broad
00:03:37	00:03:42	niche store test products with facebook
00:03:40	00:03:44	ads and once you find that winner it's
00:03:42	00:03:45	time for step two and taking things to
00:03:44	00:03:48	the next level so step two
00:03:45	00:03:49	is stop dropshipping from aliexpress and
00:03:48	00:03:52	improve your fulfillment
00:03:49	00:03:54	this step alone takes your brand to a
00:03:52	00:03:56	much higher level now your customers are
00:03:54	00:03:57	happier you feel better about your
00:03:56	00:03:59	business and you're going to be making
00:03:57	00:04:01	so much more money in the long term
00:03:59	00:04:01	because of it to get away from drop
00:04:01	00:04:03	shipping is
00:04:01	00:04:05	quite simple and i'm gonna break down
00:04:03	00:04:07	exactly how to do it right now
00:04:05	00:04:09	so without a doubt the best website for
00:04:07	00:04:11	sourcing your products when trying to
00:04:09	00:04:13	stop drop shipping
00:04:11	00:04:15	is alibaba alibaba allows you to connect
00:04:13	00:04:16	directly to the manufacturers of the
00:04:15	00:04:18	product so you don't have to pay the
00:04:16	00:04:20	extra middleman prices that you would be
00:04:18	00:04:21	paying on aliexpress
00:04:20	00:04:23	this also means that you're going to be
00:04:21	00:04:24	getting the best possible pricing for
00:04:23	00:04:26	your product
00:04:24	00:04:28	and be able to order your products in
00:04:26	00:04:30	bulk so as you can see on this store i'm
00:04:28	00:04:31	selling a variety of plant and garden
00:04:30	00:04:33	based
00:04:31	00:04:35	products and if we do a quick search on
00:04:33	00:04:36	alibaba you're gonna see a lot of the
00:04:35	00:04:38	same products
00:04:36	00:04:40	for so much cheaper than you would find
00:04:38	00:04:42	on aliexpress for example
00:04:40	00:04:43	to fulfill this product on aliexpress
00:04:42	00:04:46	it's going to cost us around
00:04:43	00:04:47	15 but once we validate the product that
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00:04:47	00:04:50	we can actually find that same product
00:04:49	00:04:53	on alibaba
00:04:50	00:04:54	for only two dollars and 50 cents a unit
00:04:53	00:04:56	and if we do an
00:04:54	00:04:58	order for over a thousand pieces which
00:04:56	00:05:00	is totally fine as long as the product
00:04:58	00:05:00	is working we can actually customize the
00:05:00	00:05:03	product
00:05:00	00:05:05	and directly put our logo on it and if
00:05:03	00:05:07	we do at least 500 pieces
00:05:05	00:05:09	we can put our own logo on the box these
00:05:07	00:05:10	three things alone are going to elevate
00:05:09	00:05:11	your store to the
00:05:10	00:05:13	next level you're going to be making
00:05:11	00:05:14	more money per sale you're going to have
00:05:13	00:05:16	your product branded
00:05:14	00:05:18	and a better unboxing experience for
00:05:16	00:05:19	your customers if you guys are looking
00:05:18	00:05:20	for some incredible products that are
00:05:19	00:05:22	super
00:05:20	00:05:24	untapped make sure to tap into the march
00:05:22	00:05:27	expo that alibaba is hosting
00:05:24	00:05:28	this is where they unveil a lot of the
00:05:27	00:05:29	newest designs
00:05:28	00:05:31	and products that have yet to hit the
00:05:29	00:05:32	market it's very similar to going to a
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00:05:32	00:05:36	in person and getting to be one of the
00:05:34	00:05:37	first people to look at these products
00:05:36	00:05:38	before they take off
00:05:37	00:05:40	and as you can see they're going to be
00:05:38	00:05:42	showing you the new product arrivals
00:05:40	00:05:43	they're top ranking products in all
00:05:42	00:05:45	categories
00:05:43	00:05:47	and they're even going to show you their
00:05:45	00:05:48	personal recommendations for products
00:05:47	00:05:50	that are going to take off this year so
00:05:48	00:05:50	i'm going to put the link for this down
00:05:50	00:05:52	below
00:05:50	00:05:53	make sure you guys take a look at this
00:05:52	00:05:55	because you're going to be able to find
00:05:53	00:05:56	some incredible products there so once
00:05:55	00:05:58	you've searched around and found the
00:05:56	00:05:59	best supplier for your product on
