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Funds to help you get started..funds to help with everything.?

SelfS79987
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Its going to be and online store...1.For Printing on t- shirts .gym bags .cups.hats..etc.

The other is Scented Candles For indoor & Outdoor.Essential oil ..& candles holders. Etc.

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dropship_helps
Shopify Partner
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Hi @SelfS79987 

 

Are you providing funds to get started ?

Juabt
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I wish have to my bosses 

Sophia
Shopify Staff (Retired)
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@SelfS79987 wrote:

Its going to be and online store...1.For Printing on t- shirts .gym bags .cups.hats..etc.

The other is Scented Candles For indoor & Outdoor.Essential oil ..& candles holders. Etc.


Hi, @SelfS79987!

 

Where are you located? There may be small business grants available in your area, so I'm happy to take a look for any information I have on local funding.

 

I'm also interested to know what you're looking to cover with funding. With print on demand or dropshipping, you don't need to invest in inventory up front. Your supplier(s) will produce and ship the products for you, and you only pay for them once a customer has already ordered and paid. Are you investing in advertising, or something else to help you with the business?

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TeamSpocket
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Hi @SelfS79987 

 

Dropshipping has a very low cost of entry, which makes it a very attractive business model for new retailers selling online. With this being said, Dropshipping still requires money, time, and other resources in order to operate just like in any business.

Setting up a store is very affordable (eg. via Shopify, Woocommerce, Wix etc). There are also great platforms like Spocket (https://www.spocket.co/?utm_source=shopify&medium=forum&utm_campaign=spencer), that you can use to source dropshipping products. But the major cost of dropshipping is with Ads. You need to be very aggressive in running Ads and marketing in order to be profitable in dropshipping. Without effective marketing, the chance of getting a sale is very slim. I hope that you understand.


By the way, are you looking for high-quality products for your dropshipping store? You Should try Spocket. It's a dropshipping app that allows you to sell high-quality products from our suppliers located around the world. We have suppliers based in major countries like the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
 
You can sign up for a free Spocket account and browse our catalogs of products. We also provide a 14-day free trial on our paid subscription to help you get started with selling. You can also check our success stories on some of our retailers. Links are down below. Cheers!