I Tried Making Money With A Pre-Built Shopify Store (Scam?)
Published on: November 27 2022 by Jordan Welch
I Tried Making Money With A Pre-Built Shopify Store (Scam?)
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I Tried Making Money With A Pre-Built Shopify Store (Scam?)
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| 00:00:00 | 00:00:04 | every single day i get ads for pre-built |
| 00:00:03 | 00:00:07 | shopify stores |
| 00:00:04 | 00:00:08 | and the pitch is always the same for |
| 00:00:07 | 00:00:10 | just 17 |
| 00:00:08 | 00:00:12 | they'll give you a store that is |
| 00:00:10 | 00:00:14 | instantly ready to make money now as |
| 00:00:12 | 00:00:15 | someone who makes a living from |
| 00:00:14 | 00:00:18 | e-commerce i've always thought it |
| 00:00:15 | 00:00:20 | sounded a little bit too good to be true |
| 00:00:18 | 00:00:21 | so today i'm going to be buying one of |
| 00:00:20 | 00:00:23 | these stores |
| 00:00:21 | 00:00:24 | launching some facebook ads and seeing |
| 00:00:23 | 00:00:26 | if we can make some money with it |
| 00:00:24 | 00:00:28 | all to answer one question are pre-built |
| 00:00:26 | 00:00:30 | shopify stores worth your money |
| 00:00:28 | 00:00:31 | let's find out if you're new here my |
| 00:00:30 | 00:00:33 | name is jordan and i'm currently |
| 00:00:31 | 00:00:35 | documenting the entire journey of |
| 00:00:33 | 00:00:37 | growing my ecommerce brand so if you're |
| 00:00:35 | 00:00:37 | interested in starting your own online |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:39 | store |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:41 | make sure to subscribe for new videos |
| 00:00:39 | 00:00:43 | every single friday so i'm gonna go wait |
| 00:00:41 | 00:00:45 | until i get an ad from one of these guys |
| 00:00:43 | 00:00:46 | and then we're gonna buy our store a few |
| 00:00:45 | 00:00:48 | moments later |
| 00:00:46 | 00:00:50 | all right i was just listening to some |
| 00:00:48 | 00:00:52 | music on youtube and i finally got the |
| 00:00:50 | 00:00:54 | ad that i was looking for for my boy |
| 00:00:52 | 00:00:56 | mikey cass he's giving away eight of |
| 00:00:54 | 00:00:57 | these pre-built shopify stores so i want |
| 00:00:56 | 00:00:59 | to get it |
| 00:00:57 | 00:01:01 | before it's too late quick shout out to |
| 00:00:59 | 00:01:02 | mikey as well i i've known this kid for |
| 00:01:01 | 00:01:04 | a while so no hate |
| 00:01:02 | 00:01:06 | in this video or anything like that the |
| 00:01:04 | 00:01:09 | store is actually only 17 |
| 00:01:06 | 00:01:11 | and it comes with 32 products 180 |
| 00:01:09 | 00:01:12 | paid theme honestly it looks like a |
| 00:01:11 | 00:01:14 | pretty good deal to me i'm about to put |
| 00:01:12 | 00:01:15 | in my credit card information |
| 00:01:14 | 00:01:18 | and i'll let you guys know what happens |
| 00:01:15 | 00:01:21 | after we got them |
| 00:01:18 | 00:01:22 | let's go my store is purchased so i'll |
| 00:01:21 | 00:01:24 | let you guys know when my store is |
| 00:01:22 | 00:01:24 | finished and we'll take a look at what |
| 00:01:24 | 00:01:28 | we got |
| 00:01:24 | 00:01:30 | yes sir i just got the notification that |
| 00:01:28 | 00:01:32 | my pre-built store is ready to go |
| 00:01:30 | 00:01:33 | so i got my laptop loaded up here and |
| 00:01:32 | 00:01:35 | we're gonna go ahead and take a look |
| 00:01:33 | 00:01:37 | also i gotta say the story came pretty |
| 00:01:35 | 00:01:39 | quickly it took less than 12 hours to |
| 00:01:37 | 00:01:41 | get delivered to me so |
| 00:01:39 | 00:01:42 | i'm curious to see what we're gonna get |
| 00:01:41 | 00:01:43 | so to keep this challenge as authentik |
| 00:01:42 | 00:01:45 | as possible |
| 00:01:43 | 00:01:47 | i think it's only right that we try to |
| 00:01:45 | 00:01:49 | pick one product from the store and |
