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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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Reviewing the course

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.

Who is Anton Kraly?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

What you really get

Basic plan

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.

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

Premium plan

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Reasons not to buy it

Price

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

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

Shopify exclusive

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

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

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.

Now, let’s paint a picture.

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

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?

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.

Non-US students

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?

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.

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

eCom Elites

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.

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.

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.

WooCommerce or Shopify

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

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

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.

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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Drop Ship Lifestyle Review

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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.

Who is Anton Kraly?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

What you really get

Basic plan

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.

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

Premium plan

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Reasons not to buy it

Price

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

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

Shopify exclusive

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

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

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.

Now, let’s paint a picture.

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

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?

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.

Non-US students

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?

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.

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

eCom Elites

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.

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.

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.

WooCommerce or Shopify

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

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

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.

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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No, This Is Not An 8-Year Bull Market For The S&P500

I’m sure by now you’ve had the time to digest the never ending headlines about an 8-year anniversary of a bull market for the S&P500. The problem with all of them is that the S&P500 has NOT been in a bull market for 8 years. In fact, there is a very strong argument to make that it could have just hit its one-year anniversary. Also, let’s remember the motivations of the people who are suggesting that the S&P500 is entering the 9th year of a single bull market. In a majority of cases they are purposely misleading you for personal gain.

It’s important to identify that the one single reason these people are using is actually a small technicality that they are irresponsibly pointing out and choosing to isolate as the sole basis for this conclusion. The single reason they are using to suggest that the S&P500 is entering its 9th year of a bull market is because in 2011 the S&P500 fell only 19.38% from peak to trough on a closing basis and not 20%. Again, let me stress that this is the ONLY data point they are using to claim we are in an 8-year bull market. And to make matters worse, their reasoning is because it fell 19.38% on a closing basis and not 20%? WHAT??

Let’s address the issues here one by one. First, 20% is a completely arbitrary number. I’m not sure who made this up, but there is zero logical reason why a 19.999% correction is considered still a bull market while a 20% correction is considered a bear market. It’s obvious to us as market participants how clinically insane someone needs to be to make this claim with a straight face.

Next, let’s point out the fact that anyone claiming that this is a bull market in the S&P500 is blatantly choosing to ignore reality. They are trying to convince you that this is a bull market simply because the S&P500 Cash Index fell only 19.38% while the S&P500 futures fell over 22% and on an intraday basis the S&P500 Cash Index also fell over 20%. They are cherry picking this one specific vehicle to make outlandish claims that are self-serving. They get to lie in a headline so you either click/watch/listen or in other cases they skew their “research” to help achieve their own goals, like get attention and/or help raise assets. It’s unfortunate, but their motivations clearly do not align with ours as market participants and they make it obvious.

Bear markets are an extended period of stock index declines where over time the majority of stocks in that index participate to the downside. In other words, this is a market of stocks, not just a stock market. In 2011, almost 70% of stocks in the S&P500 had corrected over 20% from their peaks. Also, by the beginning of 2016, 63% of stocks in the S&P500 had corrected by over 20% from their top. So twice, a majority of components in the S&P500 had corrected dramatically, arguably entering bear markets. To suggest that these periods were bull markets is not only incorrect, but I would argue is an irresponsible statement to make by anyone who experienced trading in those markets. Here is a good chart showing these bear markets sent to me by Todd Sohn over at Strategas:

To continue with this theme of cherry picking indexes that fit your narrative while blatantly ignoring the important facts, let me direct you to the S&P500 Equal Weighted Index. This treats each component in the index exactly the same, giving us a much better gauge of market breadth. Remember, in order to maliciously try to mislead you, they are choosing to use the S&P500 Market Cap-Weighted Index to determine Bull & Bear Markets using their arbitrary 20% level as the threshold. Meanwhile, in 2011, the S&P500 Equal Weighted Index fell over 25% from peak to trough. They conveniently leave that point out in their “research”. Also, if you really want to be picky and use only closing prices, once again the S&P500 Equal Weighted Index fell over 23% from peak to trough on a closing basis in 2011. But the irresponsible parties will look at you in the face and tell you this doesn’t count: “We must only use the S&P500 Market Cap Weighted Index, and we must only use the cash market, not futures”:

Next, let’s remember that the S&P500 is not “the stock market”. These people cherry picking this one single index, and only the S&P500 Cash Index, not S&P Futures (how convenient), are blatantly ignoring the rest of the world. While a majority of S&P500 stocks were getting killed throughout most of 2015 (because we were in a bear market), the rest of the world was selling off by much more. By January of 2016, Emerging Markets were down 45% from their peak in 2011. Was that a bull market too? Europe and Japan each fell around 30% from their 2015 highs. Were those bull markets? The Russell3000, which represents approximately 98% of all investable assets in the United States equities market fell 23% from the 2011 highs. Was that a bull market? The ACWI (All Country World Index) fell 27% in 2011 and 22% in 2015. Bull markets also?

