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Shopify Ninja Masterclass Review

Shopify Ninja Masterclass Review (Kevin David Course)

Shopify Ninja Masterclass is one of the most popular courses available for those looking to start their first Shopify business. Back when it first launched, it costed around $2,000, but you might be able to grab it at a discount today depending on when you register.

However, that’s not the point. Today, we’ll be reviewing Kevin’s course to see if it really lives up to its fame or if it’s just another course you should skip.

Who’s the author?

Kevin is an online entrepreneur with varied interests. He’s known to have used the FBA platform from Amazon, and he has plenty of experience in dropshipping and affiliate marketing in general.

He’s stated repeatedly how he makes a 7-figure living every month thanks to his Shopify stores, and his YouTube channel is fairly popular as well.

I’ve seen some of his videos, and I must admit he really knows his stuff. You can see from any video how he sells his available products, and his sales page can impress many newcomers for good reason.

This course costed me $997, lowered from the $2,000 initial release. While it’s quite less, it’s still an expensive course, especially given other courses available for less than $300 like eCom Elites.

Reviewing Shopify Ninja Masterclass

Paying the membership gives you full and unlimited access to the entire course, so that’s a plus for me. However, I was expecting a lot more content after seeing the price tag. That doesn’t mean you get little, though; it’s still a lot when you compare it with your standard dropshipping course today.

All videos are HD, and the sound quality is excellent as well, so you won’t miss the knowledge given. That’s another plus for him; many courses feel like the author has problems delivering the message and content, but Kevin definitely isn’t the case.

The course splits into 5 modules that include researching products and suppliers, setting up a website, marketing your business, and scaling once you start getting sales. There’s also a handful of bonuses.

The bonuses get updated regularly. They’re also fairly good, covering different themes, but they’re fairly short, so don’t take them as the sole reason to take this course.

Module 1

It works as an introduction as well, with a short video intro with Kevin explaining how the course works. Don’t worry about the Power Point part of the video; it doesn’t repeat later.

After that, you go into how to find a good niche for your business plus what you should avoid in this business model. It’s the first video with actual content, and it splits the screen in half with Kevin on one side and the content on the other. He uses Word files for discussing the points, and the details are quite deep.

Then you learn about finding suppliers through AliExpress. An important note here is that AliExpress is the only method he recommends, so people looking for local suppliers will lose this video.

There’s a video on using different website extensions for making the entire process easier like Trend Hunter.

There’s another video on a few tricks from Kevin for finding some best-selling businesses around the globe for product mimicking. Another tool he recommends for finding products is Intelligynce, so that’s another plus.

You also get 3 videos focused on finding products using different methods like Amazon, Shopify apps, and other online tools for researching Shopify stores.

Finally, there’s some content on free tools like Thieve and mere Google for more products. The last video on the module is for beginners, practically holding their hands through the entire process and explaining each step.

Module 2

This was a bit of a letdown. Most courses handle supplier content poorly, with just a few going past AliExpress. Shopify Ninja is one of those, unfortunately, and this module focuses solely on AliExpress, with the first video explaining how to protect your account from bans using AliPay; this was at least a good video since there’s a strong chance for that if you start processing many orders.

There’s a video telling you how you can contact suppliers, and another one explains how you can deal with them to get the best price you can and care for your profit margins.

There’s finally a script for you to download and adapt for contacting suppliers. It’s just before a video detailing the process to order a sample of your product for testing before starting to sell it.

Module 3

This module focuses on setting up a store on Shopify, so it’s great for beginners thanks to the many videos it has on the subject. You get 15 videos in total, detailing the whole creation process.

It teaches you how to start the Shopify free trial before going into Google Analytics’ installation and set up. There’s also content on all the sections you’ll need like reviews, opt-ins, timers, and different useful plugins.

While it is a great choice, you can also skip most of this module by buying the eCom Turbo theme and just customize the different templates it offers.

Module 4

Kevin’s favored marketing channel is Facebook Ads, and this module focuses on it. It’s still good since Facebook is the preferred solution for paid traffic.

The first video is a guide for setting up your ads. The next one is a general introduction of the vocabulary inside Facebook and the different terms used for marketing through the platform. Terms like PPE and WC may make little sense, but Kevin does a good job at explaining them in this video.

Kevin offers you his 3 principles for succeeding with this platform.

The next video shows you how you can master your objectives and determine how long should your ads last. Then, he teaches you about using audiences for targeting your efforts towards those who are more likely to buy.

There’s further talk on targeting goals, but some of the things explained here is fairly outdated, so you’ll have to wait until Kevin updates this section for the new Facebook interface and other changes he hasn’t addressed.

There’s also ad optimization, retargeting, Influencers, social proof, and more on Facebook.

Finally, he squeezes in some content on Instagram and blog marketing using influencers, and he touches on email marketing as well. These additional videos are better for beginners, though. He doesn’t go into much depth, so intermediates will learn little from it.

The last video is a step-by-step video on setting up a campaign on Facebook for students to follow the entire process, and it’s a neat way to finish the module.

Module 5

The last module is all about what to do after you start seeing a stable stream of sales and profits. It explains how you can scale your eCommerce and expand it. It offers some very interesting videos, and even I learned a couple of things I hadn’t really thought before I got into this course.

You’ll also learn how to read and interpret Google Analytics and turning them to your benefit by studying your audience’s behavior with detailed reports. There’s also stuff on using insights and learning from where your customers are coming.

Admittedly, this is some rather basic content, and any standard or good eCommerce course has this content. However, it’s still a good addition to the course, and it could save a beginner who didn’t know any of this before taking the course or people with little knowledge about Google Analytics.

The last videos cover a range of topics on how to scale your Facebook Ads campaigns and efforts.

You learn about creating lookalike audiences on the platform and how you can use the Facebook Pixel for retargeting your ads towards potential customers. It has some content on personalized URL audiences by using different tools like Rocket link.

It has a pretty good touch on implementing customer service on-page for your business. Customer services is one of the most important and strong tools for your business, so I’m always happy to see it expanded on any course. You also learn about hiring Vas (virtual assistants) to make your and your customers’ lives easier.

Finally, you also learn about a few ways to boost your conversions and sales with underestimated tools like Snapchat and Manychat. It’s a great addition due to how many courses completely ignore these methods, so props to Kevin.

Bonuses

As I already said, the bonuses are quite short and shouldn’t make or break your decision towards buying this course or not.

However, they’re still a nice addition, and they get regular updates to keep them fresh and add some new stuff. Do note that, while they’re definitely interesting, they do include a lot of affiliate links, so it’s easy to feel like Kevin just added them to get an extra income instead of actually adding value.

They’re good, nonetheless, and fairly varied.

There are a few PDFs guides on finding niches, setting up a made to order venture, and using ClickFunnels to create sales funnels. They are 13, 3, and 2 pages respectively, so definitely interesting, but not game-changing.

There are also a few videos on finding trends, creating a print-on-demand business, and how to increase sales with ClickFunnels (mostly expanding on the PDF).

There’s a shared URL as well at the time I got this course, and it’s a ready-to-use funnel for you to download and implement into your website. I wouldn’t use this if I were you, though. Everyone getting the course has access to it, so it’s already overused and won’t work a lot for you.

Private Facebook Group

As usual, there’s a Facebook group for the students. You can use it to contact Kevin himself as well as other members to solve inquiries, and there’s actually quite a bit of content and interesting discussions here from the many members in it.

Refunds

You have 2 weeks to ask for a refund, but you need to follow the process since a change of mind isn’t enough for them to provide a refund.

