The 3 Biggest Shopify Dropshipping Mistakes
Published on: December 4 2022 by Hayden Bowles
The 3 Biggest Shopify Dropshipping Mistakes
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The 3 Biggest Shopify Dropshipping Mistakes
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| 00:00:01 | 00:00:06 | look at my background you see that it's |
| 00:00:04 | 00:00:08 | a nice look at em before I've got it on |
| 00:00:06 | 00:00:10 | both my phones cuz I think I'm gonna get |
| 00:00:08 | 00:00:12 | one so you guys might be seeing that |
| 00:00:10 | 00:00:13 | real soon but anyways in today's video |
| 00:00:12 | 00:00:14 | we're gonna be toking about three |
| 00:00:13 | 00:00:16 | common mistakes that I see people make |
| 00:00:14 | 00:00:18 | all the freakin time with Shopify |
| 00:00:16 | 00:00:19 | dropship it no obviously there's like so |
| 00:00:18 | 00:00:21 | many different variables components |
| 00:00:19 | 00:00:22 | mistakes and everybody makes different |
| 00:00:21 | 00:00:24 | mistakes you know some people might have |
| 00:00:22 | 00:00:25 | taken this course by John a different |
| 00:00:24 | 00:00:26 | one from Mark Lee whatever and so |
| 00:00:25 | 00:00:27 | they're learning to different you know |
| 00:00:26 | 00:00:29 | there's so many different ways to do |
| 00:00:27 | 00:00:30 | Shopify first of all so let's say you |
| 00:00:29 | 00:00:32 | learn one way and someone else learns |
| 00:00:30 | 00:00:33 | another way you're both gonna be making |
| 00:00:32 | 00:00:35 | separate mistakes so if you combined |
| 00:00:33 | 00:00:36 | your knowledge then you would make less |
| 00:00:35 | 00:00:37 | mistakes but there's always gonna be |
| 00:00:36 | 00:00:39 | mistakes be made so I'm gonna go through |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:40 | the three most common like I guess |
| 00:00:39 | 00:00:41 | general mistakes that people make and |
| 00:00:40 | 00:00:43 | the tip to make these kind of no matter |
| 00:00:41 | 00:00:44 | who they learn from how they learn how |
| 00:00:43 | 00:00:45 | much time they spend on it so hopefully |
| 00:00:44 | 00:00:47 | I can help you guys the boy these |
| 00:00:45 | 00:00:48 | because I definitely I think I'm looking |
| 00:00:47 | 00:00:50 | at my notes right now I've got them on |
| 00:00:48 | 00:00:51 | my laptop and I think I've made all |
| 00:00:50 | 00:00:53 | these and a hell of a lot more but |
| 00:00:51 | 00:00:54 | before we jump into that be sure to join |
| 00:00:53 | 00:00:55 | the family by hitting that nice-looking |
| 00:00:54 | 00:00:57 | subscribe button down below and drop a |
| 00:00:55 | 00:01:01 | like on the video if you enjoy it but |
| 00:00:57 | 00:01:03 | now cancers most people don't ever |
| 00:01:01 | 00:01:05 | properly or effectively capitalize on |
| 00:01:03 | 00:01:07 | trends and ride that way product |
| 00:01:05 | 00:01:08 | research is so huge like we're not gonna |
| 00:01:07 | 00:01:09 | be diving into that like whatever course |
| 00:01:08 | 00:01:11 | or whoever you're learning from they |
| 00:01:09 | 00:01:13 | should go in-depth on that but being |
| 00:01:11 | 00:01:15 | able to identify products ideally before |
| 00:01:13 | 00:01:16 | they start popping off you know finding |
| 00:01:15 | 00:01:18 | the products that have the potential to |
| 00:01:16 | 00:01:20 | go viral and then you know hedging your |
| 00:01:18 | 00:01:22 | bet on that product you know having two |