The bottom line is that we’ve had plenty of bear markets since 2009. This is NOT the 9th year of a bull market. So when did it begin you ask? I think there are a few good arguments to make, much better ones than cherry picking this one S&P500 index (and only cash, not futures). One that I like is the breakout in 2013, when prices finally got above the 2000 and 2007 highs. A valid argument can be made that this was the start of a new secular bull market and the end of a 13-year bear market that began after the boom of the late-90s. Here is that chart:

Another argument can be made that a bear market for stocks ended in the first quarter of 2016 and a new cyclical bull market began. This is when Emerging Markets bottomed out after 5 years of declines. The entire metals and energy complex also put in their bottoms during this time (not a coincidence). Japan, Europe and the United States (S&P500) bottomed in February of last year, right around the same time. Credit spreads, which we look to for confirmation of ongoing trends in stocks put in their bottom at the same time. This was NOT one big giant coincidence. This was when market participants globally reached a point where demand finally was able to exceed the selling pressure that we had seen persist for a long time, which some might refer to as “a bear market”.

Playing devil’s advocate, you might say, “Well JC the S&P500 represents America and American investors, so we use that index”. OK, let’s go with that for a second remembering that you are specifically cherry picking the S&P500, ignoring every single other US Index and International Index and also ignoring the fact that intraday the S&P500 fell over 21% in 2011 and the futures market also fell over 20%. But to suggest that the S&P500 represents American investors is also wrong. This is money coming from all over the world, not just the United States. With each day that passes, the stock market is is becoming more and more global. So if you want to know what the stock market is doing, it would be irresponsible to focus on just one cap-weighted index in just one country.

In order to help identify the direction of the underlying trend in stocks I have taken the top 10 exchanges from all over the world, and created an equally-weighted index of all 10 of the world’s largest exchanges, including both developed and emerging markets. We’re talking not just U.S., but Germany, UK, Japan, Canada, Brazil, China, etc. You can see that twice over the past 8 years we have seen corrections in global equities of over 28%. These are not characteristics of bull markets when stocks lose nearly a third of their value TWICE over the period you are claiming is an 8-year bull market. Shame on you.

So when you see people trying to convince you that we are in the 9th year of a bull market, this is further evidence that their goals are NOT aligned with ours as market participants. The media loves the headline, and don’t care whether it’s correct or not. Then there is the sell side trying to make you feel bad for not keeping up with this “bull market” so you can move your assets to their firms. There are also examples of people commentating that are just wrong, and don’t actually have any malicious intent. But I would argue that is the rare exception, not the rule. More often than not, people are trying to fool you for their own personal gain, whether dollars or clicks (that lead to dollars). I live my stock market life assuming everyone is completely full of it, and then give them the chance to prove me wrong. Most don’t.

The irresponsible don’t let facts get in the way of their narratives. Winners ignore that noise and instead focus on reality. Data mining and cherry picking to create an alternate reality is not for us.

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Best GRE prep books review

Utilize Princeton Review or Barron's to Determine What is your syllabus. Proceed through Math theories (what's high school degree) and could be read, revised and learnt at a 3-4 days. Just take an excess day to work on hard chapters. With this you're finished with concepts/formulae/methods needed for GRE.

Then beginning with exercise tests, computer evaluations (whatever you can get your hands on).

All throughout the prep, work in your language. The first thing in the morning undergo the term list and select around 30 anonymous phrases and compose them down/read them until you recall the majority of them. Before reevaluate the 30 words. You update the 90 words every day. Use etymological references, utilize sentence creation to assist remember. Magoosh GRE program is fantastic for performing words on the move. The entire learn 5 words per day notion propounded by individuals is a fantasy reason nobody is that 5 and regular words are too few to bother recalling. Finally people just don't bother doing them. Additionally blend words up instead of sticking to one alphabet, because GRE will request you randomly.

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Greatest GRE Prep Books

With no additional ado, I give you the listing of the top 8 finest GRE prep books (so) and three novels deserving of an honorable mention (in no specific order).

Most publishers alter hardly any content from 1 variant to another. If I can help save you money by advocating an old version of a fantastic book, then I am likely to do this!

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Here is the holy grail of homework. If you're able to only buy 1 book, this is it. The tone of this voice might not be as favorable as any other book available on the industry. However, in case you're able to bear the content that is dry, you're becoming by far the very best practice because ETS writes the questions for your test.

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The plans are not anything new (you are able to learn all those from this site), but this novel is really a must-buy, if just for the quality of its practice queries. The Quantitative Reasoning publication, on the other hand, contains both useful practice issues and useful new approaches. A word of caution: these new mathematics problems are extremely challenging. They will definitely require a little excess attention, and will assist you your quant game.

This book isn't perfect. Nonetheless, it's far better than the Barron's overall GRE guide.

This is a variant of the older GRE, and also the older, old GRE at the (the tests had been taken out of 1991, a year a number of you had to enter the planet). Yes, the math is a lot simpler. However, all these are queries made by the authors of evaluation, therefore the traps are classical GRE. I would not use this as a base for the GRE test prep, however, take a look at the review to find out whether it is a fantastic match for your research: Practicing to Take the GRE, 10th Edition Book Review.

The Reading Comprehension passages continue to be tough and create for great practice. And while they have cut on the Antonym and Analogy segments, the antonym questions nevertheless result in good practice (that the analogies comprise many absurd words, like titles of resources and sewing implements).

Ths series includes eight (mostly excellent) books written by people that have years of instruction experience. This fact actually shines through in the authorial voice that this series utilizes. You feel like there's an extremely intelligent, but enjoyable, laid back coach walking through the substance.