Final Verdict

Is It Worth It? Final Verdict

This is actually a great course, and it’s a great alternative to courses like eCom Elites. I did pay around $800 more, and it was at a discount.

If you pay the full price, it’ll be nearly $1,800 more that you could otherwise spend on marketing. However, if you have the money and don’t want eCom Elites for any reason, this is a good choice.

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Once again, thanks for reading my Shopify Ninja Masterclass Review and I wish you the best of luck.

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Shopping Empires Review

Shopping Empires Review (Karianne Gagnon Course)

Today, we’ll be going through Karianne Gagnon’s Shopping Empires. It’s currently priced at $497, and its main focus revolves around WooCommerce, Shopify, and Google Ads Shopping.

As always, the sales page sells you wonders, and its design is very flashy and professional. It provides several comments and testimonials from both students and other gurus, which I’ve reviewed in the past, as backing for its claims.

However, as you probably know, that’s a standard (in one way or another) among eCommerce courses, so it’s not a selling point.

The content is, though, so let’s get right into it.

Who’s the author?

One has to look thoroughly to find out who’s Karianne. There’s not much information available besides a software released back in 2016. She does, however, claim to own various 7-figure brands on Shopify and consistently making $1,000 every day.

She seems to be a former student from Franklin Hatchett’s eCom Profit Masterclass, starring Richard Telfeja’s mentorship. However, Franklin ended this partnership a while ago, but it’s still a good sign.

Karianne is offering her own course, offering a break from Facebook Ads to focus on Google Shopping Ads, implementing it with a store on Shopify and WooCommerce.

Of course, the sales page has some warning signs. These include zero mentions on the actual profits she makes, and instead opts to talk solely about her revenue. Making millions in sales doesn’t mean a lot since marketing and maintenance costs can be quite big.

There’s also how she says you can make a living off dropshipping and Google Ads without investing any money. Even if you somehow get Google advertising for free, you still need to pay for hosting, domain, or a Shopify subscription besides a good internet connection and mobile data to always be on the lookout for news.

Of course, you also want to test the products before offering them, and that’s an extra expense.

Reviewing Shopping Empires

It’s confusing to figure out the actual content from just the course’s sales page. Setting up a store on WooCommerce or Shopify and scaling it with Google Ads is something, but the sales page is quite hyped for it to be just that.

Besides, the price tag is a significant $497, and it’s promised to raise all the way to $997, so it really contradicts the relative simplicity of this course. Given the imminent raise and the positive testimonials, buying it before it increased seemed like the right choice, so I decided to take a look.

The members’ area was another section that seemed confusing, even for someone who’s seen countless courses like me.

This course breaks down into a main section with 12 modules and 22 PDFs complementing them. Surprisingly, there aren’t videos nor audio books on the course, which is admittedly rare in today’s courses.

You just get a bunch of PDFs and feedback documents. Besides, the modules are fairly standard with today’s courses.

They cover the preparations for your store: domain, hosting, planning, etc. It takes you into two modules after that: one on WooCommerce and another one on Shopify for setting up your store on one of the two platforms.

It then goes into website speed and tech stuff before going into product research. You have a module on data feed before the actual Google Shopping Ads module.

I want to make a pause here and state how disappointingly short the Google Ads section is. It’s supposed to be one of the main selling points of this course, yet it provides basic content with a few good (but not enough) insights. It’s fine to get you started, but it’s not a masterclass like it was sold to be.

The rest is management stuff: testing, calculating your actual profits, and scaling your business by hiring virtual assistants.

The first and lass modules were exceptionally short, just a PDF with basic steps or information. It’s really just content you can get for free on YouTube.

Bonuses

The first “bonus” is just access to the private Facebook group, which isn’t really a bonus since it’s offered in all courses, even the lower-end ones. You can also access a public group with over 200 members, and it’s actually quite active and interesting at times.

However, there’s a significant quantity of posts complaining about the reduced profits you get if you stick with Google Shopping and mess up your keywords. It’s logical since Google Shopping is all about precision, and randomly choosing keywords will burn your budget.

The first actual bonus is a strategy for your email marketing and recovering up to 20% of the income you may have lost. Another bonus comes as a cashback tip for AliExpress, but it’s mostly common knowledge. The third bonus is how you can prevent from getting on Google’s Merchant Center’s wrong side. The forth bonus is an extra module about Facebook retargeting, and the last one is access to Karianne’s supplier.

As you can see, there’s quantity but not enough quality. The Facebook group and extra module should be a given in every course. The AliExpress isn’t groundbreaking, and the others are nice, but they don’t offer enough impact to your success.

Final Verdict

Is It Worth It? Final Verdict

The course simply isn’t worth spending $497 despite what the sales pages and testimonials on it may tell you. You can get a much better course for just $297 by heading over to eCom Elites (from her supposed mentor), and receive actual videos instead of PDFs, so that’s another selling point for those who hate reading.

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Once again, thanks for reading my Shopping Empires Review and I wish you the best of luck.

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Start and Scale Review

Start and Scale Review (Gretta Van Riel Course)

Well, seeing how everyone signed into this waiting list is bound to it for a good while (high five?), we might as well go into the content and see if it’s worth your money or not.

Right now, the only option is to wait until she releases her course again, but I’ve never understood why people just have to wait for so long before reopening. If a course is good, wouldn’t it be better just to have people signing up all the time?

Anyways, I managed to access the course thanks to a buddy just recently, so let’s dive into it and find out if it’s actually worth its price, let along waiting for it.

While it was priced at $547, you can bet that price will increase after the wait is over.

Waiting isn’t optimal for running a business

Let’s face it: waiting before taking a course is frustrating, and if you’re just anxious to start dropshipping right away, then it’s better to just go for a course that’s readily available.

First off, you’ll get dozens of offers from the Foundr site while you wait unless you give up your position on the queue.

That’s not the worst part. Online businesses are all about hitting trends first and building your venture and brand as quickly as possible. The more you wait, the more your desired niches become saturated, and the more likely you are to having to just settle for a subpar product.

About the author

Gretta is an Australian entrepreneur claiming to be an expert in social media marketing, and she owns the Hey Influencers platform, dedicated solely to networking through fellow influencers.

I’m not sure why someone with such vast experience in marketing and using social media is launching a course about eCommerce instead of going for her strengths.

Right off the bat, you might have seen her statement about starting out with just $20. However, once you get into the actual content, you see how she had to pay for others to design the logos and more, which at least would’ve costed her a few hundreds.

You need money if you want to grow a successful business. Don’t fall for people who just says the things you want to hear.

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The course splits into 6 modules with 38 videos in total, all featuring Gretta. There are also 16 workbooks you can access, and they summarize the videos.

Students can access expert coaches with the course as well, but the information is a bit limited, and there’s also the standard Facebook group with all the students.

Finally, there are some discount codes, which mostly are affiliate links from Gretta, so look up reviews before taking her word for them.

Unlike most courses, this one is built on ClickFunnels instead of Teachables, so the videos look good regardless of which device you’re using.

Buying the course at its initial launch means you only have access to one module every week, so you’ll have to wait 6 weeks before getting the entire content. With just 38 videos, it’s really annoying to wait so long, especially considering how quick the world moves.

Niche research

The first module offers 5 videos about figuring out the products you want to sell. It’s mostly basic, and it skips tools that make the entire process much easier.

These videos are focused on coming up with a central idea, confirming it works, and figuring out your ideal customer’s profile for it before validating whether or not it’s a good idea.

It’s a fairly basic introduction to niche selection, but it’s a bit interesting if you don’t know anything about the concept.

