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To achieve massive result with your drop shipping ventures...this three key factors most be in place
1 a great product...
2 finding a irrationally passionate audience
3 the audience most be large in number and reachable

Every successful drop shipping store is built on this key tripod....if one is missing then it will be very difficult to scale up.
We shall discuss these in details in the coming days

Creating a winning mindset lesson 6 (six)....many aspiring online entrepreneur get stuck...with the restriction placed on Nigeria by most websites/businesses abroad.
In your journey as aspiring entrepreneur this will be about the least issue you will face...I bet you you would face even more challenging and intimidating obstacles.
Entrepreneur are about the smartest, most creative and bravest people on the planet
Ask yourself
1 do people still receive money through this restricted mediums in Nigeria
2 how do the so called yahoo boy (w
ho put everyone of us in this fix) get pass these restrictions
3 how do they receive and spend so much despite these restrictions.

Your job as an entrepreneur is to always find a winning solution to every problem....

Creating a winning mindset Lesson 5
Having a positive mindset is key to your success as an entrepreneur... When you are faced with an obstacle, always think of creative ways to overcome such blocks...
With your online store you will come across apps that cost a few dollars, always have the how can I afford this app mentality.
Some app comes with a few days trial period, while others don't.
If an app can help increase the rate of conversion by as little as 6% then it is worth having in your store.
Always think about the possibilities

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Oludrex:
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Super excited to have you here

flexxzzy:
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Wow...i got not a few mails and messages on WhatsApp on the naija dropshipping mastermind....I'm super excited too....but we shall not be able to admit more than seven for now....I always prefer keeping a small group for efficiency.....
A lot can be achieved working as a team...I'm really really excited...

Do you know even internet fraudsters (who put us all in this mess) work as a team.....they have mentors/coaches too....none of them made it big without a coach/mentor/team.....i personally havent seen any.....

Show me a struggling fraudster...without being told.....you should know he doesn't have a team/coach/network/mentor.

That is why despite the restrictions in Nigeria millions of dollars still find its way here...these guys are always a step ahead of the system...they work together to unlock virtually every restrictions thrown at them

....Its amazing that (we)entrepreneurs who should be more creative are having a hard time getting over some of this restrictions......

We shall be discussing some of this restrictions and how my team and I get pass this restrictions in the last course of the naija drop shipping blueprint

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naijafinest:
Following

We shall discus this in full details here....its a full package

Eazybay:
I'm already swimming the "printable" tide! You did not mention how u reg and get paid on Amazon, EBay and Etsy. That's where I'm stuck. I'm interested too

Got your mail.......

SchoolCare:
I've been following you and I am highly interested. I sent you a pm

And ofcourse learning new tricks and the latest developments with drop shipping
Lessons 11 creating a winning mindset......"rich people build network...poor people look for jobs" Robert Kiyosaki....collaborate with like minded individuals, we are stronger together than as individual.
I already have a small team of three...I shall be looking to welcome 7 more people right here on nairaland into the first naija drop shopping mastermind......and wait for it....its absolutely FREE....but you have to prove to us you are a serious person and you wouldn't be a liability to the group as my ogas at the top wouldn't be happy with me if you are just consuming without adding to the group......shoot me a mail if you are interested.

A recap
In picking a niche, pick a niche people are so passionate that they can punch or fight you if you say something terrible about it.
Take for example in Nigeria....the early days of the English premiership....we had a lot of passionate football fans who could pick up a fight with you if you say anything terrible about their team.

My Aba friends took advantage of this and sold a lot of branded sport items to these numerous fans. This is just an example of finding passionate markets...it isnt advisable to sell fake brands in your e-coms store.

A lot of people loose money with Facebook ads because they do it the wrong way. You must find something interesting to make people STOP while scrolling down their newsfeed..

Making a sale is more important than anything else...the audience must have an attachment to the product to be able to pull their credit card out.

Lesson 10 choosing a winning mindset....get a coach/mentor. Every professional has a coach...the difference between a professional athlete and an amateur is one has a coach the other doesn't.

..I wrote earlier about my naija drop shipping mastermind...where we all would have an opportunity of sitting together and trashing out issues affecting us in our dropshipping business...this will be a huge leverage for you if you are just starting out...you have the opportunity of looking at the exact products and market each and everyone of us is promoting

What's the odd that they would ever find any of the above products on the store is what makes an item hot.