| 00:01:20 | 00:01:23 | three five ten whatever products you're |
| 00:01:22 | 00:01:25 | constantly testing with it all have the |
| 00:01:23 | 00:01:27 | potential to be a big trend go viral and |
| 00:01:25 | 00:01:28 | do really really well make a lot of |
| 00:01:27 | 00:01:29 | sales definitely one or two of those is |
| 00:01:28 | 00:01:31 | gonna have well then you're gonna |
| 00:01:29 | 00:01:32 | absolutely Bank off of them for a couple |
| 00:01:31 | 00:01:34 | months so yes it's a calculated risk |
| 00:01:32 | 00:01:35 | finding stuff that like you think is |
| 00:01:34 | 00:01:36 | going to be a trend cuz obviously you |
| 00:01:35 | 00:01:37 | don't know for sure I've seen a lot of |
| 00:01:36 | 00:01:39 | stuff fail |
| 00:01:37 | 00:01:41 | I have products that fail I'm constantly |
| 00:01:39 | 00:01:42 | cycling through new products on all my |
| 00:01:41 | 00:01:44 | stores but it's just a calculated risk |
| 00:01:42 | 00:01:45 | and that's one you're gonna have to take |
| 00:01:44 | 00:01:46 | you know it's not like you're gonna lose |
| 00:01:45 | 00:01:48 | a lot of money you're just gonna have |
| 00:01:46 | 00:01:49 | lost the time you did for the product |
| 00:01:48 | 00:01:51 | research set it up in your store the |
| 00:01:49 | 00:01:52 | description the ad campaign maybe a |
| 00:01:51 | 00:01:54 | little bit of money for Facebook or |
| 00:01:52 | 00:01:55 | Instagram but it's really not that bad |
| 00:01:54 | 00:01:56 | so you definitely to be kind of hedging |
| 00:01:55 | 00:01:58 | your bet on products that have the |
| 00:01:56 | 00:01:59 | potential to go viral I think everything |
| 00:01:58 | 00:02:01 | is a trend the internet right now is a |
| 00:01:59 | 00:02:03 | trend digital marketing social media |
| 00:02:01 | 00:02:04 | marketing agency it's a trend yeah it'll |
| 00:02:03 | 00:02:06 | be around for a long-ass time but it's a |
| 00:02:04 | 00:02:07 | trend it's hot right now shop buy drop |
| 00:02:06 | 00:02:09 | shipping it's hot right now Amazon FBA |
| 00:02:07 | 00:02:11 | taught everything is a trend so you just |
| 00:02:09 | 00:02:12 | need to take part of that and kind of |
| 00:02:11 | 00:02:14 | understand that when it comes |
| 00:02:12 | 00:02:15 | picking products so if you see you like |
| 00:02:14 | 00:02:16 | more successful dropshippers this is |
| 00:02:15 | 00:02:17 | what I kind of like to do I'll look at |
| 00:02:16 | 00:02:19 | other stores that I know are making |
| 00:02:17 | 00:02:21 | sales and if there's products I see |
| 00:02:19 | 00:02:22 | moving up on Aliexpress you know |
| 00:02:21 | 00:02:24 | starting to get a good amount of orders |
| 00:02:22 | 00:02:25 | they have a good price whatever I'll put |
| 00:02:24 | 00:02:27 | it on my store if it fits my niche and |
| 00:02:25 | 00:02:29 | I'll start testing to myself because you |
| 00:02:27 | 00:02:30 | know again has the potential to go viral |
| 00:02:29 | 00:02:32 | and do really really well so just be |
| 00:02:30 | 00:02:34 | super like I like to be hyper aware of |
| 00:02:32 | 00:02:35 | everything I study the marketplace I |
| 00:02:34 | 00:02:37 | study what people like I'm studying |
| 00:02:35 | 00:02:38 | psychology all the time |
| 00:02:37 | 00:02:40 | little did you guys know I'm just gonna |
| 00:02:38 | 00:02:43 | show you here you're sitting on a stack |
| 00:02:40 | 00:02:45 | of a lot of books a lot of those are |
