Step 4: Building a Dropshipping Business Store
There are a few components to building a dropshipping ecommerce business the right way. Here are a few:
- Domain Name – Your domain name matters, especially if building a long-term brand. You can use free business name generator to help you simplify the process. Always get a .com domain, no matter what. If you want your niche as a keyword in the new domain make sure it’s broad like beauty, jewelry, fashion rather than very specific so you don’t need to change your domain name down the road. Also, avoid using your name as the domain for your store. If you ever sell your business, you could legally use the rights to your own name.
- Sign up for Shopify – Shopify is the most comprehensive ecommerce platform on the market. With new features, tools, resources and apps being added regularly, you’ll find that it’s easy to use and run a business on the platform. Plus, if you get stuck you can reach out to a Shopify guru who will personally walk you through any steps for free.
- Shopify Themes – Personally, my go to free theme is Minimal Vintage it’s easy to navigate, clean and overall a great starter theme for those on a tight budget. Themes can be changed overtime. In the beginning while you’re just testing out free themes do get the job done. Once you’ve started making some money, you can invest it into buying a new theme for a better store design.
- Install Oberlo – Oberlo dropshipping allows you to find products online that you can sell the same day. You’ll be able to find products in a number of popular niches. Aim for 10-25 products when starting out as it can be overwhelming to write product descriptions for much more than that. If you ever have questions you can reach out for help via the Oberlo blog, social media pages or via Shopify’s support line. You can also check out 50 Ways to Get Sales with Dropshipping to learn the exact strategies and marketing hacks I’ve used on my own online stores to make money with dropshipping.
- Need a step by step guide? Check out this article to learn how Tomas Slimas launched an online store in only 30 minutes.