Does your product have emotional appeal? Does it pull on your audience heartstrings?....would viewers want to tag their friends...spouses? e.t.c.

An item is hot when someone views it on Facebook and thinks if they don't buy it right then they would never be able to see it again, because they are not available in stores.

This is called impulse purchases and that's what my team and I uses.

Facebook is interruption marketing. People will buy if the product has the right price appeal, scarcity and urgency in your marketing.

The number 100 tee-shirt in my above post brings scarcity...you must know how to use some of this elements in your marketing.


Well...if all what I have been saying still sounds strange to you...don't worry my team got you covrered....we have a done for you system...

we will help you build an e-commerce
Store...with woo- commerce or any solution of your choice ...in any niche of your choice...stock it with hot selling products, all you need do market.....

We help you with all the research and all.

As a bonus you get a chance in my upcoming NAIJA DROP SHIPPING MASTERMIND (a group of just 10 dropshippers)...where u have the opportunity of watching over my shoulders and see the exact products and markets I'm targeting....

I shall be talking about the upcoming naija drop shopping mastermind in subsequent post

If you would love to be part of my naija drop shopping mastermind shoot me a mail...

His/her first reaction would be did Facebook know my anniversary is up next month.

Then you write something like this...we are giving out 100 FREE tee-shirt to mark our five years as a company...just pay shipping

You can as well add tag your friend or spouse in the comment of your marketing campaign.

Facebook ads are mostly interruption marketing. Your audience are on Facebook to connect/socialise and not to buy. Selling on Facebook you need your audience to be EMOTIONALLY connected to your product before they can bring out their credit card (without even thinking most times) to make the purchase. If they cant connect emotionally and use instead the logical side of their brain (which they use often) they will never buy.
You have to speak to the customers emotions.

Take a look at another examples.
You choose the "wedding anniversary"niche for instance and target wedding anniversary in September.
You contact a print on demand site, you hire a good graphic designer, to print creative words/images on a tee-shirt.

Let's see if wedding anniversary meets our three elements
1. Passionate audience.... can someone punch you in the face if you say terrible things or possibly forget their wedding anniversary...yes
2. Can people with up coming wedding anniversaries be reached online- facebook, Instagram, p-interest ....yes
3. Are they large in number.....yes
4 can your target audience readily get same tee-shirt with exact same words/images in a brick and mortal store.....no

Imagine what comes to mind if someone, trying to figure out the best gift for his/her spouse whose wedding anniversary is up this September, suddenly stumbles on any of this images below on their Facebook newsfeed

You can always get this shirt down the road...no one will punch you in the face if you say something terrible about this tee shirt

Everyone wears teeshirt... How do you target people online...this is a no-no

Today we shall be talking about print on demand and niche selection. We shall take a generic product and see how we can meet the three basic elements of running a successful drop shopping business.

Earlier I told you the three basic things you need to have a successful drop shopping store are
1 a passionate/winning product
2 the target audience must be large in number
3 they must be reachable.

1. to make a success of your drop shopping store you must find niches people are passionate about...what do I mean by this...niches with audience that would be ready to punch you in the face if you say something terrible about their niche. Until you get a niche like dat, you could keep struggling.
2. your target audience needs to be large...this is necessary if you need to scale up your campaign
3. they most be reachable....they most have a place they hang out online....Facebook,Instagram, p interest.. etc.if you can't find places your target audience hang out online...then you might do well not to sell products in that niche.
Let's take a generic product like tee-shirt for instance. Does selling tee-shirt meet our three basic elements in having a successful store...come with me.
1. Passionate/raving crowd...audience that can punch you in the face if you talk ill of their niche.....no
2. Are they reachable/large in number?
3. can they get it in a store close by?
take a look at the shirt below...imagine this item comes up on ur feed while browsing on facebook

My 9ja E-coms vs drop shipping store.
I have been marketing my physical product online for a few years now.
I have more joy with my drop shipping store than my 9ja e-coms store....i don't have to bother my head over order fulfilment...I don't even get to see the product...I don't have to buy materials....and of course the number one leverage...I buy goods with my customers.money. You cant really say you are into drop shipping if you purchase products with your money and handle all shipment.
I have always love doing my own thing..though I still sell on big ecoms sites..like Amazon,EBay, Konga...to mention a few
I get a lot of calls/mail from people willing to drop ship my physical products in Nigeria and of course a few mails/call from other west African countries.