| 00:02:43 | 00:02:46 | psychology I don't even read too many |
| 00:02:45 | 00:02:48 | business books anymore just because |
| 00:02:46 | 00:02:50 | psychology is more interesting and to be |
| 00:02:48 | 00:02:51 | honest it's more relevant in business |
| 00:02:50 | 00:02:53 | especially with dropshipping with all |
| 00:02:51 | 00:02:55 | this internet stuff it's it's psychology |
| 00:02:53 | 00:02:56 | that's what a lot of it comes down to |
| 00:02:55 | 00:02:58 | like the ad copy and everything and |
| 00:02:56 | 00:03:00 | getting people to actually buy you need |
| 00:02:58 | 00:03:01 | to understand a consumer which I know I |
| 00:03:00 | 00:03:02 | just kind of got a little bit off topic |
| 00:03:01 | 00:03:04 | with trends but it's a trend so you need |
| 00:03:02 | 00:03:06 | to find products that have the potential |
| 00:03:04 | 00:03:08 | to become a good trend and eventually |
| 00:03:06 | 00:03:09 | once you have like if you're there's two |
| 00:03:08 | 00:03:10 | different types of things you can do |
| 00:03:09 | 00:03:12 | I've made a video on it a long time ago |
| 00:03:10 | 00:03:14 | you can build a store or you can build a |
| 00:03:12 | 00:03:16 | brand if you have a brand then you have |
| 00:03:14 | 00:03:17 | the power to create the trend if you |
| 00:03:16 | 00:03:18 | have a store you're just gonna |
| 00:03:17 | 00:03:20 | capitalize on things that are already |
| 00:03:18 | 00:03:22 | moving and that brands create into the |
| 00:03:20 | 00:03:23 | trend I hope that makes sense you can go |
| 00:03:22 | 00:03:24 | dig back and find the video I explained |
| 00:03:23 | 00:03:26 | if you definitely wanna be finding the |
| 00:03:24 | 00:03:27 | products kind of potential to do really |
| 00:03:26 | 00:03:29 | well and make you a lot of money no |
| 00:03:27 | 00:03:30 | that's gonna build right into number two |
| 00:03:29 | 00:03:32 | where it comes to testing you need to be |
| 00:03:30 | 00:03:34 | testing like a madman absolutely |
| 00:03:32 | 00:03:35 | you need to look insane and I know you |
| 00:03:34 | 00:03:37 | hear this all the time but I'm gonna |
| 00:03:35 | 00:03:38 | tell it right to your face you better be |
| 00:03:37 | 00:03:40 | testing if you want to make money better |
| 00:03:38 | 00:03:41 | be testing the new products testing |
| 00:03:40 | 00:03:42 | different campaigns whether Facebook |
| 00:03:41 | 00:03:44 | Instagram different site layout if it's |
| 00:03:42 | 00:03:45 | not doing well a different ad copy |
| 00:03:44 | 00:03:47 | learning reading books doing everything |
| 00:03:45 | 00:03:49 | just test test test I cannot stress that |
| 00:03:47 | 00:03:50 | enough because here's the thing let's |
| 00:03:49 | 00:03:52 | say I'm just gonna make up or this is |
| 00:03:50 | 00:03:55 | just gonna make no sense until I explain |
| 00:03:52 | 00:03:57 | it let's say you have to test 10/10 |
| 00:03:55 | 00:03:59 | whatever it you have to test 10 so if |
| 00:03:57 | 00:04:00 | you're gonna test let's say it takes a |
| 00:03:59 | 00:04:02 | week to test one so it's gonna take you |
| 00:04:00 | 00:04:03 | 10 weeks to get to the point where then |
| 00:04:02 | 00:04:05 | you're making money why would you not |
| 00:04:03 | 00:04:07 | just double that and test twice as fast |
| 00:04:05 | 00:04:08 | or instead of launching one campaign |
| 00:04:07 | 00:04:09 | every day launch 5 right because then |
| 00:04:08 | 00:04:11 | you're shortening the timeframe so |