| 00:01:47 | 00:01:51 | launch it on facebook ads |
| 00:01:49 | 00:01:53 | i mean after all this is the exact |
| 00:01:51 | 00:01:54 | template and products that generated him |
| 00:01:53 | 00:01:57 | over a hundred thousand dollars |
| 00:01:54 | 00:01:57 | a month so it's gotta work a little bit |
| 00:01:57 | 00:01:59 | right |
| 00:01:57 | 00:02:01 | all right the pre-built store is ready |
| 00:01:59 | 00:02:04 | to go i got my email |
| 00:02:01 | 00:02:06 | the store is called shop dash reload may |
| 00:02:04 | 00:02:08 | not entirely sure what that means but i |
| 00:02:06 | 00:02:09 | hope that the story looks good |
| 00:02:08 | 00:02:11 | basically i just have to go through and |
| 00:02:09 | 00:02:11 | create a staff account real quick so let |
| 00:02:11 | 00:02:14 | me set that up |
| 00:02:11 | 00:02:16 | just accepted the invite i have no idea |
| 00:02:14 | 00:02:18 | what to expect i didn't add |
| 00:02:16 | 00:02:19 | any specifications i'm just getting what |
| 00:02:18 | 00:02:21 | he delivered |
| 00:02:19 | 00:02:23 | so i'm excited let's get a quick |
| 00:02:21 | 00:02:25 | drumroll real quick before we look at |
| 00:02:23 | 00:02:28 | this store |
| 00:02:25 | 00:02:30 | let's see what we've got okay okay |
| 00:02:28 | 00:02:32 | it's not not that bad actually it's a |
| 00:02:30 | 00:02:34 | general store we have a couple different |
| 00:02:32 | 00:02:37 | categories we got a bunch of products |
| 00:02:34 | 00:02:38 | already uploaded it's quite random in |
| 00:02:37 | 00:02:41 | the sense of how it's |
| 00:02:38 | 00:02:42 | laid out there's no real branding the |
| 00:02:41 | 00:02:45 | categories are very much |
| 00:02:42 | 00:02:47 | scattered around but in terms of a blank |
| 00:02:45 | 00:02:48 | template it's it's not a bad starting |
| 00:02:47 | 00:02:51 | point so honestly for |
| 00:02:48 | 00:02:53 | 17 bucks it's not half bad and it has a |
| 00:02:51 | 00:02:55 | bunch of products preloaded into there |
| 00:02:53 | 00:02:56 | let's see if there's any apps added for |
| 00:02:55 | 00:02:58 | us so yeah we have a few apps |
| 00:02:56 | 00:03:01 | ready to go i mean hey if you're just |
| 00:02:58 | 00:03:01 | starting out this is not a bad point to |
| 00:03:01 | 00:03:03 | begin at |
| 00:03:01 | 00:03:05 | my biggest complaint with this store and |
| 00:03:03 | 00:03:07 | my biggest fear |
| 00:03:05 | 00:03:08 | about making money with it is the fact |
| 00:03:07 | 00:03:11 | that it is |
| 00:03:08 | 00:03:13 | so broad it's super general and |
| 00:03:11 | 00:03:14 | it's gonna be really hard to get a good |
| 00:03:13 | 00:03:16 | conversion rate on a store like this |
| 00:03:14 | 00:03:18 | the only way to really make a lot of |
| 00:03:16 | 00:03:21 | money with a general store |
| 00:03:18 | 00:03:22 | like this is to have a banger product to |
| 00:03:21 | 00:03:24 | be honest with you so far |
| 00:03:22 | 00:03:26 | none of these products stand out to me |
| 00:03:24 | 00:03:28 | but i'm gonna do a quick scan |
| 00:03:26 | 00:03:29 | and try to find at least one product |
| 00:03:28 | 00:03:31 | that i think is worth promoting |
| 00:03:29 | 00:03:32 | to try to make money with this store |
| 00:03:31 | 00:03:35 | after looking through |
| 00:03:32 | 00:03:36 | every product uploaded on this store i |
| 00:03:35 | 00:03:37 | don't really see that much potential |
| 00:03:36 | 00:03:39 | with any of them |
| 00:03:37 | 00:03:40 | to be fair if you bought a store like |
| 00:03:39 | 00:03:41 | this you could just upload your own |
| 00:03:40 | 00:03:43 | products |
| 00:03:41 | 00:03:45 | and use the design template that they |
| 00:03:43 | 00:03:47 | provided but i think the whole point of |
| 00:03:45 | 00:03:48 | selling a pre-built store |
| 00:03:47 | 00:03:50 | especially to a beginner who's never |
| 00:03:48 | 00:03:52 | made money with shopify |
