Welcome back to what is another very exciting part of the course, because we're now going to add your
very first product to your store.
But just before we do that, as a quick recap, I'm sure you appreciate now how much you've learned
in just the last three lectures, because I've shown you how to choose your profitable market, how
to find products within that market that will sell, and then finally, with the golden rules, which
you've just learned, you now know how to select the right products to generate a profit of at least
$10 with every sale.
Okay, so let's get started.
And as you can see, I'm over here on dropshipping and I've done a search on dog, which of course is
my niche.
And as you would expect, because I taught you this a couple of lectures ago, I've ordered the results
by lists so that we can see straight away those products that are most in demand, those products which
will sell.
So now the last piece of the jigsaw, in order to ensure that we make a minimum of $10 profit every
sale is, of course, to apply the golden rules that you learnt in the last lecture.
So let's go step by step.
And of course, the first golden rule was that we want to buy products for under $10 and then sell them
on our store for between 25 and 30.
And that means here on dropshipping, we're only interested in products which are less than $10.
And luckily for us, C.J. makes this super simple because of course we have this price filter.
So all I need to do is to put in here on the max $10 and then click on confirm.
And now I know that every single product in the result is going to be $10 or less.
So that's golden rule number one taken care of.
Now, what we want to do as we scan down through the results is to simply keep in mind the other golden
rules.
So let's remind ourselves first of all, the product shouldn't be too heavy.
It shouldn't be too fragile.
There should be high quality images.
We want to avoid all branded products and crucially, it either needs to solve a problem or cater to
a passion.
Now when you do this for the first time, it might seem a little complicated, a little overwhelming
perhaps.
But the key here is not to overthink it.
And I can promise you that once you've done this just a handful of times, it will start to get quicker
and quicker and easier and easier, and you'll be selecting fantastic products in no time at all.
And the other thing to emphasize is it doesn't matter if you make mistakes in a moment, I'm going to
show you how you can very easily add a product to your store.
But should you add a product to your store that later on you don't want?
It is really easy to remove it and I'll show you that in the next lecture.
So please don't worry.
So as I scroll down through these products, you can probably see that most of these do in fact already
fit the golden rules.
And then a little additional tip as we go down through the results, is to make sure that the number
of lists, the number of orders doesn't drop below 100.
Now, this is by no means a fixed rule, but we do, of course want to sell products that are in demand.
And so products that have sold at least 100 is a good indication of that.
So while I've been talking to you, this dog leash here has caught my eye.
I think this could be a really interesting product to add to my site, but the first thing I want to
do, of course, is to make sure that it matches all of the golden rules.
So let's have a look at this product in a bit more detail.
And to do that, all I need to do is to simply click on it.
And it brings up this more detailed product page.
So now let's go through the Golden rules once again, but this time specifically related to this product.
So of course we already know that it's $10 or less.
So that's the first golden rule taken care of.
Then for the second golden rule.
Is it too heavy?
Well no it's not.
It's just simply a lead for a dog.
Is it fragile?
Well, clearly it isn't fragile because it's made to be durable.
Are there high quality images where you can see the images down the left hand side here?
And as I put my cursor over them, there are even some videos.
But all of these images, as you can see, are very high quality.
And in fact, really any images you find on dropshipping will be of fantastic quality.
So you really don't need to worry about that.
The fifth golden rule was to avoid all branded products, and this is easy to check just simply by going
through the various images.
All you're looking for is a brand name.
Obvious brand names would be things like Harry Potter or Nike, but as you can see, as I go through
these images, there are no brand names mentioned.
This is an unbranded product, and again, on most of the products that you're going to find will be
unbranded.
And so to the final golden rule, which of course is does it solve a problem or cater to a passion?
Well, this product certainly solves a problem because it's a lead that lights up and therefore it protects
the dog and also the dog owner at night while they're out walking.
And so, as you can see in summary, this product meets all of the golden rules.
So what we need to do now is to come down here to the bottom where you see this button list.
Click on list which brings up this form.
Now I know there's a lot of detail here, but good news.
There's really only a couple of things that we need to do.
The first of which is to come down here to product type and just type in the number one.
Then click on add one and then go over to the vendor and do exactly the same process.
So I type in a one and I click on add one.
And then with that done come up to the top here where it says Variant pricing.
Click on Variant Pricing and you can see that it brings up all kinds of information, which of course
I will be teaching you later on in the course.
But right now all we need to do is to come down here where you see this button, recommended listing
price and simply click on it and that's it.
There is nothing more to do except of course, we now want to send this product directly to my store.
And to do that, it couldn't be easier.
Just come down here in the bottom right hand corner and click on the button where it says list it.
Now I click on list it now, and after just a few seconds I see this listed successfully, meaning that
that product has now been sent to my store.
And in the next lecture, I'm going to show you exactly what that looks like in the Shopify admin.
But in the meantime, I would really encourage you to add just one product to your store.
You've seen how simple and quick it is to do, and don't worry if you can't find exactly the product
you're looking for at this stage, you can really add any product because it's so easy to remove it
later should you need to.
But either way, I really.
Hope you can now see why.
C.J., dropshipping is such a powerful tool in helping you choose your profitable market with products
that will sell, and then listing those products on your store in just a few clicks.
And all of that completely for free.
Okay, super congratulations if you've reached this stage in the course, because if you have, you're
well on your way now to building a fantastic business.
But now it's time to leave dropshipping for a moment and head back to the Shopify admin system.
Because as I said before, I now want to show you what this product looks like on your store.
So I'll see you in a moment.