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Not because they are perfect, but since they feature GRE sample essays ... something few novels have. They will allow you to craft a nice reaction to a variety of GRE essay subjects. Not required reading, but certainly useful if you would like to boost your composition score.

This publication is usually substandard, and when after reading my review (see below), then you're surprised I'm pairing it with this top five list, and then I owe a fast explanation: the addition of this The Princeton Review publication speaks to the typically low grade of GRE prep books on the market.

These approaches are for the most part absent in the Official Guide (although I share similar approaches from the eBook and about the site).

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Since this publication remains almost Precisely the same from year to year, here is the review of a old variant: Princeton Review: Cracking the New GRE 2012 Book Review

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The 2014 Kaplan publication is the same in the past two decades. Test prep approaches which are extremely high-level rather than that revolutionary, followed by subpar questions. That is, these queries are not like what you will see evaluation day concerning style or difficulty. It is far better not to waste the time with this publication.

Listed below are dozens, or even hundreds, of GRE books available on the marketplace. Great luck!

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How Much Does NowFoods ChromeMate Cost?

90 capsules from NOW-2-U.com (the Now online shop) cost $9.99. Also available in 180-cap bottles from there for $18.99.

Our Verdict On NowFoods ChromeMate

We’re puzzled as to why anyone would take ChromeMate in the first place: is it for weight loss? Is it for improving athletic performance? Is it to prevent what’s tactfully called “age-related mental decline”? Or is it just a supplement to add to all the other half-empty bottles in the back of a cupboard somewhere?

Now Foods are either giving consumers the widest possible choice of reasons to buy ChromeMate – or no reasons at all. The only thing they tell us ChromeMate does is it “Supports Healthy Blood Sugar Levels already within normal range”. That makes us to wonder exactly what the point of this product really is. All of the above? None of the above?

So until we know precisely why Now Foods have formulated ChromeMate, and what specific problem it’s intended to solve, we’re going to reject it.

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We’re still trying to figure out why we should take ChromeMate if it, “Supports Healthy Blood Sugar Levels already within normal range”.

NowFoods ChromeMate Facts

NowFoods was launched at the start of the natural food movement, back in 1948 and remains a family-operated business to this day.

Labdoor.com analysed a single serving of NOW Foods Vitamin D3 and found it to contain 30% more Vitamin D3 than stated on the label.

Looking through glassdoor.com, it seems that many NOW Foods employees are unhappy with the company for reasons which include management style, communication and reducing established commission payments.

Then again, there are other reasons to be somewhat careful with this product, considering that it’s providing nearly six times the recommended Daily Value of chromium … and not just because it seems this is one more product the good Dr Oz added to his list of magic weight loss supplements.

How to Take NowFoods ChromeMate

You should take one capsule daily, with food.

The reasons which most concern us are the potential side-effects of ChromeMate, and the fact that it’s not great to take with over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medications like aspirin, or other anti-inflammatories which require a prescription.

NowFoods ChromeMate Concerns:

The standard caution for ChromeMate is just that: a standard caution.

There’s no mention of possible interactions, especially with so much chromium in each serving.

After labdoor.com’s analysis, we now wonder just how accurate NOW Food’s dosages really are.

And we’re advised not to mix it with Vitamin C, because it interferes with the uptake of chromium.

What Does NowFoods ChromeMate Claim To Do?

This is the weird thing: it doesn’t claim to do anything, really. Unless you count supporting healthy blood sugars already within normal range.

And if your blood sugars are already within normal range, what’s the point of buying ChromeMate? You might as well just add another handful of broccoli to your dinner because it’s really rich in chromium. What’s that? You don’t like broccoli? Ah. There may be a reason for buying ChromeMate yet.

Does NowFoods ChromeMate Work?

That depends on what you want it to do for you. Here are a few quotes from forums and review sites to give some kind of indication about what ChromeMate has done for people: “smoothing out energy between meals while helping to boost metabolism” “taking it “to regulate my blood sugar”” “… I love the boost of energy” “… notice less of a craving for carbs” / “… his appetite swings/fatigue and nighttime bathroom trips have all gone down significantly”

Basically it’s case of “diffr’nt strokes for diffr’nt folks” so the best answer here is maybe ChromeMate works, maybe it doesn’t. It all depends on what you’re taking it for.

What Are The Ingredients of NowFoods ChromeMate?

Chromium Polynicotinate, 200 mcg. That’s 571% of the recommended Daily Value.

To help the body absorb all that chromium, there is also have Niacin AKA Vitamin B3, but only 1.1 mg. That’s 7% of the recommended Daily Value, even though some sources tell us the maximum daily dose can go up to 35 mg.

Does NowFoods ChromeMate Have Any Side Effects?

In a word, yes. In lots of words, chromium can harm both the liver and the kidneys. It can also reduce blood sugar levels, especially if you’re taking diabetes medications. Low blood sugar levels can bring on light-headedness, an inability to concentrate, and irritability. If you’ve got thyroid problems, chromium can make them worse.

Chromium can interact badly with anti-inflammatory medications, both over-the-counter and prescription. Chromium can also bring on dizziness and rashes. At the beginning of a course of chromium, you could find your sleep seriously disturbed either by not being able to drop off as fast as before, or by some seriously vivid dreams. Many people prefer to take their daily dose of chromium some hours before bedtime to prevent this. Chromium interferes with the body’s ability to absorb iron.

