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How I Built a Dropshipping Store That Made $6,667 in Under 8 Weeks
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” – Les Brown
I believe that everybody has the potential to become a successful entrepreneur, and I set out to illustrate this for you.
I wanted to document my entire process of building, launching, and running a dropshipping business, so you can follow every decision that I made, and use my journey to fuel your own success.
In 8 weeks I built and launched my store. During those 8 weeks I made $6,666.73 in revenue.
Let me be clear, I’m no genius. I’m just an ambitious entrepreneur, like you, with a huge drive to succeed.
I was running this business in addition to my 9 to 5 job (which isn’t related to ecommerce at all), so I had to work on my store after work, or on the weekends – just like many of you.
Even with all the obstacles in my way, I did it, and if I can, you can too.
So, follow along with my journey to find out how I chose my products, which marketing tactics worked best for me, how I made my first sale, and learn the challenges that I faced as an entrepreneur.
Let’s get started!
Finding a Niche
When I start a new business, I always like to think about what I’m going to sell first.
Even though there are amazing online tools which can help me find a profitable business idea, I usually start by brainstorming on a piece of paper.
Why did I use paper? I’m a huge fan of keeping it simple, so I just wrote down everything that came to mind for 10 minutes.
I don’t want to overthink the ideation process. There were good ideas in my head, just like there are in yours, and all I had to do was put them to paper.
I used the following criteria when I was picking my products:
No food. (I didn’t know about the quality of food from overseas)
No electronics (easy to break which can lead to a lot of returns)
No heavy goods (high shipping costs)
Low-priced items (if a refund was necessary I wouldn’t lose that much money)
Now, these were just my criteria for a product. There isn’t an exact science behind this, but I’ve found success using these criteria in the past, and successful entrepreneurs double down on what works.
I came up with nine solid product ideas (as shown above in green) with some further thoughts (circled in yellow).
I already had some rough ideas for what I should sell, but I still wanted to check the bestselling lists from:
I’ve found success in the past with products that can be found in at least two of these marketplaces.
After checking these marketplaces, I settled on three product ideas.
1. Pineapple Bracelets
Both Amazon and Etsy had the same products in their bestselling listings, which was a good sign that there was demand for this product.
2. Steel Strap Watches
Watches with a steel strap also proved to be popular. Seemed like these products could be a good option.
3. Pineapple Hats
And again; both Amazon and Etsy listed similar products in their bestsellers list. I found it very interesting that both platforms had pineapple hats.
I had three ideas, so it was now time to validate them.
Niche Validation
Validation is one of the most important steps when you’re starting your own online business.
This process will allow you to understand if there is demand for your idea (product) or not.
If you skip the validation process your business can end up being a waste of both time and money.
Niche Validation #1
As I had three ideas, I had to find the one which had the most potential to become a success. The easiest way to do this was to use Google Trends.
All of these product ideas seemed great. There weren’t any crazy trends, but there were definitely signs of an increasing interest across the board.
With this graph I had the confidence to continue moving forward with these product ideas.
Even though “steel watch strap” had a higher search volume on Google, my intuition told me that I should look more into the pineapple products because:
The search volume for both pineapple products was on the rise,
These products fall under a specific niche,
There is a wide variety of possible products to sell.
I already mentioned that spending too much time on finding products to sell isn’t ideal for me.
Then it hit me. I thought to myself: “why not build a huge pineapple dropshipping store?”
I wanted to stick with my gut feeling, and move forward with this idea. So, it was decided: I was going to launch a pineapple store.
Finding Products to Sell
Now that I’d decided on the niche for my store, it was time to start researching some products.
I started by checking Amazon to gauge if the pineapple products were available.
I made a point to take advantage of the drop-down suggestions (as shown in the images below) after I had entered my search term.
This was a very important step. These suggestions are based on the activity from buyers who use these websites, and their algorithms have learnt which products I might be interested in.
