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| How to Start a Dropshipping Business in 2025 |
I’ve been running a couple dropshipping stores since early 2022. Made every mistake in the book, killed a few stores, and finally got one that consistently does five figures a month without me living in the backend. Here’s exactly how I’d start again today if I had to do it from scratch—no fluff, no recycled guru talk.
Step 1: Pick something people are already buying
Forget “passion” for now. Look atwhat’s already moving on TikTok Shop, Instagram Reels, or Facebook groups. I usually just scroll for an hour, screenshot anything with 50k+ likes in under a week, and check if there’s a version I can sell for 2-3x the cost. Right now I’m heavy into home wellness and travel gadgets—stuff people impulse-buy when they see it in a 15-second clip.
Step 2: Get the store up in one afternoon
Shopify, $39/month plan. Done. Pick a free theme (Dawn works fine), slap a logo I made in Canva, and add the basic pages (shipping, returns, contact). Whole thing takes me about three hours now. First time took two days because I overthought everything.
Step 3: Stop hunting suppliers on random lists
I wasted months with agents who disappeared when I needed tracking numbers. These days I do almost everything through Teemdrop. Why it stuck:
- They have their own warehouses in the US and Europe—most of my orders land in 3-7 days
- One-click import to Shopify, prices and stock update themselves
- If I say “I need red light therapy masks that don’t look cheap,” their team sends me 5-10 options the same day
- Free account, no monthly fee, you just pay when an order goes out
I’m not fancy with it—just log in, import what looks good, tweak the titles, and move on.
Step 4: Make the product pages not look like AliExpress
Steal the good photos, rewrite the bullet points so they sound like a real store, and add a short video if you can. I price everything so I clear at least $12-15 after ad spend and product cost. Works out to roughly 35-45% margin once returns are factored in.
Step 5: Let fulfillment run itself
Teemdrop auto-fulfills everything. Order comes in → they pick, pack, and ship → tracking pops into Shopify → customer gets the email. I literally look at the orders tab once a day to make sure nothing weird is happening. That’s it.
Step 6: Get the first sales without burning thousands
I start with $50-100 split across 3-5 Facebook or TikTok ads. Anything that hits 2.5-3x ROAS in the first 24-48 hours gets more money. Everything else gets killed. First profitable product usually shows up within a week if I test enough creatives.
Step 7: Keep what works, kill what doesn’t
Once something prints for 2-3 weeks straight, I double down—better photos, bundle offers, email flows for repeat buyers. Losers get paused, winners get scaled. Rinse and repeat.
That’s really all there is to it. The whole “million-dollar store in 30 days” stuff is noise. Give me a weekend, a couple hundred bucks, and Teemdrop and I can have a store live that’s already making sales by the next Friday.
If you’re sitting there overthinking it—just go open a free account at teemdrop.com, import 10 products, and see how it feels. Takes ten minutes and costs nothing.
Been doing this a while? Drop what’s working for you right now in the comments. Always curious what other people are testing.
Let’s go make some money this year.
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