The 5 Stages to Drop Shipping for Beginners 2027 eBook

In addition to spending a lot of money on various ecommerce courses, thousands of dollars on Facebook ads, and hundreds of hours viewing online ecommerce content on YouTube, we have had the honor of being a part of the ecommerce fraternity for the past couple of years. We’ll be sharing all of this with you in this book. May 2020: Including the precise step-by-step procedure we used to create our own drop shipping company.

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.

Our goal is to build the largest network of e-commerce entrepreneurs in Africa, and the way we’ll do that is by providing you with enormous value through this book and any publications that might come after it. This book will contain all the knowledge we have gathered on the subject, as well as our own experiences.

What you will learn in this book is:

1. Introduction

2. STAGE 1 – Starting up

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

3. 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 and how to find drop shipping suppliers in Africa

4. STAGE 3 – Marketing

How to find the right audience, price, customer, setting up your Business Manager Account, setup your social media pages, creating branded video and picture Facebook ads, cold targeting vs warm retargeting and how to know which Social Media Influences to use in 2023?

5. STAGE 4 – Advertising on social media

Where should you advertise your product, avoiding your ad account from being blocked, the advertising strategy, how to setup the ads on Facebook, Facebook ad strategy (interest testing to scaling Look-a-Like Audiences), setting up retargeting ads, how to automate your Facebook ad account

6. STAGE 5 – Scaling and growing your business

When and How to Grow Your Store

7. CONCLUSION

8. OTHER RECOMENDED RESOURCES

Free policy creator for website legal pages, free stock image websites,

the best Done-For-You (DFY) customized drop shipping 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 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 following are the key advantages of reading this book:

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. I can tell you from personal experience that 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. This book also restores value to Africans by leveling the playing field by helping us create a sense of identity online.

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 company strategy and how everything operates.

3. All of the information in this book is based on my personal experience; it contains no theories or fiction. In addition, most of the information in this book is frequently kept from the reader in other courses. I’ll 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 and 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, choosing items, suppliers, advertising, and marketing will not change; only the kind of products might.

Complete video tutorial links

Part 1 – Introduction to dropshipping and ecommerce: https://youtu.be/mO4nH-AtOJQ

In this video, you learn the basics of ecommerce and drop shipping. This is the introduction to the course showing you how to make money online from anywhere in the world through drop shipping, the costs involved and the strategy for success.

• 00:00 Introduction
• 08:02 Dropshipping explained
• 08:47 What you get in this training
• 11:54 Who this training is for
• 18:34 Dropshipping Warning
• 24:10 Frequently Asked Questions
• 33:28 How to get the most out of the training
• 35:20 How much does it cost to start Dropshipping
• 43:35 The 10 winning product criteria

Part 2 – Setting up the business: https://youtu.be/fmcnOocF06o

In this video, you will learn everything you need to know to register a business in the USA, getting a USA (Global) bank account, USA telephone number and physical address for the business as well as setting up the payment gateway for your business.

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:09 Domain Confirmation
• 03:19 Setting up Gmail
• 05:00 Setting up your USA LLC and EIN registration
• 16:12 Setting up your USA cell phone number
• 18:17 Setting up your USA physical address
• 21:16 Setting up you global bank account (Payoneer)
• 28:14 Setting up your payment gateway (stripe)

Part 3 – Setting up your store: https://youtu.be/DEWZtW_TaG8

In this video, you will learn everything you need to know to setup your Shopify store, create a business logo as well as finding and auditing the right product(s) and supplier(s)

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:52 Setting up your Shopify Store
• 04:25 Creating your stores logo with CANVA
• 08:27 Shopify setup continued (Website customization)
• 11:10 Favicon image download from CANVA
• 13:04 Setting up the store pages
• 18:31 Setting up the domain
• 19:45 Setting up the preferences
• 22:36 Setting up the payment gateway
• 24:10 Setting up the legal pages
• 24:48 Setting up the checkout
• 28:00 Setting up the shipping and delivery
• 30:30 Setting up and using store Apps (Order lookup, Oberlo, Klaviyo, Loox)
• 47:09 Adding products to the store
• 48:15 Setting up product collections with images
• 58:00 Setting up and using store Apps (Lifetimely, Vitals and Multicurrency Converter)
• 01:06:53 Product research and selection
• 01:10:03 Product page optimization
• 01:13:09 Worldwide supplier selection and auditing
• 01:25:25 Setting up Dropstore (SA dropshippers)

Part 4 – Getting sales online: https://youtu.be/MdCnxVIGjjk

In this video, you will learn everything you need to know to start marketing on social media and getting consistent sales for your business. Setting up the business profiles on social media as well as growing or scaling the ads.

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:45 How to find the right audience, price and customer
• 05:25 Where and how to advertise
• 09:22 How to setup Facebook Business Manager
• 11:07 Behind the scenes of a real dropshipping business Facebook Ads account
• 19:33 Facebook and Shopify integration
• 24:25 Finding a Virtual Assistants (VAs) for your store

Useful links

• 5StDS – https://bit.ly/3GP0S6d
• ebook guide – http://bit.ly/3XhLYLm
• 3X consulations 5StDS – https://bit.ly/3Gw3FzI OR https://calendly.com/ecomprophits-dropshipping-support/30min