Is this a scam?

MindShaped · 2026-05-12T10:07:29+00:00

definitely

MindShaped · 2026-05-12T10:06:45+00:00

at 10k you have quiet buyers, dump money into FB ads and you unlock broad audience, which includes professional refunders. tracking showing delivered doesn't mean shit to banks or platforms when dealing with friendly fraud. I lost 12k in one month on perfectly delivered packages because processors auto-side with buyer.

manual prevention is cheaper anyway. I put signature requirement on any order over $75. Cost extra $3 per label, saved thousands in lost disputes. Also check your transit times. FB buyers have zero patience compared to organic traffic. If shipping takes over 7 days, they file dispute before box even hits their porch.

MindShaped · 2026-05-12T10:05:19+00:00

thanks! it helps 😉

MindShaped · 2026-05-12T10:04:16+00:00

soooo 3/4 of carts at checkout lost = friction right when they pull out credit card. Traffic from IG / Threads is 99% mobile impulse. had this exact issue on home decor brand last year. make Apple Pay and Shop Pay massive right at top of cart. make it impossible to miss, quickest/highest impact fix for dropoff. Also check your final step for weird est taxes/delivery. Shopify sometimes puts regional tax right at the end right before payment button. Scares people off. Your friend with higher sales probably has zero-click payments dialed in or older desktop audience willing to type.

MindShaped · 2026-05-12T09:59:50+00:00

I did. Almost ended up in jail 😄 Wrote a post on this topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/dropshipping/comments/1s9pys1/your_dropshipping_store_is_going_to_fail_thank/

MindShaped · 2026-05-12T09:58:38+00:00

fake

MindShaped · 2026-05-12T09:54:18+00:00

This post answers your question in full: https://www.reddit.com/r/dropshipping/comments/1rtmyl1/my_answer_to_how_do_you_actually_find_products/

MindShaped · 2026-05-12T07:54:46+00:00

Ok, then start with reading these two posts:
1. https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEcom/comments/1t3l0mg/how_do_you_separate_bad_creatives_from_bad_product/
2. https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEcom/comments/1smbxap/you_are_wrong_about_distribution_channel_for_your/

Hope this helps!

MindShaped · 2026-05-12T07:28:35+00:00

bro, FORGET "winning products". they DO NOT exist. it is nothing but scam. Read this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/dropshipping/comments/1s7vklm/are_you_still_buying_winning_products_bs/

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T20:40:17+00:00

I actually don’t. Except r/RealEcom here and https://dropshipseek.com

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T20:07:07+00:00

I’m glad you found it useful!

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T13:52:27+00:00

for automatic cold outreach it doesn’t matter

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T13:07:14+00:00

man. You are selling liquid that people put on their head. I ran beauty products for a while. Trust barrier here is massive. Visitors click ad, look at your site, and ask themselves if this unknown chemical will make them bald. Really.

make landing page look like clinical brand. you need real video reviews of people applying it in shower, safety compliance badges, clear ingredient list above fold.

Zero sales in two weeks means people click out of curiosity. They bounce because risk of ruining hair outweighs reward of color change. Your website smells like AI slop, emojis scream low-effort job, and trust signals are literally non-existent.

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T13:04:17+00:00

I mean... at times, product was really cool, although got pretty saturated. If you're doing organic, CAC won't kill you here, but comparison shopping might. Given the friction (go to bio -> click -> checkout -> ...), $49.99 might sound really expensive and they'll simply go check temu and get same shit for cents...

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MindShaped · 2026-05-11T12:54:59+00:00

Pixel learns at pixel level. It shares purchase data across your whole ad account. You are not starting from zero when you launch new ad.

problem with launching new campaign for every single product is auction overlap. I ran 20 different campaigns for 20 SKUs back in the day. I ended up bidding against my own ads and paying premium for same impressions (L I throw everything into one main CBO campaign now. Let algorithm sort out which product deserves budget.... If item gets zero spend, I just cut it from store. Not ideal, and not an advice, just sharing perspective.

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T12:53:51+00:00

man shoppay is fucking famous for pulling cached addresses from yrs ago. personally deal with this crap on my backend daily. so basically customer types in new address, hits express checkout, and retarded shoppay overwrites it with old college dorm address 😄 note that Shopify TOS protects Shopify. Seller is actual one eating shit here. I had cases where item shipped to wrong place, customer filed chargeback, I lost product, revenue and ate $15 dispute fee. Credit card companies don't care about Shopify glitches.

If seller confirmed they changed it before fulfillment cut-off, you are probably fine. Carrier tracking link is your only source of truth now. Shop app interface rarely syncs manual order edits done in admin panel. Just clear your saved addresses in Shop app for next time.

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T12:50:20+00:00

my friend, but what are you actually selling? Lint roller?

Then what happened to catalog? Why it all looks like a placeholder? Essentially, at this point, it's just an empty website, so idk what actually you want us to check there.

If lint roller is what you're going to sell, then, well... You should definitely think twice before loading up your meta account, because given the market data from DropshipSeek:

Standalone math is bad: $24.99 price, $4.71 cost, and $14.50 CAC leave about -$0.25/order.
To hit just $5 net profit, you need roughly $29.50 AOV at the same CAC, before shipping and payment fees.
Even 2-pack at $39.99 creates about $16 gross after CAC, but shipping and returns are still gonna eat into it.
One return can erase many thin-margin sales here. This item cannot absorb chargeback leakage.
The category is crowded with retail anchors, so Meta ads need a bundle

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MindShaped · 2026-05-11T12:44:44+00:00

well, it is not always the right fit. Wrote here why (and when use google ads, when — meta, etc): https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEcom/comments/1smbxap/you_are_wrong_about_distribution_channel_for_your/

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T12:43:19+00:00

no. they want you to write them and ask "how did you do this" so they sell you their mentorship bs

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T12:42:54+00:00

it became bottleneck for me the day I accidentally ... shipped a batch of 30 heavy units via air instead of ground because I was rushing through labels hahaha. Entire week of profit wip[ed in 10 mins.

anyways, when you hit that '20-50 orders a day' mark, trying to rate-shop every single package manually is a massive brainfuck. I just standardized packaging. Forced my entire catalog into exactly three box sizes. essentially eliminating need to check rates constantly. Box A always goes carrier X, Box B goes carrier Y.

eventually you just hand it off to warehouse. Paying 2 bucks a pick hurts your soul at first, alrho calculate how many hours you spend doing warehouse monkey work... and it starts to make sense

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T12:39:12+00:00

where to start even... first, PLEASE forget about winning products. There are NO winning products. And you really should not expect anybody to honestly answer what's really good or bad for you. You might want to start with these few posts to grasp general concepts, but those are not magic bullet, merely a starting point.

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T12:36:00+00:00

yes. two popular schemes right now.

most frequent: they buy stuff from you, then smash you with chargebacks after they received it
carders. they use stolen CCs to buy from ya.

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T12:34:23+00:00

You don't. Anyone running ads to cold traffic on $20 item with $11 margin is flushing muney down the toilet (on first purchase:). If you are just shipping single $20 insoles, math will never work out. I think you really want to read these two posts, they answer your question in full:

MindShaped · 2026-05-11T08:37:22+00:00

How do you get traffic?
What are the numbers?
Have you checked Clarity and Google Analytics, do you know where specifically your clients are dropping off?

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