What No One Tells You About Dropshipping.

The video discusses the flaws and problems with the traditional way of doing the Dropshipping business model, and offers a new strategy to solve these issues and achieve long-term success.

The video discusses the flaws of the dropshipping business model and how beginners can avoid them to achieve long-term success. The speaker shares three main problems that stop beginners from going full-time with dropshipping and provides examples of how these problems can kill a dropshipping store. The first problem is the customer journey, including long shipping times, poor customer support, and low-quality products. The speaker shows examples of negative reviews on Trustpilot for a dropshipping store called Urban Shoes. The video also includes proof of the speaker's successful dropshipping stores and a new strategy for approaching dropshipping.

• The Drop Shipping business model has long-term flaws.
• Three main problems stop beginners from seeing long-term success.
• Using an outdated strategy that doesn't work anymore is a common mistake.
• Urban Shoes and The Phone Case Store are examples of how flaws can kill a Drop Shipping store.
• The new strategy involves finding reliable suppliers, offering fast shipping, and providing excellent customer support.
• Building a brand and creating a community can help with customer loyalty and repeat business.
• Dropshipping products can be easily copied by competitors, leading to saturation and competition.
• Focus on providing excellent customer service and building a strong brand for long-term success.
• Transitioning into e-commerce dropshipping is the better way to do things.

What No One Tells You About Dropshipping. - YouTube

Introduction

• The Drop Shipping business model is not perfect and has long-term flaws.
• There are three main problems that stop beginners from seeing long-term success.
• Using an outdated strategy that doesn't work anymore is a common mistake.
• A new strategy will be presented to solve these issues and achieve long-term success.
• The video will show proof of successful Drop Shipping stores and e-commerce brands.

The Three Fundamental Flaws

• The first fundamental flaw is the customer's journey, including long shipping times, poor customer support, and low-quality products.
• Long shipping times can lead to negative reviews and a poor reputation.
• Poor customer support can lead to dissatisfied customers and negative reviews.
• Low-quality products can lead to dissatisfied customers and negative reviews.
• Two real examples of how these flaws can kill a Drop Shipping store will be presented.

The First Example: Urban Shoes

• Urban Shoes is a Drop Shipping store with a two-star rating on Trustpilot based on 25 reviews.
• Trustpilot is a credible place where people leave reviews based on where they buy things.
• The reviews mention the poor quality of the products, shipping issues, and expensive postage fees.
• One review mentions waiting eight weeks for the shoes to arrive and never receiving them.
• These issues can lead to dissatisfied customers and negative reviews, damaging the store's reputation.

What No One Tells You About Dropshipping. - YouTube

The Second Example: The Phone Case Store

• The Phone Case Store is a Drop Shipping store with a one-star rating on Trustpilot based on 1,200 reviews.
• The reviews mention long shipping times, poor customer support, and low-quality products.
• One review mentions waiting over a month for a phone case and receiving the wrong one.
• These issues can lead to dissatisfied customers and negative reviews, damaging the store's reputation.
• These issues can also lead to chargebacks and refunds, causing financial losses for the store.

The Solution: The New Strategy

• The new strategy involves finding reliable suppliers, offering fast shipping, and providing excellent customer support.
• Using a fulfillment center can help with shipping times and quality control.
• Offering a unique product or niche can help differentiate the store from competitors.
• Building a brand and creating a community can help with customer loyalty and repeat business.
• Using paid advertising and social media marketing can help drive traffic and sales.

Flaw 1: Terrible Customer Service

• Urban Shoes is a successful Dropshipping store with $750,000 in sales.
• However, their customer service is terrible, leading to negative reviews.
• This is stopping them from launching a long-term brand and seeing long-term success.
• The traditional way of doing Dropshipping has fundamental flaws that are real and damaging.
• Many people are still suffering from these flaws because they are not moving to the new way of doing this business model.

Flaw 2: Dropshipping Short Life

• Dropshipping products can be easily copied by competitors, leading to saturation and competition.
• This causes problems with making long-term money and revenue.
• To stop this from happening, you need to understand the internet marketing tree.
• The roots of the tree are the most important part of your e-commerce journey.
• If you do the research, strategy, brand, content, and other aspects of the tree, you can destroy your competitors.
• Most dropshippers only focus on online advertising and miss out on the majority of the internet marketing tree.