Frighteningly, chromium can also interfere with brain chemistry, making existing conditions such as depression, anxiety, or schizophrenia worse than before.

Caution: After all the side effects listed above, it’s disappointing to see the ChromeMate website’s basic caution notice, as in: “Caution: For adults only. Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition. Keep out of reach of children.”

It’s like they don’t want us to know, isn’t it?

Are There Any Customer Reviews For NowFoods ChromeMate?

As usual, we went to Amazon, where we can find a more balanced collection of product reviews than ones we’d find on sites trying to sell us the supplement we’re looking into. Yes, there are positive reviews for ChromeMate which wouldn’t look out of place on any website selling it, but there are also reviews which might just not make it onto the website, like ones we found on Amazon saying;

Did not do anything for me

I guess this product gave me a bad headache

SO SO

Does NowFoods ChromeMate Offer a Money-Back Guarantee?

NOW-2-U.com will give a full refund (minus shipping fees) within 60 days. That’s for new, unopened items. You might get hit with a 15% restocking fee, and, “Empty bottles or bottles less than half full will not be credited unless there are reasonable circumstances”.

As for what constitutes “reasonable”, we’re as in the dark as you are.

Where Can I Buy NowFoods ChromeMate?

ChromeMate is quite easy to track down: it’s on the NOW Foods sales site – that’s NOW-2-U.com, stocked by online retailers such as iHerb and, naturally, on Amazon and eBay.

We keep saying this, and we’re not going to stop saying it anytime soon: beware of supplements offered through eBay, Amazon, and other sales portals. We’d hate you to think you’ve ordered the genuine article, only to discover you’ve been sold a fake. Because that can happen. And it does. A lot. And we don’t want that to happen to you.

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Spirit Airlines Wants to Win Back Customers by Being Nicer

Spirit Airlines has long advertised cheap prices with its "bare fare" campaign. But it is changing its messaging to embrace value, and trying to give passengers a better experience. Spirit Airlines

Skift Take: Spirit Airlines spent years angering customers with shoddy customer service. Now it wants those travelers to return, promising they'll find a kinder, gentler airline with an increased emphasis on on-time arrivals. But will they come back, or will they opt for deeply discounted fares from full-service airlines?

— Brian Sumers

When Vietnam War veteran Jerry Meekins learned five years ago he was dying and should not travel, he contacted Spirit Airlines and asked for a refund for an upcoming flight. That’s against the rules — how many passengers don’t know what “non-refundable” means? — but brands often make exceptions to save themselves from public embarrassment.

Not Spirit. Its former CEO, Ben Baldanza, blamed Meekins, who would die four months later, for not buying travel insurance. “This is a country and society where we kind of play by the rules,” Baldanza said in one television interview.

Eventually, Baldanza apologized. But in the decade he led Spirit, until January 2016, Baldanza repeatedly criticized passengers who complained about poor service, late flights, and lost bags. Once, he accidentally replied to a customer’s email by writing, “Let him tell the world how bad we are. He’s never flown us before anyway and will be back when we save him a penny.”

Baldanza had a point. Until 2015, Spirit was in a class of its own. No other airline in the United States could — or would — sell one-way fares for $30 or $40 between major cities. Yes, Spirit charged for carry-on bags, drinks (even water), and advance seat assignments, but people who never thought they could afford airfare had an option, so long as they didn’t mind cramped seats that did not recline. In a cheeky web spot, Spirit advertised itself as a “cheap seat for a cheap ass.”

Passengers tolerated it, and Wall Street loved it. The airline’s stock price increased from about $12 per share on July 1, 2011 to almost $83 on Dec. 1, 2014.

The good times could only last so long. Spirit still makes money, but it’s under pressure from Southwest, American, United, and Delta. Now, in many cases, the Big Four sell discounted seats to match Spirit, meaning “cheap asses” have other options. Plus, Spirit has a new direct competitor: Frontier Airlines, which adopted Spirit’s ultra-low-cost model a couple of years ago, with the tagline “Low Fares Done Right.” Its CEO used to run Spirit’s marketing.

To win (or win back) customers, Spirit’s current CEO, Bob Fornaro, wants to create a kinder airline. It remains obsessively cost-focused, offers little legroom, and still charges for everything — because if it didn’t, it would probably go bust. Passengers paid about $53 in fees for each Spirit segment in the second quarter, only about $7 less than they paid for fares.

But Fornaro, who led AirTran Airways until it merged with Southwest in 2011, wants Spirit to stop angering customers. And when it does make them mad, he’ll apologize.

“We ran a very successful financial business, but we ran a very poor consumer business,” Fornaro said in an interview last week in Las Vegas, where he was speaking at the Boyd Group’s International Aviation Forecast Summit. “For the most part, you can only do that for a short period of time. We almost went out of our way to poke the customer in the eye. And once a business gets more competitive, you can’t do that anymore.”

Some wonder if it’s too late. Perhaps the Big Four finally have an advantage — something legacy European airlines never achieved against upstarts like Ryanair and EasyJet. Others suspect Spirit will be fine, but argue it should merge with Frontier, giving it better scale. Spirit has about 100 airplanes, more than 800 fewer than American, not counting American Eagle.