Branding

The second module goes right into branding, and I strongly disapprove that approach. I understand that social media marketing can be all about building your brand, and Gretta is a social media expert, but you still haven’t put your idea to the test.

Building your brand from the get-go isn’t a good idea. The best approach is to build your brand around good products that you can actually sell.

That’s why so many authors advise you to start off with a general store or even a single-product one. You need to test your market and figure out which products sell the best before you create your brand and scale it.

However, selling a course centered around branding is easier; most beginners fall for it being the best idea, yet that nearly always results in people making nothing but having some of the best-looking brands in the market.

Anyway, the videos here cover how to choose the name of your brand, coming up with your logo, and setting up your domain before going into how to create your store from an over-the-shoulder perspective.

Finding products

This is the part where you find suppliers and turn your idea and brand into listings.

It was nice to see Gretta covering both international and local suppliers, unlike many other courses. Gretta is from Australia, but there’s content here for both the US and China, so you don’t have to be based in Australia for this to work for you.

The videos explain how to reach out and negotiate with buyers, how you can place orders, dealing with the packaging process, and how to deliver your products. There’s also some content about dorpshipping your products, pricing them on your website, and coming up with products of your own.

It’s a good module, but it could’ve used a bit more content.

Audience building

OK, this module made me laugh: my favorite video here recommends you to create a waiting list to create anticipation and buzz around your offer and make a good amount once it goes live. I’m 100% sure I’ve seen this applied somewhere, but I can’t quite remember…

It’s exactly what’s she’s doing with THIS course.

I really haven’t heard about that being a profitable strategy, though –at least not for making a significant amount of money. Most eCommerce stores simply don’t have the reputation when they’re just starting out.

There are some videos about preparing yourself and your store for its release, using influencers, and some basics on social media marketing.

Store launch

This continues where the last module left off. It shows you how to work with payments through credit card and PayPal, how to create a help desk for customers, and it closes with how you can hire virtual assistants for automation so that you can dedicate yourself to scaling your business.

There’s also a launch checklist for you to use,

Scaling

The final module focuses on optimizing your store and building on your success. This also includes the first mention of Facebook Ads, which baffled me seeing how Gretta is an expert on this field and how critical it is for your business.

You’ll also learn about retargeting and last video explains warehousing, but it’s something you don’t need to consider just yet.

Bonuses

This is another course claiming its bonuses are worth thousands but still offering a few things you can find for free on the internet or in less expensive courses.

First, you have a video showing an interview with Alex Tomic and Nik Mirkovic, from HiSmile. You’ve probably seen them advertising their brand through Instagram. The interview shows them explaining how they developed their brand from scratch.

Second, you have a few scripts you can copy and paste to contact influencers. There are some other scripts, like one for your email marketing campaign and others for recovering abandoned carts.

A small observation: don’t copy and paste them. Everyone taking this course is probably doing the same, so it’s best to use them as inspiration for writing your own scripts.

Thirdly, there’s a mini-course on Instagram and Facebook Ads. However, this feels really awkward since Gretta never really mentioned paid traffic sources, and the only Facebook Ads mention was in the very last module.

I don’t know why these weren’t added on the main body of the course, yet they’re still very basic, so it’s definitely a huge disappointment from a seeming social media marketing expert like Gretta.

The last bonus is a voucher you can give to someone else so they can join the private Facebook group and take part in its conversations. Keep in mind that this means she can double the number of members on her Facebook group, growing its popularity.

So she really has some nice tricks under her sleeve. Too bad she didn’t really teach any of them in this course,

Facebook group

The Facebook group is quite active and crowded. There are several thousand members since its release, and it was a bit above the 5,000 mark when I joined.

There are also regular posts every day, so it’s a nice place to see insight and comments from other people or to solve any doubts you might have after taking the course.

Do keep in mind that there are probably people who never took the course thanks to the voucher, so be critical with the answers you receive when posting any inquiry.

Refunds

The refunds policy is fairly straightforward, thankfully. You only need to show that you completed the training but it didn’t work out for your business. You have 60 days to do so, and it’s a full refund.

It’s a simple policy, and it offers a pretty huge time window unlike other courses available today. However, you need to consider that you’re might be receiving this course as 1 module every 6 weeks, so you’re killing a lot of time just waiting.

There’s also no information whether the refund is going to be equal when it relaunches.

Final Verdict

Is It Worth It? Final Verdict

This course talks a lot on its attractive sales page. However, it’s just disappointing given how much Gretta seems to know compared with how much she actually offers.

Most courses include at least 50 videos, and this one is just 38 videos long. You even have classes like eCom Elites (Read Review) offering over 170 different videos with a lot more depth for just $197.

This course could’ve been a great offer, but with the lack of content and price tag, I just can’t recommend it to anyone.

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Once again, thanks for reading my Start And Scale Review and I wish you the best of luck.

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No Bullshit Road to Remote Work Review

The No Bullshit Road to Remote Work Review (Taylor Lane Course)

Today is an exception. We won’t review a course about eCommerce or affiliate marketing.

This time, we’ll review a course about travelling and working remotely, which is a topic we’ve discussed, and it’s quite related to our usual reviews.

Taylor Lane is known to be a quite famous digital nomad, and she’s the author of The No Bullshit Road to Remote Work. We’ll be analyzing its content and determining whether or not it’s worth your $397 (or $420 if you choose the 2 payments option).

Who’s the author?

Taylor owns the website remotelikeme.com, a travel blog she uses to record her experiences as well as offering worksheets, eBooks, and courses among other tools useful for digital nomads.

She started travelling in 2014 to Guatemala as a volunteer worker, and that hooked her into travelling. She’s visited almost all places in Europe and Latin America, and she started working with email marketing.

She has a Facebook group as well, and she says she’s helped many to start their remote careers. She then dedicated her time to creating courses, groups, and eBooks about getting remote work.

It’s easy to see she knows what’s she’s talking about as well.

Reviewing No Bullshit Road to Remote Work

This is her main course, and it’s quite different from her previous mini-class, Resume Reboot, costing $97.

As usual, the course splits into modules, this time 7. The first one is about discovering your ideal job and the second tells you how to find it. Modules 3 and 4 focus on your application: how to apply and boosting it. The 5th module is how you can succeed at your interview, and the last 2 modules tell you what to do afterwards: negotiating your salary and your action plan and mindset.

The course is fairly short, especially seeing how much she’s asking for the entire content. Most modules have a few videos at most, spanning less than 15 minutes.

The good thing is that she does have the right knowledge, and she’s very good at communicating.

What do you get with this course?

The first module jumps into product research, showing a 4-step method for finding “hidden gems”. However, it’s not as groundbreaking as he wants you to think: just a nice method for finding some products.

The first duplicate comes in the Facebook Ads module. It’s the same as his Tiger course, with 7 videos offering insight into getting started and setting up your account. I don’t know why he didn’t expand it since you can find courses with at least twice as much content as this section. Besides, it’s missing relevant updates.

The secret Instagram approach is also recycled from his Tiger course, and it’s not a secret. You probably already know it if you’ve seen videos on Instagram marketing.

An addition to this course is the print on demand business model and how Youssef teaches you to implement this strategy to your store on Shopify. He then compares it to using AliExpress.

You have a standard section on setting up your store, and it’s only different from Tiger in that it’s two shorter videos instead of a single long one. While the module focuses on a print on demand business, you can apply this knowledge to build any store.

You then get a couple of videos on growing your Instagram and building your brand account. This module stands out thanks to Youssef’s meaningful insight, and it’s something I was expecting, given his experience as a consultant. So I can’t really complain about this section –good job.