Solution 1: Focus on Customer Service

• Focus on providing excellent customer service to build a long-term brand.
• Use customer feedback to improve your products and services.
• Invest in building a loyal customer base that will keep coming back.
• Use social media and other platforms to engage with customers and build relationships.
• Don't sacrifice customer service for short-term profits.

Solution 2: Build a Strong Brand

• Focus on building a strong brand with a clear message and identity.
• Understand your target audience and tailor your marketing to them.
• Invest in creating high-quality content that provides value to your customers.
• Use the internet marketing tree to cover all aspects of your e-commerce journey.
• Don't rely solely on online advertising and miss out on the majority of the tree.

Flaws with Traditional Dropshipping

• Ads can be taken down and ad accounts can be banned.
• Platforms like Facebook, Google, and TikTok have a bias against dropshippers.
• Traditional dropshipping can damage your business in the long run.
• Postponing building a brand can sabotage your business.
• The point of dropshipping is to get proof of concept.

Solution: Build a Brand

• Build a brand sooner rather than later.
• Transition into the better way of doing dropshipping once you have proof of concept.
• Carrying on with traditional dropshipping will kill your store.
• Reinvesting money into building a brand is necessary for long-term success.
• Three simple steps to turn your traditional dropshipping store into an e-commerce dropshipping brand.

Example: Traditional vs. E-commerce Dropshipping

• Traditional dropshipping store selling animal portraits from AliExpress.
• Trustpilot reviews show more one-star reviews than five-star reviews.
• Store is making money but doesn't want to reinvest it into the business.
• E-commerce dropshipping store selling dog portraits.
• Website looks nicer and photos are organic.
• Doing things correctly leads to long-term success.

Conclusion

• Building a brand is necessary for long-term success in dropshipping.
• Traditional dropshipping can damage your business in the long run.
• Transitioning into e-commerce dropshipping is the better way to do things.
• Doing things correctly leads to long-term success.

Unique Products and Branding

• Creating unique products is important for long-term success.
• Reinvesting profits into creating own products is a good strategy.
• Controlling quality and design of products is beneficial.
• Positive customer reviews and ratings are important.
• Building an e-commerce brand is better than just a dropshipping store.

Press Presence and Public Relations

• Investing in PR is powerful for building credibility.
• Being featured in press articles and news outlets is beneficial.
• Using big names to build credibility is a good strategy.
• Press presence can beat competitors and attract customers.
• Using press mentions in ads can build more power.

Private Labeling and Custom Content

• Private labeling products is a good strategy.
• Creating custom content is important for branding.
• Using own images and descriptions is beneficial.
• Offering alternative products to increase average order value is good.
• Real testimonials from customers are important.

Getting an Agent for Legwork

• Getting an agent can save time and effort.
• Agents can help with finding and negotiating with suppliers.
• Agents can help with quality control and shipping.
• Unify Drop is a recommended agent.
• Using an agent can help transition to a better way of doing dropshipping and e-commerce.

Benefits of Using a Dropshipping Agent

• Dropshipping agents can find the best quality product on the market for you.
• They can tell you if a product is illegal, trademarked, or painted.
• They can create custom products for you, including private labeling and putting your logo on products.
• They can find you warehouses and manufacturers that can make you a brand new product.
• They offer fast delivery within multiple shipping methods, 7 to 15 days globally.

Unified Dropshipping

• Unified Dropshipping is a one-stop dropshipping service provider.
• They offer one-on-one VIP service, quality check-in fulfillment, branding, customization, product sourcing, and after-sales service.
• They provide fast delivery times, which is faster than AliExpress and any alternative.
• Unified Dropshipping can process a large number of orders, and they can customize a dropshipping product and turn it into a custom label brand.

Content Massacre

• Stop using content from AliExpress and your competitors.
• Make your own content and go wild with it.
• Get loads and loads of content.
• Use unique content to avoid ad account bans and issues.
• Experiment in new regions and countries to see success.
• The more content you give platforms, the more they will reward you.

Conclusion

• The traditional way of dropshipping has flaws, but using a dropshipping agent and Unified Dropshipping can solve these issues.
• Creating unique content and experimenting in new regions and countries can help build a long-term e-commerce brand.

The Better Way of Doing Dropshipping

• Traditional way of doing dropshipping has flaws and problems.
• Transition into being an e-commerce brand or a dropshipping brand.
• Identify the three transitions that you must make.
• Do not stick to the fundamentally forward way of doing dropshipping.
• Transition as soon as you've got 10 orders.
• Transition to the better way of doing dropshipping sooner than later to make long-term money and have a long-term business.

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