by Sam » 21 Aug 2018, 04:51
dominique wrote:Aliexpress is Chinese equivalent of ebay. You can not only use aliexpress to buy things, but also outsource products from aliexpress and sell yourself. Have you tried aliexpress dropshipping?
Yes - through Shopify. I highly recommend Shopify too. It makes it super easy to set up a good looking (read trustworthy) ecommerce store and import products from Aliexpress. Wordpress/Woocommerce is OK but the investment in Shopify is minor compared to other costs (mainly advertising). I sold a decent, but small. amount at a good mark up but I was in a saturated niche.
Quick tips:
1. Invest A LOT of time into your store. The product copies (the text) should be encouraging/ enticing and unique. The site should be clean/ minimal. Everything should work - test test test the whole customer purchase experience. Your logo needs to look good (check the ForumCoin marketplace / create a Wanted ad).
2. Social media can bring in OK sales. Instagram, Facebook and Youtube are all good platforms. Spend time researching each.
3. Look into the process of creating ads on Facebook or X platform and testing them. You need to test multiple ads and run with the winners.
4. Have a good product that others aren't selling.
5. Have a very focused target market.
[quote="dominique"]Aliexpress is Chinese equivalent of ebay. You can not only use aliexpress to buy things, but also outsource products from aliexpress and sell yourself. Have you tried aliexpress dropshipping?[/quote]
Yes - through Shopify. I highly recommend Shopify too. It makes it super easy to set up a good looking (read trustworthy) ecommerce store and import products from Aliexpress. Wordpress/Woocommerce is OK but the investment in Shopify is minor compared to other costs (mainly advertising). I sold a decent, but small. amount at a good mark up but I was in a saturated niche.
Quick tips:
1. Invest A LOT of time into your store. The product copies (the text) should be encouraging/ enticing and unique. The site should be clean/ minimal. Everything should work - test test test the whole customer purchase experience. Your logo needs to look good (check the ForumCoin marketplace / create a Wanted ad).
2. Social media can bring in OK sales. Instagram, Facebook and Youtube are all good platforms. Spend time researching each.
3. Look into the process of creating ads on Facebook or X platform and testing them. You need to test multiple ads and run with the winners.
4. Have a good product that others aren't selling.
5. Have a very focused target market.