The last videos talk about live reviews for your store, and the last module about dropshipping in America.

You finally get a directory with verified suppliers you can use for your business, but beware that these will probably only work for US-based companies or residents. You can try as an overseas business, but you should just skip it unless you have an SSN or a reseller ID.

Final Verdict

Is It Worth It? Final Verdict

You can finish the course in a single day despite her claims that it can take a full week. That’s my main problem with this course: the amount of content.

Sure, quality is more important than quantity, and she does offer great information and insights, but it’s hard not to feel it overpriced.

Overall, if it was cheaper or you have the money to spare, then definitely get it. It’ll set you on the right tracks. I just think the price is overshot.

If your looking for one of the best dropshipping which is affordable and contains a ton of information? Check out eCom Elites, I did a review on it that you can read.

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Once again, thanks for reading my No Bullshit Road to Remote Work Review and I wish you the best of luck.

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Income Incubator Dropshipping Course Review

Income Incubator’s Dropshipping Course Review (Jeet Banerjee Course)

Today, I’ll be going through a course by Jeet Benerjee: The Income Incubator’s dropshipping course. It’s one of the more recent courses, and you’ve probably stumbled across an ad if you came here.

This course is a common sight on Instagram right now, and it shows offering a whopping discount of $297 down from $997. Funny enough, I never saw it listed with its full price, so it’s an amusing marketing strategy I can at least enjoy.

As with most similar courses, it promises to teach you all the methods you need to know if you want to buy a dropshipping business together with its own brand and live off from it.

If you’re in a hurry, then just know this course is quite limited, and it doesn’t have a lot of content. You can expect to learn how you can build your store and promote the products you offer, but it still focuses on the same topics as almost all courses available, and likewise, it fails to provide enough detail you can find in other courses.

Now, let’s break down the course and see what you actually get.

Who’s the author?

Jeet Banerjee is what we like to call a “serial entrepreneur”; that means he often launches a new business. He’s mostly active on Instagram, and he has about 25,000 followers. He also has a YouTube channel, but it’s a lot smaller; it only sports about 300 subscribers, and he doesn’t show himself a lot over there.

His website says he’s a young entrepreneur (24 years old) who’s lived off several different businesses he’s built online. He usually sells his business after a while, so it seems like he likes to catch trend opportunities, milk them for a while, and abandon the ship once his profits diminish or he finds a new opportunity.

That would certainly explain why he’s focused on dropshipping right now, with how hot it is.

While he does have a lot of experience creating and running many types of businesses, it doesn’t really look like he has prior knowledge regarding dropshipping or eCommerce in general. Will his methods still work this time?

His latest release is the Income Incubator, also known as the reason you’re reading this review.

The Incubator offers a plethora of different courses and (quite expensive) products you can use to learn how to build a successful business on the internet. The latest entry in this venture is his dropshipping course, but you can also purchase it without getting the entire package.

Now, let’s dive into the course.

Reviewing Income Incubator’s Dropshipping Course

First things first, don’t focus on the outrageous revenue numbers showing on the sales page instead of the actual content provided by the course. That’s what’s going to determine whether you’re successful with dropshipping or just waste your money with this content.

Another important consideration right from its sales page (again) is how uncanny the actual figures are: it’s saying he made $5 million in just 5 months. A million each month translates into roughly $33,000 every day.

Let’s use the higher average for Shopify products and say he’s selling a product for $50. That means he’s selling over 600 products daily. If you go for cheaper prices, it gets more ridiculous, and even if he’s selling high-ticket items, he’d still sell dozens at the very least.

And it gets even more ridiculous.

You need to find a product, create your ads, wait to generate results and optimize your ads. That means his timeframe is quite shorter than those 5 months he’s saying!

And even if he did generate that revenue, it means he invested serious money into his ads, and that means that the profits get cut down rather significantly. I’d certainly like to see a few more screenshots, at least from his actual profits.

Finally, if he’s making so much money, why would he spend time and money developing and advertising a course that’s priced at just $297? That shouldn’t make any differences to this guy’s earnings.

OK, now we can actually move from the sales pages into the course.

It’s split into different modules, and it starts with your usual introduction. It then goes into the story of Jeets’ dropshipping experience and the reasons why people fail at this business model. You have your standard product research, store building, recommended apps, and marketing modules before closing with the usual scaling and automation content.

There are few bonuses that could help you dropship using Amazon and build a brand to sell products at a higher price.

What do you get with it?

The first couple of modules are about painting a picture of what dropshipping is, with the introduction and Jeets’ story. You probably already know that stuff, but even if you don’t, it’s just content you can get for free with a few Google and YouTube searches.

Then, you have a module on common mistakes from new dropshippers like choosing bad products, not handling prices correctly, bad advertising, etc. I often like this type of content, but it’s more stuff you can find for free.

There’s a module on product research, with the usual methods for finding products for your store. It’s nothing out of the ordinary, and it sticks to strategies in most dropshipping courses and YouTube, so it’s not what the sales pages tell you.

The Shopify building module is good enough for you to have a ready and optimized store after finishing the module, and while it’s surely an useful module, Shopify is a very intuitive platform; taking a look at the interface will show you that you don’t really need any guidance to get your store ready, so the only exclusive content in this section is optimization and the recommended apps.

The module on Facebook Ads has a few lessons on starting out and a recommended strategy from Jeets. You won’t learn much more than just the basics here, and there are far better courses out there with more depth on Facebook marketing. This module also feels a bit dated, especially with all the constant changes made to the Facebook Ads platform.

The email marketing section gives you an overview of the approach and some tips on why you want to use automated email sequences to increase the sales from your email list subscribers.

Speaking about automation, there are also some videos about automating your processes and how you can do it. That’s actually quite useful since it reduces your daily workload, so you can focus on other tasks. One of the methods requires care, though; virtual assistants are a delicate matter.

There’s a module about Instagram influencers, and it teaches you how to reach out to large Instagram accounts and get them to advertise your offers. This is useful as well, but it’s nothing special since it’s a popular method for eCommerce in general. It can also be quite expensive, so don’t expect to use it right away unless you have a large budget.

The last module is about scaling your store according to your success and increasing your sales with time to ensure a long-term business. It’s mostly focused on working on your brand and loyal customers.

My problem with this last module is how Jeets usually creates a business, grows it, and then sells its once he feels he got enough out of it. He’s not really a long-term businessman if we use that as criteria for our judgement, now, is he?

Still, he may know how to do it and simply choose to not apply that knowledge or just use it sparingly (for some reason).

Final Verdict

Is It Worth It? Final Verdict

It’s a very short course, as I said before. Even with a price tag of $297, which is still below most courses being offered today, it feels a bit overpriced. Jeets knows how to be successful with all the businesses he’s run, so there’s definitely a lot he could add but chose not to.

Instagram marketing is mostly ignored except for using influencers, and the Facebook section could use a lot more depth. Given his experience, this is something he could’ve expanded, especially since it’s not exclusive to dropshipping.

Store creation and researching products are covered reasonably, but he just provides basic and mostly obvious strategies, so it’s kind of irrelevant.

Overall, it’s a very incomplete course, and it’s really disappointing since I know how much experience he has. Besides, it has the same price as eCom Elites’ ultimate package, and that’s a course that offers at least 3x what this course does. You can check out my review on it here.

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Once again, thanks for reading my No Bullshit Road to Remote Work Review and I wish you the best of luck.

