Shoot! I just answered all the questions and then lost them. Okay, onwards and upwards as we begin again.
#1. Thanks to Bluemoon1 mentioning the group to me is one very good reason I am here :) but the other is to learn and grow as I want to make a switch in 2018 to Dropshipping. I believe in supporting each other in small business and I hope to be able to give and receive here and learn as much as possible.
#2. I am in the beginning phase of researching platforms for drop shipping and actually challenged myself after seeing an article about a Tshirt business. I set up a store at Shopify to see if this could be done by me in less than 14 days, and by gosh I actually managed to do that. And that told me a lot.
#3. My biggest need is to be earning an income and seeing success with a drop shipping business. I am not able to work in my chosen career or any other that involves physical activity + due to a health issue that came as a surprise. I need to prove to myself first and others ( family and friends) that this can and does work.
#4. In WA I am in Phase 7 and lesson 9. I should be further ahead and take full responsibility for getting sidetracked. :)
#5. Skills I may have I would say are a motivator encouraging others and being self-taught at everything I do when it comes to the computer.
#6. I use facebook messenger, twitter, and Google+ as well as live stream, skype when necessary. I also have Whatsapp. and can use pretty much whatever is necessary for communication.
#7. I am available most any day and any time. I will be away from March 20 to April 5th and will not have access to my computer during my regular hours.
#8. It would be an honor to be a part of this group and having the opportunity of learning from others that have so much to offer. I can only hope I am not too late, but if so I do understand.Thank you, Dave, for any consideration.

Hi Dave,

(1) The reason you are here and what you hope to get out of the group.

I am here to learn and practice dropshipping with the help, experience and recommendations from a proven and successful expert as Dave and to achieve online success individually and as a group.
Having a global online business is my dream...as long as it is "properly set-up" from the ground up.

(2) Where you are at right now with your online business,

I have do not have any type or experience of online business at the moment.

(3) Your biggest need right now to grow your business.

Proper mentoring from an expert, a proven system and the fastest track to follow for online success.
I might add more in this section later.

(4) Where are you at with the training that is provided here on the Wealthy Affiliate platform.

Course 1, Lesson 2.

(5) What kind of skills do you bring to the table that may help further yur own goals and goals the group may have...

Quick learning capabilities, very well organized and coordinated. I am not scared of technicalities and welcome new and effective technology (especially automation...) . I think to be good at "testing".
I might add more in this section later.

(6) What means do you use to communicate online (i.e. WA, live streaming, FB, WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, etc.)

I use WhatsApp and WA, could use WeChat and Skype.

(7) Hours of the day and days that are best for your online business activities.

UK Timezone, group interaction best time 20.00-22.00 weekdays , any time weekend.

(8) Anything else that you want to mention that is pertinent to the group...

My guiding principle : Enterpreuner + Leasdership + Warrior mind set = Success

Cheers :)

Hi Dave, I want to change from e-commerce to dropshipping to be in this group.

(1) The reason you are here and what you hope to get out of the group.
I want to learn more about dropshipping, to be successful with it and helping others with it.

(2) Where you are at right now with your online business,
I have a trial Shopify Store which I hope to upgrade to a permanent one.
I'm at phase 5 of the Affiliate Bootcamp and want to finish asap.

(3) Your biggest need right now to grow your business.
My biggest need is to learn to get traffic and conversions.

(4) Where are you at with the training that is provided here on the Wealthy Affiliate platform.
I'm at phase 5 of the Affiliate Bootcamp and want to finish asap.

(5) What kind of skills do you bring to the table that may help further yur own goals and goals the group may have...
I have the experience that I got here at WA and some self-taught dropshipping experience.

(6) What means do you use to communicate online (i.e. WA, live streaming, FB, WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, etc.)
I use WA, FB, Messenge, Skype, Whatsapp.

(7) Hours of the day and days that are best for your online business activities.
I'm available Monday - Friday. My time zone is West African UTC+00.00.

(8) Anything else that you want to mention that is pertinent to the group...
I really want to see all of us very successful and we can achieve that by hard work, commitment and dedication.

Thanks Dave.

(1) The reason you are here and what you hope to get out of the group.

I am here to learn and help others as much as possible about marketing on social media. I have a FB page that I rarely use and the same for twitter, instagram, etc. I do not know anything about drop shipping other than what the concept is.