Ultimately, these algorithms are meant to coax me into purchasing more from the platforms. And if they work for me, they’ll also work for my audience.
So, I simply searched for the term “pineapple” without pressing enter, and made a note of the results.
Amazon’s suggestions:
I cherrypicked these results for the products which looked most interesting and, combined with the results from my research, I compiled a list of 10 ideas:
Pineapple corer
Pineapple decor
Pineapple backpack
Pineapple float
Pineapple popsocket
Pineapple necklace
Pineapple earrings
Pineapple dress
Pineapple bikini
Pineapple hats
I was very happy with these results, but I still took the time to dig a little deeper and explore some more products.
After all, the more product research you do, the more likely you are to find products which will be successful for your business.
I spent around one hour reviewing these products, and I came up with a couple more solid ideas for my inventory.
I now had 17 product ideas in total. Bare in mind that each product also has dozens of different variants and color options, so my store’s inventory was looking good so far.
Yes, I know it’s November, but for me, everyday is Christmas. How do I define this wonderful time of year? It is filled with love, so much hope and all the things that remind each and everyone of us to love one another just as Jesus loves us!
I am thrilled to be able to present you with this journal, Journal Your Journey With Jesus. It is another creation that I birthed with thanksgiving overflowing from my heart.
Being able to share this with you brings me so much joy. I hope you like it and I pray you use it. It was a blessing to write it and I hope it will bless you and your business.
It was in my heart to write this journal because I love helping to change the lives of women as their create, design and build their very own empires.
Yes, God’s Virtuous Women Entrepreneurs, you have the potential to create, from scratch, empires that can alter lives through your awesome products and/or services.
And so it is that I present to you Journal Your Journey With Jesus because I recognize the fact that we can do nothing without Him!
Written to bring even brighter light into your life and prosper your business, Journal Your Journey With Jesus is uplifting and enriching.
With fewer words, it has the power to help you to prosper in all that you do.
Small and yet so relevant to you and your business, please use this journal to record your thankfulness and then your dreams, goals and visions.
What three goals would you set for your life if you knew that you could achieve them? Would any of them be spiritual in nature? The apostle Paul was a goal-oriented person (even before he became a Christian), and he understood which pursuits were the most important. His chief ambition was to know Christ and His resurrection power, along with the fellowship of His suffering (Phil. 3:10).
We’d all do well to adopt these goals, but they sound so broad. How do we put them into practice? First, it’s important to comprehend that a goal is a purpose or direction toward which we work. This concept is fairly easy to understand when we’re talking about specific objectives like going to bed earlier or washing dishes every day, but what steps would you need to take in order to achieve spiritual goals like Paul’s?
Success requires choosing steps that are specific, reasonable, and measurable. For example, if you want to know Christ more intimately, you might start by spending 15 minutes each day praying and reading His Word. After developing your plan and the steps to accomplish it, put your desire into action. If you don’t take the necessary steps, it will simply remain a wish. No one develops intimacy with Christ through good intentions; it takes commitment, diligence, and perseverance.
If you feel as if your faith is lacking vitality, it may be that you’ve lost sight of your goal. No one intends to slip into complacency. But unless you set some specific goals and work to achieve them, you’ll drift through life and miss the reward—knowing Christ intimately.
We have it all and we should be sincerely and deeply thankful. Yes, we have it all; God, faith and some of the most spectacular tools and remarkable resources to grow as female entrepreneurs.
By week’s end I’m pretty much ready to grab my pen and pad to write out marketing plans for BATF (Beauty and the Face) for the upcoming week.
Growing a business is a life changing, never ending process when you’re an entrepreneur, but a process I thoroughly enjoy nonetheless.
I look forward to new and exciting business ideas every minute of the day. Yes, I invite and welcome new business ventures that promise to nourish my mind, heart and soul.
