#1 PASSIONATE AUDIENCE? Without a passionate audience you’re going to have a tough time building an eCommerce empire! If you’re talking to people who don’t LOVE what you’re selling then its much more difficult to get the sale! BIRD WATCHERS Amazingly passionate about their niche. GOLFERS Super Passionate about their sport IPHONE CASES I’ve never met a iPhone case fanatic. Dead end my friend. TOILET PAPER Down the toilet, dead end! © THATLifestyleNinja LLC 2017. #2 Are people MAKING MONEY in your niche? Competition counterintuitively is a GOOD THING! If there a number of folks obviously making money in your niche, you can count on the fact that it is actually a good thing to have that competition! Don’t be afraid seeing multiple sellers in your Niche, use what they are doing well to your advantage, and make it your own, add value! Be bold, don’t be afraid of a little competition, it normally means there are customers willing to buy! © THATLifestyleNinja LLC 2017. #3 Can you target your audience on FACEBOOK ADVERTISING? Remember that the hardest part of building an eCommerce empire is driving interested traffic to your website, and then convincing them to make a purchase! Thinking ahead about your audience and whether or not you will be able to actually sell your products to your customers will make you a very happy camper! Use audience insights and the strategies I discuss in my YouTube video on shopify and dropshipping to determine exactly how AHEAD OF TIME you can advertise to potential customers! © THATLifestyleNinja LLC 2017. #4 To view which stores have the most TRAFFIC based on IP https://myip.ms/browse/sites/1/ipID/23.227.38.0/ipIDii/23.227.38.255/sort/6/asc/1#sites_tbl_top Make note of what sales tactics these websites take advantage of – Free shipping over 50$ increases cart value, and incentivizes customers to spend more money, 10$ off first order in exchange for email address etc. To view best selling products by store, append this to the end of any shopify website URL .../collections/all?sort_by=best-selling Example: https://colourpop.com/collections/all?sort_by=best-selling © THATLifestyleNinja LLC 2017. #5 To view similar websites and get ANALYTICS related to site traffic Use www.similarweb.com to view analytics related to website traffic, total visits by geographic location and so much more! #6 To view the MOST POPULAR products and Shopify stores related to any niche Use Intelligynce: https://goo.gl/1ZF6kr #7 To view social shares related to any product or topic Use www.buzzsumo.com - search necklace, look for something unique, review the links and follow them look for something you can easily source or find on www.aliexpress.com © THATLifestyleNinja LLC 2017. #8 Other SOCIAL MEDIA product research techniques Pinterest.com - search for trending cat jewelry for example, look for the products near the top of the search as Pinterest sorts based on popularity Amazon.com - Search the product trust that amazon organizes it in such a way to show you the best products most likely to sell, because when those products sell amazon makes money, so amazon shows you the products selling the most related to your query Watchcount.com - Shows how many people are watching items on eBay, and you can then see how many orders any particular item has to determine sales velocity and interest Audience Insights (Facebook ad tool) – Shows popularity and demographics of most search terms, and more importantly shows what Facebook pages people who are interested in the topic you searched ALSO like, which is hugely important when you are targeting people on Facebook to Advertise to! https://adespresso.com/academy/ads-examples/ - Shows examples for most products and services of successful Facebook ad campaigns © THATLifestyleNinja LLC 2017. #9 To find successful shopify storefronts using expensive app subscriptions (assuming that only successful sellers making money would pay for expensive apps) https://apps.shopify.com/?sortby=popular - Look for paid apps here, and then look at the comments, assuming people with successful stores pay for apps © THATLifestyleNinja LLC 2017. #10 Aliexpress and chrome extensions you need to use! Aliexpress.com - Sort by number of orders - shows exactly how many people are actually ordering what product Chrome extensions - Aliprice assistant (shows historical pricing of aliexpress products), Aliexpress seller check (shows detailed seller metrics), and Oberlo (automates drop shipping integrated with Shopify) If you want me to make a video showing exactly step by step how I set up a funnel and a Shopify website to dropship a piece of trending jewelry that makes me 50k a month leave a comment on the video below and if enough people are interested I will show exactly how to best set it up, and advertise it on facebook! Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://goo.gl/j02esf Shopify and Dropshipping Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFE5VsfjOkY Download the Dropshipping Funnel: https://app.clickfunnels.com/funnels/4543574/share/ybzw4zydfkaqozj9 MESSAGE ME! https://www.facebook.com/OfficialKevinDavid/ © THATLifestyleNinja LLC 2017.