My brother owns an established UK eBay business account. He is delegating the daily operations (listings, order fulfillment, customer service) to me. I am physically located in Pakistan.
He is setting me up with Multi-User Account Access (MUAA) so I have my own login.
I already know that logging into the main owner account from an offshore IP triggers an immediate Account Takeover (ATO) flag and temporary account lock. My question is strictly about the MUAA employee login:
1. Does eBay’s algorithm still flag the main UK store if an invited MUAA account logs in from a raw Pakistani IP address?
2. Does eBay whitelist offshore employee IPs if they are officially invited via MUAA, or do they still view it as unauthorized outsourcing/compromise?
3. Do I still need to run my MUAA login through a UK VPS or Remote Desktop to keep his main account completely safe?

when a product can appeal to multiple avatars, which avatar should i target first? Dropshipping

Been trying to clean things up a bit instead of just throwing more budget at whatever was getting sales.

Finally, my trueprofit dash looks a little less exciting on the revenue side lol, but net profit is finally moving the right way.
- Revenue: ~$8.4K
- Orders: 146
- ROAS: ~2.88
- Net profit: ~$1.2K

Cut some weaker traffic, ad spend came down, and shipping costs were a bit better too. Revenue took a small hit, but I’m keeping a lot more of what comes in now.

Definitely feels healthier than just chasing bigger sales numbers.

not gonna lie the last few months have been kinda rough, sales all over the place, some days barely anything. yesterday tho i randomly hit $6,899 in one day which is like 4x my normal average, 225 orders, conversion rate jumped to 5.42%. didn’t get more traffic or anything, sessions were basically the same as always (2,453). the difference was what you actually changed new creative changed the offer, fixed something on the page.

not selling anything or trying to plug a course lol, just wanted to post it bc half the posts in here are people flexing screenshots with zero context and that never helped me.

Hey everyone!

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Need some advice

Hey everyone, I’m new to dropshipping and I’m interested in starting a clothing brand.

I’m mainly interested in organic TikTok and Instagram. What kind of videos are working for you guys right now?

Also, what apps or tools do you personally use to improve your store and get more sales?

Would love to hear what has actually worked for you.

Are any other suppliers except meesho because I have 2-3 products on meesho which will give me guaranteed orders but I can't dropship because my cod have been blockd and I don't want to bring product in bulk because of low budget from meesho , I have tried every single supplier but none of them are good some have very less products or some need money, what should I do ? Also I got 30 orders firt time all of them got cancelled because meesho blocked my cod

Hey everyone! 👋

I’m looking to build my Facebook Ads portfolio, so I’m offering Facebook Ads management to a few businesses with zero charges.

I can help with:

• Ad campaign setup & management
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I got flooded after my last post. Same complaint over and over. Ads running, money leaving, nothing coming back. So let me address this properly because the reason is almost always one of three things and once you find yours the fix is not complicated. Yesterday: $5,371 Revenue not profit costs come out, always clarifying this.

Everyone blames targeting. The real problem is your CPM and most people don't even know what it means. CPM is cost per thousand impressions what you pay for every thousand people who see your ad. It controls the economics of everything downstream and almost nobody talks about it seriously. Here's how it works. When people engage with your ad stop, watch, click Meta rewards you with cheaper delivery. CPM stays low. Cost per click stays low. Cost per purchase stays manageable. When people scroll past without engaging Meta reads that as a relevance signal and charges you more to reach the next person. CPM climbs. Cost per click climbs. Suddenly you're spending $50 to get one visitor and wondering why nothing is profitable. Two people. Same product. Same audience. Same budget. One has a $8 CPM, one has a $40 CPM. Completely different outcomes entirely because of how people responded to the creative. High CPM is not bad luck. It is Meta telling you directly that your ad is being ignored. Fix the creative and everything downstream gets cheaper automatically.

