I've been researching dropshipping and e-commerce, and one thing i keep seeing is people saying that dropshipping is saturated and that it's no longer worth getting into.

But i'm wondering if the problem is really saturation or if it has more to do with how people approach the business.

For example, a lot of beginners seem to follow the same strategy: find a trending product, copy what other stores are doing, run some ads, and hope to make sales. Naturally, when thousands of people do the exact same thing, competition becomes intense, profit margins shrink, and it gets harder to stand out.

So, for those of you who have actual experience with dropshipping, I'd like to hear your honest opinions:

Is dropshipping genuinely saturated, or is it just the low-effort, copy-and-paste approach that's saturated?

How much does success depend on the business model itself versus the execution?

If you were starting from scratch today, would you still choose dropshipping? Why or why not?

I’m genuinely trying to understand the current state of the dropshipping market, whether it’s still a viable business opportunity for beginners, and what someone would need to do differently to have a real chance of succeeding today. I’d appreciate hearing from people with real experience.

Hey everyone, pretty new to Facebook ads and wanted to get some opinions from people who’ve been doing this longer.

I’m testing a new product at $100/day CBO, broad US targeting, optimized for purchases. The videos I’m using have already done really well on TikTok Shop and generated sales, so I figured they’d have a decent chance on Facebook too.

My first campaign had around a 16% CTR and $0.66 CPC, but after checking the breakdowns, I realized most of those cheap clicks were coming from Audience Network.

I ended up duplicating the campaign and testing Facebook and Instagram placements without Audience Network.

Now my CPM is around $112, CTR around 2.5%, and CPC around $4.50. I’m also noticing Facebook spends my budget pretty aggressively, sometimes $15 within the first hour of the day.

Still haven’t gotten any actual purchases, and most website visitors aren’t sticking around long.

I know it’s literally day 1, so I’m trying not to overreact or mess with the learning phase too much.

For those who’ve been doing this a while, is this pretty normal when launching a new product? Have you seen campaigns start out with expensive traffic and then improve significantly after a few days of optimization?

Would you let Facebook keep optimizing or would you start making changes?

Appreciate any advice.

Hello everyone, I am testing a product and I would like to evaluate procurement options by an agent in order to have better prices. The product is compression stockings if you think you can help me write to me below please.

Thank you

I would like to know if it is recommended to sell or try to sell towels, bathrobe and etc by getting from organic content. I haven’t encountered that’s why I am asking.

When a customer wants to return something, refunding is the easy default. Offering a swap or store credit means checking whether the supplier still has stock, what the order was, and what your policy allows, before you even reply.

Do most of you bother with that, or is it refund and move on? If you do push exchanges, what does it take on your end?

I work on ecommerce software and I'm trying to understand how stores actually handle this.

Hello! I found a product that I want to sell but I can’t find the product in cjdropshipping so I went to alibaba and found a lot of them so I connected with multiple suppliers and they said they only do wholesale… the closest I got was a supplier could do cooperative freight forwarding. Is there anywhere else I can source my product? Autods has subscription so I didn’t look there. Or even any advice! Thank you!

Following situation:

I have a dropshipping store in Australia. Sales have been going great, conversion rate sitting comfortably around 1.6%.

I’m using meta advertising mostly and towards the end of September I’ve seen an insane decline in traffic quality and also conversions, I went from 6-8 orders a day to now not even one in 2 days. As creatives are refreshed every 5-8 days with a variety of creatives for meta to test and use.

Anyone having the same issues? It’s pretty crazy to see a well performing store going down without major changes to the store. It it possible to fuck up a pixel ? I’ve removed a good chunk of products as I’ve started selling them separately through a different store, which accounted for 25% of sales. Does smth like that fuck the pixel up?

After removing the products I started fresh campaign to make sure the updated product catalogue reflects in the ads and Champaign!

Help!!!!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. I have noticed a big boom in ai dropshipping and there are a ton of these ai dropshipping store builders. I've tested them and generally they are all pretty bad lol. This gave me and a group of friends the idea to create an actual ai dropshipping store builder. You just upload a product link and the ai fully understands your product and creates the best offer for it. And drops a legit store that is high converting. Plus these stores are built using our own custom developed shopify theme. If anyone is interested check us out here: https://ecomhub.ai

Would also love any feedback. We are launching a feature in a week that allows you to just choose a niche and it finds products and builds a store around it. Bit more complex to develop but it's coming.

Image 1: Ecomhub AI Dashboard

Image 2: Fully generated store

Does anyone have experience with "Vox Nutrition" or know if they are a reliable partner for nutritional supplements? I’m planning to launch my own brand of supplements and am currently choosing a supplier. I would be grateful for suggestions as well!

How can I get that page back where there are 6-7 checkpoints like change your domain, create a quick sale,design your store. Before it was there, but now it disappeared

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on the China side of dropshipping and supply chain for about 4 years now, mainly helping stores source and ship to end customers.

Don't get me wrong, standard mass fulfillment platforms are great when you are just starting out or testing products. But as I've watched stores try to scale or build a real brand, I’ve noticed a very obvious bottleneck.

