You want to find the best products to dropship for your eCommerce store...
...let's first get something straight.
You will NEVER succeed if you keep chasing trendy products that all the fake guru's promote their "all-in-one" product research tools.
In fact those simply do not work and are not a push button solution to eCommerce and drop shipping success.
Let's dive into the real solution to finding the best products to dropship with none of the BS.
After all, there's definitely a proven process to find products that will make you sales.
Best Products To Dropship - Research Tips
Above all, you want to first determine your niche.
After that you can move forward thinking about how to can be of service to those people with your eCommerce products and store.
In order to find the best products to dropship (that actually sell) you can use the basic product filtration tools on AliExpress.
By all means if you would like to use a different wholesale product sourcing website, you can follow the AliExpress alternatives guide.
The solutions and lessons in this post still apply no matter where you source the products from for your business.
Without further ado, let's dive into how to find the products:
Step 1 - Go To AliExpress.com
For those who don't already know, AliExpress is a wholesale supplier you can use to source products for your drop shipping store.
You can find a wide variety of different products available to resell.
Step 2 - Navigate To The Search Bar and Enter Your Niche
In this case we'll be using the "fishing" niche as an example. It's pretty easy and straightforward to understand the products someone may need.
Step 3 - Filter The Search Results To "Sort By: Orders"
To explain, when sorting the products by "orders" that sorts the results by the highest order volume.
When searching for products you want to find the ones with a high order volume since it shows that people clearly want them.
Now do keep in mind, this isn't the only way to find products that sell well in your niche. However this is a great way to get started, which leads into the next point.
Step 4 - Choose Your Products Based Upon Needs
What's one thing in common you see here with these products?
They're nearly all fishing lures.
Certainly it's a massive need most fisherman have when trying to catch some fish.
Fisherman need lures to attract the fish!
Help People Find Solutions To Their Problems
"Products that solve a specific need for a specific person, will always sell."
Those are the kinds of products you want to sell in your drop shipping store.
That's the secret. You're helping others find solutions to their problems with your products. At the end of the day, that's all any product does.
Let's take a look at a couple more examples to drive the point home.
Example #1 - Fishing Store
What do you see in this picture here?
A bunch of fishermen... catching fish presumably.
Of course fishermen need more than just a lure to fish with. In this image they're using a large fishing net primarily.
When considering what are the best products to dropship or sell in your eCommerce store... consider your target market.
What are the tools they need to complete and solve the problems they have?
When it comes to what items to sell... it's not always a dire problem, and yet maybe just a feeling that sparks their desire to seek to purchase a solution.
Example #2 - Running Store
What do you see in this picture here?
A girl running...
Now the products she may be interested in getting aren't always a matter of a true need like a fisherman trying to catch fish.
Conversely some of the product she may want to get are accessories or items that make her "feel the part" as a runner.
If you run a business based around running... you better offer some water bottles, leggings, phone holders, and some "I love running" necklaces.
"The Big Picture"
You see it's just about finding items that have a clear desire and solution for someone.
In fact this makes it a logical choice for someone to make a purchase from your online store.
Therefore, these kinds of products are the easiest to sell... so let's make things easy on ourselves.
Find Related Items (Up-sells & Cross-sells)
To continue with the fishing niche examples... the next important step in finding the best products to dropship... are the related items.
As you can see in the picture above, a fisherman also needs a fishing pole, tackle box, fishing line, and as we went through earlier... fishing lures, to catch fish.
These are all related items that your customer may want to order.
When building your eCommerce store, it's incredibly important to offer your customers more in addition to what they're already ordering.
Consider at McDonald's, have you ever been asked, "Would you like fries with that?"
A certain percentage of people will always take you up on your up-sell offers as long as they makes sense with the first item.
Thus, once you've found your initial best sellers by following the steps above, you add-on these items to increase your average order value.
You'll generate more income in your business, and give more value to your customers... it's a win-win.
A Successful Dropshipping Store Starting With Your Products
You really need to dial in to what kinds of products that will actually solve problems for your target niche audience.
By and large dropshipping products that make sales are due to high demand. Demand comes from the desire to find a solution to a specific problem.
Whether you're in the cat niche and you're helping people find the solution to keeping their cat's hair tame and not shedding all over the place... or if you're in the fishing niche helping fisherman find a portable fishing rod.
As a result, the value you provide to people will reward you in the long run.
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