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How I did 60K in my 4rd month of dropshipping, what did your first 4 months look like and what is the most important experience you gained during it?

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Tool
Shopify, PayPal, Meta, Upwork, GoDropify
Issue
PayPal account hold during €60K November revenue spike with €1000/daily ad spend caused complete cash flow stoppage, forcing revenue to drop from €6K daily to €0 daily despite active advertising campaigns.
Cost
€13K in profits lost plus ongoing operational costs during halt; unstated total recovery time
Recommendation
Keep chargebacks low and handle them quickly; maintain cash flow planning and profit sheets (none for specific tool to prevent holds)
Date context
November timeframe mentioned; post dated 2025-08-08 but describes historical events
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In my first month I got €130 in sales dropshipping on Shopify. I was very happy with start seeing results. Because I had already put 3 weeks into it. Did it without any coaching so it all went a bit slower as wanted. In my second month I got 10K in sales, but was not really profitable. But hey! The revenue was up and I felt like it was about to crack. Then I reached €20K in October. But I stayed on the edge of break-even. Then November came and I got €60K in sales. I as well saw some good profits for the first time. (around €13K). I felt like I was on top of the world. But then I got a PayPal hold, so my whole cash flow stopped. I scaled way too fast, and it costed my cash flow. When I got the hold I kept advertising at around €1000 daily, which was eating all the cash I had left. The CV rate got a lot higher because of the offer I was running. Before this I was seeing a CVR of about 0.5%. I had to stop and my revenue declined from 6K daily to 0 daily. But the comeback is always harder then the setback! **Here is how I did it:** 1. I improved my website daily for 4 months long, I started looking at how big brands are doing certain things, because I thought, if I want to be a big store, I have to present myself as one and work like one. 2. I tested 3 products daily and focussed on creatives mainly. If there wasn't any good ads, I did not test the product. Video's worked better for me then images. Tested with different audiences and did retargetting on my audience. 3. I worked 14 hours daily. 4. Had a good supplier from China called GoDropify 5. Learned how to solve problems myself, big pro for when you do not have a coach that solves them for you. Everything from Meta, to PayPal and Shopify website issues. 6. I kept exercising daily and worked the weekends instead of going out. Have not touched alcohol for 2 years. (I was never a big drinker) 7. Invested in freelancers on Upwork, so I had more time left for important stuff. **What went wrong:** 1. No cash flow planning or profit sheet. 2. I told other people about my goals I had set for myself. 3. PayPal screwed me over. Keep the chargebacks low! And handle them quickly. Currently still running! All a lot more organized and with a lot of more experiences! Would love to come in touch with people pushing some volume, and wondering what did your first four months look like? What could I have done a lot better?

Top comments (8)

[score=4] adriaan_k
Great , right now I have $850 in sales after 2 weeks and also break even . How did you increased profits. Testing offers and developing landing page?
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[score=2] superman700
is this your first store ? I got my first store design using gempages and it was a one product store and I think my store doesn’t look trustworthy because my store name and product name doesn’t match. I then created another store with good store name and product(beauty niche) and also 1 product store. Do you think 1 product store will work?
[score=2] Altruistic-Cut-829
Was it a winning product or branding? Did you use influencers or just ads? PayPal can give you the money back if you showed good records jut it also depends where are you based. Good luck
[score=2] kingofJungl3
Hey man, congratulations! I started my journey last month as well. I am just using TikTok for ads. Started with organic first for a couple of weeks, then paid ads, I have got about 5 sales after spending close to $800 in ads. I have lowered my prices as well and changed a few things on the product page. My Tiktok ads are a hit or miss, sometimes they do great even I am recreating similar ads or they might flop completely. Each creative I test is usually set to a $20 budget per ad group. I know no one has the crystal ball on it but at what point should I pivot to a different product? Should I test meta ads? Should I raise my ads budget and keep doing what I am doing and hope this would pick up?
[score=1] Lower-Hat4718
Great advice
[score=1] No_Sympathy_8027
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[score=1] InvestmentKitchen251
How do ya’ll find china suppliers? I mean is there any platform or what?