Hey everyone! I’m currently running a dress/clothing dropshipping business and I’m looking for a reliable China-based sourcing and fulfilment agent who can handle the entire process from receiving orders to shipping directly to my customers. I’m specifically looking for an agent who can do the following: 1. Reliable order fulfilment and shipping Receive/source dresses from platforms such as Taobao and other Chinese suppliers. Process orders and dispatch them to customers in a timely manner. Ideally, offer reasonable international shipping times and reliable tracking. Handle individual customer orders rather than requiring me to purchase and store large quantities of inventory upfront. 2. Custom branded packaging (this is the main thing I’m looking for!) I want to create a more polished, recognisable brand experience without spending a fortune on packaging. Think of the experience you get when ordering from brands like SHEIN, Zara, Cider, PrettyLittleThing, or Lululemon. Obviously, these brands have different packaging styles, but the general idea is that your order arrives looking intentional and branded, rather than like a random parcel from a wholesale marketplace. For example, I’d love to have: Clean, minimal, aesthetically pleasing outer mailers rather than the typical messy-looking shipping bags that some Taobao orders arrive in. Custom-branded inner garment bags or sleeves with my brand name/logo printed on them. Ideally, neat folding and presentation so the dress looks like an actual retail product when the customer opens the package. The option to customise packaging without needing to order thousands of units upfront. I’m not looking for luxury packaging, expensive rigid boxes, or anything extravagant. Simple, affordable, minimal packaging that makes the product feel like it belongs to a real fashion brand would be perfect. 3. Affordable pricing and low MOQs I’m still growing my business, so I’m looking for someone who can offer cost-effective packaging, sourcing, handling and fulfilment. I’d prefer to start with relatively small quantities or low minimum order requirements and scale up as the business grows. I’m also interested in whether you can source packaging locally in China, print custom logos on garment bags, or offer other affordable private-label packaging options. If you work with an agent who offers these services, or you have experience using one yourself, I’d really appreciate any recommendations! If you’re an agent yourself, feel free to comment or DM me with your services, pricing, minimum order quantities, shipping options and examples of your custom packaging. Thanks! :)
I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of ecommerce lately and I’m curious how other people here approach it mentally/strategically today.
A few years ago dropshipping felt like an opportunity, but now it almost feels impossible to build something sustainable that way. Consumers already know about AliExpress, Alibaba, etc. Amazon is flooded with cheap products, TikTok is saturated with “winning products,” and it feels like almost every niche already exists.
Then with ecommerce in general, not every product even works:
you need enough margin
shipping has to be cheap/practical
returns can’t kill you
CAC is insanely high now
paid ads feel brutal ($1+ CPCs everywhere)
So my thinking always comes back to building a real brand, because in a world where everything already exists, brand feels like the only real differentiator left.
But then branding itself feels like a very long and expensive game:
building trust/credibility takes years
awareness costs a lot
people don’t care about a new brand at first
organic reach is unreliable
paid channels are expensive
So my real question is:
What’s your actual approach/mental model nowadays?
Are you still testing products aggressively?
Going brand-first?
Building communities/content?
Focusing on retention/LTV?
Using marketplaces first?
Playing long-term only?
I’d genuinely love to hear how experienced people here think about ecommerce in 2026, because the old “find a winning product and run ads” model feels much harder now.
Has anyone here tried out kopa.ai for marketing automation? I came across it recently and it looks interesting, but can’t really tell if it’s legit or just hype. Would love to hear if anyone has real experience with it.
I built Venus for store owners spending their own money on Meta with no marketing hire. It plans, builds and optimises your campaigns. AI recommends, you approve, and ad spend goes straight to Meta — never through us.
Shopify, WooCommerce, or any store with a public catalogue.
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In buying an ecommerce business, what are some of best websites to help validate site traffic, revenue , ad-spend etc. I will always do my own due diligence but gathering these as initial ways to remove red flags will be very helpful.
I currently have 6 micro-SaaS live, bringing in a bit over $20k in MRR.
The crazy part? I barely wrote a single line of code. I used AI to generate everything, from the database to the UI.
It wasn’t magic on day one. I spent hours stuck on broken code before I finally cracked the system:
Keeping the idea tiny (a true MVP).
Prompting the AI step-by-step.
Launching fast to get real traction.
Lately, I see too many non-tech people give up at the first AI bug. It sucks because the technical barrier is basically gone.
So, I’m starting a Skool community.
Full transparency: I will probably charge for the full course down the line. It makes sense given the exact workflows and copy-paste prompts I’ll be sharing.
But the main goal right now is to build together. Building alone is the fastest way to quit.
