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My First Time Item Sold in Dropshipping

by globalwritersdirect
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Hello,

I got approved by a dropship company last week and started selling their products. Got 10 visits and sold 1 product. Just a little amount of $$$ but it feels really good to see that first $$$ after doing some effort.

I think I have a big problem here. I'm not that focused. LOL. I find success and then move to another stream of income.

I started with affiliate marketing last September and doing great with it. Made around $300+ within 3 months. Launched a website. Currently maintaining it.

Then, I read about dropshipping, tried it and then saw results. I think I'm going to do this as well.

Amazon affiliate - sold one too. This year, I'll make around 5 websites for amazon.

I do this full time at this time (doing it fulltime since March 2012 - no day job) so I'll have a lot of time except this June (work contract in Saudi Arabia for 2 years). I'm pretty much going to build all my earners this 1st quarter of 2013 and maintain them from June until the end of the year.


I hope to make this a replacement for my day job.

THIS FORUM IS A GOLD FOR ME. I have learned a lot here. Thank you all!
#dropshipping #item #sold #time
  • Profile picture of the author rana1863
    Congratulations for your first sale!

    I'm also interested in digging into drop-shipping, and hopefully will start a website very soon. By the way which country are you located in? And which market(country) are you targeting?
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    • Profile picture of the author malchiang
      Congrats on your 1st sales hope to start mine soon
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  • Profile picture of the author globalwritersdirect
    Thank you. I'm from Asia and I'm targeting USA buyers.
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    • Profile picture of the author rana1863
      Originally Posted by globalwritersdirect View Post

      Thank you. I'm from Asia and I'm targeting USA buyers.
      That's exactly what I wanted to listen from you. You looked an Asian to me

      I am also from Asia and looking to start an eCommerce business and my target market is US. Just stuck with some legal formalities, can you help sharing your personal experience? Just added you on Skype
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      • Profile picture of the author christianbed
        Good job, buddy. Try making some quick videos on products and post them to youtube...not difficult and well worth the effort.
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      • Profile picture of the author globalwritersdirect
        Originally Posted by rana1863 View Post

        That's exactly what I wanted to listen from you. You looked an Asian to me

        I am also from Asia and looking to start an eCommerce business and my target market is US. Just stuck with some legal formalities, can you help sharing your personal experience? Just added you on Skype
        Just confirmed you in skype.
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  • Profile picture of the author Auctiondebteliminator
    Welcome, and good job!

    Make sure to keep your focus up -- and make sure to KNOW your profit margin BEFORE you list an item.

    If you're listing for the sake of listing items (no matter the platform) you could be in for surprises.

    A lot of people are lured into the ease and simplicity of dropshipping, but the fact remains that to do it RIGHT and to do it PROFITABLY takes time, and careful--calculated steps to make sure you're undercutting competition, analyzing your market, negotiating appropriate prices, and using only the best suppliers (and not the ones that are signing up 'just anyone')

    Well done - and here's to a profitable venture for you!
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    • Profile picture of the author Audarah
      Congrats. It is always exciting, isnt it?
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    • Profile picture of the author globalwritersdirect
      Originally Posted by rana1863 View Post

      Congratulations for your first sale!

      I'm also interested in digging into drop-shipping, and hopefully will start a website very soon. By the way which country are you located in? And which market(country) are you targeting?
      Originally Posted by Auctiondebteliminator View Post

      Welcome, and good job!

      Make sure to keep your focus up -- and make sure to KNOW your profit margin BEFORE you list an item.

      If you're listing for the sake of listing items (no matter the platform) you could be in for surprises.

      A lot of people are lured into the ease and simplicity of dropshipping, but the fact remains that to do it RIGHT and to do it PROFITABLY takes time, and careful--calculated steps to make sure you're undercutting competition, analyzing your market, negotiating appropriate prices, and using only the best suppliers (and not the ones that are signing up 'just anyone')

      Well done - and here's to a profitable venture for you!
      Thank you very much for commenting. That's my main problem. I lose focus when I get too excited.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cnklin
    Great job.Congratulations!!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author ldb102082
    Big congrats the first one is always exponentially harder that later ones.
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    • Profile picture of the author Julia Russo
      When my site went online years ago, I got a sale a day for the first week. After three days of no sales I could have sworn something was terribly wrong. How naive I was to think that a new business would make sales every day (many do not, of course, especially in the beginning).

      I attribute the happy first week to Google giving me a kind of "welcome to the show" exposure. My sites have done this a few times when first launched and it just seems that then, and maybe still a bit now, new sites get a jump start when first going live after indexing.

      Don't be discouraged if things don't go as well over the next few weeks. And keep tabs on what gets you the sales! Find what works and repeat.

      Congrats and keep on moving.
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  • Profile picture of the author WRCREX
    I would like to congratulate you, and also mention that this is extremely inspiring!!! Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Ten
    Nice job, OP! Keep scaling it up!
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  • Profile picture of the author Austin E Anthony
    Nice one, scale it up. from selling one to selling 10, then 100, then 1k. Congrats!
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  • Profile picture of the author pavv
    Great job mate, starting is often the hardest part. Now that you have the ball rolling stay on it to keep getting bigger!
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  • Profile picture of the author globalwritersdirect
    Thank you all for your comments. I appreciate it.

    I did more research and added 8 more items in my list. I will post them next week.

    Sale Update: 3 more sales ... My dropshipper shipped the first order last 1/21/2013 and I got 5% discount for a little negotiation.
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