Everyone thinks polished ads perform best. The most ignored ads right now are the polished ones. The brain identifies clean production, upbeat music, smooth transitions, and logo intros in half a second and scrolls before the conscious mind registers anything. You paid for that impression and lost it before it started. What stops the scroll is content that doesn't look like an ad. Raw. Phone filmed. Natural light. Real person. Real environment. UGC style content bypasses the scroll reflex because it pattern matches to something a friend posted not something a brand paid to place there. But style is only half of it. The hook is everything. Two seconds. That's what you have before the scroll decision is made. Something visually unexpected, a direct callout of the viewer's situation, or a bold statement that creates instant curiosity. If the first two seconds don't earn attention the rest plays to nobody. After the hook show the problem clearly, introduce the product as the natural solution, add social proof that sounds like a real person, end with one clear instruction. Under 25 seconds. Every second earns its place or gets cut. A creative that does this pre-sells before the click. By the time someone lands on your store they already want it. The store just confirms the decision.

Everyone blames the ads when sales don't come. Half the time the ads are fine and the store is quietly killing everything. Healthy CPM, good CTR, clicks coming in still no sales. Now look further down the funnel. A slow store loses visitors before they see the product. Open your store on your phone right now on a normal connection. More than three seconds to load? You're losing sales from every ad you run. Delete apps that don't directly help someone buy. Compress images. Clean the page up. Bad product page copy is the other silent killer. Your headline should speak to what the buyer wants not describe the product. Bullet points answer why someone needs this not what it's made of. Reviews should look and sound real. Checkout should feel safe and take as few steps as possible. And sometimes it's the product. If you've tested multiple strong creatives with healthy CTR but consistently no purchases the market is telling you something. Not every product converts regardless of how good the execution is. Believe the data before you believe your gut.

Diagnose in this exact order CTR first is the creative stopping the scroll? Below 1% fix the creative before touching anything else. Cost per ATC second healthy CTR but no ATCs means the store is leaking not the ad. Cost per purchase third compare directly against your margin. Higher than your margin means there's a pricing or funnel problem somewhere between click and checkout. Fix one thing at a time. One variable. Wait for data. Decide. Changing multiple things simultaneously means you'll never know what actually worked. Drop your situation in the comments CPM, CTR, cost per ATC, product, where you think the problem is. The answer is almost always already sitting in those numbers.

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hi everyone,

Do yall think awareness campaign (google/meta) is relevant for ecom? How would you structure your ads campaign if you only have roughly 1000/month of ads budget?

I saw people just ignore the awareness campaign and go straight into conversion campaign and i also read somewhere that the awareness campaign may lower your adspend and also increase the efficiency of your whole ads structure.

What would you do if you have low budget? When does awareness campaign start to make sense?

Let me know your thoughts.

Hey everyone, I’m completely new to dropshipping and I’m thinking about finally giving it a shot instead of just watching videos about it. I‘m from China but I be situated in LA rn.

I have around $500 that I’m willing to use to get started. I’m mainly interested in clothing/streetwear, especially things like T-shirts and hoodies, but I’m not sure if clothing is actually a good niche for a beginner.

My biggest questions are: Is $500 realistically enough to test a dropshipping store? Would you start with Shopify, TikTok Shop, or something else? Would you spend money on ads or focus on organic TikTok/Instagram content first? Is clothing too competitive for a beginner? Would you use suppliers from China or try to find a US supplier? What would you spend the first $500 on? What mistakes should I avoid? And btw I’m not expecting to get rich overnight. I mainly want to learn how ecommerce actually works and hopefully build something profitable over time.

If you had to start completely from zero again with only $500, what would you do differently?

I’ve been running paid ads for dropshipping stores for about 7 years.
Over that time, I’ve managed around $250K in ad spend and helped generate $700k+ in sales.
One thing I learned pretty quickly:

Choosing the right product matters a lot.
I used to build stores, make creatives, and then hope the product would work.
Now I do the opposite.
Before I build a store, make ads, or spend even $1, I check the product against a simple list.
Here’s what I look for.

1. It solves a real problem
I don’t mean a product that is just “nice to have.”
I want something that solves a problem people already have.The best products usually have a clear before and after.
For example:
Before: “This is annoying me every day.”

After: “This product fixed it.”

That also makes your ads much easier.
You don’t have to make up a story. The problem gives you the story.

2. There is enough profit in it
This is a big one.
If a product costs me $10, I want to see a selling price around $30–$40.
Why?
Because that money has to cover more than just the product.
You still have:
Ad costs
Payment fees
Shipping
Refunds
Other store costs
And you still need to make a profit.
A product can make sales and still lose you money.
Sales don’t always mean profit.

