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This keeps showing up across a lot of stores.
Clicks come in. No sales. And instead of isolating one clear failure point, most people start thinking about everything at once ads, price, product page,...
I was about to give up. 2 weeks, $180 spent on FB ads, zero sales. I was starting to think this whole thing is a scam
Then yesterday someone bought my product. But it didn't come from my ads. It came...
I know $100/day is nothing for some of you but for me this is huge. I've been doing this for 2 months and most days I'd make $0-20
Yesterday I hit $127 and I honestly don't fully understand what happ...
I'm getting decent views on TikTok/IG reels but a bunch of comments are like:
AliExpress product ,Temu has it for €5, scam…
How do you deal with these comments without looking defensive?
Starting to post content for my store but I really don't want to be on camera. I've seen those faceless TikTok accounts that just show products with text overlays and voiceovers.
But I've also seen pe...
Okay this is weird and I need help understanding what happened
I've been running the same ad for 12 days. Same creative, same audience, same budget ($30/day). First 10 days = 200 clicks and zero sale...
This is the most common thing I hear. "I'm getting traffic, people are clicking, but no one buys."
There's a lot of reasons why this happens product selection, audience targeting, store design, offer,...
Let's say you have €300 total.
not trying to get rich in 7 days, but you want to make your first real progress.
What would your 7-day plan be? (product, site, ads, etc)
I need something practical beca...
Trying to figure out where to spend my time. I've read that SEO takes 6-12 months to see results but dropshipping products come and go.
Doesn't it seem pointless to spend 6 months ranking for a produ...
Product is good. Audience is right. Ads are running. Traffic is coming.
But sales? Not happening.
I've reviewed a lot of stores where everything looked fine on the surface. The problem wasn't what the...
Finally had a video take off after 2 months of trying. 400k views, 15k likes, hundreds of comments asking where to buy.
I was SO excited. Checked my store obsessively.
3 sales. €87 total revenue.
The...
I'm early stage, low budget, so sometimes I can't get enough purchases to judge properly.
What do you look at to decide if a creative is good *before* it has sales?
Like hook rate, watch time, CTR? ...
bro I literally cannot believe this. I was about to turn off my ads last night because I spent like $340 and got nothing. Not a single sale. My girlfriend was telling me to stop wasting money and hone...
You have a good product. You target the right people. And you still don't get sales.
Why? Because products don't sell. Offers do.
Most beginners think: "If the product is good, people will buy it." ...
My total budget for this "experiment" is €300. Every course says test with €5-10/day per ad set but also says you need statistical significance which takes hundreds of clicks.
With €5/day I get maybe...
Not money but TIME.
What was the biggest time-waster you didn't realize early?
Trying to avoid repeating dumb mistakes.
You found a good product. A real problem. A strong moment.
And then you ruin it by targeting the wrong people.
When most people hear "audience research," they think demographics. Age. Gender. Locati...
Set up abandoned cart emails in Klaviyo about a month ago. Getting decent open rates (45%) but click rates are terrible (2%).
My current email:
Subject: You left something behind!
Body:
"Hi [name],...
I'm stuck because everyone says "UGC is key" but creators ask for money upfront.
If I have 0 sales, should I still pay for UGC? Or should I make it myself?
Budget is limited so I don't want to waste...
I see the same confusion here every week. how to find a good product to sell, find product on AliExpress, check orders, spy on competitors, build store, run ads.
They do everything "right." And nothin...
Started running TikTok ads 3 weeks ago after everyone said Facebook is "dead" and TikTok is where it's at.
My experience so far:
- Day 1-3: 4 sales at €12 CPA (amazing!)
- Day 4-7: 0 sales, same spen...
I swear I've rewritten my product descriptions 10 times and they still feel... off.
Here's what I wrote for a portable blender:
"This portable blender is perfect for making smoothies on the go. It f...
This is embarrassing to admit but I've been "about to start" making content for 4 months.
Every time I set up to record, I freeze. I hate how I look on camera. I hate how my voice sounds. I watch oth...
I'm running out of ideas fast.
