Good evening everyone, I posted this in the Biz forum, but decided to post here for more takes on this matter

I want to know if there TRULY is anyone from Nigeria who has found success dropshipping from Nigeria.

I initially embarked on the journey on my own, during the pandemic, but boy oh boy! I've just been losing cash ever since. First I tried using paystack, and it hurt my conversion rate so so so bad. I switched to flutterwave, and it hurt it even more.

I found out that the reason was cause paystack and flutterwave, redirects the users to their own secure website, away from your store, and a lot of western citizens are not used to this (they consider it insecure).

I tried creating a stripe account, but on hitting $3k in sales (with no profit, mind you, about $1.5k in losses), stripe started asking for lots of verifications, of which I had none.

Fortunately enough, I was able to get in contact with someone who gave me a fully functional account, and I've done close to $7k with it (still losing, no profit), with no issues at all.

That's not the problem though... My problem now is, I have a good functional stripe account and a good paypal account (a friend of mine overseas), I've got about $500 left that I'm willing to lose, but I don't know if it's worth it, or should I just invest this $500 in something else, or probably flex it, than lose it.

I've tested more than 50 products this year, but I hardly spent 50$ on each, cause , I don't see a reason for that, if it doesn't perform right out the bat, or is this mentality wrong?

Please if you have found success with shopify dropshipping, kindly help out, I'm losing it now!

Thank you.

Please abeg your contribution is vital.

Let me stand here

This is really interesting....... I will wait for opinion from a there first .

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My advices although I'm not a dropshipper but I've watched alot of videos on it

* Sell winning products
* Focus on Single product stores rather than some sort of general store cus Singles are easily more scalable
* Always use PayPal for payment processing as westerners trust it very much
* Scale your ads properly and use geotargeting and understand you demographic. Chances are that ur products won't be suitable or like by everyone. Understand you product by researching well on it, study the demographic it best suits even those that "may" like it should be considered, study the geological possibilities i.e countries and regions this product suits and is easy to deliver with tearing your own pockets for delivery. Use these data to scale your ads and then focus on the best performing ad sets and scale those even more
*Create very catchy video Ads that will make ur buyers stop scrolling and watch. At the end, they should have a feeling of missing out by not buying ur product. Please don't do the "limited stock" thing o, it never works

There's some YT channels I can recommend: Biaheza and Verum Ecom
Especially that Biaheza kid. He's 19 o, started dropshipping 17, did over a million dollars in profits so far, now investing in real estate. The guy is really smart. Look him up and you'll really enjoy his videos.

He has a course, I don't know if he still sells it till now. That 500 you say you got, take 250 out of it and get his course. At least you'll learn more from it than possibly blowing it off on ads. Please I'm not affiliated with him. if you like to, get it. If you have some other course you eyeing, get it. If you already know enough or would be willing to follow your own path to the dropshipping success, then even better.

Dropshipping is one of the hardest E-commerce business. Although you don't spend money in buying your own inventory but money for Ads and promoting you store and product is out of this world coupled with the hours of research and commitment to it.

Why are you targeting westerners? Why not drop ship your products to Nigeria?

Emmysky:
My advices although I'm not a dropshipper but I've watched alot of videos on it

* Sell winning products
* Focus on Single product stores rather than some sort of general store cus Singles are easily more scalable
* Always use PayPal for payment processing as westerners trust it very much
* Scale your ads properly and use geotargeting and understand you demographic. Chances are that ur products won't be suitable or like by everyone. Understand you product by researching well on it, study the demographic it best suits even those that "may" like it should be considered, study the geological possibilities i.e countries and regions this product suits and is easy to deliver with tearing your own pockets for delivery. Use these data to scale your ads and then focus on the best performing ad sets and scale those even more
*Create very catchy video Ads that will make ur buyers stop scrolling and watch. At the end, they should have a feeling of missing out by not buying ur product. Please don't do the "limited stock" thing o, it never works

There's some YT channels I can recommend: Biaheza and Verum Ecom
Especially that Biaheza kid. He's 19 o, started dropshipping 17, did over a million dollars in profits so far, now investing in real estate. The guy is really smart. Look him up and you'll really enjoy his videos.

He has a course, I don't know if he still sells it till now. That 500 you say you got, take 250 out of it and get his course. At least you'll learn more from it than possibly blowing it off on ads. Please I'm not affiliated with him. if you like to, get it. If you have some other course you eyeing, get it. If you already know enough or would be willing to follow your own path to the dropshipping success, then even better.