(2) Where you are at right now with your online business,

Not very far along as I do not have a niche I am comfortable with and trying to work through a niche that does not engage me, is more difficult than I thought it would be

(3) Your biggest need right now to grow your business.

Nail down the niche and promote via social media.

(4) Where are you at with the training that is provided here on the Wealthy Affiliate platform.

Currently, I am halfway through the certification course and 1/3 of the way through boot camp. I stalled a bit, due to not being certain about my niche in certification and what to do in bootcamp.

(5) What kind of skills do you bring to the table that may help further your own goals and goals the group may have...

I am a good speaker and motivator for others. I have trained and mentored many people in my previous career.

(6) What means do you use to communicate online (i.e. WA, live streaming, FB, WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, etc.)

I have accounts at FB, Instagram, Twitter, Skype, Messenger and WA. I use FB sparingly for family and Twitter and Instagram not at all.

(7) Hours of the day and days that are best for your online business activities.

Early morning Asia works best for me, however, I can be available as needed at other times.

(8) Anything else that you want to mention that is pertinent to the group...

I am really looking forward to being in the group and working towards success.

Can I join the group too? I'm interested to start with dropshipping but I don't know where to start and have a lot of questions to help make the process works. Im here to learn. I've been doing a lot of reading but I'm sure that having a mentoring group will help heaps.

I've gone through the trainings here at WA and my breastfeeding site includes affiliate links. I've also managed to have an engaged Instagram group with 22k followers.

I can use WA, messenger, Skype or Hangouts to communicate. Based in Sydney, and I'm good anytime during the day.

Thanks for putting this together and looking forward to be part of the group.

Hey everyone!

Dave - thanks for getting this rolling!

(1) I'm here to gain knowledge and to create one or more successful streams of income online. I hope to make some great contacts and help those people succeed online as well.

(2) My wife started her own veterinary business last year and I created her online presence at the same time. Her site appears on the first google search page and I'm now just starting to monetize it with Amazon this month. I tested a Shopify/Aliexpress store ~6 months ago to see if it had potential and made $250 after spending around $150 in FB ads, currently looking at Woocommerce as an alternative to Shopify for a similar drop shipping site and investing more time in it. I've also started an online marketing site promoting WA that is just in its infancy.

(3) My biggest need right now is to spend time on content creation and activities that will start producing revenue. I like Dave's comment on automation.

(4) I have completed through Certification level 5 and have the Affiliate bootcamp to complete.

(5) I have formal work experience as a product manager, marketing manager, and database developer/administrator. Expert in different software packages. Worked for several large companies. Left GE six months ago to manage a startup while also trying to make additional revenue streams online.

(6) I use WA, FB, Messenger, and Skype. Open to other tools as well.

(7) I work out of my house so I'm online for the most part of the traditional business day 7 - 4 Pacific time.

(8) Just excited to be a part of this effort.

Hi Dave,
Some thing that we share in common .... I immigrated to the US in 1961 as a resident. In 1963, Vietnam time, I was drafted into the Army, luckily I was sent to Germany for my service and stationed in the Manheim area (Coleman Barracks), I had my thoughts to be discharged in Germany, but ... returned to US. Well, now I am in Toronto since 1974.

ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP FORMATION:

(1) The reason you are here and what you hope to get out of the group.
I am here to gain knowledge and experience to increase my retirement income, and keep my mind alert in the road to a successful longevity. At the same time “give back” to my community.
(2) Where you are at right now with your online business,
I have an Amazon Store and a Shopify Store with not enough sales.
(3) Your biggest need right now to grow your business.
I am a Canadian citizen, and in the process to obtain an ITIN number so I can negotiate with US Dropshiper/Manufactures to promote their products as 99% are always requesting a Tax Number.
(4) Where are you at with the training that is provided here on the Wealthy Affiliate platform.
I am only half way through the certification program.
(5) What kind of skills do you bring to the table that may help further your own goals and goals the group may have...
I have fairly good knowledge of WordPress, Facebook, Google My Business, YouTube. Right now, I am helping my wife, who is a published author, to build-up the modules for a course on line.
(6) What means do you use to communicate online (i.e. WA, live streaming, FB, WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, etc.)
WA, live streaming, FB, WhatsApp, Messenger, email, Skype
(7) Hours of the day and days that are best for your online business activities.
I am quite flexible for the 7 days of the week and put as an average 4 hours per day
(8) Anything else that you want to mention that is pertinent to the group...
I am willing to continue being educated and to share from my experiences.

