Benefits Disadvantages Is dropshipping for you?

STEP 1:
 Survey all of the products in your niche.
First, you want to take a large-scale look at your niche. What categories of 
dropshipping products do you find? What specific products are being sold? What
does this all mean for you (i.e., what products could you offer based on this research)?
Use tools like Google Keyword Planner, Google Trends, and SEMrush to see how 
various products are performing. Record all of this data in a spreadsheet. I suggest 
keeping separate spreadsheets for each keyword tool you use to make sure all 
your data is organized.
Don’t worry about looking at specific retailers just yet during this step. You don’t 
even have to determine if the retailers you visit are dropshipping products or not. 
This step is meant to give you a look at of all the different products that are being 
sold in the niche.
Once you’ve gathered some keyword and dropshipping product ideas, you’re 
ready for Step 2.

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4. Choosing the Right Products
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STEP 2:
 Cross-reference the products you found with best 
selling products from retailers.
Now’s the time to take a closer look at retailers in your niche. The goal is to find out 
which products are popular and which ones are on the rise.
This is when you should conduct competitive analysis by using tools like Moz Open 
Site Explorer and PageRank checkers. You’ll want a separate spreadsheet for this 
step to compile the data from OSE and PageRank tools.
If you want, you can take a closer look at your biggest competition and cross-
reference your product data from Step 1. This can help you confirm which products 
are selling well (and thus which products you might want to sell).
Don’t place your orders just yet! You’re still not done finding the best dropshipping 
products for your store. There’s still one more step left…