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Wolves eCommerce Review

Wolves eCommerce Review (Youssef Alsamarai Course)

Youssef Alsamarai has returned with another course teaching you about running an eCommerce on Shopify. This time, the course comes as Wolves eCommerce, and it’s a longer entry than his last release.

Still the course is noticeably short, and it feels like just an extended version of his Tiger eCommerce course released previously. It’s not saying much as well since it was under 25 videos, and it barely reached 2 hours in content.

Another difference is that Tiger focused on using AliExpress, whereas Wolves eCommerce is a print on demand course.

Who’s the author?

If you don’t know him personally, then you won’t find a lot of luck figuring out who he actually is. His YouTube username is just Yous, and you’re not going to find out about him on the internet.

He does have a significant audience with more than 70,000 subscribers, and quite a few of his videos have gone viral, so he’s relatively well-known.

His claims include being an expert on social media marketing as well as a successful entrepreneur with both YouTube and Facebook Ads. He started out when he was 17, and he’s said to have come a long way until now, and he currently makes most of his income by teaching and coaching others on how to do the same.

The bulk of his videos provide good insight, and he stays clear from overcrowding his videos with clickbait titles and luxurious sports cars when promoting his course, so at least I like him.

Reviewing Wolves eCommerce

As with all courses, you have to look past all the figures and numbers on the sales pages and take a look straight into the content and its relation to the price tag of $198. Teachables host the content, so at least you’re getting good video and audio quality and responsiveness on all devices.

Besides, Youssef also speaks confidently, and it makes you feel he really knows about the things he teaches. However, don’t take my word for it since some people are just good in front of the camera.

The course splits into 11 modules covering different topics, from product research, to a final module on American dropshipping.

It’s pleasing to say he out a bit more content into this course after seeing his Tiger program, but it’s still quite short. In fact, he used some videos from his previous course into this one, so I’ll have to point that out despite whether or not the videos are actually useful in both instances.

The welcome module is just a 23-second long video with brief insights into the course. There’s a Facebook group for the course, and you also have access to a link for personal coaching from Youssef.

What do you get with this course?

The secret Instagram approach is also recycled from his Tiger course, and it’s not a secret. You probably already know it if you’ve seen videos on Instagram marketing.

An addition to this course is the print on demand business model and how Youssef teaches you to implement this strategy to your store on Shopify. He then compares it to using AliExpress.

The last videos talk about live reviews for your store, and the last module about dropshipping in America.

Final Verdict

Is It Worth It? Final Verdict

If we compare Wolves eCommerce to other courses out there, then it’s probably fairly priced at $198, especially seeing how courses offering the same content go for over $500. Youssef also knows what he’s talking about, and he has some ideas that I can share.

Finally, some of the videos have good quality in terms of content, and Youssef really shows his knowledge in some of them. The sections on print on demand offer good insight, and it’s a far cheaper course than other POD courses.

However, it’s still too little, and I’m annoyed at how he recycled videos that weren’t the best in the first place. It just feels like laziness where he could have delivered an improved experience.

Lastly, I said the price is OK compared to others, but then there are courses like eCome Elites (read my review) that will cost you the same and provide more than twice the amount of content, rivaling courses priced over $1,000.

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Once again, thanks for reading my Wolves eCommerce Review and I wish you the best of luck.

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Zero to 1k Club Review

Zero to 1k Club Review (Mohamed Camara Course)

Today, we’ll review Mohamed Camara’s Zero to 1k dropshipping course. You may have also know it as the “Zero to 1k/day Shopify Dropshipping Masterclass”, and it’s priced at $1,997.

Right away, it’s easy to be disappointed at the price, seeing how many courses are less expensive, and eCom Elites is just $297 at most. It’s not just that it’s hard to pay, but higher prices usually mean less value, as weird as that may be.

Who’s the author?

Mohamed says he’s made more than a million dollars by selling, netting $300,000 in profits, which makes him the best guide you can find for dropshipping.

However, those profits aren’t enough given how much other gurus are making (or at least claiming), but he says he’s not selling you his success. He’s offering help launching your own store.

He also claims he’s able to use the GPAAC approach for turning all products into winners, scaling to the 5 figures every month in just 30 days. Of course, you can’t really turn any product into a best-seller, but it’s easier to sell the course that way.

There’s one last issue is how he refers to his members as #themoneyteam. I’d think about changing it since I’d hate getting in trouble with Floyd Mayweather.

Reviewing Zero To 1k Club

The course is really short as well as the videos, but it does give you the basics you want from a course on dropshipping. It’s hosted on Teachables, and you can also pay through 3 payments of $397.

The course splits into 11 modules, from setting up your store to working on your backend, plus an intro and outro modules.

The course is clear enough about researching products and creating and setting up your business before going into a Facebook Ads course for turning your product into your full income. The 9th module is the most important one, teaching you how to target.

However, it’s a really basic overview of Facebook Ads. I was definitely expecting more after seeing the price tag, but I guess I have to forget about matching prices and value with most eCommerce gurus out there.

Final Verdict

Is It Worth It? Final Verdict

It’s not a bad course. It’s actually a good beginner’s guide to creating a store and marketing it with Facebook Ads, but it’s nowhere near the value suggested by its asking price.

You can get eCom Elites for a third of its price, and it offers 5 times more content than this course and plenty of other marketing channels to scale your store into your main income stream. You can read my review here.

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

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Accelerator Program Review

Accelerator Program Review (Matthew Sabia Course)

Matthew’s Accelerator is a subscription package for eCommerce entrepreneurs, and it’s priced at $49 each month.

According to the author’s claims, this coaching program aims to provide you with everything you need if you want to succeed with a dropshipping venture. It also says that you could be earning around $300 each day in just one or two months.

The program is hosted on Kajabi, and you have access to a full library with training videos, coaching sessions every week, product lists, and exclusive access to the program’s Facebook group.

Like most courses for dropshipping on Shopify, it promises too much, so of course I was curious about whether or not it fulfils those expectations.

Did it? Well, let’s find out.

Who’s the author?

Matthew Sabia is YouTuber, and the young man has been active for around 2 years now. He has a decent size on the Dropshipping YouTube niche with nearly 50,000 subscribers, and his best videos have quite a lot of views.

He’s also an entrepreneur in both affiliate marketing and eCommerce, and he claims those are the business models that have gained him a fortune.

The videos are actually quite good. They’re not too short nor too long, and they provide useful content. What’s suspicious is that he has just a few videos, and last time I checked, he still hadn’t broken the 10-video mark, but that was a while ago.

His videos have the standard clickbait titles claiming things like how he made $1,000 on a single day having zero traffic.

While he does have the flashy titles, that’s something pretty much all channels on this niche do. He also avoids the usual flashiness of similar gurus.

His course is hosted on a personal website he owns, and you can get to it via matthewsabia.com. You’ll easily spot the access button to his program.

Reviewing Accelerator Program

First of all, Accelerator isn’t marketed as just a course but as personal coaching complemented with a library filled with educational resources. You pay for it on a monthly schedule, and you have full access to all the features for as long as your subscription is active.

The course’s sales page tells you that you can get weekly personal coaching directly from Matthew and his team. Only 100 students can enroll for the program, and even then, he’ll have a tight schedule for making the calls.

I can’t really see how he can organize his time to attend all the calls. Each week has 168 hours, and if he offers 1 hour of coaching per student, he still has to spend more than half of his time on calls, and that’s about 14 hours per day.

Finally, add his sleeping and eating hours. Does he actually have a job? What are the chances you actually get to speak to him? That’s the main selling point for program, but even if he talks directly to his students, there’s no way you’re getting more than an hour of coaching, so is it really worth it?