(1) The reason I am here is because I started a dropshipping website but have yet to make any money at it. I know I have a lot to learn!

(2) My website is up and has over 400 products on it right now

(3) I learned that you have to use SEO in your product naming as well. So, I am trying to figure out how you reconcile the name the dropshipper wants the product to be with SEO

(4) Here at WA I have done all of the Certification Courses and am in the middle of the Bootcamp one. Actually am on Phase 7 of the bootcamp

(5) I am a quick learner. I love to learn and help others.

(6) I use facebook and a program called Discord which is used by gamers to connect as groups

(7) I am usually online all day Eastern time

Hi Dave,

Thank you very much for your efforts. It is so nice to see that we move forward and upward. Here is my info you asked for:

(1) The reason you are here and what you hope to get out of the group?

I am here to help myself and other group members mastering online business. From the group activities, I will gain knowledge in critical steps, such as product selection and product marketing, in drop shipping.

(2) Where am I at right now with my online business?

I selected two health products and applied for listing in Amazon last year, but Amazon rejected my listing application. Amazon doesn’t give reasons of rejections. I continue my efforts in product selection and listing in different sites, including establishment of my own e-commerce site, or sale in my own affiliate site.

(3) Your biggest need right now to grow your business.

Right now, biggest need is to identify profitable product.

The next need is how to effectively market the product.

(4) Where are you at with the training that is provided here on the Wealthy Affiliate platform.

I completed the certification courses.

I went through the Affiliate Bootcamp courses, but no practice since I have no plan to promote Wealthy Affiliate at this moment.

(5) What kind of skills do you bring to the table that may help further your own goals and goals the group may have...

I had my medical education in China, passed United States Medical License Examination, and was certified for medical practice in US.

After my medical education, I went to Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden and pursued my PhD study in the field of molecular biology. I had my postdoc training at Mount Sinai Medical School in NYC, USA.

After my postdoc training, I had been working at Pfizer Vaccines for 18 years and participated in the work leading market authorizations of four vaccines.

I started online business in 2004 and built Kcancer.com into a social network site for cancer patients and created a rendezvous where cancer patients and their loved ones could interact, communicate, generate and harness the power of cancer knowledge to start the healing journey. During the years operation, Kcancer accumulated huge amount of data related to cancer and cancer patients.

Right now, I focus on smoking, quit smoking and lung cancer based website: www.rebrandsmoking.com.

(6) What means do you use to communicate online (i.e. WA, live streaming, FB, WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, etc.)

I have access all online tools to communicate with people worldwide.

(7) Hours of the day and days that are best for your online business activities.

Right now, I work full time on my online business. Any time is ok for me. I live in Harriman, New York.

(8) Anything else that you want to mention that is pertinent to the group...

I have been working on online business for a while now. It is difficult to make money consistently. The key to success is that we need a dream team to execute the business process flawlessly. I am open to team up with like-mined people.

Hi Dave,

Wow so thorough. And thank you for doing this. I'm sure that some of the newer memebers are lost and or experiencing what I'm going through. I'm hoping that my experience here will help them as well.


(1) I am here to help myself. And Learn about how to start one or what e-commerce can do for my business. I'm also intrested in drop shopping.

(2) I have no income coming in. I am getting kick from Amazon in the next couple of months because I have no legitimate sales. I haven't heard from the other affiliates but I'm assuming they have the same agenda.

I read somewhere around 90 days. Amazon with 160 (?) days.

(3) That is why I want this group mentoring to help me. I have a blogging site and I want to monetize it.

(4) I have completed the certification course and some boot camp however, I do not want to continued until I know what I'm doing. Less stress that way.

(5) I have no experience in online anything. I would love to know more. I have managed a few people. I work in electronics industry so do a little research and development (R&D), and leadership.

(6) my means of communication is here in WA or Messenger.

(7) my schedule 10/4, I work 10 hrs and day 4 days a week. However, we have been busy and has been working Fridays as of late. I'm on the Pacific standard time. So anything after 5:30pm is great for me.

(8) I'm looking forward to what this group will teach me. I'm am excited to get this started. Like I said before this is completely new to me and all the verbiage seems like a brand new language for me to start understanding it.

I would hope that you have patience with me if I happened to ask a dumb question(s). :P

Once again thanks for making this group. Dave!