I've spent 6 months at dropshipping and following are the things i learned

★ signal-weak r/dropshipping · ↑ 150 · 💬 78 · 2025-06-04 · kw: hours every day · open on reddit ↗

Tool

Shopify

Issue

Dropshippers receive phishing emails impersonating Shopify to steal account credentials and data, creating security risk for store operators.

Cost

unstated

Recommendation

none

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anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 · 2026-05-08

Body

1. Never start with a low budget, you'll need atleast 1k$ 2. Don't ever mention that you're a beginner during negotiations with suppliers 3. You can learn everything without wasting money on paid courses 4. Making new friends is one of the keys to success 5. If you cannot work atleast 4 hours a day, don't start 6. Always stay in touch with someone who got experience (difficult but totally worth it) 7. You should always be prepared to fail (even the experts fail in the testing phase) 8. Last but not least beware of scammers and hackers, I've received tons of emails from fake shopify to share my data you might've crossed paths with them too. Stay woke in these streets lads

Top comments (4)

[score=10] pjmg2020

Sensible. Number #2 is spot on. I learnt this dealing with clothing manufacturers. To be taken seriously I needed to be able to talk to the talk, and needed to have my ducks lined up—patterns, tech packs, samples…

[score=7] Admirable-Corner-479

Why 4 hours a day? In how much time i can start averaging 2.5k/month aftertax?

[score=3] mehranbrah

Why do you need a minimum of 1k? Doesn’t cost that much to get your store up and running, most money spent should be towards ad spend no?

[score=3] fraiser3131

What do you mean making new friends is one of the keys to success