Spirit is not the only discounter emphasizing service — Frontier and Allegiant Air are also trying to improve — but Spirit may have more work to do than the others.

“The difference was, we didn’t treat customers well,” Lukas Johnson, senior vice president for commericial at Allegiant Air, told Skift. “But Ben was unapologetic about spitting in their face. And you can’t do that.”

Baldanza, who teaches at George Mason University and serves on the board of Wow Air, a Icelandic airline with a similar model, told Skift he does not regret Spirit’s service record. He noted customers agree to terms and conditions before buying tickets.

“When I was the CEO, we held firm to these rules in order to keep fares as low as possible for all,” Baldanza said in an email. “Waiving rules means that those who follow the rules pay for those who don’t. If asking people to follow rules they agreed to before buying is considered ‘spitting in their face,’ that seems completely wrong to me. If you are pulled over for running a red light, are the police ‘spitting in your face’ if you are asking to be let off even though you knew you broke the rules?”

Changing Market Dynamics

Spirit and Baldanza could get away with a lot because the airline had little competition.

For most of Spirit’s surge, American, United, and Delta were all in bankruptcy, emerging from it, or merging with another airline. Because big legacy airlines had high costs and other priorities, they rarely discounted as much as Spirit. And low-cost airlines, including Alaska Airlines and Southwest, had relatively little overlap with Spirit, so they let it grow.

Spirit’s strategy worked. Spirit entered American’s Dallas/Fort Worth hub in 2011, adding flights to many of American’s larger markets, including San Diego, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, New York LaGuardia, and Orlando.

For about four years, American chose to let its frugal passengers fly Spirit. American might charge a couple of hundred dollars for a one-way fare, while Spirit would want $40. But American, led by its then-new president, Scott Kirby, decided in 2015 to fight for everyone.

American’s strategy diluted its revenue, but the airline succeeded. Spirit remains in Dallas, but it’s no longer growing, with new management preferring cities like New Orleans that lack a dominant airline. Now, Kirby has moved to United, where he’s acting similarly. In July, on Spirit’s second-quarter earnings call, Spirit executives said they saw the most discounting in three United hubs — Newark, Chicago, and Houston.

United even has a new product to sell to price-conscious customers. This year, it followed American and Delta to introduce Basic Economy — a product that roughly mimics Spirit’s unbundled fares.

On all three major airlines, Basic Economy customers cannot choose seats in advance, nor can they change their tickets. They board last, and, if they’re frequent flyers, they’re not eligible for first class upgrades. On American and United, most customers may not bring large carry-on bags. (Southwest also often matches Spirit but gives passengers all the goodies — including two checked bags — for free.)

Even in their worst seats, the Big Four offer about two more inches of legroom, with seats that recline. They also give passengers free drinks and light snacks, and unlike Spirit, often have in-flight entertainment. There’s Wi-Fi too, though passengers pay for it.

“The problem is, customers do not want to fly [an ultra-low-cost carrier] if they can get the same price on a different carrier,” Kirby said at the Las Vegas conference. “As United or anyone else starts to get more price competitive, the business just doesn’t work in my opinion. It’s not because of United or what anyone else is doing to them. It’s because they have created a product that people don’t want to buy.”

A gentler Spirit

Perhaps Basic Economy isn’t beloved by customers either, but it makes United, American, and Delta better competitors, so Spirit is focused on improving its product and softening its image.

Spirit no longer charges military members for bags. And passengers who forget to pay for a carry-on in advance are no longer hit with a punitive $100 fee at the gate. It’s now a more manageable $65 — enough to persuade passengers to pre-pay at a cost of roughly $35 but not so much as to be ridiculous. And when passengers tell Spirit they need to postpone a trip for a medical emergency, the airline works with them.

The old hard-ass routine is over. “That was just part of the way the company wanted to portray itself,” Fornaro said. “It wasn’t necessarily good business. There wasn’t a whole lot of money in it. We just got rid of those things.”

Meanwhile, the airline is emphasizing personal touches. Flight attendants attend service training — something that never happened before. And Spirit recently turned over its Twitter feed to humans. It had been run by an irreverent robot, who shared witty responses but couldn’t help irate customers.

Advertisements evolved, too. Before, Spirit often ran tawdry ones, like one coinciding with delivery of the airline’s 69th plane. “It’s our favorite number – ever since we were 12 and found that magazine under our brother’s bed (the one with the fantastic articles),” the copy read.

Now, when adds a new plane, Spirit is more likely to use it as an opportunity to tell customers it has one of the world’s youngest fleet, a positive message the company rarely communicated before. “It was almost as if they were almost ashamed of saying something nice,” Fornaro said.

On-time performance had also lagged. Spirit is now in the middle of the pack for timely arrivals, after regularly finishing last or near the bottom a few years ago. A few years ago, frugal passengers might have tolerated tardiness for huge savings, but not anymore.

“The company got away with it very nicely, but the world doesn’t stay the same,” Fornaro said. (In his email to Skift, Baldanza said: “I applaud Bob Fornaro for improving Spirit’s operational performance.”)

More changes will come. Wi-Fi, which Spirit hadn’t installed because of its cost, is on its way, since many frugal millennial customers the airline wants to attract demand it. It’ll support video streaming.