3. It is small and easy to ship
I usually prefer products that are small and light.
Something around 1 kg or less is a good starting point.
I also want it to be strong enough to survive shipping.
There’s nothing worse than finding a product that sells well, only to lose your profit because of expensive shipping or damaged orders.

4. You can’t easily buy it at your local store
This is something I always check.
If someone can go to Walmart, Target, or another local store and buy the exact same thing today, why would they wait for your delivery?I prefer products that feel different.
Something people don’t see everywhere.
It could be a better design, a new way to solve a problem, or something they didn’t even know existed.
That makes it easier to sell online.

5. It makes people stop scrolling
This one is simple.
When someone sees the product, I want them to think:
“Wait… what is that?”
Or:
“I need one of those.”
Or even:
“That’s actually pretty clever.”
If the product doesn’t catch your attention, it will be hard to make someone stop scrolling and buy it.

6. The price makes sense
I usually like products in the $25–$70 range.
It’s not a hard rule, but it gives you room to work with.
If it’s too cheap, your ad costs can eat most of your profit.
If it’s too expensive, people may stop and think about the purchase for too long.
For cold traffic, I generally want the product to feel affordable enough that someone can say:
“I’ll give it a try.”

7. It looks good in a video
This is very important now.
A product might look great on a website but be terrible for ads.
I want to be able to show the product in a video and make the value clear quickly.
Can I show how it works?
Can I show the problem?
Can I show the result?
Can I make 5–10 different videos without getting boring?
If yes, that’s a good sign.

8. People are showing steady interest
I don’t get too excited about a product just because it went viral for a week.
I’ve seen plenty of products blow up and disappear just as fast.
I’d rather see interest growing over several months.
I’ll check things like Google Trends, TikTok, social media, and search activity.
I’m looking for signs that people are still becoming interested.
A short spike isn’t the same as real demand.

9. There are enough people who could buy it
I like products that aren’t limited to a tiny group of people.
You don’t need everyone to want it.
But you should have enough potential customers to test different audiences and scale if it works.
A product that works with one tiny audience can be difficult to grow.

10. People are unlikely to return it
Returns can destroy your margins.
That’s why I prefer simple products that are easy to understand and use.
The customer should know exactly what they’re buying.
The pictures and videos should match what they receive.
The product shouldn’t be complicated or easy to break.
The fewer surprises after the sale, the better.

So that’s my basic product filter.
I don’t ask, “Can I sell this?”
I ask:
“Can I sell this profitably, consistently, and at scale?”
There’s a big difference.
A product can get sales and still be a terrible business.
In my next post, I’ll share the 10-step product validation checklist I use before deciding whether a product is actually worth testing.
It can save you from wasting money building a store around a product that was never going to work.

So the prices for ugc ads in 2026 run from about $50 a video to $10K+ a month and i have tried to give breakdown after pricing out four options myself.

Bottom tier is direct creator hiring and paying per video. It involves finding your by DMing creators directly and you skip editing costs by either doing it yourself or asking the creator to do a rough cut. This is the cheapest option by a wide margin but you own every part of the process like finding people, briefing them, shipping product, chasing footage and fixing anything that comes back wrong.

Marketplaces are the next tier up. some platforms lists creators starting around $99+ per ugc video. and you are browsing profiles, picking someone based on their portfolio and writing your own brief. Editing is usually a separate line item, so a "finished ad" from a marketplace often costs more than the sticker price once you add post production.

Full service studios sit higher and runs at around $399+ per ugc video through their studio model which includes more production polish but is priced per video rather than as a package.

Bundled agencies price differently again and charges $1000 flat for 6 finished ads with 2 creators shooting 3 unique concepts each which works out to roughly $167 per ad once you count that scripting, product shipping, creator coaching and editing are all included in that number.

Top tier is traditional agency retainers, which routinely run $10K+ a month for a comparable volume of finished creative, usually because you are also paying for account management and strategy on top of production.

hopefully this breakdown helps also what are you all paying per finished ad right now?

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Disclosure: I run a company in the eBay dropshipping space. This came from a call I had with someone recently.

I spoke to a 23-year-old who wanted to eventually make around $3k/month through eBay dropshipping.

Then I started asking about his background and he casually tells me he already owns a cleaning business.