When adding new business concepts, dreams and visions into my brand you can best believe that I am taking them all to a level I have never experienced before. It brings me tremendous joy when my customers call, text or email me to me how much they love my skincare products. This is a form of motivation for me. I love making new plant-based, all natural skincare products that makes skin glow.
I also start to jump for joy when I check my email every afternoon and see more orders have come through while I slept throughout the night.
This all happens because I believe.
I believe in God and I believe in my products. With faith in God and believing in my skill set and great ability to grow my business, I no doubt, believe in myself. I believe that all of this helps me to write product descriptions, affirmations and thankful notes on the table of my heart to God and then to my customers, old and new; only the thank you notes get mailed to my customers. (SMILE). I even love writing thank you notes because the words pour from the depths of my heart. That is where the Holy Spirit resides.
With the Holy Spirit empowering me I get to experience and enjoy many business changing journeys that have changed the way that I think about my empire and my life in profound ways.
Knowing that I get to impact the lives of many because of God’s impact and blessings upon my life, well is awesome!
Perhaps you feel the same way. If not, then it’s time for you to change that. Why not incorporate new beginnings into your business this autumn season. There is nothing like positive change. It renews the mind and gives you a new prospect in more ways than one.
We have it all; God, faith, confidence and trust. Now is the time to take your business to the next mountain peak. You are going to be in awe when you see that you have the power to get wealth and I mean abundant wealth, riches and prosperity and not just in the form of money.
Watering seeds for abundance comes from using your exclusive gifts. Sow your seeds and reap an abundant harvest.
Making the decision to become an entrepreneur is an awesome choice because you get to use the gifts God graciously bestows upon you a little everyday.
Becoming an entrepreneur is an incredible way to share your heart and spirit and to put your love and passion on display in such a way that it can transform lives.
When I came an entrepreneur I had and still have rivers and oceans to share.
The waters overflow and I open my mind heart hands and arms to receive my good and to always give to others. That’s how deep the abundant and rich reservoir is in me. It is an infinite supply of overflowing wealth, prosperity and riches gifted to me by God the Father.
Every single day that I work my business I receive a word from the Holy Spirit that speaks clearly to my heart. What an awesome feeling to know that the Holy Spirit resides in me empowering me through each and every one of my many goals. I achieve them all with His help. He is my wise counselor and with His infinite wisdom I get to do things that I could never do on my own or by myself.
Doors open to me that would normally be closed, but because I believe, golden opportunities are handed to me. It is my choice to walk through those doors and a wise choice it is. I then begin to water the seeds in my garden and I enjoy the process wholeheartedly.
It is then that my faith takes me on this amazing life-loving journey where I get to put into action all the things that helped to shape my business in a powerful way.
Entering into my office everyday I give God thanks because I know when I turn on my computer my eyes are going to be opened to something greater than the day before. I tell myself, I can be a success, I will be a success, I am a success. These words somehow open more doors to more business opportunities and sales. I love how I can offer a product and provide a service that many women need.
Life is about giving and business is about living.
When we water the seeds that God plants deep into the soil of our ever loving hearts, we grow and it is then that we open our minds and our spirits to more blessings.
Keep watering your seeds for abundance and watch your business soar.
Encourage yourselves and continue to thrive in a way that you have never thrived before!
Thus far, all the months in the year came in speaking to my heart and blessing my spirit.
Although things were very quiet on the business side of things during the Summer months, I continued working in order to keep business flowing and afloat. I made up my mind to walk by faith thankful to led by the Holy Spirit.
While things were slow, I still continued to take inspired action because I love what I do. It has and always will be my focus and goal to be a blessing to you.
This week started out receiving phone calls from some people I have helped to launch their own entrepreneurial journey.
One young man, who lives in Texas called me to inform me that he finally decided to start his tee shirt business. It is a dream he’s finally putting in place with all the tangibles he has to ensure that he is able to manifest his heart’s desire.
His business, 7 Day Confession, is becoming an enormous hit in this as well as in other countries.
