Ecommerce

The Failure Rate Is High, But the Reasons Are Predictable Let me be honest with you right from the start. The failure rate in dropshipping is high. Depending on which study or survey you look at, anywhere from 80% to 90% of dropshipping businesses fail within the first year. That’s a sobering number, but before

Every Business Has Risks, But These Are Manageable I appreciate when people ask about the risks because it shows they’re thinking like a real business owner. High-ticket dropshipping is one of the best business models I’ve ever worked with, but I’d be doing you a disservice if I pretended there were zero risks involved. Every

Most People Are Asking the Wrong Question When people ask what’s better than dropshipping, they’re usually frustrated with the low-ticket model that dominates YouTube and social media. They tried selling cheap products from AliExpress, lost money on ads, dealt with terrible shipping times and angry customers, and concluded that dropshipping as a whole doesn’t work.

The Headlines Are Wrong, But There’s a Grain of Truth Every year since about 2019, I’ve seen articles and YouTube videos declaring that dropshipping is dead. And every year, I watch my own stores and the stores of people in my community continue to generate substantial revenue. So is dropshipping no longer profitable? The short

Yes, But It Depends on Your Definition of “Living” I get this question constantly, and the honest answer is yes, you absolutely can make a living off dropshipping. But the word “living” means different things to different people. If you mean can you replace a $40,000 to $60,000 per year salary with dropshipping income, the

Yes, But It Depends on Your Definition of “Living” I get this question constantly, and the honest answer is yes, you absolutely can make a living off dropshipping. But the word “living” means different things to different people. If you mean can you replace a $40,000 to $60,000 per year salary with dropshipping income, the

Two Very Different Paths to Making Money I see this comparison come up all the time, and it makes sense because both dropshipping and day trading are popular “make money from home” business models that get a lot of attention on social media. People are trying to figure out which one gives them a better

The Honest Answer After 8 Years in the Game I’ve been running high-ticket dropshipping businesses since the mid-2010s, and every single year someone asks me if dropshipping is still worth it. My answer has been the same every year: it depends entirely on how you approach it. The low-ticket AliExpress model that dominated YouTube from

I Hear These Complaints All the Time I know this might seem like an unusual article coming from someone who teaches high-ticket dropshipping for a living, but I think it’s important to address every common complaint people have about dropshipping honestly. I’ve heard them all over the past 8 years, and many of them have