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I Tried Dropshipping For 7 DAYS... (Challenge Results)

Introduction

I'm giving myself seven days to make a successful shopping store on Fulfillment by Amazon (FL) if I fail to do so, this monkey is going to touch me inappropriately. This time the stakes are higher than they've ever been before in any video: either get touched by the Indian or get to the bag, so let's do it.

Since it's summer, I feel like we need a summer-type of product, like a water gun—something that will blow up in the summertime.

Finding the Product

If you don't know, I'm doing TikTok organic marketing, meaning I'm paying no money for ads at all. I'm getting the product straight to my house, making videos for it, posting on TikTok, and hoping it goes viral. To get started immediately, I found my products in a very simple way: creating a brand new TikTok account and searching hashtags like #DropShipping, #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt. I liked all the videos I saw, and eventually, my entire For You Page was filled with product ideas.

After hours of searching, I finally found what seemed to be the perfect product.

Choosing the Product

It’s a wire gun with a switch on it. I don’t know whose idea it was to make this, but they might have got the job done. With summer here, it just seemed perfect for people wanting to wet their homeboys. I ordered it right away and started setting up my store, which I named "Auto Splash God."

Content Creation

The plan was to make as many TikToks and shorts as possible to drive traffic to the store. By the end of Day One, only three people visited my store. My shorts and TikToks flopped.

To strategize better, I found others selling the same product and studied their successful videos to revamp my strategy. Day Two was slightly better, with 120 store visits and three people reaching the cart. However, no one made a purchase.

The Struggle Continues

From Day Three to Day Five, my content was blowing up with 300K views back to back. Many people added the product to their carts but didn’t complete the purchase. It was frustrating.

After some debugging, I realized I had an international setting preventing purchases, which likely cost me several sales. I quickly fixed this but was still not seeing the results.

Final Days

Day Six was a rollercoaster. I finally got a full purchase, only for it to get refunded minutes later. This customer went through the whole process just to cancel at the end, leaving me disappointed and frustrated.

Conclusion

Day Seven was just pure pain. Even though I didn't achieve my goal of getting several sales, I did end up with almost a million views on my shorts. My critical mistake was not enabling the international settings and possibly making my TikToks too entertaining rather than promotional.

At the time of this recording, I am close to hitting 1K subscribers. Please hit that sub button if you enjoyed the content! Despite taking several losses, I promise there will be wins coming to this channel.

Keywords

  • Dropshipping
  • FL Store
  • TikTok Organic Marketing
  • Digital Marketing
  • Summer Product
  • E-commerce Challenges
  • Product Selection
  • TikTok Content Strategy

FAQ

  1. What was the main product you decided to sell?

    • The main product was a wire gun with a switch, suitable for summer fun.

  2. Why did you choose TikTok organic marketing?

    • I chose TikTok organic marketing to avoid paying for ads and to leverage the platform's potential viral reach.

  3. What was the biggest challenge you faced?

    • The biggest challenge was realizing that an international setting in my store was off, preventing numerous potential sales.

  4. Why do you think people added to the cart but didn’t complete purchases?

    • The issue was partly due to the international setting being off, and possibly my TikTok content being more entertaining than persuasive.

  5. What would you do differently in the future?

    • Ensure all store settings are correct from the start and create more persuasive, purchase-driven content rather than purely entertaining videos.

  6. Did you achieve your goal?

    • No, I did not achieve my goal of making a successful store within seven days.

  7. What’s next for your channel?

    • Despite the setback, I am motivated to keep trying and promise wins are coming to the channel.

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