Dropshipping is one of the hardest E-commerce business. Although you don't spend money in buying your own inventory but money for Ads and promoting you store and product is out of this world coupled with the hours of research and commitment to it.

Dude is so smart, him and the likes made me fall in love with drop shipping, but in the long run, you'll come to realize that, having your inventory for faster shipping times in the best route to go, I'm also thinking about drop shipping, hoping to start before the year runs out, OP can we talk on WhatsApp or how can I contact you?

Walterthaboss:
Why are you targeting westerners? Why not drop ship your products to Nigeria?

You know this arbitrage business model mostly involve you buying from AliExpress and shipping it to the buyer. If you have ever bought anything of AliExpress from Nigeria then I'm sure you're used to waiting for over a month to be delivered. A typical nigerian will of course grow impatient and probably think it's a scam cus the don't know that you outsourced the item with Ali's standard shipping which takes time. Unless you use delivery like DHL, the buyer waits for long.

For westerners and many others, it's quick. Like Biaheza said that before covid, deliveries are done with a week to a fulfilment center in US which from there ships it to the buyer's house.

So you see? It's hard dropshipping in Nigeria. There's a local dropshipping business model that's somewhat convenient for us Nigeria

Hehe, appreciate the reply to keep the thread up brother!

Zdoh:
Let me stand here

This is really interesting....... I will wait for opinion from a there first .

Wonderful read Emmy! Yes I agree 100% with what you said... And to be frank with you, I'm apart of Alex Fedetoff's mastermind which cost about $3k..

I follow Biaheza very well, but he does more of IG shoutouts than Facebook or Google...and I have spent $1.5k+ on IG shoutouts and various theme pages, meme pages and even quite some personal influencers with few following, with zero results..

It was so inconsistent... At least with FB i was sure of making sales and not losing so much comoared to IG shoutouts


But of course I may have to hop back into youtube and look through some content in case I find another gold gem.

I know the main thing is all about the product...One of the product that I actually made profit with was a mask, but then it died off.

So I know of a truth if I can get that winning product, then everything falls into place...

The ditficulty now, is testing through a bunchcrap of products to find that golden egg

Emmysky:
My advices although I'm not a dropshipper but I've watched alot of videos on it

* Sell winning products
* Focus on Single product stores rather than some sort of general store cus Singles are easily more scalable
* Always use PayPal for payment processing as westerners trust it very much
* Scale your ads properly and use geotargeting and understand you demographic. Chances are that ur products won't be suitable or like by everyone. Understand you product by researching well on it, study the demographic it best suits even those that "may" like it should be considered, study the geological possibilities i.e countries and regions this product suits and is easy to deliver with tearing your own pockets for delivery. Use these data to scale your ads and then focus on the best performing ad sets and scale those even more
*Create very catchy video Ads that will make ur buyers stop scrolling and watch. At the end, they should have a feeling of missing out by not buying ur product. Please don't do the "limited stock" thing o, it never works

There's some YT channels I can recommend: Biaheza and Verum Ecom
Especially that Biaheza kid. He's 19 o, started dropshipping 17, did over a million dollars in profits so far, now investing in real estate. The guy is really smart. Look him up and you'll really enjoy his videos.

He has a course, I don't know if he still sells it till now. That 500 you say you got, take 250 out of it and get his course. At least you'll learn more from it than possibly blowing it off on ads. Please I'm not affiliated with him. if you like to, get it. If you have some other course you eyeing, get it. If you already know enough or would be willing to follow your own path to the dropshipping success, then even better.

Dropshipping is one of the hardest E-commerce business. Although you don't spend money in buying your own inventory but money for Ads and promoting you store and product is out of this world coupled with the hours of research and commitment to it.

Haha, good question.

I tried that before... Was just a waste of cash, as a lot of Nigerians felt they will be scammed and believed more in cash on delivery than paying before delivery

I'm planning on even transitioning to cash on delivery with some products here in Nigeria

Walterthaboss:
Why are you targeting westerners? Why not drop ship your products to Nigeria?

Hey man, check the WA link in my signature below. Happy to connect with ya!

Walterthaboss:

Dude is so smart, him and the likes made me fall in love with drop shipping, but in the long run, you'll come to realize that, having your inventory for faster shipping times in the best route to go, I'm also thinking about drop shipping, hoping to start before the year runs out, OP can we talk on WhatsApp or how can I contact you?

