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My stats for October:

TRAFFIC



I got around 40% increase in traffic comparing to September stats.

INCOME

Total income: $933,25
Supplier costs: $389,11
Affiliate commission: $26,39
Net profit: $570,53 (+22% comparing to September)

Most of my sales were generated with the help of organic search and social media (not paid ads).

Top 3 countries people purchased from:
- United States
- India
- Mexico

In October I made two refunds. One of them is because of a poor quality of the item and another one because of long delivery time.

how you handle refunds , in case of long delivery time , item may be shipped to them even after you refund them. and Incase of poor quality how you get that item back to aliexpress.

(11-02-2015 09:28 PM)stockpro Wrote: [ -> ]how you handle refunds , in case of long delivery time , item may be shipped to them even after you refund them. and Incase of poor quality how you get that item back to aliexpress.

AliExpress has a good protection system with full money back guarantee. So, if your customer is not satisfied with a product and asking for refund you should dispute the purchase with AliExpress seller. If you are selling not expensive products your AliExpress suppliers usually refund you quickly without having to return the items because they don't want the headache of disputes and receiving returns for relatively low value items. This enables you to give a full or partial refund to your customer through PayPal without them having returns either. The reputation of the wholesaler is rather exposed and they are willing to do anything to maintain their feedback rating.

As for long delivery issues, I have got such a problem only once so far. So, I decided to send a refund.

Thanks Yaros for detailed explanation

I am often asked what niche is better to choose for a dropshipping site. In my opinion it is better to find and choose a narrow niche. A broad niche might sound like a good idea and I do understand people who are dreaming about an authority website where you can put all products, but in practice, it can be very tough to get traffic and orders.

Some reasons to go narrow:

1. When you make a research going narrow you get a better understanding about what you are going to sell.
2. It’s easier to be a big fish in a small pond and it’s the fastest way to grow your business and credibility.
3. It’s easier to rank higher in a web search for particular search terms.
4. Due to your specialty people will be ready to come to you again and again because you are “the one” in their minds.
5. It is always easier to focus on one audience and plan your marketing strategies.

To get an idea about what I mean by a narrow niche, take look at this website I have created recently for my friend:

thanks for the thread, good info. repped

Excellent work! Keep us informed of your progress.

Hey Yaros, great set up you got there... How long will it be before you release the dropship version of the plugin as i know the aliplugin is for ali affiliates but this thread is about drop shipping. C'mon man release the drop ship version and I and others will buy!

(11-06-2015 10:07 AM)realtimetony Wrote: [ -> ]Hey Yaros, great set up you got there... How long will it be before you release the dropship version of the plugin as i know the aliplugin is for ali affiliates but this thread is about drop shipping. C'mon man release the drop ship version and I and others will buy!

I am working on it, but can't say now exactly when it is ready for release.

Would love to see the dropshipping plugin for both WP and Shopify.