| 00:04:09 | 00:04:12 | instead of it taking 3 months for you to |
| 00:04:11 | 00:04:14 | figure it out and start making money |
| 00:04:12 | 00:04:16 | it's gonna take you 1 month or 3 weeks |
| 00:04:14 | 00:04:18 | so you want to accelerate that as fast |
| 00:04:16 | 00:04:20 | as you can right now with my main |
| 00:04:18 | 00:04:21 | Shopify store my business partner we're |
| 00:04:20 | 00:04:23 | really just focusing on Facebook Ads we |
| 00:04:21 | 00:04:24 | just launched 3 more products each with |
| 00:04:23 | 00:04:26 | 3 different ad sets |
| 00:04:24 | 00:04:27 | yesterday alone which isn't even that |
| 00:04:26 | 00:04:28 | much honestly we should be doing three |
| 00:04:27 | 00:04:30 | to five but we're testing as fast as |
| 00:04:28 | 00:04:31 | possible we're getting some decent |
| 00:04:30 | 00:04:32 | results most of the campaign's fail |
| 00:04:31 | 00:04:34 | which is the point that we're learning |
| 00:04:32 | 00:04:35 | to figuring out what works and what |
| 00:04:34 | 00:04:36 | doesn't when it comes to Instagram it's |
| 00:04:35 | 00:04:38 | really not that hard we can make like a |
| 00:04:36 | 00:04:39 | thousand bucks a week if we want but |
| 00:04:38 | 00:04:40 | we're just focusing on Facebook now that |
| 00:04:39 | 00:04:42 | we have to look like audience so we're |
| 00:04:40 | 00:04:43 | taking away from Instagram just a little |
| 00:04:42 | 00:04:44 | bit because you know we're focusing our |
| 00:04:43 | 00:04:46 | time and attention on Facebook because |
| 00:04:44 | 00:04:47 | as I've spent so many times before |
| 00:04:46 | 00:04:48 | Facebook is where you're gonna scale you |
| 00:04:47 | 00:04:50 | know if you figure out how to make a |
| 00:04:48 | 00:04:51 | couple sales a day and get like 50 to |
| 00:04:50 | 00:04:52 | 100 sales in your first month or |
| 00:04:51 | 00:04:54 | whatever from Instagram which is just |
| 00:04:52 | 00:04:56 | cold ass traffic then there's absolutely |
| 00:04:54 | 00:04:58 | no reason why you can't start doing 500 |
| 00:04:56 | 00:04:59 | a thousand ten thousand dollars a day on |
| 00:04:58 | 00:05:00 | Facebook it makes sense what you |
| 00:04:59 | 00:05:01 | understand I have a lot of friends who |
| 00:05:00 | 00:05:03 | are doing really really well and |
| 00:05:01 | 00:05:04 | thankfully that helped me out with a lot |
| 00:05:03 | 00:05:05 | of this stuff so I understand and I'm |
| 00:05:04 | 00:05:07 | implementing it and starting to see the |
| 00:05:05 | 00:05:08 | results but it just comes down to |
| 00:05:07 | 00:05:10 | testing like I said that's gonna be like |
| 00:05:08 | 00:05:12 | the main key to try and do that as fast |
| 00:05:10 | 00:05:13 | as you can but just know that the |
| 00:05:12 | 00:05:15 | testing is never gonna end that's the |
| 00:05:13 | 00:05:16 | point testing is the name of the game |
| 00:05:15 | 00:05:18 | you're constantly gonna be trying new |
| 00:05:16 | 00:05:19 | stores new trends new hot topics hot |
| 00:05:18 | 00:05:20 | products literally everything you're |
| 00:05:19 | 00:05:22 | gonna have to test if you want to win |
| 00:05:20 | 00:05:23 | especially in this industry and the |
| 00:05:22 | 00:05:26 | internet where it's moving so fast now |
| 00:05:23 | 00:05:27 | number three biggest mistake it applies |
| 00:05:26 | 00:05:29 | to a lot more than just Shopify you |
| 00:05:27 | 00:05:31 | could probably apply this to everything |