Kudos guys i am enjoying the lecture and the experiences.

Lol, we learn everyday

Zdoh:
Kudos guys i am enjoying the lecture and the experiences.

Emmysky:
You know this arbitrage business model mostly involve you buying from AliExpress and shipping it to the buyer. If you have ever bought anything of AliExpress from Nigeria then I'm sure you're used to waiting for over a month to be delivered. A typical nigerian will of course grow impatient and probably think it's a scam cus the don't know that you outsourced the item with Ali's standard shipping which takes time. Unless you use delivery like DHL, the buyer waits for long.

For westerners and many others, it's quick. Like Biaheza said that before covid, deliveries are done with a week to a fulfilment center in US which from there ships it to the buyer's house.

So you see? It's hard dropshipping in Nigeria. There's a local dropshipping business model that's somewhat convenient for us Nigeria

I put all of this into consideration when I mentioned "Nigeria" check my second reply, you'll see where I suggested that the OP has an inventory of winning products. People in Nigeria are even afraid of paying for products online, talk more of waiting a while a whole month after payment. They'll just forget about the product sef

Walterthaboss:

I put all of this into consideration when I mentioned "Nigeria" check my second reply, you'll see where I suggested that the OP has an inventory of winning products. People in Nigeria are even afraid of paying for products online, talk more of waiting a while a whole month after payment. They'll just forget about the product sef

Oh yeah.. I guess I missed that part. I truly think for someone to succeed at dropshipping in Nigeria is they'll take risks. Test a few products amongst our demographic and handle the shipping with DHL to ensure fast delivery. Afterwards, if the products perform well, you could stock up your inventory and sell the products directly here. This way hard and expensive Sha, na who get mind fit try am.

I myself am even thinking of getting into the E-commerce game but not as a dropshipping. Make I first scale my present business first Sha then enter more, one business every year is the goal. Aiming to be among the "Average" CEO before 25 Who no like answer CEO for life

Emmysky:
Oh yeah.. I guess I missed that part. I truly think for someone to succeed at dropshipping in Nigeria is they'll take risks. Test a few products amongst our demographic and handle the shipping with DHL to ensure fast delivery. Afterwards, if the products perform well, you could stock up your inventory and sell the products directly here. This way hard and expensive Sha, na who get mind fit try am.

I myself am even thinking of getting into the E-commerce game but not as a dropshipping. Make I first scale my present business first Sha then enter more, one business every year is the goal. Aiming to be among the "Average" CEO before 25 Who no like answer CEO for life

Bro, do you have WhatsApp? We can connect on WhatsApp

Emmysky:
Oh yeah.. I guess I missed that part. I truly think for someone to succeed at dropshipping in Nigeria is they'll take risks. Test a few products amongst our demographic and handle the shipping with DHL to ensure fast delivery. Afterwards, if the products perform well, you could stock up your inventory and sell the products directly here. This way hard and expensive Sha, na who get mind fit try am.

I myself am even thinking of getting into the E-commerce game but not as a dropshipping. Make I first scale my present business first Sha then enter more, one business every year is the goal. Aiming to be among the "Average" CEO before 25 Who no like answer CEO for life

NVM, I just saw you have your link in your signature.

Emmysky:
Oh yeah.. I guess I missed that part. I truly think for someone to succeed at dropshipping in Nigeria is they'll take risks. Test a few products amongst our demographic and handle the shipping with DHL to ensure fast delivery. Afterwards, if the products perform well, you could stock up your inventory and sell the products directly here. This way hard and expensive Sha, na who get mind fit try am.

I myself am even thinking of getting into the E-commerce game but not as a dropshipping. Make I first scale my present business first Sha then enter more, one business every year is the goal. Aiming to be among the "Average" CEO before 25 Who no like answer CEO for life

Is this not the same as mini-importation?

slimjosh43:


Is this not the same as mini-importation?

Dropshipping is an entirely different E-commerce business model from Mini importation. I guess the second part of my comment would seem like mini importation but not in it's entirety. Mini importation, you already done your research on scalable products in your area and import them in bulk but what I said involves a lot of product testing and then import an inventory with sole purpose of avoiding long delivery periods to this country which would keep your (impatient) customers in suspense and might even hurt your future conversions with them. So it's not mini importation in it's absolute sense, it's just you avoiding AliExpress's hassles

Yes there are such people.

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