Dropshipper who made $1.7 million this year shares e-commerce tips - Business Insider

Now a scammy website causes shoppers to close the tab."Drop-shipping standards have risen dramatically in terms of what your website should look like," Sattar said.That's why Sattar thinks the best route in 2020 is focusing on selling one product and creating a website that legitimizes the product in the eyes of the consumer. Similar to designing a website with a platform like Squarespace, Shopify has templates for setting up an online store that sellers can't deviate from much, but Sattar said for 70% of drop shippers, Shopify is the best solution.To really grow and scale an e-commerce business, Sattar says it's essential to invest in apps and vendors that simplify parts of the drop-shipping process. They just sell courses to make money," he said.Sattar said these drop-shipping YouTube personalities often make more money off their paid courses than off drop shipping, so they're not good at the thing they claim to be teaching about."It's a lot easier to sell a course than it is to do drop shipping," Sattar said.That's why Sattar puts up all of his content online for free. While some have said this change has killed the business, Sattar says that the death of drop shipping is "bulls---.""Everybody's going to be shopping online for Black Friday," Sattar said.