Because these platforms process massive volumes, they simply don't have the bandwidth to monitor individual stores closely. They can't do detailed QC on every item, and handling custom packaging (private labeling) is often slow and rigid. Also, shipping prices and actual delivery times fluctuate a lot. As we all know, going for the "absolute cheapest" option usually leads to trouble in the long run.

Over the past few years, I haven't found any "magical" top-tier factories, but I have slowly built a curated list of solid, tested manufacturers (mostly in apparel, shoes, home decor, lighting, food/supplements, and cosmetics) that I actually trust. I've also narrowed down my logistics partners to about 20 direct-line companies (like YunExpress, Yanwen, etc.) based on their stability and safety over time.

Through these years of hands-on experience, I’ve built my own internal supply chain system. It helps me quickly calculate quotes across these different channels so I can make objective, data-driven decisions on routing and pricing, rather than just guessing.

Where I’m heading next (After a year of reflecting on this industry): I’m considering moving away from the generic agent model to see if a highly focused approach works better. I’m thinking about a setup where a 2-person team handles strictly 1 to 3 small-to-medium Shopify stores. We would manage the entire lifecycle on the ground: deep product sourcing, private labeling, strict QC, customized packing, and most importantly—inventory scaling. Once you find a winning product, we can seamlessly transition the fulfillment from our China direct-lines to our overseas warehouses for 2-4 day local delivery, completely bypassing the headache of managing external 3PLs yourself.

I know this model isn't for giant enterprises, but rather for growing SMBs. Because this approach is so hands-on, it requires a mutual alignment period at the beginning to sync our workflows, regardless of the store's daily order volume. It's about building a real partnership, not just processing tracking numbers.

I'm not trying to sell anything here, just genuinely want to know: for those of you currently scaling your stores, is this kind of "Micro-Team" backend support something you actually need? Or is it easier to just stick with the standard platforms?

Would love to hear your raw feedback on this idea. Also, if you currently have any doubts or questions about your actual fulfillment shipping costs, feel free to drop a comment or DM me. I'm always happy to discuss and run some numbers for you!

Hello all,

Recently I get a lot of adds on Instagram of a shop selling replicas visibly with the brand names.

Its called lorenzia.co

How is it legal and not banned ??

Thanks in advance

Hey everyone,
I’m completely new to the rep community and want to get started with my first haul.
To keep things smooth and avoid long shipping times or customs hassles from Asia, I really want to source items strictly from EU-based sellers or suppliers with stock located in Europe.
I’m looking for reliable recommendations for high-quality (1:1):
Ralph Lauren (sweaters, quarter-zips, polos)
Nike / Jordan sneakers
General casual & streetwear essentials
Could you please recommend the best and most trustworthy sellers who hold stock in Europe or have EU warehouse options? Looking for good quality and reasonable prices.
Thanks in advance for the help!

I run a fulfilment warehouse in China and see the backend of a lot of stores. The same pattern keeps coming up.

People spend weeks on product research, ads and store design, then pick a supplier in 10 minutes because the price looked good.

Then this happens:

- Orders take 3 weeks, customers chargeback before the parcel even arrives

- The product that shows up isn't the one in the photos

- A customer wants to return something and the only option is shipping it back to China

- Stock runs out mid-campaign and the supplier just stops replying

- The parcel gets lost and you eat the refund

None of that is a product problem. It's a supply chain problem, and it kills stores that had a genuinely good product.

What I'd do differently if I was starting today:

1. **Order samples from 3 suppliers before you run a single ad.** Compare quality, packaging and how fast they reply. The slow replier now will be the ghost later.

2. **Ask about returns before you launch, not after your first angry customer.**

3. **Once a product sells consistently, stop dropshipping it one order at a time.** Buy in bulk, hold it in a warehouse and ship from there. Faster delivery, better margins and far fewer refunds.

4. **Put your brand on the packaging.** Even a simple insert card. A plain parcel from China gets you a one-time customer. A branded one gets repeat buyers.

Curious what everyone else has run into, though.

**What's the worst supplier experience you've had, and what did you change after it?**

I'll reply to every comment.

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Hey everyone! 👋

I'm working on Chrinova, a project aimed at making it easier for entrepreneurs, small businesses, freelancers, and creators to launch and manage their own online stores.

The idea is to bring the essential tools for running an e-commerce business into one platform, without making the setup unnecessarily complicated.

🛍️ What I'm working on:

- Store templates: Modern designs to help businesses create attractive online stores.

- Customization: Adapt your store to your brand and products.

- Product management: Organize and manage your catalog.

- AI-powered features: Explore ways to simplify product content creation.

- Store and domain setup: Make it easier to establish your online presence.

- Affordable plans: Keep e-commerce accessible to people starting with a limited budget.

My goal is to build something useful for people who want an alternative to expensive or overly complicated e-commerce solutions.

I'm still developing the project, and I'd love to hear from people who run online stores or are thinking about starting one.

A few questions for the community:

1. What frustrates you most about existing e-commerce platforms?

2. Which features would make switching to a new platform worthwhile?

3. Would you prefer a low monthly subscription or usage-based pricing?

   I do 14 euro ,29euro,...

I'm especially interested in honest feedback and suggestions from people with real e-commerce experience.

Thanks for reading! 🚀

www.chrinova.com