I have one product. I can make:
- demo
- before/after
- unboxing
After that I'm stuck.
How do you guys expand ONE product into a month of content without repeating yo...
I've been doing this for 14 months now. Currently at around €6k/month profit. And I think the whole "winning product" mindset is actually toxic for beginners.
Hear me out.
When I started, I spent MO...
I'm seeing two extremes:
- super short pages with clean design
- huge long pages with tons of sections
What actually works in 2025? I feel like people don't read anymore, but also short pages feel li...
Here's my dilemma: I started running ads 6 weeks ago and they're working okay. Getting maybe €50-80/day profit on a good day.
But everyone keeps saying organic content is important for long-term. So ...
Been doing product research for 2 weeks now and I keep running into the same problem.
Every time I find something that looks promising, I check Amazon and there's already products with thousands of r...
I feel like my product is useful but not “wow”.
I keep making the same video over and over: show product, show benefit.
How do you find new angles/hooks so your content doesn't get repetitive?
Selling a single product (a specific type of desk lamp for computer setups). I've made videos about:
- The main features
- Unboxing
- Setup tutorial
- Comparison to regular lamps
- Different color mod...
I think one of my main problems is low AOV.
Stats (last 14 days):
- AOV: ~$27
- Product price: $24.99
- I have a few related products on the store but almost nobody adds them
I know I should be:
- O...
I work a full-time job (9–5) and by the time I get home I only have like 2–3 hours of real focus left.
I really want to build a dropshipping business but I'm getting overwhelmed because there are so ...
Not gonna lie, half of my anxiety comes from horror stories about:
- PayPal freezing €5k–€10k
- Stripe shutting people down “for high risk”
- Money being stuck for 90+ days
I get that:
- Long shippin...
I've been doing this for 4 months and I keep seeing conflicting advice. Some people say it's all about finding the right product ("test products until you find a winner"), while others say it's all ab...
I finally had my first week in profit 🎉
Numbers (last 7 days):
- Ad spend: $420
- Revenue: $980
- ROAS: ~2.33
- Product: fitness accessory
- Mostly 1 main campaign doing the heavy lifting
I’m scare...
One thing that really scares me about dropshipping is relying on suppliers I don't control.
I keep seeing horror stories about:
- Packages taking 30+ days to arrive
- Wrong items being sent
- No trac...
Social proof question…
My store is brand new, so:
- I have 0 real customers
- 0 reviews
- But the product on AliExpress has tons of reviews with photos
I see apps that:
- Import reviews from AliExpr...
My Klaviyo flow is sending "You left something behind" 1 hour after they leave. Open rates are terrible (5%). \n\nIs that subject line too generic? What actually gets people to open emails these days?
My strong side is not content, but I see so many people getting “free traffic” from TikTok.
At the same time:
- I'm planning to run mainly Facebook/Instagram ads
- I work full-time, so I don't have e...
I'm finally ready to launch my first Shopify store but I'm stuck on something that seems basic.
Some people say:
- Start with a **general store** so you can test many products.
- Others say **niche s...
I have a limited ad budget and I don't know where to put my testing focus.
Some people say:
- “Creatives are 80% of results, test as many as possible”
Others say:
- “Audience targeting is everything,...
I have a small niche store and Google Search Console shows pages are indexed.
But rankings are basically nonexistent. Even for long-tail keywords.
What's the priority list? Backlinks? Content? Site ...
Meta question (literally).
I’ve read that you shouldn’t touch your campaigns too often or they keep going back into the “learning phase”.
Thing is:
- I'm a beginner
- I keep wanting to tweak audienc...
I'm finally getting consistent sales but I'm barely breaking even and I don't know how to improve my numbers.
Current situation:
- Spending $80/day on Facebook ads
- Getting 4-6 sales per day
- Produ...
I keep hearing "know your break-even ROAS" and "kill ad sets below break-even" but I honestly don't get it.
I'm not great with numbers so all the formulas are confusing me.
Here are my product detai...
I keep seeing people talk about “free + shipping” funnels:
- Product is “FREE”
- Customer pays $7–$12 for shipping
- You make profit in the shipping and upsells
Some say it's amazing for building li...
