The Shopify Manifesto
Mastering the site build/branding/backend should be made mandatory for yourself before spending any further money on anything else related to your business. It should be made ILLEGAL in the dropshipping community to even continue unless the backend is solid.
Yes people get lucky with crappy stores, but as a beginner with limited budget are you sure you want to go that route? Why not give yourself the best chances for success.
The backend should be like the foundation of a home. So fool proof and proven it is something that is never even given thought. It should always be flawless and not questioned. In order to find success in ecommerce/dropshipping you need to be able to repeat a proven succesful system fast, and frequently.
Overtime, I have pieced together what has worked best for me personally based on the information and strategies I have developed on my own paired with bits of information I have gathered along the way from some of the industry greats. Now I have one clean highly branded model I can pass thru any potential product that always converts over a 5% (assuming product was winning previously thru testing, NOTE: we test via general stores, unless we are very confident in the product right away).
Now you can even go ahead and train a VA to learn this proven model and this way you are so much likely to give your product/business a proper chance in the marketplace and the most odds to succeed and be scaled to big numbers.
Stop spending money on ads, consulting, and everything else, unless your 1000% your backend is tip-top perfection.
I hope this helps you and you can use this guide as a new testament for all your future store creations and product launches.
-Hatim Brahimi
IG:@hatim_brahimi
The most comprehensive “Click by Click” Guide navigating exactly how to develop a branded dropshipping site from scratch known to man.