Next, the airline will improve its website — Fornaro called navigating it “painful” — and its mobile app. As for why the airline didn’t invest in digital tools sooner, he said, “We were satisfied. Maybe we thought were were living in a world that wouldn’t change that much.”

The emphasis on improvement, Fornaro said, has improved employee morale, which may spur better service. “No one like to be last in every service category,” he said.

One outlier is Spirit’s pilots, who seek a new contract and a major raise. In April, pilots staged an informal work slow down, forcing Spirit to cancel about 850 flights. Spirit obtained a court order requiring pilots to work normally. Things have improved, but the issue still looms. Fornaro said he is hopeful a deal can be reached soon.

Investor Concern

Spirit’s stock is now about $34 per share, less than half its price in December 2014. Analysts generally like the company, but not as much as a couple of years ago.

After Spirit’s second quarter earnings call in July, when executives said other carriers were undercutting them on price, Hunter Keay, an analyst with Wolfe Research, wrote: “In that regard, things may only get worse for [Spirit] unless [it] finds new places to grow.” Keay has said he favors a Frontier merger.

Jamie Baker, an analyst with J.P. Morgan, said in a recent report that Spirit probably must “strike a balance” between competing in big cities and adding flights elsewhere. Baker has also recommended Spirit raise fares, arguing it probably wouldn’t lose customers, since other airlines would increase prices, too.

There’s some question about where Spirit should fly next. Under Baldanza, Spirit was obsessed with adding routes in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Dallas/Fort Worth. But it’s now expanding in markets like New Orleans, Hartford, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore.

Lukas Johnson, of Allegiant, said he suspects Baldanza would still favor big cities — if only to prove a point. He said he wonders if big airlines will be more aggressive since Spirit has shown weakness.

“They drew down Dallas last year with the pressure from American,” Johnson said. “Guess what? Once you pull down when somebody pressures you, it’s going to happen again and again and again and again. To me, that’s different. Ben wouldn’t back down. Right or wrong, he just wouldn’t.”

Spirit has one major advantage: Its costs are considerably lower than the competition. Not including fuel, it costs Spirit about 5.83 cents to carry one passenger one mile, about five cents less than American. That means Spirit can make money more easily at lower fares than other airlines.

In his note, Baker said Spirit’s model is viable.

“We believe the U.S. airline industry will continue to take steps to ensure profitability and continued balance sheet repair,” he said. “We believe that this environment is generally more favorable to the large legacy carriers, but Spirit’s ultra-low-cost business model is compelling in its own right.”

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Spirit Airlines Wants to Win Back Customers by Being Nicer

Spirit Airlines has long advertised cheap prices with its "bare fare" campaign. But it is changing its messaging to embrace value, and trying to give passengers a better experience. Spirit Airlines

— Brian Sumers

Passengers tolerated it, and Wall Street loved it. The airline’s stock price increased from about $12 per share on July 1, 2011 to almost $83 on Dec. 1, 2014.

But Fornaro, who led AirTran Airways until it merged with Southwest in 2011, wants Spirit to stop angering customers. And when it does make them mad, he’ll apologize.

Spirit is not the only discounter emphasizing service — Frontier and Allegiant Air are also trying to improve — but Spirit may have more work to do than the others.

Changing Market Dynamics

Spirit and Baldanza could get away with a lot because the airline had little competition.

United even has a new product to sell to price-conscious customers. This year, it followed American and Delta to introduce Basic Economy — a product that roughly mimics Spirit’s unbundled fares.

A gentler Spirit

Perhaps Basic Economy isn’t beloved by customers either, but it makes United, American, and Delta better competitors, so Spirit is focused on improving its product and softening its image.

The emphasis on improvement, Fornaro said, has improved employee morale, which may spur better service. “No one like to be last in every service category,” he said.

Investor Concern

Spirit’s stock is now about $34 per share, less than half its price in December 2014. Analysts generally like the company, but not as much as a couple of years ago.

In his note, Baker said Spirit’s model is viable.