Another lady who I’ve been helping called to tell me that she finally landed a better job as she had to get out from where she was due to stress.
Someone who I created an awesome tag line for is getting sales for her tee shirts and glass jars business. Things are happening for so many business owners and I am elated.
As female entrepreneurs opportunities are constantly available to us and are being presented to us on a sometimes daily basis. I’d love to see you take advantage of all that is placed before you. I want to see you soar by incorporating those opportunities, which of course will be relevant to your empire. It’s how God works. It’s how we leverage our businesses and how we add steps to our ladders.
I’m gearing up for the fall as I’m working every day to showcase my new beauty products for maturer women.
Whatever you are working on do it with all your heart.
Trust and believe that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
Remember God has given you the power to get wealth. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. If you get stuck ask God for direction and seek His face. Make your requests known to God.
Encourage yourself. Speak blessings over your life and business and don’t forget to bring all the tithes into Gods storehouse. God will daily load you with benefits.
May you and your business be blessed now and forever in Jesus name. Amen.
Becoming a business women I needed to remind myself to open the door and keep it open.
What this means is sometimes as entrepreneurs we focus on our family and friends depending on their support, in more ways than one, to help us grow and prosper our businesses. We think about and then call upon those individuals we think will purchase our products. We create a list of those people that we honestly believe will be our loyal returning customers only to find out that there is no truth to this whatsoever.
When you open the door of your mind you should envision first and foremost God’s vast universe which should then tell you that there are billions of people in the world and some of those people want what you have. Plain and simple.
Maybe you have in your possession a product that your potential customer is in need of, has been searching for and has now found it to be the perfect fit for their lifestyle. Trust me, people are willing to pay for what they need because, well, there is a dire need. It could also be a daily convenience for some. Your product may be that unique and special product that can help women or young girls to relax and revive some area of their life. It could also be that they want to start a business of their own and you offer a wealth of information that they must have to make their business launch stress-free and smooth.
Perhaps you offer a life-changing service that someone has been in search of and they know from just the way that you describe your service that they can trust you. Therefore, they believe with all their heart and deep down inside of their being that it is of the utmost importance that they reach out to you to connect with you and your service. They want to be able to purchase and implement your service to help guide them to navigate through the storms of life or to simply enlighten and enrich their lives. Your service could be the very thing people need and are willing to pay you for because it has the incredible ability and potential to motivate, encourage and/or enhance the path of their lives.
Women of Excellence, if you have not opened the doors of your mind, now is the time to do it. Yes, open the doors of your mind and keep them and watch God’s blessings rain down and cover each and every inch of your business. God is going to bless the works of your hands when you open the doors of your mind. It is then that you can pour out and over into the lives of those in need and trust me, we all are always in need of help one way or another.
When I opened my mind to the fact that there are billions of people in the world I opened my business up to greater and you should too.
Do you know that you have the awesome ability to tap into that rich reservoir where people from all paths of life are walking, some of walking and many are soaring, you can reach them through your mind and marketing and of course the words you speak.
If you open the doors of your mind and allow those doors to remain open throughout the day as you work your business, you will be amazed how you can grow your business more and more everyday.
Having faith to move mountains and grow an empire.
Women of Excellence, let me ask you a very important question. Are you struggling in business? Do you find it difficult to earn a steady income? What about traffic. Is traffic flowing to your business like it’s Christmas Eve everyday?
Being a business owner can be challenging.As a business owner I have struggled trying desperately to get money flowing into my business on a constant basis. Traffic, from time to time, can be slow and I have found it next to impossible to make even one sale. I thought if I could just get traffic flowing to my website this would change everything.
A researcher and entrepreneur, I learned all the necessary components to having a highly successful and profitable business. My system has been in place since my startup and sales started coming and the only reason they at first came, being perfectly honest, was because I asked friends and family to make purchases. They did. One time. Moving on from my circle I knew I had to have an incredibly powerful marketing plan in place. I had that as well. I had everything I needed for my business.