Total beginner here and I'm overwhelmed by all the advice on YouTube.
Some people say:
- Start with CBO
- Others say start with ABO
- Some say run 10 ad sets, others say 2-3
- Some say 1 creative, ot...
Beginner question about pricing psychology…
I see sooo many dropshipping stores doing:
- “50% OFF TODAY”
- “WAS $79.99 NOW $39.99”
- “ONLY 3 LEFT AT THIS PRICE”
Part of me feels like:
- Everyone kno...
Countdown timers, “limited stock”, “ending soon”…
Do these still work or do people just ignore them now?
I don't want my store to feel scammy but I also don't want zero urgency.
I feel like I'm SO close to making this work but something is stopping people at the last second.
My stats:
Daily visitors: ~80-100
Add to cart rate: 12% (so like 10 people per day add to cart)
Actua...
I live in Europe and I'm tempted to:
- Translate my store into 2–3 languages (German, French, Spanish)
- Run ads into multiple countries at once
My logic:
- More countries = more potential buyers
- P...
I am driving traffic to a product page. My hero section just has the product name "Galaxy Projector" in big bold letters. \n\nShould I be putting a value proposition there instead? I feel like people ...
I've been posting on TikTok for my store for about 3 weeks now. 22 videos. Total views across ALL of them: maybe 4,000. Best performing one got 800 views. Most get 100-200.
Zero sales from it. Zero f...
I found what I thought was a winning product by researching Facebook Ad Library. There's a store running ads for this product (a portable espresso maker) and their ads have:
- 2.3k likes
- 800+ shares...
I'm not comfortable showing my face yet.
Can hands-only demos still work in 2025 or do you NEED a person talking?
If it matters: product is a practical household item, not beauty.
This is the most confusing part for me as a beginner.
When things don't work, I don't know if I should:
- Change product
- Change price
- Change store design
- Change ads
Example:
My current product...
My video creative is decent quality but the drop-off rate at 3 seconds is huge. \n\nThe text overlay on the first frame says "Best Face Cream 2025". \n\nIs that too boring? What kind of text hooks are...
I'm about to start testing ads for my store and I'm trying to decide between TikTok and Facebook. I have about $500 budget to test with and I don't want to split it and waste money on both platforms.
...
I finally set up Google Merchant Center and I got suspended after like 1 day.
It says something about misrepresentation / policy but I'm not even doing anything shady.
Store has:
- shipping policy
-...
I keep watching videos and reading posts instead of launching. When do you decide to stop researching and just run the test?
This is the part of dropshipping that lowkey freaks me out more than ads.
I keep thinking:
- What if shipping is delayed and customers start spamming my email?
- What if they demand refunds all at on...
I hear mixed things about testing ads on weekends. Some say weekends convert better, others say they are bad. What is your experience?
Been running Meta ads for 10 days and I'm confused as hell.
Stats (avg):
- CPC: around $0.45
- CTR (link): ~2.3%
- Landing page views: ~100–120/day
- Add to carts: 1–2 per day
- Purchases: 0
Everyon...
Found a product with solid margins in the pet niche - specifically an automatic feeder for cats.
The thing is, I don't own a cat. Never have. I know nothing about cat owners or what they care about.
...
My product is genuinely useful but people still bounce quickly from the page. Why do people leave even when the product itself is not trash?
Beginner question but I really need some honest perspective.
I keep hearing things like:
- “You only need $5/day to test”
- “You need at least $2k–$3k to take this seriously”
- “You can test a produc...
I've been running a dropshipping store for about 2 months and I'm getting traffic from ads but my conversion rate is really low (around 0.8%). I've been reading about SEO and product page optimization...
I keep seeing mixed opinions.
Some say backlinks are everything, others say content + intent is enough.
For a small store (no blog yet), should I even care about backlinks right now?
I made a creative myself and now other stores started using it in their ads. Is it even worth trying to fight this or should I just create more content?
I am trying to save money on copywriters so I used GPT-4. \n\nI asked it to describe my portable humidifier and it wrote: "Elevate your atmosphere with the pinnacle of hydration technology." \n\nNobod...