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Before I begin, why we are doing this AMA:I was asked to write this post by a fellow dropshipper I met through Oberlo’s forums who bought a guide for almost $1000 and basically completely wasted their money. I just want to say that you should never ever ever buy expensive guides on how to make a millions of dollars drop shipping. It is a total scam. You don’t need to be told ‘pick a niche that nobody is in.’ We’ve read enough sad stories on /r/digitalnomad and /r/dropship to know people are getting cleaned from these stupid guides. We are going to respond to every single comment made in this thread for the next 30 days and hopefully thereafter and we’re going to do it for free.This is a throwaway account. I messaged the mods on /r/dropship a couple of weeks ago so that they can verify our sales for an AMA but have yet to receive a response. I am still happy to verify our sales if a mod messages or posts here. Until then, here is some light proof of our sales March - June: http://i.imgur.com/UX0sztj.pngNote to /r/entrepreneur mods, please let me know what I need to send for verification. We're happy to send any supporting documents you need to see.A little about our business:We are in a niche that nobody or nearly nobody is in. We’re not disclosing our site or our niche.We’ve never used a Facebook or Google ad, though we have tried other ad services more targeted towards our nicheReddit/Imgur marketing is responsible for 98%+ of our salesWe use Shopify to run our store and we exclusively use AliExpress to buy our goods.Marketing We are a team of two. Right off the bat we decided to try some ads, they didn’t go great. After tweaking the ads, we were able to break even. We decided to go with a different route and started marketing our site through Reddit and buy upvotes to get to the front page. We decided to go with a firm that also makes content for a reasonable price. There are sites the straight up sell Reddit upvotes, but the problem is that they are not immediate. With the firm we are able to tell them exactly when we are going to post. The first hour of the post is crucial, that is when the upvotes count the most so you want to get them on as fast as possible. On our very first campaign we knew this was the route to go. The post made it to the front page and we got over 1 million impressions along with 60k clicks. We were never able to repeat that success and now get between 5k-20k clicks per campaign. We started marketing on Imgur so that we could recycle some old campaigns with new people, it worked well. The click through rate is much higher on imgur but the conversion rate is much lower.Site Our site is simple, but clean. We put a lot of design time into it for what you see. It looks like a basic Shopify template because it is. Regardless, we put a lot of time into the descriptions, selecting photos, and product tags. Probably about an hour each. We keep only 50 products on the site, we don’t want to overwhelm people. We don’t have any tacky ‘spin for a discount’ pop-up on our site or anything resembling that.Customer Data We take our analytics seriously. What’s most important is to figure out what time of day your visitors are most likely to make a purchase, that way you aim your campaigns to be viral around that time. If you don’t have Google Analytics enabled, do so immediately. We pay for Shopify’s $300/month plan and get access to their custom reports which are also quite helpful for certain situations. Don’t sweat over your analytics if you only have a few dozen sales, they don’t mean much. Try marketing towards different subreddits and use very different post styles to find a sweet spot, then use that data to expand from there.Common MistakesAre you dropshipping something like watches, t-shirts, or sunglasses? All I can say is good luck. A million people have tried it and maybe a half-dozen have succeeded. Don’t dropship stupid shit that everybody else is also trying to sell. If you are dropshipping something super common and haven’t had success, I suggest you delete everything and start from scratch.Are you bending over backwards for your customers? Don’t. In our experience and many fellow dropshippers, profit is made from bringing in new customers, not repeat customers or word-of-mouth. You are going to drive all of your own traffic, people are going to barely talk about your site if at all. Don’t worry too much about your reputation. This doesn’t mean you should be rude to your customers. You should still be overbearingly nice, but don’t give people refunds if they put in the wrong address, didn’t like the product, didn’t know it was from China, etc. You are trying to make two people happy: yourself and your supplier, which leads me to my next pointAre you using a bunch of different suppliers? Don’t. Consolidate and make sure all of your products are coming from the same warehouse or two tops. This should be obvious. It saves shipping costs, it saves time, and all of your products arrive together for large orders. Also, the more you are buying from a supplier the more leeway you’ll have with them. For example, we can request our supplier stock any item and match the lowest price we can find for it because we are such a large percentage of their business. As your dropshipping business grows, you will be able to get suppliers to do pretty much anything for you.These are some of the absolute core basics I could think of off the top of my head. We can answer questions about shipping, affiliate links, software, money invested into campaigns, whatever you all want to hear about we're happy to oblige.Ask away.Edit: formatting and if you want us to take a look at some of your records, data, or something else, just attach it and send an email: [email protected]

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This the first year of Beauty Super Spy, and I thought it only fitting to have an awards ceremony of my own. In 2016, I tried and tested many products, however, some I chose not to review because I didn’t think they represented good value, or it wasn’t fair to review something I had a reaction to. I also experienced good customer service and several that needed improvement. The winners are products and services that stood out and impressed, and that isn’t easy with me. Read on, and I hope you find some new favorites, and agree with my choices!

Best Beauty Discovery

The criteria here was to award a beauty discovery that didn’t have a category for anything else, but was worthy of changing the face of the beauty world.

Rose Hips ~ Several of my favorite products (Ole Henriksen, Rodial, and Trilogy) contain rose hips, and they work wonders on the skin. Gentle and hardworking, the oils can smell quite strong at first, but once on the skin feels smoother and softer instantly. Products with a high percentage of rose hips calms and heals the skin, and I recommend them without hesitation. For anyone with scars, this is a good natural treatment as well.

Foreo ~ This is a wonderful battery operated skin cleansing device that is easy to use, with some models that can be recharged. It can be used with most cleansers, and comes in a variety of sizes and also heads to suit different skin types. The best part is that it’s hygienic and doesn’t need replacement heads or batteries. I see it as a mini facial each day to help with circulation as well as gentle exfoliation. Read my review on Foreo here.

Feelunique Pick ‘n’ Mix ~ I’ve never agreed with the sale of samples, and this is a great way to try products and then use the £3.95 shipping fee against other purchases. It prevents an abuse of the system, and also helps consumers try products they want without having to ask at beauty counters or to write to companies (both which are tedious tasks). Choose up to 5 samples a month and pay £3.95 shipping, which is then redeemable as a gift voucher, valid for 60 days against future purchases. Visit Feelunique here.

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Best Skincare Product

These three products have been the ones that have impressed me the most. It was hard to narrow them down, but when you make a repeat purchase automatically without thinking about it, you know it’s a keeper for the beauty cabinet.

