So now it's time for me to introduce you to another fantastic resource of reliable suppliers.
And for that, we're going to use an app.
And that app is called Dsos.
So what I'd like you to do, of course, is to come down to apps and then type in D s and you see this
Dsos AliExpress dropshipping.
Now just in case you're thinking dsos, that's a kind of funny name.
Well, DS stands for dropshipping.
So if you like it's Dropshippers.
So let's click on the link to open up the App Store, where of course we land on the DS home page.
And you can see straight away that this is a very well respected app, because we have a five star rating
from over 25,000 reviews.
And scrolling on down a bit further, you can see that it's been around since 2018.
Now this app, like dropshipping, is also free, but their business model is a little bit different
because for them to make money, they do have some paying versions.
If I scroll down towards the bottom here, you can see that there's a basic version, an advanced version
and a pro version.
And just to be clear, right now, we don't need anything more than the basic version.
And so there is absolutely nothing to pay.
So what is Dsrs and how does it differ from dropshipping?
Well, you will remember from the last lecture that dropshipping effectively uses warehouses around
the world where they buy in products and stock them so that you can then of course add those products
to your store.
Now, Dsrs doesn't do that.
Instead, what they do is show reliable suppliers within the app from a huge website called AliExpress,
which you've probably heard of.
But if you haven't, AliExpress is an absolutely enormous marketplace with hundreds of thousands of
suppliers and literally millions of products.
And so if I scroll on up a bit here towards the description, you see this AliExpress dropshipping solution
to place orders.
Okay.
We're going to look at that in a future lecture.
But right now we're going to use it to find suppliers and import products in other words this is a whole
new source of reliable suppliers.
But before we get started and actually install this app, because DS uses AliExpress, the first thing
we want to do is to create an AliExpress account, which of course is completely free.
And so to do that, the first thing we need to do is to go over to Aliexpress.com and create a free
account.
And to do that, just come over here to the top right hand corner where you see either sign in or register.
So I'm going to click on register and then I'll put in my email, which of course is going to be info
at best bargains.com.
And then for the rest it's a pretty standard signup procedure.
So I don't think you need to watch me while I do it.
So I'll see you in a moment once I'm done.
Okay.
I'm back.
I've created my free account and as you can now see in the top right hand corner it says, hi Tim.
So what I suggest you do at this point is stay logged in.
There really is no reason to log out.
And then of course what we need to do is to install the DS's app.
So going back to the app home page, let's scroll up and of course click on install.
Click on install once again and then we will need to register.
So what I suggest you do here is click on Register Yourself.
So clicking on the button my email is already filled in.
And so therefore all I need to do is to create a password and click on Get Started where you then see
this login and authorize.
Are you sure you want to use the currently logged in Deezer's account to bind and authorize to Shopify?
Well, yes we do.
So let's click on confirm.
It then presents us with the various paid plans.
But as I've already pointed out, we only need the free version.
So next to the free version, just click on Get Started and then we want to actually link to the suppliers
themselves, which of course are on AliExpress.
So I click on this AliExpress button here where I'm basically authorizing the connection to AliExpress
from DS's.
And because I already have an account, all I need to do is to click on login and you see that it says
here we have detected that you are already logged in and can be authorized immediately.
And that's why I asked you to stay logged in to your free AliExpress account.
And so therefore all I need to do is to click on authorize.
Which brings me finally to the DS's app.
And just before we do get started, let's go back to Shopify Admin to show you how this has now been
installed so that you can access it at any time.
So I'm back on admin.
I click on apps and here is of course the DS's app installed and clicking on it.
It brings me to the home page.
Now of course we're looking for great products with reliable suppliers, and that means we want to go
straight over to find suppliers in the left hand menu.
So clicking on Find Suppliers, it brings up a fantastic search engine allowing us to easily find great
products.
Now at this point you might be thinking, well, why don't we just go straight on aliexpress.com?
Why do we need to install this app?
And the reason for that is in fact three fold.
First of all, as you're about to see DS makes.
Very easy for us to import products directly from AliExpress onto our store.