The reason I always tell you that business is more than business is because there is so much more involved than driving traffic to your website. And you should know that building your list is great, but still there is a lot more that you need to incorporate into your business for you to have a thriving and prosperous empire. And I have to tell you that there is more than having a sound marketing plan in place.
What I’m talking about here is having faith in God.
Why is it important for you to have faith in God when starting any business?
Faith is the key to unlocking the doors to new and ongoing opportunities which will always feel like new beginnings. This all happens when you believe in everything you are preparing to accomplish even before you take the necessary steps to achieve your goals.
Starting with your dream, goals, visions and all that you aspire to do and be, you must be clothed with faith in God. When you have faith deeply rooted in the bosom of God you can move mountains because you speak out in faith believing that you can do anything and you can also have whatever you want. You have to believe in whatever it is you are affirming. When you do this those things you desire will begin to flow to you on a consistent basis. It is an amazing feeling when things start showing up in your life unexpectedly all because you believe!
Inspired Action
Taking inspired action goes right along with having faith in God. God has given all of us gifts. It is up to you to use your gifts to your fullest and greatest potential.
There is greater inside you and it grows like fields of milk and honey with every step you take. The more you use your gifts the richer you become. You are a rich reservoir and like the waves of the sea, life keeps flowing into you giving you more and more of all the things you need to be prosperous, wealth and abundant.
With the Holy Spirit indwelling you and with faith in God you can tell that mountain to be cast into the sea and then the river of life will never stop flowing into you because that mountain will no longer be blocking your path.
When I was fearful of trying or doing anything it wore me out. So long story very short, I made up my mind to replace fear with faith. It changed my life. Faith is now the foundation on which all of my businesses stand. I moved that mountain because my goals and dreams were bigger than any mountain that I have ever encountered.
Faith has given me a new mindset. My positive thinking stems from my faith. My daily affirmations were birthed and written from faith. I now walk by faith and this is how I keep my businesses afloat. My faith is in God and I believe in myself wholeheartedly.
So how do you deepen your faith to take you from having a barely thriving business to having a spectacular business? You get into the word of God everyday of your life and you read read read and you read some more until you start believing in all that God speaks to your heart. You never stop reading, meditating, studying and applying God’s word and His principles to your life first and then you will open the gates to having faith in your business.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. It is then that you will start to deepen your faith in God and believe in your goals. When you begin to make more sales, get booked to speak and get called to coach, your excitement will soar through the roof and then your faith will really soar. You will start to see doors swinging open with greater ideas and opportunities you never imagined being presented to you. You just have to believe. This will have a profound impact on you as well as your business. Is it really that easy. You can best believe it is that easy. Why make it difficult when it doesn’t have to be.
Remember God makes things super easy for us. With faith in Him you can do any thing.
As Christian of God and Christ-filled entrepreneurs we should always strive to work from our hearts.
When I began my full-time work-from-home journey it was birthed from my passion. I love to write. when I discovered that God had gifted me with the tools and resources to create one-of-a-kind timeless masterpieces another business evolved. From there I kept growing my business each one relative to the one before.
When I quickly realized my masterpieces had and still do have the awesome potential to fill home’s with light and purpose thereby encompassing home’s with warmth of blessings I decided to take my design business to the net to post them to the World Wide Web and this ladies has been business changing for me.
The reason for all of my success in business is because I work from heart and you should be working from your heart too. Why? Because this is where the Holy Spirit dwells, helps, comforts and gives you your visions for business.
When you allow God’s Holy Spirit to direct and guide you and you fully utilize your gifts for God’s glory success will fill all your days. Your obedience will always position you for greater.
You’ll enjoy even more open door opportunities when you listen and heed the Holy Spirits voice. You’ll also experience God’s open windows of heaven blessings when you follow and walk in God’s direction for your life. Your business will explode with oil olive and honey with blessing after blessing following you everywhere your heart, mind and feet tread.
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