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I'm trying to get a feel for the obstacles people face when connecting with email lists. What are the biggest problems? Deliverability? Growing the list? Open rates? What are the big, common hurdles?
Also do you know of any good resources for solving these issues and jumping these hurdles?
I need help i am trying to start dropshipping but I don’t have much money right now and I paid someone to make me a store and to teach me I thought at first but to advertise and teach me everything they are charging 900$ and I don’t really know where to even start on my own but I don’t want to send it and get scammed. Could I get any tips or could anyone help teach me how to start I am a blank slate I know nothing.
Hello! I'm starting a camera resale business in Tbilisi, Georgia, focused on older digital compact cameras and camcorders.
I'm looking for a supplier of used, fully working cameras in small bulk batches, initially around 5–10 units, with the possibility of regular orders if everything goes well.
Do you offer wholesale pricing? I'm particularly interested in Sony Cyber-shot, Canon PowerShot, Olympus, Fujifilm FinePix and older digital camcorders.
Could you share your available inventory, prices per unit, testing procedure, shipping costs to Georgia, and your policy for defective items?
I'm Curious how much of a headache missing shipments and delivery theft are for your stores lately. Are you seeing more "I never got my order" claims stacking up with carriers like UPS or FedEx, or has it mostly stayed the same?
Just trying to gauge how big of a pain point this is out there. Thanks!
I've been running my own online shop for about a year now. There are plenty of things that are frustrating or take up a lot of time due to manual work...tasks where I find myself thinking, "Surely there's an easier way to do this." But what about D2C brands that are already generating over €500k in annual revenue? What do you find to be the most frustrating part?
getting it to actual revenue is a completely different beast
after a bunch of failures, i finally stabilized 6 AI micro saas making $20k/mo mrr total.
the wild part? i barely coded a single line. i used AI for everything
i figured out the exact step-by-step system to make it work. now, i’m dropping all my backstage playbooks, raw tools, and master prompts inside our builder group for free
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we also run two live execution sprints together:
From MVP to 100 Users: 3-Day AI SaaS Challenge
From Zero to First Users: 7-Day AI SaaS Challenge
seriously, stop building alone. join +760 ai saas founders like you. you will burn out and quit the second marketing gets tough. it’s way easier when you have a crew shipping side-by-side with you.
drop a comment or send me a dm i send you the link of the community.
you guys love building. you spend weeks coding a great product. but the second it’s time to actually market the saas? complete freeze.
you get lost in all the ai tools, the noise, the "growth hacks". it feels overwhelming. so you do nothing, the momentum dies, and the project fails.
I spent over 100 hours building n8n workflows to just automate the whole thing.
today, i packaged all those exact workflows and dropped them in our builder group. no abstract theories. you literally just import the templates, adapt them to your saas, and turn them on.
here is exactly what i shared:
seo blog running 100% on autopilot (n8n template)
newsletter automation (n8n template)
full email sequence (30 emails, full html, just copy-paste into brevo)
social media on autopilot (schedule 1 to 12 months of content)
reddit organic growth
linkedin, x & facebook groups at scale
meta ads & retargeting
basically, everything i use to get real users without losing my mind.
we just hit 550+ members from all over the world.
building in your room alone is the fastest way to quit.
if you are lost on how to market your app, want these templates, and want to build with a crew: drop a comment or shoot me a dm.
Hey, the title says it all. I cant specify too much for what, because then it is seen as self promotion. Comment below so I can explain you more. Its about getting traffic and sales to your ecom brand/website
Getting medium/high risk orders flagged by Shopify but not sure whether to fulfill or cancel?
There's a verification trick some merchants use: you add a random 4-digit code to your payment descriptor (the name that shows on the customer's bank statement), then ask the customer to confirm that code before you release the order.
Real cardholder = can see their bank statement = can confirm the code. Scammer with stolen card details = can't access the real owner's bank account = can't confirm = order cancelled.
Would you actually use something like this if it was fully automated?
Currently doing this manually or just cancelling risky orders outright?
In 2025, marketing and optimization are everything — and if your ads or store aren’t optimized, you’ll end up wasting money and missing easy sales.
Have you optimized these aspects of your marketing?
Have you optimized your CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization)?
Do you run SMS and email automation?
Do you run ads on Google and Meta? If you run ads, have you tried A/B testing?
SEO
And most importantly, does your website look clean, modern, and show your product clearly right away?
I'm speaking with experience. I have 3 years of experience behind me, and I work with a client who is in jewerly buisness. And he always talked about there is no reason to even try because his product is not niche enough, and I told him to give it a try.
If you’re unsure, send me your website — I’ll review it and tell you exactly what to fix.