DropShipMaven

Well, the last two or three weeks have been a whirlwind. I know some of you have been wondering where the heck I went, so I’d like to tell you.
Two weeks ago yesterday, I was fired from my job. They cited my “failure to integrate with the team” as the main reason, added that I [...]

Funny story. Today I accidentally Stumbled my own blog. Well, I accidentally clicked on the button on my toolbar, and when the box popped up to review my site, I thought, “What can it hurt? Here goes nothing!” So, I filled out the review and accurately described my site and category.
Then tonight, I checked my [...]

So, you’ve assessed your interests. You’ve decided on a niche. You’ve signed up for a free, 30-day trial at Shopify. But wait – you don’t have any products! Unless you’re using a drop ship aggregator site like Doba or Simplx, the hardest part of starting your drop ship business can be finding the product supplier.
Here [...]

I’ve been growing my feed reader subscription list tremendously over the past few weeks, and I’ve found some amazing blogs to help me start a drop ship business. Check out the following awesome posts to help you with e-commerce, personal motivation, blogging and making passive income:
How to REALLY Profit From Your Blog – The Smart [...]

Without further adieu, I introduce you to Buy-Swimwear.com, my drop ship e-commerce site. First, here’s the way it looked early today. (Changes follow!)

Here, you see it in its current status. I had a couple suggestions for the logo, background and colors, so I made some changes. I’m sure this design will evolve as 1) I [...]

Since @WendyMaynard suggested to me that I eliminate competition by providing the absolute best experience for my customers (in a nutshell), I’ve been brainstorming ways that I can offer added value to people shopping my site. I’ve also decided to reveal my product – so you’ll be getting a preview of that in the screenshots [...]

Quite obviously,  I will be talking a lot about drop shipping on this blog. I realized last night though that perhaps not everyone knows exactly what drop shipping is. Most people in the lifestyle design arena are familiar with the concept of selling e-books, using affiliate links/AdSense on blogs and other ways of generating passive [...]

I’m feeling torn. And I need your help. Should I reveal the product upon which I’m building my drop ship business?
When I started this blog, I tentatively decided NOT to reveal my product for the simple reason that I don’t want the competition to steal my strategies. Furthermore, I don’t want to reveal my drop [...]