And then secondly, as you'll see later on in the course, it also makes it really easy for us to fulfill
orders.
And thirdly, and this is the really important point right now, Dsrs has done all of the hard work
for us in finding the reliable suppliers on AliExpress.
As I said to you a few minutes ago, AliExpress has hundreds of thousands of suppliers and I can assure
you that not all of them are good, but by using Dsrs and you can see here the DS's premium selection,
what you're now looking at are products from suppliers that we know are going to be able to ship the
products in the time that they say, and also continue to restock those products.
Should we start to get perhaps hundreds or maybe even thousands of orders on our site?
So now to find great products, the first thing I'll want to do is to search on my niche.
So of course I'll enter in dog and then click on okay and then to find those products that I know are
going to sell, I'll want to order them by the highest number of orders first.
And to do that all I have to do is to click on orders.
And now I can see all of the best selling dog products from the most reliable suppliers on AliExpress.
Now, slightly annoyingly, DS doesn't allow us to filter by price, but nevertheless, it's still quite
easy to go through the list and find fantastic products that match the golden rules.
And so, scrolling on down a bit, I quite like the look of this dog jacket.
Now you can see that when I hover over it, this little icon pops up that says add to import list.
And when I click on this, it immediately imports the product.
Now it's important to realize at this stage it hasn't yet added it to my store.
What it's done is added it to the import list on DS's, and to show you that if I just close this and
draw your attention to the left hand menu here, where you see import list, and there's also a little
one next to it.
So when I click on this it shows the import list.
And here is the product that I just added.
And so now to finally add this to my store, all I need to do is to hover over this little icon where
it says push to store.
Click on it where because we're going to edit the product afterwards on Shopify Admin, you can just
go ahead and click on Push to Stores and that's it.
That product has now been added.
So let's go back to Shopify Admin.
Go to products.
And here is the product that I just added.
I think you would agree that that is incredibly easy.
Now of course when I click into this I've got plenty of tidying up to do.
But of course you already know what's required because in lecture 20 I gave you those three fantastic
tips on how to write great titles, descriptions and organize your images to make sure that your product
will sell.
So if you are in any doubt, once again I suggest you go back to that lecture and give yourself a reminder.
So what I'm going to do now is actually tidy up this product and then I'll see you back here once I'm
done.
Okay, I'm back.
And you can now see that I have an incredibly comfortable dog jacket with harness.
And then just a couple of checks.
And I know that we've talked about these in previous lectures, but there's no harm in a gentle reminder
from time to time.
So first of all, make sure that the status is active.
And then under publishing and sales channels, you want to see the online store, which I'm not seeing
at the moment.
So to fix that, go over to the three little dots, click on Manage Sales channels, select the online
store, tick off the point of sale and click on done.
And now it's showing.
And then to make sure that this product is easily found on my site, I want to add it to the appropriate
collection.
But going back to the store here and clicking on our fabulous products.
At the moment I don't have a jackets collection, so let me actually go ahead and create one.
So first off, I'll go back to the product and save it, then go over to Collections Create Collection
and add the title jackets and click on save.
Now I can go back to my products, find my dog jacket with harness and then scroll down the bottom here
where we see the collections and I click on jackets.
So now we can save this.
But of course we still need to add a jacket collection to the menu so that it shows up in the drop down
list.
So let's go over to the online store and navigation over to the main menu and open up the Our Fabulous
Products submenu where we're going to add another menu item, which of course is called jackets.
And then we're going to link that to our jacket collection.
I'll click on add and then save.
Go back to my site and refresh.
And now under our fabulous products here is jackets.
And of course when I click on it here is my newly added product.
And that means that you now understand how to add fantastic products from a whole new range of reliable
suppliers using Dz's.
And just to be clear, you can use both dropshipping and Dz's at the same time.
You don't need to choose one or the other.
Now, to be honest, with such an enormous range of products on offer between dropshipping and dz's,
you really don't need any other apps.
But just for completeness, in the next lecture, I'm going to run through some of the other better
known apps so that you're fully aware of all the possibilities.