| 00:03:50 | 00:03:53 | is that it's all ready to go ready to |
| 00:03:52 | 00:03:55 | run ads |
| 00:03:53 | 00:03:57 | and make money with so out of all the |
| 00:03:55 | 00:03:58 | products i like the led safety flares |
| 00:03:57 | 00:04:00 | the best |
| 00:03:58 | 00:04:02 | i think this product is easy to market |
| 00:04:00 | 00:04:04 | it's already proven to sell online |
| 00:04:02 | 00:04:06 | and the product page that they made is |
| 00:04:04 | 00:04:08 | not half bad and to keep the challenge |
| 00:04:06 | 00:04:10 | legit i'm not even going to make a |
| 00:04:08 | 00:04:12 | single change to this product page |
| 00:04:10 | 00:04:14 | as much as i want to change the images |
| 00:04:12 | 00:04:16 | add some reviews |
| 00:04:14 | 00:04:17 | get rid of this i want to test this |
| 00:04:16 | 00:04:20 | store 100 |
| 00:04:17 | 00:04:22 | as is to see if we can generate some |
| 00:04:20 | 00:04:24 | sales with it to launch this product i'm |
| 00:04:22 | 00:04:26 | going to need a video ad for facebook |
| 00:04:24 | 00:04:28 | i'm going to take some time tonight |
| 00:04:26 | 00:04:30 | i'm going to cook up a fire ad and then |
| 00:04:28 | 00:04:32 | tomorrow i'm gonna launch this |
| 00:04:30 | 00:04:34 | product live with you then we're gonna |
| 00:04:32 | 00:04:34 | look at the results and see if we made |
| 00:04:34 | 00:04:38 | any money |
| 00:04:34 | 00:04:38 | with this store see you tomorrow |
| 00:04:39 | 00:04:44 | i just finished cooking up this video ad |
| 00:04:42 | 00:04:45 | and i think it came out pretty decent |
| 00:04:44 | 00:04:47 | now this only took me about 30 minutes |
| 00:04:45 | 00:04:49 | to do so this is not some steven |
| 00:04:47 | 00:04:57 | spielberg level content |
| 00:04:49 | 00:04:57 | but let's take a look at it |
| 00:04:58 | 00:05:02 | so after that i just show that it's used |
| 00:05:00 | 00:05:03 | by law enforcement to add some trust to |
| 00:05:02 | 00:05:05 | the product |
| 00:05:03 | 00:05:07 | i show the features and the benefits of |
| 00:05:05 | 00:05:09 | this specific version of the product and |
| 00:05:07 | 00:05:11 | then i just give a call to action saying |
| 00:05:09 | 00:05:12 | get yours to keep you and your family |
| 00:05:11 | 00:05:14 | safe |
| 00:05:12 | 00:05:16 | this exact video layout is the same one |
| 00:05:14 | 00:05:17 | that has generated me millions in sales |
| 00:05:16 | 00:05:19 | on my e-commerce journey |
| 00:05:17 | 00:05:21 | so if you're looking to advertise a |
| 00:05:19 | 00:05:22 | product this is exactly how i would do |
| 00:05:21 | 00:05:24 | it now i'm gonna take this ad |
| 00:05:22 | 00:05:26 | and launch a hundred dollar a day |
| 00:05:24 | 00:05:28 | facebook testing campaign |
| 00:05:26 | 00:05:29 | and i'll jump back on once that is all |
| 00:05:28 | 00:05:31 | set up |
| 00:05:31 | 00:05:35 | i just finished launching the ads for |
| 00:05:33 | 00:05:38 | this product so let's take a look |
| 00:05:35 | 00:05:38 | so i just did a simple 100 a day testing |
| 00:05:38 | 00:05:41 | campaign |
| 00:05:38 | 00:05:43 | i chose some really broad interest with |
| 00:05:41 | 00:05:45 | the big four countries this is just a |
| 00:05:43 | 00:05:47 | good way to gauge if people are somewhat |
| 00:05:45 | 00:05:49 | interested in a product and validate its |
| 00:05:47 | 00:05:51 | potential then for the ad |
| 00:05:49 | 00:05:53 | i simply took the video i created i came |
| 00:05:51 | 00:05:55 | up with an attention grabbing copy and |
| 00:05:53 | 00:05:56 | then i just threw the link to the store |
| 00:05:55 | 00:05:58 | in the ad so these ads are sitting in |
| 00:05:56 | 00:06:00 | review right now across our fingers that |
| 00:05:58 | 00:06:06 | it gets approved and i'll update you |
| 00:06:00 | 00:06:09 | once we get some results |
| 00:06:06 | 00:06:10 | poison is the wind that blows from the |
| 00:06:09 | 00:06:12 | north and south |