Ole Henriksen Truth Sugar Glow Polishing Mask ~ Initially I thought this was a little messy to use, but the results are amazing after the first application, even my mother noticed a difference. Quite simply, this is a mask and exfoliator in one, and with a dash of Vitamin C that boosts the skin, cleanses, and helps stimulate the cell regeneration. Read the full review here.

Emma Hardie Moringa Cleansing Balm ~ The first thing to notice is how amazing this balm smells, and it really calms you down if you feel a bit stressed. The creamy texture makes it easy to apply, as it glides onto the skin. I prefer to use this as a hydrating mask in the evening, and is great to use instead of a cleansing oil as it dissolves away make-up quickly and gently without rubbing. Find out more in my review.

MALIN + GOETZ Vitamin E Moisturizer ~ A simple and light moisturizer that is gentle and hard working. It calms sensitive skin, or is great if you’ve had a reaction to a product, and the Vitamin E helps hold more moisture and water in the skin. Read more in my review here.

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Best Customer Service and Website

These days, nearly every brand has their own website or sell their products via another website, so it’s important that the products sold are genuine, and that they have excellent customer service. There is much room for improvement for many companies who don’t respond to queries, or have poor business practices. Here are some that in my experience that are good at the time of writing:

Clarins ~ Although the website can be a little hard to navigate, delivery is fast and customer services are handled by the company and not outsourced. My missing item query was handled quickly and professionally in less than a couple of days.

Latest in Beauty/ You Beauty Box ~ On the occasions I have had to contact customer services due to missing parcels, or an incorrect order, the responses have been swift and the staff aim to resolve matters and provide refunds quickly. My PayPal payment was refunded within an hour of my request, and a replacement item was received within a week.

Feelunique ~ So far I have had no issues with Feelunique, all my orders have arrived and the discount codes and gift voucher codes work. The website can be a bit fiddly in finding items, and they also offer a lowest price guarantee.

Disappointments

There have to be the bad and neutral reviews, but rather than highlight them, here are a selection of products and services that haven’t impressed me. If a product or service says they will do x, then that should happen—sometimes you can give them a second chance, but first impressions do count.

The Hero Project ~ I like to support new brands, and I tried a sample of a moisturizing gel by the company that was in a You Beauty Box. It was the worst product I have ever used and made my combination skin feel tight and dry. Usually I would use up a product I don’t like on my hands, but the rest of the sachet went in the bin—it was that bad. As I wanted to give the company a second chance, I emailed and asked for a sachet of serum to try and to review. Social media was flooded with photos of sample sachets they had given out so I knew they existed. I received a barely legible response from someone who obviously didn’t speak English who told me there were no samples, but I could apply to be a tester. I then saw Latest in Beauty offering 10 x 3 ml sachets of the product on their website. It’s one thing to lie, and another to be unprofessional and this company is unworthy.

Glossybox ~ People rave about the beauty box, but often the contents were budget brands and small sizes. I tried a box only to find that you can’t cancel a monthly box if you order after the 14th of the month. The customer service was slow, but they did agree to cancel my subscription eventually and gave me the option to return the box I had ordered. This was only because I acted within 14 days of ordering. The website itself is misleading with small print dotted in different parts of the site. It’s not user friendly, and the postage charges are high.

Look Fantastic customer service ~ This has to be the worst customer service yet, with unprofessional responses, no action, and then they ignore you by closing a ticket and tell you to open another if you aren’t happy with their response. I opened half-a dozen tickets for one issue, which was a refusal to accept a cancellation of a subscription that had been canceled online, and a refusal to refund an order that had never been placed. It took a week of 30 plus messages across various channels before I quoted consumer law at them, and then the refund took several weeks to process. They also have a habit of emailing you each day with a promotion code, most of which don’t work. I have ordered products since, and have had no issues, but I would not trust them with a subscription.

Misleading Companies

Birchbox customer service ~ Birchbox processed my refund for a returned item promptly, but when it comes to resolving issues, they need to improve professionally. It can take days if not weeks to get a response, and my query was in regard to the promised gift on an anniversary offer that failed to materialize. I was palmed off with excuses and then accused of lying when I mentioned a friend in the same position had been given points in lieu of the out of stock gift (which then came back into stock). Poor customer service leads to customers finding alternative companies to use, and they need improving greatly in this respect.

Aurelia Miracle Cleanser ~ I guess most people like the fact that most of the ingredients are natural, but I found this product to be basic and overpriced. It cleansed, but not deeply, and at £38 for 120 ml I was expecting a lot more. There was no miracle, and although the packaging is stylish, it did little more than a cleanser from the self-selection shelves in the local pharmacy.

Where to buy

Foreo cleansing devices are available online at Foreo and Feelunique, Space.NK, and Fabled.

Trilogy products are available online at Feelunique, LoveLula, and Fabled.

Ole Henriksen is available online at Feelunique.

Emma Hardie is available online at Feelunique, Space.NK, and Fabled.

MALIN + GOETZ is available online from Space.NK.

Latest in Beauty boxes can be ordered online with a 30% discount (until 17 February 2017) with this link and using the code BEAUTYSUPERSPY on new subscriptions.

YOU Beauty Box is available monthly from £6.95 for two products from a selection.

Rodial products are available from Space.NK.

*Prices and availability correct at the time of writing.

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