3. Choosing
Your Niche
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You’ve got a dropshipping niche!
Now what?
Congratulations! You’ve completed one of the toughest steps in the journey!
Next, you have to choose the products you’re going to offer.
Before you do so, I recommend taking some time to really
familiarize yourself with your niche.
If you
already know it inside and out, great. If not, take 7-14 days to study your
niche. Take a look at the retailers in the niche,
the products they sell, the reviews
people give, and the ways people use the products. Get to know the niche from as
many perspectives as possible. After that, you can start
the process of choosing the
best niche products for your store.
4. Choosing the Right Products
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Selecting the right dropshipping products is a crucial and difficult
step in planning your business. Even if you know what niche
you’re going to be entering, you might have little to no idea of
which products you should offer.
It doesn’t help that you could carry any number of the
millions of products that
various wholesalers make available. Furthermore, you want to offer high-demand
dropshipping products that will drive people to your
storefront while avoiding
products that will just take up listing space.
Ultimately,
your audience will decide
which products you should carry. You’ll need
to consider what your new customer base is looking for and offer products that
meet their needs.
To that end, in this chapter you’ll be using different tools to figure
out what your audience is buying and which products have risen in demand.
In this chapter, you’ll learn the basics of selling products
online and how to find
the best dropshipping products for your niche. The ability to research potential
products and analyze trend data will serve you well, and
you can even apply these
skills to other areas like SEO. Let’s get started by going over the basics.
