How do I get started with drop shipping?

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Brand new here. Trying to get into drop shipping. No idea where to even start. Have not set up website yet.

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Hey, @Ksanchez .

I noticed that you’re a new member of our Community forums, welcome! Thanks for bringing your question to us. I’m more than happy to make some suggestions.

To gather a little bit more information, what type of products are you interested in selling? Dropshipping is a great business model as it allows you to start an online business and sell products without having to purchase the stock before the customer makes a purchase! When you dropship, your customer will make a purchase on your storefront and in turn, the product is purchased from the third party and shipped directly to your customer. This is a great strategy for eliminating the initial cost of inventory.

Oberlo is one of our merchant’s favorite dropshipping options. It’s one of the easiest dropshipping processes for Shopify stores. When a customer buys something in your store, Oberlo fulfills the order automatically. All you have to do is double-check that the order details are correct and click the Order button. The product then ships from the dropshipping supplier to the customer, no matter where they are in the world. Check out this awesome resource for more info: What is Dropshipping?

Another popular option is to use a Print on Demand service. This is similar to dropshipping as it is a fulfillment model where you don’t hold your own inventory. However, with print-on-demand options, you can customize your products with your own images, text, logos, etc. In this article, Top 10 Print on Demand Companies, you will find a list of sites that are free to start with and require you to pay only for the cost of the product and shipping after someone has placed an order.

If you have any questions, please let me know! I will look forward to hearing back from you regarding the type of products you’re hoping to sell.

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Thank you. I will be selling different products. Clothing, outdoor products, cooking products, etc. I’m assuming Shopify will walk me through the steps. Starting website, how to transfer products, how to set up payment options?

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I would suggest to try Yoycol: On-Demand Print & Drop Shipping Service for E-commerce

Yoycol offer a wide range of print-on-demand products. They can provide complete dropshipping service for customers, and the linking with Shopify may promote sales. Probably there’re some discounts for new users.

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Hi @Ksanchez and welcome!

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Hey, @Ksanchez .

That’s awesome! It sounds like you already have some great ideas in mind. The first thing I highly recommend is to sign up for our 14-day free trial. This should give you more than enough time to build an online store that’s ready to launch. Keep in mind that you can continue to add products and improve your store after it goes live. Once you’ve created your account, I suggest following this guide to get started with building your store: A Step-by-Step Guide to Create Your Online Store.

I know that starting a new business can be overwhelming at times, but we have some really great resources you can use along the way, such as:

  • Shopify Learn: When you sign up for Shopify Learn, you get lifetime access to online education resources to help you get your business online or to help you start a new business. All the tutorials, online courses, and webinars are free!
  • Shopify Help Center Youtube: All the videos are created by our team here and provide lots of information along with visual guides for different aspects of store setup.

In regards to payment options, I suggest reading through our great help document: Payments. There are a ton of great resources that can help you with each stage of this process within our Shopify Help Center. Plus, we’re always here to answer any questions as they come up.

Please don’t hesitate to reach back out if you think of anything for the time being!

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Hi @Ksanchez

The first thing that you need to do is to start and create a functional store with a working checkout page. You can follow this checklist below from Shopify and use it as a guide:

https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/intro-to-shopify/initial-setup/new-to-shopify-checklists/general-checklist

Once your store is set, look for dropshipping app that can provide you with great products to sell. You should try Spocket.

It’s a dropshipping app that allows you to sell high-quality products from our suppliers located around the world.

One of the advantages of using Spocket is that we have suppliers based worldwide. Including in the major countries like the US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc. We provide seamless integration with Shopify and other platforms to make dropshipping easier for you. If you go to the Shopify app store, you can see that Spocket is one of the highest-rated apps, having 4.6 ratings from 2k plus users.

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.

https://www.spocket.co/?utm_source=shopify&medium=forum&utm_campaign=spencer
https://www.spocket.co/blog?utm_source=shopify&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=spencer

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Hi @Ksanchez ,

Welcome to the community! Have you already setup your store? If you have, what niche were you thinking of selling?

If you don’t have any idea yet of what to sell and still looking for the right niche, I’d recommend you check us out at Blanka. We specialize in private labelling Beauty/Cosmetics products for now but we’re looking to expand. We are also the direct supplier of the products so you wouldn’t have any headache when it comes to any order issues. Why your own branded cosmetics you ask? Well, have you heard of Kylie Jenner’s cosmetics? We provide something similar to that.

Reach out to hello@blankabrand.com if you have any questions!