Yes, there’s his team, but the sales page really doesn’t tell you who they are or what’s their experience.

As for the library, you get 6 different weeks splitting the course, and you have access to the modules each week’s start. I don’t really like this structure since you have to adapt your own schedule and that might be hard for some people.

Besides, some of the modules are just too short. For example, both module 1 and 3 have only 5 videos, and none pass the 10-minute mark.

Each week covers a different topic:

Week 1 covers product research.

Week 2 covers free traffic.

Week 3 goes into email marketing.

Week 4 teaches video marketing.

Week 5 is about paid advertisement on Facebook and Google.

Week 6 tells you how you can sell your Shopify store.

There’s a bonus module with exclusive tricks and secrets as well, but it still makes up quite a limited library, and it totals around just 30 different videos.

That’s problematic due to Matthew’s availability for coaching calls, for you’ll have to rely quite a lot on this library, yet it doesn’t offer the same content you can get from other courses.

It also skips a lot of fundamental information like using Pinterest or even LinkedIn for your business, and it skips marketing on Instagram entirely, so nothing on campaigns or influencers.

Matthew offers you a product list as well, and it’s claimed to be proven. However, it doesn’t make much sense when you think about how he’s giving away such profitable products at such a low price instead of just keeping it to themselves.

Even if they’re good, you’ll still have a tough time finding one that hasn’t been over saturated with everyone who’s taken this class.

Finally, you learn nothing on scaling your business. There’s zero knowledge on automating your processes or outsourcing work to other people. The final module just teaches you how to sell your store, so Matthew’s just teaching you how to rush your store, make some cash and jump onto the next one.

It’s just milking the products and niches, and you won’t really learn how to build a long-lasting business.

Final Verdict

Is It Worth It? Final Verdict

This program is quite a good idea, and it sounds great on paper, but the reality seems to be entirely different. There’s simply no way the coaching works in the way the student wants, and members will probably just have to settle to however Matthew solves this problem.

You’re left with a very limited and shallow library that won’t really have you build a business that you can build into the long-term.

I’d recommend you just save a bit of money and get a single-payment course that gives you access to all the content as soon as you buy it.

The Accelerator program will cost you over $500 for a year, but you can get eCom Elites for less than half, and you’ll have access to a lot more content on a lot more topics and with a lot more tips for a successful business. You can read my review here.

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Once again, thanks for reading my Accelerator Program Review and I wish you the best of luck.

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Drop Ship Lifestyle Review

Anyone thinking about starting a business dropshipping online have likely come across Anton Kraly’s advertisements for his Drop Ship Lifestyle course. This course claims it’ll provide you with all the knowledge and training you’ll need to set up and run your dropshipping business; it’s also supposed to teach you how to expand your venture once successful.

Now, don’t expect me to sell you the course as a wonder, and I’m not affiliated to him in any way. You’ll learn about what it actually offers, and why it’s actually not what you want for your business.

It’s worth noting that Anton has seemingly started his marketing campaign all over again with full power, and this has included a new DSL version. Another interesting addition is an even more convoluted refunds policy, so expect even more troubles if you want to get a refund.

Reviewing the course

There are many resources online that can help you understand the business model a lot better. However, as a basic introduction, dropshipping is a business approach in which you sell products without having to purchase them to build a stock.

It removes the need for initial inventory investment, storing it somewhere, and hoping that you can sell them to earn a profit or at least get your money back.

Brick and mortar stores had been the norm until sales ventured into the internet through eCommerce sites. Still, owners still bought the products from a supplier, receive them, and offer them for a slightly higher price either on their websites or on their stores.

However, dropshipping bypasses the first and second steps by letting you list any product from any supplier at the moment. You only need to purchase the item once a customer places an order. Then, you contact your supplier, buy the product, and have it shipped to your customer’s address.

That way, if you don’t sell any of your items, you’re not risking or losing any money. You only lose the minutes you used to post the products, so you can even change your offers any time until you find a product that you can sell efficiently.

Who is Anton Kraly?

Anton says he’s another guy who was stuck in a regular job with the usual dead end back in the USA, and he chose to go to SE Asia. He went to experience the “digital nomad” lifestyle, so he decided to start a business.

He claims he was then introduced to the dropshipping business model thanks to a friend, so he started to create his own stores via online platforms like Shopify, which let him create his business within a few hours at most.

He then spent several years selling his dropshipping products successfully, and after that, he thought about creating his DSL course so that he could share what he knows with the rest of the world.

From then on, it appears a lot of affiliates got on board, so the course started growing a lot. Today, DSL is among the most recommended online programs for learning how to dropship on your own.

Our objective here is that you find out whether or not that’s actually true or just what the affiliates sell for a profit.

Among the most influential promoters behind the DSL course is Johnny FD. He’s a fellow digital nomad living in Chang Mai, and he constantly claims that this course was the inspiration that took him to creating his own business online; that’s why he dedicates himself to promote the course via the AntonMethod, an affiliate page he uses for that purpose.

Johnny says he made around $3,000 monthly thanks to his dropshipping business selling sun beds and massage tables, but he sold the business not too long ago for a bit over $60,000.

Do note that Johnny also has a course himself, and it’s called “Drop Ship Lab”. However, the course has been inactive for a really long time, so it’s safe to say it’s dead by now.

Why is it popular among reviews?

DSL came out almost 8 years ago, back in 2012. From the get-go, it sported an affiliate marketing program for different marketers to profit from promoting it.

These people would earn up to 50% of the course’s price for each referral. Back then, the entry price was almost a fourth part of what it costs now: $250, so that means each referral would net you $125; it’s a dream come true, even more so for people just starting.

People following John Chow and others who make $2,000 for each commission won’t be as surprised, especially today, but this was a huge deal back then.

Naturally, the course attracted countless affiliates who wanted to promote it through Clickbank from 2012’s December all the way to November 2014; most people didn’t even know whether or not the course was any good.

It showed on the different reviews made for the course. Virtually all of them were just promoting the same images available on the course’s sales page.

However, it has mostly died out until the recent release and seeming revamp of the course. Most reviews available on the internet are from before 2016, but many may start appearing with its revival.

Of course, Affiliates competed to get on the first results in Google searches, and they even headed over to YouTube and any channels that could get them the audience. Even CPA sites like Flexoffers brokered this offer to myriads of affiliates looking to build their links and handle all the traffic they could get.

As such, Anton ended up having a huge amount of people taking the course, and it got to the point that he claimed to be a multi-millionaire by the start of 2015. Of course, he said that it was from dropshipping, but once you multiply the course’s price by the course’s students count (over 2,500), it’s easy to determine what took him there.

At this moment, something really shady happens: Anton just got rid of all the affiliate marketers who had promoted his course and netted him the new members. In less than a day, the entire affiliate program vanished without any kind of warning, paying all pending commissions.

After doing this, he installed a new rule for people wanting to promote it: they had to pay and be a member if they wanted to promote it.

In other words, the course turned completely into an MLM business like Wealthy Affiliate or MOBE. Just look for any product available online and its reviews; odds are you’ll see that the writer rated it poorly and compared it to one of those two (or another) courses.

Of course, it’s not as big as other names, but it’s still an MLM network with an (at least) shady past.

When you pay for a subscription and become a DSL member, you can freely promote that course. That’s more enticing than it seems. Let’s say you paid $2,000 for it; that would mean that you just need to get 2 more people to sign up.

Now, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with this approach. It’s a legitimate business practice, and it’s really efficient. However, it does provide you with an idea of how the course became so famous and filled with positive reviews, so don’t just assume it’s because of its quality.