I shall be sharing a few reasons why drop ship isn't working presently in Nigeria.
1. Inventory/Wholesale warehouses...lack of wholesale warehouses...most small scale business are actively involved with marketing of their product.....so hardly keep inventory.

2. High cost of shipping/delivery....this is one major reason why drop shipping isn't working in Nigeria. I pay far less for shipping with my dropshiping store from China to America/Australia/Holland/France than my 9ja ecoms store Lagos to Borno for instance.

3 Pay on delivery. This is the singular most important reason why I have a far lower rate of conversion on my Nigeria E-commerce store than my drop shipping.

The rate of conversion with my 9ja E-commerce store is less than 5% while I get a much higher rate of conversion with my drop shipping store.
4 high cost of production...the high cost of production narrows the profit margin would be 9ja drop shippers can play with. Most of our smale scale businesses can't really compete with the low cost of products on Ali express.

My team and I are working on a Nigeria wholesale directory. Where hundreds of manufacturer will have their products listed. Would be Nigerian drop shippers can asses real manufacturers with the wholesale directory.
We.are also working on a payment procedure to take care of the trust issues between sellers and buyers in Nigeria.

Definitely

SchoolCare:
Hoqpe it will be covered in the lessons.

Absolutely...

SchoolCare:
Finding the right product is the main problem and also payment processing gateway

Being super busy for the past few days with my shoe manufacturing business. Its that time of the year again and the orders for "back to school" sandals and shoes have sky rocketed. Orders are coming in their hundreds and of course its taking it toll on every other activity I'm involved with/in.
What does this have to do with dropshipping?
With your e-commerce store you have to be in tune with the trends/seasons. One huge disadvantage you have is, most of us are staying thousands and thousands of miles away.
So how to we know what the trend/season are in a country we have possibly never visited? How do we know if what we have in our store can easily be found in a brick and mortal store in the country we are targeting?
80% of your success with dropshipping comes with finding a unique brought and selling to a starving crowd.
If your target customer can easily get what you are offering in a brick and mortal store..then they wouldn't buy from you.
That's why you have to keep your eyes on the data...sales and social proof, if you are ever going to make a success with dropshipping.
Lessons 10
Finding the right price for your product is key to having a successful dropshipping store, but i say to you, never compete with price.... you will never be the cheapest.

Being super busy for the past few days.....classes begin this evening

In order to make sales with Dropshiping the following has to be good
1 right product
2 right audience
3 right advertising
4 right copy writing
5 right price
6 right trust
7 right shipping
All these have to be checked for you to scale up in your drop shipping venture.
We shall talk about all this in full details in the coming days.
Earlier today I was chatting with someone on whatsapp and he wanted to know how much it will take to set up a dropshipping venture.
And ofcourse since a large part your budget will be for ads..there is no definite answer to this type of question

There are two different ways to get traffic to your E-com store
1 free traffic
2 paid traffic
But I like referring them as thus
1 time
2 money
A sale is a sale whether you got it from a free traffic source or paid traffic. If you don't have money for traffic, you must be willing to but in the time to get people to you store.
In your journey as an entrepreneur time is the singular most important thing.
I for one have a shoe manufacturing company I oversee, and ofcourse a few other issues that need my attention. I don't have all the time in the world.
I do paid traffic
But if you don't have money for ads then you would go the free route for now. When the sales starts coming in you can then buy traffic
To help reduce money for ad I promised to teach free ways to test a product as a bonus
I will teach you through reverse engineering how to find micro influencers in your niche.
Micro influencers are a far cheaper way to get traffic to your store.

Creating a winning mindset Lesson 4
Always follow proven data...watch the numbers closely...

Dont have any emotional attachment to any product. If you see proof that a product is hot selling....you would do yourself a lot of good by moving in quickly and directing your campaign towards it. Don't be foolishly creative...with the current exchange rate you would want to throw your money stupidly away in ads and testing.
I say to you, always promote product with sales proof and social proof. There is a thin line between investing and speculating

Creating a winning mindset lesson 7 DEDICATION
This is key in your drop shipping journey. A lot of people arent just dedicated enough to pull through the initial drought stage in their drop shipping journey. They see drop shipping as an hobbie- a side job because it is not a physical business. Online business should be treated like a full time job, you cant just treat it as a side hustle and expect to achieve the same level of success like the big boys in the industry.