| 00:05:29 | 00:05:33 | like and that is commitment most people |
| 00:05:31 | 00:05:34 | simply aren't committed they see some |
| 00:05:33 | 00:05:36 | young dude with a cool car telling them |
| 00:05:34 | 00:05:38 | that oh this lifestyle is possible |
| 00:05:36 | 00:05:39 | because of Louisville blah ecommerce and |
| 00:05:38 | 00:05:41 | that's great you know it's cool people |
| 00:05:39 | 00:05:42 | get inspired by that whatever cars are |
| 00:05:41 | 00:05:44 | the big motivation of mine too what I |
| 00:05:42 | 00:05:46 | just show you on both my phones the m4 |
| 00:05:44 | 00:05:47 | but at the same time it takes a lot more |
| 00:05:46 | 00:05:49 | than that the motivation and the |
| 00:05:47 | 00:05:51 | commitment has to run so deep in your |
| 00:05:49 | 00:05:53 | veins pastures to car that you have to |
| 00:05:51 | 00:05:54 | be dedicated and willing to put in the |
| 00:05:53 | 00:05:55 | time because like I said with testing |
| 00:05:54 | 00:05:57 | it's not just gonna happen overnight |
| 00:05:55 | 00:05:58 | yeah if you're testing fast whatever you |
| 00:05:57 | 00:06:00 | could get lucky early on it hit |
| 00:05:58 | 00:06:01 | something that works and just scale and |
| 00:06:00 | 00:06:03 | build off that then once you make fifty |
| 00:06:01 | 00:06:04 | or hundred grand a month off that one |
| 00:06:03 | 00:06:05 | thing you got lucky with that it's |
| 00:06:04 | 00:06:07 | pretty much gonna be retargeting |
| 00:06:05 | 00:06:08 | look-alike audiences and email marketing |
| 00:06:07 | 00:06:10 | and so you might just be set from there |
| 00:06:08 | 00:06:11 | for a long time you're still you have to |
| 00:06:10 | 00:06:13 | be testing it takes time you have to be |
| 00:06:11 | 00:06:15 | dedicated I feel like a lot of people |
| 00:06:13 | 00:06:17 | just in most businesses they're shiny |
| 00:06:15 | 00:06:18 | ball syndrome if you guys don't know |
| 00:06:17 | 00:06:21 | what that is it's like let me give an |
| 00:06:18 | 00:06:23 | example you're driving on the highway 5 |
| 00:06:21 | 00:06:25 | lane highway and you know the lanes |
| 00:06:23 | 00:06:26 | you're in traffic some lanes constantly |
| 00:06:25 | 00:06:28 | go faster than others and it's moving |
| 00:06:26 | 00:06:29 | around but overall it's usually better |
| 00:06:28 | 00:06:30 | to stay in one lane because eventually |
| 00:06:29 | 00:06:32 | you'll still get there it's just the |
| 00:06:30 | 00:06:33 | same amount of time there's too many |
| 00:06:32 | 00:06:34 | people who like they see one things |
| 00:06:33 | 00:06:36 | start to go faster and then jump over |
| 00:06:34 | 00:06:38 | and then it slows down and where they |
| 00:06:36 | 00:06:39 | or passes them and so they jumped back |
| 00:06:38 | 00:06:41 | over and they're constantly just playing |
| 00:06:39 | 00:06:43 | themselves like DJ Khaled said they're |
| 00:06:41 | 00:06:44 | getting behind it's the same thing with |
| 00:06:43 | 00:06:45 | business they're jumping around they're |
| 00:06:44 | 00:06:47 | not being committed they're not staying |
| 00:06:45 | 00:06:48 | focused on one thing the people who |
| 00:06:47 | 00:06:49 | actually do well with this wood shop |
| 00:06:48 | 00:06:50 | fight I don't want to like shot anyone |
| 00:06:49 | 00:06:52 | out and give them free plugs but like |
| 00:06:50 | 00:06:53 | just people like Thaddeus and Geoffrey |
| 00:06:52 | 00:06:55 | bunting I know they've been doing this |
