The best way to create a dropshipping store

byNadia27

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Updated 5 years ago

I have been trying to create a dropshipping store for the past 2 weeks or so. And this gave me the opportunity to research tools to help me establish and manage my store.

It got me thinking of what is really needed to create and manage a dropshipping store. So, you need:

1. To have products

Creating products manually is incredibly hard and quite impossible to follow up. I tried downloading pictures and editing them on my own. Changing the product description in my store and creating an inventory.

But for some products I couldn't get the exact number of products available from the supplier. And that will be a recurrent problem.

Now that is where a tool is helpful. Most of those tools will simplify the products import process and synchronize the inventory. That way anytime the product is out of stock, you will be notified and avoid loosing money by advertising products which are already out of stock.

2. Place orders to the supplier.

Doing this manually will involve you copy paste your client's information or place the order manually to your supplier. The danger here is to miss some critical information that will create a problem. It can lead the supplier to deliver the product to the wrong person or the wrong destination.

Some tools I found can help you send the order to your supplier in one click. And communicate all the information to your client directly.

3. Marketing.

The biggest budget of a dropshipping store goes to online marketing. It is never easy to do online marketing may it be on social media or search engines.

But I know that the training we are getting here at Wealthy affiliate has proven to be efficient. Between the PPC training and the live session with Jay, I think this will be a good resource for me. Like this one https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/facebook-ads-buildi...

My conclusion is that, these are the main things that I need to put together to start my dropshipping store but there are so much more to include.

I really thought that I could do this without any software assistance. But after 2 weeks of trying, of adding products just to find out that the product is over or that the supplier doesn't allow dropshipping. It has been a nightmare.

After my research I come to realize that there are some dropshipping tools suitable for beginners with less fees. Choosing a tool like that will help me concentrate most of my funds to the marketing part. And that is mainly what will help me get sales.

So,the best way to create a dropshipping store is by using a tool or software or plugin. They make the business easy and some even automate the whole process. Do your research to find what suits you best.

why do I chose dropshipping? I like affiliate marketing more than anything but I wanted to diversify and I find that it helps me concentrate more in my blog.

I realize that I got stuck in my writing, I was writing something in my MMO site but I wasn't inspired anymore. And I decided to look for a distraction, so creating and taking care of this site really helped me.

Because it is less about blogging ( I still have a blog in that site), and more about creating products and marketing. I also faced lit if challenges that inspired my MMO site.

What do you think about this topic? Do you have any experience with dropshipping?

Thanks