The 5 Stages to drop shipping as a beginner COMPLETE eBook

The 5 Stages to Drop Shipping for beginners 2023 ebook 

When you first begin your path, having a mentor or someone to learn from who has had the experience and gone through the necessary steps before you can be very beneficial and save you quite a bit of time and money. We have invested over 15 years, in building e-commerce stores and brands while spending thousands of dollars on Facebook Advertising for ourselves and our clients.

Our goal is to build the largest network of e-commerce entrepreneurs in Africa, and the way we will do that is by providing you with enormous value through this book and any publications that might come after it.

What you will learn in this book is:

Introduction

An introduction to what drop shipping is and some pertinent statistics on e-commerce and the online space going forward.

1. STAGE 1 – Starting up

Understanding the Start-up Costs, how to register the business and setting up the store on Shopify.

From domain registration to getting the business payment gateway on Stripe to registering an International business account with Payoneer. This allows you to receive money online today and fast!

2. STAGE 2 – Selecting the right Product and Supplier

Choosing the right Product, the mandatory product selection criteria, product page optimization, how to find quality suppliers on Amazon, Google, Facebook and Instagram, and how to find drop shipping suppliers in Africa wherever you are in the world.

3. STAGE 3 – Marketing

How to find the right audience, price, customer and message. E-commerce and Facebook Advertising are billion-dollar industries that most African entrepreneurs are missing out on, so we cover the tactics needed to be competitive and thrive on Facebook in this eBook.

This includes the Facebook advertising setup: setting up your Business Manager Account, setup your social media pages, creating branded video and picture Facebook ads, cold audience targeting versus warm audience retargeting, and determining which Social Media Influences to use in 2023.

4. STAGE 4 – Advertising on social media

How you should advertise your product, avoid your ad account from being blocked, the advertising strategy, and how to set up the product ads on Facebook. This includes the complete Facebook advertising strategy (interest testing to scaling Look-a-Like Audiences), setting up retargeting ads, and how to automate your Facebook ad account.

5. STAGE 5 – Scaling and growing your business

When and how to grow your Shopify store. All the Apps, budgeting, advertising tips, tactics, tools, and resources needed to make it happen for your store today.

6. OTHER RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Free policy creator for website legal pages, free stock image websites, the best Done-For-You (DFY) customized dropshipping stores, the best video editing software, the best email marketing software, where to research competitor ads, tools for further market segmentation when scaling, and tools for Instagram influencer research.

The in-depth and extraordinarily valuable knowledge we have pertains specifically to the capability of starting these eCom firms in the United States of America (USA) from any location in the world, regardless of the nation in which you reside. The main thing we learned is that not all of us are created equal, which is problematic when competing as an eCom player globally. Your location and your capacity to obtain the necessary resources are largely dictated by how connected your country is to the rest of the world digitally, including through banking, suppliers that are readily available, and logistical networks.

The key advantages of reading this book are:

1. This is specifically African content; the majority of existing information on this subject is directed only at first-world nations and omits the crucial measures we Africans must be aware of and implement to guarantee we are competitive and compliant online. From personal experience, if you don’t follow the instructions in this book, you will run into access problems, restrictions, and costs that most entrepreneurs in first-world nations fail to mention to you.
2. The chapters and subjects are organized logically. This makes reading and learning the information while applying it in the real world simpler and more enjoyable for you. Before acting, I advise reading this book once to gain a comprehensive understanding of the strategy.
3. All of the information in this book is based on real personal experiences; it contains no theories or fiction. In addition, most of the information in this book is frequently kept from the reader in other courses. We make sure to leave out all the extraneous details and concentrate on the most important factors to take into account while operating an e-commerce drop-shipping firm.
4. The principles in this book are timeless; applicable now and in the future. Whatever business model you choose to conduct through e-commerce, the fundamentals of launching and operating an internet business i.e. choosing items, suppliers, advertising, and marketing will not change; only the type of products might change.