| 00:06:53 | 00:06:57 | for like three four years and while |
| 00:06:55 | 00:06:58 | all their friends jumped around and |
| 00:06:57 | 00:06:59 | tried different stuff they didn't and |
| 00:06:58 | 00:07:01 | that's why they're successful with this |
| 00:06:59 | 00:07:02 | so I feel like you guys can definitely |
| 00:07:01 | 00:07:04 | apply that to your life and make sure |
| 00:07:02 | 00:07:05 | that you're actually dedicated and doing |
| 00:07:04 | 00:07:06 | things for the right reason because if |
| 00:07:05 | 00:07:08 | you find the business that genuinely |
| 00:07:06 | 00:07:09 | interest you and you want to put in the |
| 00:07:08 | 00:07:10 | time of effort that's great if it's |
| 00:07:09 | 00:07:12 | e-commerce that's cool that's awesome |
| 00:07:10 | 00:07:13 | freaking focus on it but don't be |
| 00:07:12 | 00:07:15 | jumping around trying to do multiple |
| 00:07:13 | 00:07:16 | things I actually did a consulting call |
| 00:07:15 | 00:07:18 | a couple weeks ago with someone who was |
| 00:07:16 | 00:07:19 | like oh I want to be focus on this main |
| 00:07:18 | 00:07:20 | three things I wanna learn shop five |
| 00:07:19 | 00:07:22 | affiliate marketing and social media |
| 00:07:20 | 00:07:23 | marketing and my buddy and I who we were |
| 00:07:22 | 00:07:26 | doing the call we got the camera we go |
| 00:07:23 | 00:07:27 | dude pick one one you get one and the |
| 00:07:26 | 00:07:28 | reason we did that is because if he's |
| 00:07:27 | 00:07:30 | focusing on all these different things |
| 00:07:28 | 00:07:32 | and he's only gonna be able to put a 33% |
| 00:07:30 | 00:07:33 | on each of them so it's gonna take a lot |
| 00:07:32 | 00:07:35 | longer for all um he's probably gonna |
| 00:07:33 | 00:07:37 | fail results aren't gonna come as fast |
| 00:07:35 | 00:07:39 | the best way to do it is to master one |
| 00:07:37 | 00:07:40 | thing absolutely just one thing and then |
| 00:07:39 | 00:07:41 | you can branch out once you like |
| 00:07:40 | 00:07:43 | automate that because at least the |
| 00:07:41 | 00:07:44 | businesses and stuff that I'm trying to |
| 00:07:43 | 00:07:45 | do it's you know it's front-end loaded |
| 00:07:44 | 00:07:47 | work then you can outsource it it |
| 00:07:45 | 00:07:48 | becomes pretty passive and that allows |
| 00:07:47 | 00:07:50 | you to focus on other things build other |
| 00:07:48 | 00:07:51 | skills and get into other businesses so |
| 00:07:50 | 00:07:52 | I hope that those three minutes sense |
| 00:07:51 | 00:07:54 | and helped you out in some way like if |
| 00:07:52 | 00:07:55 | you guys really take that to heart it's |
| 00:07:54 | 00:07:57 | definitely make an impact in your life |
| 00:07:55 | 00:07:58 | and your business I just feel like a lot |
| 00:07:57 | 00:08:00 | of people make a lot of mistakes and |
| 00:07:58 | 00:08:02 | those are three that should be avoided |
| 00:08:00 | 00:08:03 | so hopefully me toking on that helped |
| 00:08:02 | 00:08:04 | you guys out in some way I appreciate |
| 00:08:03 | 00:08:06 | every single one you're watching |
| 00:08:04 | 00:08:07 | especially if you got this far in the |
| 00:08:06 | 00:08:08 | video if you haven't already be sure to |
| 00:08:07 | 00:08:09 | hit that thumbs up button let me know |
| 00:08:08 | 00:08:13 | that you enjoyed it I'm gonna see you |
| 00:08:09 | 00:08:13 | guys tomorrow the next one peace |
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