I see stores adding lots of trust badges like secure checkout and money-back guarantee all over the page. Does this actually help or just make the store look cheap?
I'm selling a pretty simple household product. No crazy niche.
People say post educational content, but what am I educating? Feels forced.
Is it better to just post problem/solution demos instead of...
Everywhere I look, people are screaming “UGC is king”.
But I'm not sure what to actually do as a beginner.
Options I'm seeing:
- Record “selfie” style talking videos myself (but I'm not a woman and ...
For TikTok ads, is it better to film raw phone-style videos or more polished, clean videos?
I had a winner (I think). Made 5 sales on Saturday. Sunday comes, spent same budget, CTR tanked hard. \n\nIs it possible for an ad to fatigue that fast (in 3 days)? Or is Sunday just a bad day for eco...
I found a product I like but Amazon has versions for €19 and I need to sell for like €34 to make it worth it.
Do you just accept that and move on? Or can you still win by branding/positioning?
I'm s...
I've put a lot of effort into making my store look good. I paid for a premium theme, I have high-quality product photos, my logo looks professional, everything is branded and cohesive.
But my convers...
Whenever I launch a new creative it either performs badly instantly or does nothing for hours. Do creatives need time to warm up or should they show signs pretty fast?
I'm seeing a lot of talk about:
- Klaviyo flows
- Abandoned cart sequences
- Post-purchase upsell emails
- Welcome series, etc.
Some people say email is “free money” and you're dumb if you don't set ...
I keep seeing the exact same ad from one store every day for weeks. Does that almost always mean the ad is profitable?
I have been testing for a few weeks with 0 sales and it is starting to kill my motivation. How do you stay consistent when nothing seems to work?
I keep seeing people mention Google Shopping as an alternative to Facebook ads but I can't find much info about it for dropshipping specifically.
My situation: I've tried Facebook ads for 2 products,...
I just launched and Shopify + Meta + Google Analytics are throwing numbers at me nonstop.
I see:
- Sessions
- Conversion rate
- Add-to-cart rate
- Reach, impressions, CPM, CTR, CPC
- ROAS, cost per r...
This is driving me insane. My ads are performing well, people are clicking, adding products to cart, but then they just... don't buy.
My stats from the last week:
- Ad spend: $340
- Link clicks: 312
...
I feel like every hook I write sounds like someone else.
I don't want to straight copy, but I also don't want to reinvent the wheel.
What's your method to come up with strong hooks that are original...
My store looks clean to me but friends say it looks basic or empty. How do you know if your store actually looks trustworthy to strangers?
Honest confession: I've “started” like 6 stores in my head already.
In the last 2 months I've considered:
- Pet products
- Fitness
- Home & kitchen
- Car accessories
- Beauty
- Phone accessories
I w...
Right now I only have one creative for my product. Is it a bad idea to launch testing with just one creative?
I am getting add-to-carts but low purchase rate. Should I try lowering the price first or increasing it to look more premium?
I keep redesigning my store, changing themes, changing logos, rewriting product descriptions… and then I look up and it's been 2 weeks.
I know action matters but my brain keeps saying "one more impro...
Real talk… I'm confused about logistics.
Some people say:
- “You can still start with AliExpress, it's fine”
Others say:
- “If you don't offer 5–10 day shipping you're dead”
I'm in the very beginnin...
Some of my ads get likes, comments, and people even tag friends, but nobody actually buys. What usually causes this?
I'm really confused about my numbers and need help understanding what's going wrong.
Campaign details:
- Running Facebook ads for 10 days
- Total spend: $320
- Product: Posture corrector brace ($36.9...
I'm trying to write short scripts for UGC creators but everything I write sounds like an ad.
Like: "This changed my life" type stuff… I hate it.
Do you have a structure/template that feels natural?
My product has several colors and sizes. I do not know which variant to show in the ad. Do you pick the one that looks best visually or the one you expect to sell most?
I see many stores pulling reviews from the same AliExpress product. Is that safe or is it risky to copy competitor reviews?