00:05:58	00:06:01	alibaba
00:05:59	00:06:02	it's time to start working with an agent
00:06:01	00:06:03	an agent is somebody that can reach out
00:06:02	00:06:06	directly
00:06:03	00:06:07	to that manufacturer negotiate a better
00:06:06	00:06:08	price for you
00:06:07	00:06:10	and handle all of the fulfillment
00:06:08	00:06:12	process for your store
00:06:10	00:06:14	there are a ton of people that offer
00:06:12	00:06:17	this service the company that i use
00:06:14	00:06:19	is called ecom ops i'm not sponsored by
00:06:17	00:06:20	them i literally use them in my store
00:06:19	00:06:22	and they do a tremendous job
00:06:20	00:06:23	i'm pretty sure they're booked up with
00:06:22	00:06:25	clients but like i said there are a ton
00:06:23	00:06:26	of options for agents
00:06:25	00:06:28	and i'll go ahead and put a couple of
00:06:26	00:06:29	them down below in the description so to
00:06:28	00:06:31	get away from drop shipping it's really
00:06:29	00:06:33	not that difficult the hardest part is
00:06:31	00:06:34	actually testing and finding that
00:06:33	00:06:36	winning product
00:06:34	00:06:38	but once you have it it's not hard to
00:06:36	00:06:39	get away from drop shipping
00:06:38	00:06:41	and start holding your own inventory and
00:06:39	00:06:43	once you get past that stage it's all
00:06:41	00:06:44	about just growing your business further
00:06:43	00:06:46	these are really the things that i'm
00:06:44	00:06:48	focusing on right now in my brand
00:06:46	00:06:50	trying to take this to a multi-seven
00:06:48	00:06:52	figure a year level i'm primarily
00:06:50	00:06:54	focusing on building out my team
00:06:52	00:06:56	further you know hiring more customer
00:06:54	00:06:58	service people hiring people to manage
00:06:56	00:07:00	my social media page hiring people to
00:06:58	00:07:02	create content more people to run my ads
00:07:00	00:07:05	i want to build a squad of motivated
00:07:02	00:07:05	people so that we can really create an
00:07:05	00:07:07	asset
00:07:05	00:07:09	i focus heavily on improving my store so
00:07:07	00:07:11	i'm constantly testing different things
00:07:09	00:07:11	i even paid a couple thousand dollars to
00:07:11	00:07:14	have
00:07:11	00:07:16	a design firm come in and redesign my
00:07:14	00:07:17	whole website i'm trying to create as
00:07:16	00:07:19	much content as i can so
00:07:17	00:07:21	i'm constantly filming videos for my
00:07:19	00:07:22	product having my friends take photos
00:07:21	00:07:24	with my products
00:07:22	00:07:26	and just trying to stack up as many
00:07:24	00:07:28	photos and videos as possible as a brand
00:07:26	00:07:30	this is one of the most important things
00:07:28	00:07:32	and it really elevates you to the next
00:07:30	00:07:32	level and ultimately just focusing on
00:07:32	00:07:35	improving
00:07:32	00:07:37	one percent every single day so that's
00:07:35	00:07:38	pretty much exactly how i'm making over
00:07:37	00:07:40	a hundred thousand dollars a month
00:07:38	00:07:42	without drop shipping so i hope this
00:07:40	00:07:43	title wasn't too much of click bait
00:07:42	00:07:45	because yes
00:07:43	00:07:46	i did use drop shipping to get to this
00:07:45	00:07:48	level but
00:07:46	00:07:50	the second that you have the opportunity
00:07:48	00:07:53	to stop drop shipping you need to do it
00:07:50	00:07:55	immediately because it is the only way
00:07:53	00:07:56	to run your business for the long term
00:07:55	00:07:57	so thank you guys so much for watching
00:07:56	00:07:59	this video
00:07:57	00:08:00	the links to everything i mentioned are
00:07:59	00:08:02	going to be down below in the
00:08:00	00:08:04	description i try my best to answer
00:08:02	00:08:05	every comment down below as well so if
00:08:04	00:08:06	you have questions about anything i said
00:08:05	00:08:08	in this video
00:08:06	00:08:10	feel free to let me know so that's all
00:08:08	00:08:12	for now thank you so much for watching
00:08:10	00:08:14	make sure to drop a like and subscribe
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00:08:14	00:08:18	hope you have an
00:08:15	00:08:20	amazing weekend i'll see you guys in the
00:08:18	00:08:23	next video
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