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Are you unsure how to sort out the best product ideas for your drop shipping store? Let’s go through all the steps of this process, and explain them through an illustrative example.
How to evaluate product ideas
The database of DropshipMe products is huge; for your convenience, thousands of handpicked items are included in the list of available options. All you need to do is select the items that are related to each other: this way, you will base the product store in your offer upon a specific ‘niche’. Over the course of time, you will be able to modify the existing product offer by adding new promising items and removing the outdated, undemanded ones.
But, what exact product aspects should you evaluate while choosing among countless DropshipMe items?
Normally, a drop shipping store owner does an incredible amount of work to evaluate products from the point of view of their AliExpress presentation (seller’s rating, previous buyers’ feedback, available shipping methods, quality of the product photos and description, etc.). DropshipMe users don’t have to perform all of these tasks: the top quality items featured in our database are only sold by reputable trustworthy sellers, plus, these products already have pre-edited descriptions and enhanced picture galleries, so you don’t need to spend a single minute on analyzing their profiles.
Instead, we recommend you to pay attention to the following product details:
- The history of demand
- Current purchasing behavior on the market
To illustrate our point, let’s take a sample niche.
Evaluating product ideas: the potential of marble-patterned accessories niche
Let’s suppose you decided to sell various accessories decorated with marble pattern in your store. To start the evaluation, go on Google Trends and check whether this search query is often made by Internet users.
You can experiment with different time frames and geographic regions to track the history of Google searches for the niche you’ve chosen; on the screenshot below, you can see the history of worldwide searches for ‘marble design’ term within the last 3 years.
As you can see, the interest towards this search query grows rapidly every year, so this niche seems to be quite a promising choice for drop shipping store owner.
But, what if people were using this search term for some reasons other than buying fancy decorated items? What if these Google users were actually researching the types of marble, or, they were looking for redecoration supplies, or, they were exploring interior design trends, etc.?
To make sure that these results are really related to the items you’re going to sell in your drop shipping store, you need to proceed with the next step of your product evaluation: purchasing behavior analysis.
One of the easiest ways to do this is to conduct a simple Google research – you can do it in 2 ways:
- Enter the niche name in the Google search bar, and go to the News section
This simple action lets you understand whether this particular product niche is alive and well now, and what types of items are the hottest newest additions to the market.
- Enter the niche name along with the specific product type in the Google search bar
This basic research lets you understand multiple things about this particular market: what niche-specific items are most typically sold by your potential competitors, which ones of these products see the biggest number of orders, what are the average prices, etc. This way, you get the opportunity to create a competitive product offer in your own store in terms of both the product range and the pricing strategy.
As the result, you end up having a list of thematically united products with a promising potential of sales generation – just like in a sample items selection below!
AliExpress original price: $2.89-3.59
DropshipMe recommended price: $9.95
AliExpress original price: $1.29
DropshipMe recommended price: $8.99
Women’s Watch with Marble Dial
AliExpress original price: $1.18-2.17
DropshipMe recommended price: $8.99
Marble Stone Air Humidifier with LED Light
AliExpress original price: $23.79
DropshipMe recommended price: $47.50
AliExpress original price: $8.91-17.37
DropshipMe recommended price: $29.95
Stainless Steel Water Flasks with Marble Textured Design
AliExpress original price: $11.45
DropshipMe recommended price: $22.90
AliExpress original price: $1.28
DropshipMe recommended price: $8.99
Luxurious Marble Pattern Porcelain Plate
AliExpress original price: $18.06-31.11
DropshipMe recommended price: $37.45
Cosmetic Bag with Marble Print
AliExpress original price: $7.09
DropshipMe recommended price: $13.99
Marble Pattern Make-Up Brushes Set
AliExpress original price: $6.35-9.86
DropshipMe recommended price: $14.45
Marble Pattern Canvas Printed Wall Picture
AliExpress original price: $4.01-9.36
DropshipMe recommended price: $9.95
AliExpress original price: $3.60
DropshipMe recommended price: $9.95
AliExpress original price: $2.55
DropshipMe recommended price: $9.95
AliExpress original price: $33.99-69.99
DropshipMe recommended price: $56.98
AliExpress original price: $1.00
DropshipMe recommended price: $8.99
Now, you see how a sample selection of drop shipping products looks, and know how to create a similar list with your own efforts. We hope it will motivate you to proceed with your business undertakings!
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Thanks for sharing such great idea, but the question is how to target people interested in patterned niches? and specially using Facebook Ads.