Interview
$560K In 8 Months Emma Reid’s Dropshipping Story
Before we dig into the possibility of making $560K In 8 Months kindly read $400K In Sales- Eric Smith Shares His Dropshipping Journey Welcome to today’s pro-dropshippers interview, over the past years, I have been featuring prominent dropshippers on the blog section, under the ‘interviews’ tab. Where they get to share their dropshipping stories and inspire newbies, who want to start a dropshipping business. Today, we have one of the youngest dropshippers I have ever featured on this blog, a young lady, who is making big moves in the dropshipping business world today. From her story and journey, it is my hope you will learn a thing or two, to help you make your next move wisely when it comes to ;
As we all know, there is a lot that goes to creating and managing a store, there is a difference between having a Shopify store and running a profitable Shopify store. She will give you a clear distinction between the two. Let’s get into it.Introduction:
- Hello, Emma Reid, give us in-depth introduction who you are to those who don’t know you?
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Tell us more about your online journey, when did you venture into your first online business, and what followed after that?
- When did you come across dropshipping and what was your journey like? ( success, failures , disappointments, lessons)


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It is very rare to find a successful young lady like you in a male dominated business like dropshipping, what is the secret behind these great numbers?
- What are some of the myths about dropshipping you had to beat in order to be where you are today?
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What are some of the principles that guides your dropshipping business that has contributed to your success?

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- How did you find your first Dropshipping niche? Did it fail or worked out?
- In most cases, newcomers get stranded between choosing a niche store and a general store, what’s your take on this?
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What are some of the elements you look at when choosing a niche or a product?
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Kindly list niches or products you wouldn’t touch or add to your store and why?
- Anything trademarked or on kickstarter (you can get sued or taken down for copyright).
- Food or supplements (things that people ingest are lawsuit territory).
- Some baby toys or products (if a child gets hurt, you do not want to be at fault)
- A lot of electronics (they can break easily, explode or be faulty)
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What are some of the niches you regret venturing into?
- As a dropshipper we face many challenges when it comes to suppliers, what is the worst challenge you’ve ever faced with a supplier?

- What’s the best method of finding a hot selling niche or product you can recommend?

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What’s the best way to price a product? Some say should be X3 or X4, what has really worked for you when pricing your products?
- What’s an ideal product page for you? (What should it include or not have for conversion)
- Free shipping Vs Paid Shipping, which one works magic in your case and why?
- What’s the maximum and minimum number of products one should have on their shop?
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Share with us your top 10 ‘must have’ apps in your store and their importance?
- #1 Dropified
- #2 Loox reviews
- #3 PayPal tracking on autopilot
- #4 In cart upsell
- #5 Ordermetrics (expensive, best to add when scaling)
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There are some of the apps I don’t really find necessary having in a shop; Do you have some in your list?
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Do you recommend free or paid apps more so when one just started dropshipping?
- Which theme do you recommend?
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Refunds hurt business, how do you handle them?
- How do you keep your records in check balancing profit and expenses?
- When it comes to payment gateways, PayPal has brought down many dropshipping business, have you had a case with them and how do you handle it?
- Apart from PayPal, what other dropshipping friendly payment processors you can recommend?
- Suppose a supplier tells you he is out of stock and yet you have orders to fulfill how do you tackle this?
- How do you manage your income, do you pay yourself a salary or you just chuck out cash?
- You talked of running profitable store and running on losses, when do you term a store profitable?
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How important is email marketing to you and has it boost your business in anyway?
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Free vs Paid advertisement, what’s your take?
- Which advertisement platforms do you recommend for running Ads?
- Before you launch Facebook ads, what’s your checklist?
- Video vs Image Ads? Why?
- What’s the best practice of launching a Facebook ads on a new pixel?
- What scaling methods works for you?

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- When do you kill or keep an Ad?
- What’s your advice for newbies when it comes to running an effective converting ads?
2 Comments
Kristin Brause
I love Emma and have been following her journey for a while now! She’s the full package, smart, pretty, successful and willing to share her story. I am learning from her 🙂 Thanks, Kris
Samwel Dollah (Author)
Thanks for stopping by, she is a great person and she loves sharing insights and her journey freely. Thank you, Kris.