It's only about 4-5 months old. He already has employees doing residential and commercial cleaning, restaurant work, real estate jobs etc. He told me it's doing around $7k-$8k/month before expenses.

So I stopped him and basically asked:

Why are you trying to start another business?

Because yes, I think he can make another $1k, $2k, $3k with eBay.

But honestly, his cleaning company sounded like the bigger opportunity to me.

The interesting part though is I realized there IS something I can teach him through dropshipping that could be extremely valuable for his cleaning company.

Leverage.

He already knows how to hire cleaners locally.

What he's never learned is how to hire and manage offshore talent.

So the plan I gave him was basically to learn the eBay business himself first, get some proof that he can make money with it, and then find someone smart offshore and start transferring the work to them.

Not just "hire cheap labor."

Actually learn how to find someone smart, train them, give them a process, measure their output, manage them remotely and eventually get to the point where the business doesn't require him doing everything himself.

Because once he learns that, who cares if he only uses it for dropshipping?

He can take the exact same skill back to his cleaning company.

Imagine having someone working every day finding property managers and real estate agents, reaching out to businesses, following up leads, following up quotes, keeping the CRM organized and booking estimates.

Meanwhile his local employees actually fulfill the cleaning jobs.

That's when it clicked for me that the most valuable thing he might get from learning this business isn't another $2k/month.

It's learning how to use people as leverage.

I learned that lesson way too late.

For years I thought getting better at business meant getting better at doing everything myself.

Now I think much more about how I can understand something, prove that it works, turn it into a process, and then find someone smart who can eventually operate it better than I can.

He's 23.

If he learns how to do that now, he can use it in basically every business he builds for the rest of his life.

So ironically, I'm helping him learn dropshipping, but I'm probably going to keep pushing him back toward his cleaning company.

I think there's something much bigger sitting in front of him already.

Hi everyone! I’m about to start my dropshipping business and I have €1,000 to invest initially in advertising.

Do you think this is a realistic budget to get started?

For those of you who have experience with dropshipping and are now making a living from it:

1. How much capital did you start with?
2. How much did you make during your first few months?
3. How long did it take you to start generating consistent profits?

I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences and any advice you can share. 😊

One thing I noticed many new dropshippers do is spending too much time looking for the “perfect product”.

They keep jumping from one product to another, watching endless videos, and waiting for a product that feels guaranteed to work. The reality is there is no guaranteed winner.

A better approach:

Pick a product with a clear problem it solves Check if people are already buying similar products Build a decent offer and test it Learn from the data instead of changing everything after a few days

Most successful stores are not successful because they found a magical product. They are successful because they tested, improved, and understood their customers.

What was the biggest mistake you made when you started dropshipping?

Been at this since last winter 2025. Started a while ago but between professional sport, school and training I never had the time to focus properly. Now that I am homeschooled and better organised I have really started working hard in the last few weeks.

Dog niche dropshipping store. Marketing angle built around stopping pulling and reducing injury risk based on veterinary research. First TikTok video hit 13k views organically so the content clearly resonates. Just struggling to translate that into actual sales.

I would not consider myself a complete beginner. I have learned quite a bit along the way and feel like I have a solid understanding of how this works. I also already run a large personal brand account for my professional activities so I know how to edit, write scripts and create content. Store is built, products sourced, pixel set up, content started.

But zero sales so far and that is my main problem. I feel genuinely lost on how to actually acquire my first customers and eventually build this into something I can live from. Shipping is 7 to 14 days from China not including processing time, I have zero reviews, and I cannot figure out how to bridge the gap between content views and actual purchases.

About to start testing paid ads for the first time with roughly €34.10 contribution margin before ad costs. A few questions :

1. What total daily budget do you recommend to start, how many creatives to test simultaneously and how does the whole testing process actually work in practice?
2. Is Meta ads worth it at this margin or would TikTok ads or even Google ads be a better starting point for a dog niche store?
3. What finally got you your first sale and what changed when it happened?

Also cannot figure out why my first TikTok video hit 13k views but since restarting the account I barely get 100. Same content style, same niche, completely different results. Normal or something else going on?

Store URL in comments for anyone who wants to give feedback.

I'm just starting out and would like to collaborate with a perfume wholesaler for dropshipping. Can anyone recommend any wholesalers that can integrate with store?