Finally, note that getting refunds with MLM businesses is a real challenge. You need to read every single line on all contracts since most offer you a 30-day guarantee before asking you to follow annoying steps just to prove that you didn’t really benefit from it. Often times, the steps could even cost you or be impossible for some people.

What you really get

This course has grown a lot since it was first released, and it’s now on version 7.0, which was updated back in April of this year (2019). While it has changed quite a bit, and it’s certainly larger, the course is still presented like it was during its release: WordPress website with the Optimizepress add-on.

What did change a lot is the price. It was $250 back when it was release, or you could pay $2,997 for the ultimate offer, complete with a store already done for you. If you don’t really die over the main components, you can pay $1,997 for the first iteration of this course.

Back in January 2017, the lowest plan was priced at $997, so you can see it almost quadrupled. Furthermore, as of this article’s writing, the premium plan costs $2,997; the ultimate, done-for-you offer has reached the $4,997 mark.

What feels wrong with this is that most updates are just design changes, a few more videos, and some corrections. It’s not enough (in my opinion) to warrant such a high increase. Don’t take these numbers as give, either; the price is always changing, so if you read this in a few months, it’ll probably be higher.

Back in the 4th version of this course, the course split into 4 different plans. However, the 5th version then removed the basic plan, or at least it merged both the basic and premium plans together, so today, the cheapest plan is $2,997.

However, for the sake of keeping you in context, let’s go through the 3 plans as originally planned. That’ll help you have an idea of what was offered before compared to what is offered right now.

Basic plan

The basic plan started out at $250 during its release, and it was maintained for a few years. However, the last price tag it had was $997 right before it was merged into the premium plan. Version 4.0 had recreated videos, but the content overall was always the same, so it started feeling outdated quickly.

The content was mostly basic: the type of videos you could find online. However, the basic plan did include the entire video course, and it covered almost everything: from explaining the business model to finding your suppliers and growing your business. The problem was mostly whether or not the information was actually good.

The most recent videos added do include more modern concepts like Adwords and an entire design class for eCommerce not available until the 4th version.

Anton advises students to keep organic search away and instead just go to Google Adwords. That means pretty much just to forget about SEOn your website. That’s really a bad idea since you’re giving up free traffic, and using Adwords is also a fairly expensive method, especially for some niches like clothing and electronics.

You also got a custom theme for Shopify with the basic plan, and you could use it to create a store in minutes. The problem with this theme is that there are thousands of people taking the course, and all of them have access to this theme, so you’d risk your store looking too similar to your competition.

Besides, Google ranks duplicate websites lower, and the same is true for most search algorithms.

Premium plan

This subscription come with everything that the basic package included and a few additions. It used to cost $497, and it offered users 55 advanced modules for training as well as access to both the DSLabs and private apps, software and a supplier directory.

The DSLabs is a section with checklists, scripts for supplier contact, and some standard operation procedures ready for you. There’s also an app for Shopify; it automates several processes for your business, but it isn’t the best app available for that purpose.

This plan repeats the same problem as the template from the basic plan (which is also included here). The scripts are the same that thousands of businesses are getting as well, so you’ll just follow the herd if you decide to use them as is.

The best you can do is just call the supplier and request to speak with someone who can make business with you. Emailing is something everyone can do, but you want to show initiative and that you can “get things done”.

The directory does stand out; it’s surprising thanks to the large amount of suppliers you get. However, you can pay for a service like Salehoo to get thousands of suppliers anywhere around the world. Always remember that everyone taking this course will surely hit the same suppliers for business.

Salehoo is just $65, and it has more suppliers and details on each.

Since this plan already had everything from the basic plan, the team decided to just merge the two. As I’m writing this, this plan is the cheapest option, yet it costs $2,997.

Done for you plan

The last package started out at $2,997, and it was the most exclusive and expensive offer on the course. The fact that now the most accessible option has that same price could put a lot of people off.

This package has the DSL team setting up the website so that you don’t have to. You’re then able to use the free time for learning the content and growing your business without any distractions.

Aside from the website, it also offers 2 hours for you to call Anton directly and get coaching. You also get 2 exclusive tickets for a DSL yearly retreat that’s held in either Vietnam, Laos, or Thailand.

Thailand is the most common destination, and the retreats gather different nomads from anywhere around the globe for networking and sharing in general.

I didn’t pay for this package, so I can’t really tell you a lot about it. However, people signing up for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd versions of this course got their retreat tickets every year for a lot less (sever thousands).

You should try to hit Anton with an email, but you can definitely go to that retreat without paying the package’s price. It’s actually a bit unfair for some people, and I can understand that.

DSL version 5

The 5th version of the course is one of the most important changes it’s gotten since its release. For starters, it removed the basic plan and merged it with the premium package to make a single offer; however, it’s just removing the basic subscription since the premium already had everything from it.

It added a new module regarding a USA business setup if you’re overseas, which was actually a pretty good addition. It also raised the asking price to $1,997 for the package ($1,000 cheaper than today).

This version also emphasized the MLM aspect of the course. Even more so, the page where you sign up for the course doesn’t show any prices until about the 3rd sales video starts.

During the videos, the course promises a solid refunds policy with the 30-day guarantee, but you must read every detail carefully, for this is a catchy statement. All conditions are fairly reasonable, but you need to prove you completed the program before you ask for a refund. You won’t get it if you can’t show that.

The problem is how this is a contradiction to its 30-day guarantee.

The guarantee says that you get access to all the content without risks, and you can try all the content. You can email support if you aren’t satisfied within the first month, proving you’re completing tasks but not seeing results. The refund is 100% of what you paid.

It also says that you must only join if your intention is to complete the tasks since that’s necessary for getting the results advertised. If a refund is requested, you need to prove you’ve completed these tasks.

As you can see, the guarantee says that you can take the entire course for free, and you can cancel your subscription at any time as long as you can show you’ve been working on it and achieving the tasks.

There’s zero mentions on having to finish the complete course before you ask for a reason, so you’re left to guess which of the two conditions are worth following. Do note that taking the entire course may take you more than 30 days, so you can see how sketchy the whole policy is.

Reasons not to buy it

Now you know pretty much everything you can learn about the course itself and what you receive after signing up. You may have formed your own conclusions regarding if you want it or not, but let me explain why you should not buy the course before you make the final call.

Price

As with similar courses on similar topics, the price really goes beyond the content and value it actually offers. While it started off somewhat OK at $250 for the basic plan, the constant increases with each version took it far off from what it should actually cost, especially with so many resources available online for much less or for free.

So, no. This course isn’t worth more than what it asked at first, and it’s definitely not worth $2,997.

If you want to build a business on dropshipping, you want to take the time to analyze all the costs. Anton says you need hard work before you have a successful eCommerce and become rich; you need to invest your money if you want to make it.

Anton said his business started with just $29 before making him $1.8 million, but there are costs involved with building your site, hosting, marketing, etc. If you don’t know how to do something (and there’s always stuff you won’t know), then you can add hiring other people to that, and that’s a few thousands extra.

If you add this course’s price to all the investment you must make, then you’ll quickly inflate your budget, and it’ll reach unnecessarily high levels. Sellers definitely inflated the price thanks to its popularity, and it’s understandable.

However, the content and quality of the course itself hasn’t grown with its cost.

Shopify exclusive

This course assumes you’re going to build your store with Shopify. In fact, Anton has affiliates links to the platform, and he’ll make money from every purchase from his links. Additionally, the only training available on store building is for Shopify, so you’ll have to get extra knowledge from different sources if you want to use another platform.