I keep seeing these YouTube thumbnails like "I made €10k my first month dropshipping!" and I'm starting to feel like something's wrong with me.
I've been at this for 2 months:
- Launched 2 stores
- T...
I cannot afford AdSpy or Minea right now ($0 budget essentially). \n\nHow do you guys find what is actually trending? I tried scrolling TikTok but my feed is just memes. Is Google Trends enough?
I want to test free shipping versus paid shipping, but I am scared that paid shipping will destroy conversion. How do you test shipping price properly?
Beginner here, and this part is confusing because everyone is from a different country with different laws.
Some people say:
- “Don't overthink it, just start selling and register later”
Others say:
...
I have limited time so I'm trying to be efficient.
Is it okay to use the exact same videos on TikTok and Facebook/IG ads? Or do you guys make platform-specific edits?
I keep hearing “TikTok style” a...
I keep testing products priced around 40–60 euro and traffic is okay but nobody buys. Is this price range too high for cold traffic or do I just need a better offer?
I keep seeing conflicting information and I'm honestly losing motivation. Half the people say dropshipping is dead and oversaturated, the other half are showing their "results" (which could be fake fo...
I made a very clean and simple product page. Now I am worried it might be too empty and make people feel something is missing. Do simple pages convert or do they look untrustworthy?
I can build a clean Shopify page but the copy always feels boring.
I see competitor pages and they somehow make the same product feel premium and like "I need this".
Is there a simple structure you ...
The hook always confuses me. Everyone says it is the most important part of the video but I do not really know what makes a strong hook. Any examples?
I see totally different advice:
- kill after €20
- wait 3 days
- wait for learning phase
What's your real rule?
I feel like I kill things too early but also don't want to burn money.
I see a lot of stores pushing bundles like “buy 2 get 1” or bundle and save offers. Do bundles actually improve conversion or do customers just prefer buying one?
Some people say one-product stores are best, others say 3–5 products is smarter for testing. How many products would you start with on a new store?
I've been running ads for about 3 weeks now and I'm getting sales but barely breaking even. I'm spending about $70/day and getting maybe 2-3 sales per day.
My numbers:
- CTR: 2.1% (seems good?)
- Lan...
I keep hearing "test creatives, not products" but I don't get the baseline.
If I have a new product, how many videos/images do I need before I even start spending?
Right now I have 2 videos and 3 im...
Just finished my first real ad test and I'm honestly crushed.
Product: LED reading light that clips onto books
Price: €24.99 (cost is €6 from supplier)
Audience: targeted "book lovers", "kindle", "re...
I am getting add-to-carts but almost nobody reaches checkout. What usually causes this problem? Price, shipping, trust, or something else?
I see huge landing pages with many sections and also very short ones with only a few blocks. Which one usually converts better for cold traffic?
Running a spark ad on TikTok. The CPC is amazing ($0.15) and I got like 300 visitors this morning. \n\nBut analytics shows average session duration is 0.05 seconds. Are these just bots? I turned off P...
Some stores have a ton of reviews, some have almost none yet still make sales. How important are product reviews really for conversion?
Everyone says paid ads are what matters for dropshipping and ecommerce. Is SEO still worth spending time on for a small store or not really?
I see people say "SEO is a long game" and I get it, but I'm running a one-product store.
Does blogging even make sense? Like what am I supposed to write, 50 articles about the same thing?
Or is SEO ...
I finally got my first sale yesterday after 6 weeks of trying and I'm excited but also confused about my numbers.
Here's the breakdown:
Product: Portable phone charger
Sale price: $29.99
Product cost...
My product descriptions always sound boring or too generic. I do not want to sound like Amazon text but I also do not know how to write copy that actually sells. Any tips?
Some people say 15 seconds, others say 30. What video length actually performs best for Meta ads right now?
Hey everyone, I'm really frustrated right now. I've been running Facebook ads for my dropshipping store for about 2 weeks now. My daily budget is $50 which is pretty much all I can afford at this poin...
I see stores reposting viral product videos directly from TikTok. Does this still work or is it better to only use original content?
