$500 to start with Shopify. Ok or not?

OK, so you failed - undoubtedly running a website that sold the same easy to get Chinese stuff that everyone else could get - therefore, everyone else will fail because of "over-saturation" and because you couldn't figure out that selling easy to obtain products invites competition.

How about this? ... Start selling well known, real brands' products that people actually search for and want. Of course, that will take more work trying to convince big brands to let you market their products. You'll hear a bunch of "nos" and the weak will give up. Perserverence does pay off. Those who keep plugging away will eventually find a supplier, and then two and eventually, some of the companies that initially said "no" will come on board.

When it takes that much work, that much resolve, that much persistence, that much salesmanship, the wannabe competition drops out pretty quickly.

And, I'm not sure what Shopify has to do with your failure. It's an ecommerce platform just like BigCommerce, Shift4, WooCommerce and a host of others.

Finally, not only will most "gurus" not show you their proof, neither will anyone who has a successful online store. The dumbest thing you can do in this industry is reveal your successful product niche. No wonder you experienced such unsurmountable competition if you were telling people what you were selling to make so much money.

Head to our websites for sale section and you'll see a lot of websites that are killing it - almost all of which are dropshipping.

Anyway, no loss. The more people who think they can't do it, the less competition there is for the rest of us.