Another problem behind that is the fact that Shopify can be quite expensive for a lot of people, especially for newcomers.

Hosting on Shopify costs about $300 every year. If you want a larger business, then you also want to invest on the standard plan for $79 each month, which makes it to about $900 every year. Add a transaction fee for every sale that can go up to 2% and the costs for additional apps you integrate into your store.

Outside from the fundamentals, the free templates on Shopify aren’t the best available, and most people will be using them. That means you want to get a premium theme as well or hire a developer. Getting a theme can add up to $100-200 more.

You can see how the exclusiveness is an issue. You’re paying for an overpriced the course that focuses only on methods requiring you spend more money.

Niche content

The knowledge offered on finding a niche for your business is just mediocre, and even free resources like YouTube videos and articles give you more depth and value. In fact, most negatives reviews for the DSL course will gravitate around this issue.

One of the most important steps to setting up your business is to know what you want to sell, and choosing a bad niche will kill your business from the first day. You want to take your time studying the market and find a niche that’s not oversaturated or already take by a giant like Amazon.

The only consolation is that Anton offers to validate your niche for you before you start your venture. The problem is that even this can be sketchy depending on how you look at it: it may be help, or you may give him a great idea, so he could easily tell you not to do it and keep the niche for himself.

Lack of SEO

As we already mentioned when describing the content in the course, Anton doesn’t endorse organic traffic on search engines, so you can forget about any knowledge regarding SEO and the like.

Anton often says that it simply takes too long to get sales if you take your time on SEO, and that’s why he recommends you go straight for Adwords. While it could make sense for some, it’s yet another hefty expense for many entrepreneurs.

Now, let’s paint a picture.

You just paid $2,997 for the course and $79 for your website. Well, you also need to spend around $500 on Google advertising. Now, a lot of people can do it, and many actually do, but there are people who will take the course just to realize that their venture is way out of their reach.

The sales video won’t state the costs for the methods taught by this course, and chances are you’re only going to find that out once you finished the course and started putting the lessons into practice.

Anton tries to lessen the pain by offering coupons and some training modules on the platform, but this approach is still difficult, and anyone without experience will probably just burn their budget quickly and get no sales or even leads.

Anton only teaches you about what worked for his business, and it seems SEO isn’t one of them, so you’re left to figure out if you’re as lucky as he was.

Other members joined for less

This is another issue I already mentioned: most people you see in the students’ community subscribed to it earlier and for a lot less than you. Since the course started getting upgraded, they stated that everyone who paid first would have free access to all versions. Anton set the price to $497 before version 3 closed so that he could have more money for developing the 4th version.

That means that all members got the content for $1,000 less than you (at least, remember it started out at $250). They also have free tickets for the retreat that would cost you almost $5,000.

This isn’t just paying more than others; it means you’re severely handicapped. Why?

First, your competitors started off with lower expenses, but that’s just the start. Remember that the content doesn’t really get updated with each version besides some design and retakes. The knowledge offered today is roughly the same available when it was released.

Think about the templates and directories again; other people got them years before you, so they’re probably saturated already. You won’t really get good results by using them.

As such, keep in mind that most people who have taken the course are probably inactive. They’ve either reached success and left the community, or they just bombed or realized dropshipping wasn’t the gold mine they expected.

Non-US students

Until nearly 3 years ago, the course didn’t offer any knowledge for people wanting to settle an overseas business or outside the country. It lacked nothing on the legal side of things and taxes, so students had to go to another source if they had doubts on these.

If you’re not from the US, then you need to qualify as a type of USA entity before working with dropshippers there. If you want to do the same with European dropshippers, then you want to be registered as a business or trader there with a VAT.

Anton simply skipped the overall legal side of things for US or European supplier, likely because of how popular is AliExpress. You can register in Delaware or Wyoming, but that would lead to an entirely new article.

Luckily, Anton decided to add a brief course on this matter starting 2017. It still isn’t the best you can get, and you’ll likely need other resources, but at least it’s there.

Is dropshipping a good business?

That’s a tricky answer depending on whom you ask. Dropshipping isn’t the same gold mine it was almost 10 years ago when people started getting into it, and Amazon wasn’t as huge as it is right now.

However, now it’s really hard to compete with the prices at Amazon, and you have to spend a lot of time and research to find a niche that you can take advantage of over Amazon. Just make sure to keep track of Best Buy or Walmart.

Most suppliers will also prefer to work with Amazon than smaller independent businesses like dropshippers. They can actually guarantee the sales suppliers want.

With the dozens of courses like DSL, hundreds of dropshipper now want to start the same business with the same niches, products, and suppliers –all at the same price.

Making money with dropshipping requires that you set your business apart from the rest; that’s how you can really make money with this model. The issue is how that means going against half the advice available with Drop Ship Lifestyle.

You need to find products and suppliers no one else knows, and that means forgetting about all directories, scripts and themes available in DSL.

So, to answer the question, you can make money from dropshipping, but you need to know how to do so in the right way.

Better resources for your money

If you’re not looking for just a community but to build a prosperous business, then you should look at the following options. For the price of a basic DSL plan, you can buy all of the following and still have something to spare.

eCom Elites

This is easily the best course available for people looking to dropship. You have more than 175 videos, adding up to around 40 hours covering the model, selecting products, marketing, and everything related.

I’ve seen many courses, and promoting a $2,000+ course would get me more money, but I’d rather recommend value, and eCom Elites gives you all you need for just $197. If you wanted the community, you have access to the private Facebook group and weekly videos.

If you’re looking for good information and training to do thigs yourself, then eCom Elites is the best choice, and you don’t even have to empty your bank account.

eCom Turbo (theme)

As I said before, the free Shopify templates aren’t the best you can get, and thousands are probably already using them.

Most people complaining about not getting sales despite the visitors is simply the esthetics of their business and zero mobile responsiveness. While it may look great on desktop, most sales will come from smartphone users.

eCom Turbo takes care of everything you expect from a theme and more. Visitors won’t have to scroll at all to know what they’re going to buy since all the details show above the fold.

You can also personalize this theme to fit any taste. You don’t have to spend hundreds and hours looking for a theme that goes with what you want since you can transform eCom Turbo any way you wish, and it’s just $97 for lifetime access to its updates.

Salehoo

Salehoo is a supplier directory for dropshippers and wholesale contacts. It’s been available for more than 10 years, and its reputation speaks for itself.

Salehoo gives you access to more than 10,000 different resources spread amongst many countries, including the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, so you don’t have to look too hard to find the one that suits you best.

WooCommerce or Shopify

Finally, you need a platform for your website, and these two are the best options

WooCommerce is best for people with experience regarding WordPress and website hosting since it’s completely free. It comes from the folks at WooThemes, and you can customize this add-on however you want. If you want even more options, there are premium plugins for less than $15 on ThemeForest.

The only issue with WooCommerce is that you need to pay for your hosting separately.

Shopify is another choice for people with a bit more money at hand. The cheapest plan is $29, but as I said, you probably want to go for the $79 standard subscription. Besides the initial fee, make sure to take a look at the price structure since your sales volume will change according to it.

Final Verdict

Is It Worth It? Final Verdict

DSL is definitely a promising course, but the cost is simply too high. Besides its initial cost, it only covers the most expensive approaches like Shopify along with Adwords.

By going for the options below, you can start your business on the right foot for less than $1,000, and you can use the extra $2,000 for those Adwords if you want, which will be paired with a solid SEO for organic traffic.

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Once again, thanks for reading my Dropship Lifestyle Review and I wish you the best of luck.

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