Everyone keeps saying UGC is saturated and agencies ruined it. Does UGC still work for ads or is it better to just record everything myself?
I've been at this for almost a month now. Watched every YouTube video on product research, bought a course, and I'm still stuck.
My process right now:
1. Scroll through AliExpress trending
2. Check i...
I've posted 12 TikToks. 2 of them hit 10k+ views.
Result: a few site visits, zero sales.
I'm confused because everyone says "organic is free sales". Is the play just to farm views and then retarget?...
I do not know if I should do POV videos, problem/solution clips, demos, unboxings, or something else. How do you decide what style of content to start with for a new product?
I have been researching lamps and aesthetic vases for 2 weeks. Every time I think I found a "winner", I see it on Amazon for half the price with next-day shipping.\n\nIs there any room left in home de...
I see people boosting posts on Instagram instead of running proper ads. Can IG promotions actually bring real buyers or is it just vanity traffic?
I am trying to decide if I should focus on Meta or TikTok for this product. Which one usually gives more stable first sales in your experience?
Every product I find, someone says it's saturated.
Even stuff with obvious demand.
How do YOU personally decide if something is still worth testing or if it's truly dead?
I don't want to skip good ...
When you start testing a new product, do you launch multiple angles on day one or do you stick to one strong angle first and then expand later?
I'm testing a simple home product (not even controversial) and my CPM is like €25-€35.
CTR is okay-ish (1.6%) but at that CPM my CPC becomes painful fast.
Is this just normal now in EU? Or is my cre...
Yesterday my CPM was around 6–8. Today with the same ads and targeting it jumped to more than 18. Is this normal behaviour or a sign that something is wrong?
I never know when to kill an adset. Some people kill very fast, some let it run for days. What is your rule for when to kill an adset?
I'm seeing this advice everywhere - test products until you find a winner. But testing is EXPENSIVE. I've already spent $600 testing 2 products that went nowhere and I'm running out of budget to keep ...
Launched my first campaign yesterday. Selling a posture corrector (I know, classic). Budget $50/day. \n\nFacebook spent $42 in like 6 hours and I got ZERO sales. My CPM is hovering around $45. I targe...
On TikTok I am getting super cheap clicks and lots of traffic, but nobody actually buys. What is usually wrong in this situation?
My ads have a CTR around 1.5–1.6% which looks okay, but I still get zero sales. If CTR is good, what do you check or fix next?
I am testing a product at 20 euro per day because I am scared to burn money. Is 20 per day enough to get useful data or does it just make everything too slow and unclear?
Some people say retarget after 1–2 sales, others say wait until you have a lot more. How many sales or how much traffic do you normally have before starting retargeting campaigns?
I keep falling for products that look popular on TikTok or "trending" pages, but then when I try to validate them I can't tell if people actually buy or just watch.
What are your go-to checks to conf...
Been running Meta ads at around 30 euro per day for a week. Getting decent clicks but zero sales. Is this normal during testing or does it mean something is really wrong?
Do you test 10? 20? 50? Or stick with something longer?
Some store owners go worldwide. Some target only US or EU. What’s best for starting out?
I found a product I like but large stores sell it too. Should I skip it?
Every product I find has tons of sellers. How do you know BEFORE testing if it’s actually too saturated?
I don't even know where to start. I've been trying dropshipping for 3 months now and I haven't made a single sale. Not one. I've spent $1,400 total on Facebook and TikTok ads across 3 different produc...
Micro-niche gives better targeting but broad gives more reach. What’s actually working now?
I have two good-looking products but don’t know which one to start with. What matters more: margins, content difficulty, competition?
Running ads, getting traffic, but zero movement. No ATCs, nothing. What’s the very first thing you check?
Some days I hit 5 sales, some days 9 or 10. Is this the moment to start scaling or should I wait for more consistency?
I get like 4 to 7 sales a day from one product. Not huge but happening almost every day. Before I scale, how do I know it’s actually worth scaling and not just luck?
I keep finding products I think could work, but honestly I have no clue if people are actually buying them or not. Everyone says “just check competitors” but that doesn’t tell me if it’s still hot or ...