In the last lesson of creating a winning mindset I talked about taking action. The number 1 reason people fail to take action is fear.
"the beautiful thing about fear is, when you run to it, it runs away".

So take that giant step. "Success is normally found in a pile of mistakes"
Lessons 9 of creating a winning mindset. There is no failure in Dropshiping you only fail when you quit.

Creating a winning mindset lesson eight 8..TAKE ACTION- "the value of an idea lies in the using of it" a whole lot of people keep consuming loads and loads of information without taking the much needed action.
Most suffer from initial paralysis. You must be willing to take action on all information gathered (especially real values I shall be sharing here in the coming days)

If you dont take actions you might never achieve success in your online journey

U can also reach me via email Lewisecomblueprint@gmail.com.

Ohis3681:
Okay...hit me on WhatsApp 08080281656.....but I will continue to give real value here

Creating a winning mindset lesson 7
DEDICATION
This is key in your drop shipping journey. A lot of people arent just dedicated enough to pull through the initial drought stage in their drop shipping journey. They see drop shipping as an hobbie- a side job because it is not a physical business. Online business should be treated like a full time job, you cant just treat it as a side hustle and expect to achieve the same level of success like the big boys in the industry.

Okay...hit me on WhatsApp 08080281656.....but I will continue to give real value here

sirevee:
I MEAN A THOROUGH ENLIGHTENMENT ON DROP SHIPPING AS A WHOLE..

In lesson 2 of creating a winning mindset, I talked about not falling in love with any product and testing products before finding a winning product.
You should have it at the back of your mind that it takes testing of about 20 products to find one winning product. It might take your a lot of time and money, but when you find that winning
product you will make more money than you ever lost.
Be willing to test as many products... we shall be talking about how you can test product without spending a dime on ads later on...

Creating a winning mindset lesson 3
Your passion might not make you money....learn and sell to other peoples passion

To achieve massive result with your drop shipping ventures...this three key factors most be in place
1 a great product...
2 finding a irrationally passionate audience
3 the audience most be large in number and reachable

Every successful drop shipping store is built on this key tripod....if one is missing then it will be very difficult to scale up.
We shall discuss these in details in the coming days

Creating a winning mindset lesson 6 (six)....many aspiring online entrepreneur get stuck...with the restriction placed on Nigeria by most websites/businesses abroad.
In your journey as aspiring entrepreneur this will be about the least issue you will face...I bet you you would face even more challenging and intimidating obstacles.
Entrepreneur are about the smartest, most creative and bravest people on the planet
Ask yourself
1 do people still receive money through this restricted mediums in Nigeria
2 how do the so called yahoo boy (w
ho put everyone of us in this fix) get pass these restrictions
3 how do they receive and spend so much despite these restrictions.

Your job as an entrepreneur is to always find a winning solution to every problem....

To achieve massive result with your drop shipping ventures...this three key factors most be in place
1 a great product...
2 finding a irrationally passionate audience
3 the audience most be large in number and reachable

Every successful drop shipping store is built on this key tripod....if one is missing then it will be very difficult to scale up.
We shall discuss these in details in the coming days

Creating a winning mindset lesson 6 (six)....many aspiring online entrepreneur get stuck...with the restriction placed on Nigeria by most websites/businesses abroad.
In your journey as aspiring entrepreneur this will be about the least issue you will face...I bet you you would face even more challenging and intimidating obstacles.
Entrepreneur are about the smartest, most creative and bravest people on the planet
Ask yourself
1 do people still receive money through this restricted mediums in Nigeria
2 how do the so called yahoo boy (w
ho put everyone of us in this fix) get pass these restrictions
3 how do they receive and spend so much despite these restrictions.

Your job as an entrepreneur is to always find a winning solution to every problem....

Creating a winning mindset Lesson 5
Having a positive mindset is key to your success as an entrepreneur... When you are faced with an obstacle, always think of creative ways to overcome such blocks...
With your online store you will come across apps that cost a few dollars, always have the how can I afford this app mentality.
Some app comes with a few days trial period, while others don't.
If an app can help increase the rate of conversion by as little as 6% then it is worth having in your store.
Always think about the possibilities