| 00:06:10 | 00:06:14 | and east it's officially been a full day |
| 00:06:12 | 00:06:14 | of running ads and i have some results |
| 00:06:14 | 00:06:17 | to share |
| 00:06:14 | 00:06:20 | in total i spent about 92 dollars to |
| 00:06:17 | 00:06:22 | make back a whopping amount of |
| 00:06:20 | 00:06:24 | zero dollars unfortunately we couldn't |
| 00:06:22 | 00:06:26 | get any sales with the pre-built store |
| 00:06:24 | 00:06:28 | let's look at this situation and see |
| 00:06:26 | 00:06:30 | what went wrong if we look at the stats |
| 00:06:28 | 00:06:32 | of the video and how it's performing |
| 00:06:30 | 00:06:33 | you'll actually see that this thing's |
| 00:06:32 | 00:06:37 | kind of busting |
| 00:06:33 | 00:06:39 | busting i mean it has a two percent ctr |
| 00:06:37 | 00:06:41 | which on a product test is above average |
| 00:06:39 | 00:06:43 | and shows that people |
| 00:06:41 | 00:06:45 | are interested in this product in total |
| 00:06:43 | 00:06:47 | we had 104 people visit the website |
| 00:06:45 | 00:06:49 | and only four of those people added to |
| 00:06:47 | 00:06:51 | cart so what this shows me very clearly |
| 00:06:49 | 00:06:53 | is this people want to buy the product |
| 00:06:51 | 00:06:55 | but they're losing trust when they make |
| 00:06:53 | 00:06:57 | it to the website the video ads sold |
| 00:06:55 | 00:06:58 | them on the product but by the time they |
| 00:06:57 | 00:07:00 | made it to the website |
| 00:06:58 | 00:07:02 | something fell off and they lost |
| 00:07:00 | 00:07:02 | interest and this was my number one |
| 00:07:02 | 00:07:04 | concern |
| 00:07:02 | 00:07:06 | in the first place so i think at this |
| 00:07:04 | 00:07:07 | point just so i don't go broke i'm gonna |
| 00:07:06 | 00:07:09 | go ahead and shut off the ads |
| 00:07:07 | 00:07:10 | and on that note i think we can call it |
| 00:07:09 | 00:07:12 | a wrap on this challenge |
| 00:07:10 | 00:07:14 | to answer the question that we started |
| 00:07:12 | 00:07:16 | this video with i don't really think a |
| 00:07:14 | 00:07:17 | pre-built store is worth it what i |
| 00:07:16 | 00:07:19 | recommend |
| 00:07:17 | 00:07:21 | is learning the skills to design and |
| 00:07:19 | 00:07:22 | make a beautiful website on your own |
| 00:07:21 | 00:07:24 | not only is this going to allow you to |
| 00:07:22 | 00:07:25 | create a unique website that nobody else |
| 00:07:24 | 00:07:27 | has |
| 00:07:25 | 00:07:29 | but it truly unlocks a door for you to |
| 00:07:27 | 00:07:30 | have a career with e-commerce |
| 00:07:29 | 00:07:32 | it's no different than somebody trying |
| 00:07:30 | 00:07:33 | to sell you a fitness or diet plan |
| 00:07:32 | 00:07:34 | that's going to get you ripped |
| 00:07:33 | 00:07:36 | sure it might feel like it's helping you |
| 00:07:34 | 00:07:37 | a little bit but the only thing that's |
| 00:07:36 | 00:07:39 | really going to get you those results is |
| 00:07:37 | 00:07:39 | showing up in the gym and putting the |
| 00:07:39 | 00:07:42 | work in |
| 00:07:39 | 00:07:43 | every day and shopify is no different |
| 00:07:42 | 00:07:45 | hope you guys enjoyed this video |
| 00:07:43 | 00:07:47 | if you did give me a thumbs up and drop |
| 00:07:45 | 00:07:49 | a comment down below if y'all are |
| 00:07:47 | 00:07:50 | rocking with pre-built stores or not |
| 00:07:49 | 00:07:52 | i mean hey maybe one of you guys bought |
| 00:07:50 | 00:07:54 | a store and made some racks with it |
| 00:07:52 | 00:07:55 | and if that's the case please let me |
| 00:07:54 | 00:07:56 | know please prove me wrong that's all |
| 00:07:55 | 00:07:58 | for today |
| 00:07:56 | 00:08:00 | stay tuned for another video coming next |
| 00:07:58 | 00:08:13 | friday i hope you have a great weekend |
| 00:08:00 | 00:08:13 | and i'll tok to you soon |
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