
Explore the updated dropshipping approach on Shopify, sourcing from verified local suppliers to cut shipping to 3–7 days, streamline returns, and drive action toward building a profitable business.
Learn how to submit questions via Udemy or Instagram, when the instructor answers questions on Mondays, and which topics aren’t answered.
Understand how dropshipping uses arbitrage on a Shopify store to buy low from suppliers and ship directly to customers for profit, with strategies to speed delivery and manage risk.
Set expectations for a dropshipping business by outlining fixed costs, lower costs than most businesses, and the necessity of Shopify and App Scenic, plus optional enhancements.
Master the dropshipping setup for a Shopify store and App Scenic. Grasp pricing concepts like retail products, free shipping, F plus products, and use Facebook Business Manager and pixel.
Always check the resources panel for each lecture to access attached links, documents, and strategies.
Report any issues with videos, audio, links, or outdated content. Message on Instagram or Udemy with lecture and moment details for monthly Shopify and apps updates.
Build a beautiful, professional online store with Shopify, a user-friendly ecommerce platform, and learn about pricing, discounts, and the basic plan, including a first-month $1 offer.
Choose to search for a viral product before building your Shopify store, using App Scenic to source trusted products, while noting you still need a Shopify membership.
Track how Shopify dashboard layouts change with updates about every six months, while core steps stay learnable. If you encounter a drastic difference, message the instructor for an updated lecture.
Explore the brand new Shopify dashboard, navigate home, orders, products, collections, customers, analytics, marketing, and apps, and tailor settings, shipping, domains, and policies for a dropshipping store.
Learn to set up payment gateways with Shopify payments to accept US customer payments, complete the account setup, and navigate country-specific gateway options.
Learn how to customize and optimize your Shopify checkout to create a fast, seamless buying experience—balancing customer data collection, marketing options, and automated emails to boost conversions.
Learn to set up and customize your shop policies in Shopify, including refund, privacy, terms of service, and shipping policies, with templates and footer placement for dropshipping.
Boost trust and conversions with a professional .com domain, connect it to your Shopify store, and choose a short, brandable name with Instagram availability and costs under $5.
Configure Shopify notification emails to inform customers with order confirmations, shipping updates, and abandoned cart reminders, and customize the logo and blue or green accents to build trust.
Own your domain and set up a professional email with Google Workspace to send all customer notifications and marketing from a trusted address, using the $6/month plan.
Learn how to set up and charge sales tax in the United States for a Shopify store, including nexus, thresholds, tax rates, and reporting.
Collections categorize products to help customers navigate your store. Create collections, assign products manually or by tags, allow products to appear in multiple collections, and add images and SEO-friendly descriptions.
Learn to manually add and edit products in Shopify, including details, images, pricing, and variances, with notes on using a dropshipping app to import and manage.
Choose a Shopify theme that makes your home page look professional and trustworthy, from 141 options, with free or paid choices for a small dropshipping catalog.
Discover how to use free stock photos to enhance your Shopify store’s homepage. Learn about Creative Commons licenses, attribution, and choosing high-resolution images for commercial use.
Learn to customize a Shopify theme from the theme store to live, using sections, banners, collections, and videos, and publish a tailored home page for desktop and mobile.
Learn to set up and customize your Shopify main and footer menus, add submenus and dropdowns, and link to collections and social media for a polished storefront.
Create a customized contact us page and a return policy, then link them to the footer or main menu using templates or default pages in Shopify.
Create an FAQ page for a Shopify store, link it to the main or footer menu, and manage content with the Helpful FAQ Page – FAQ app by Avocado Labs.
Learn to reduce customer service queries on Shopify dropshipping by adding clear shipping expectations to product descriptions and FAQs. Explain why orders arrive in separate packages due to storage sites.
Offer free insured shipping for all retail products by configuring a weight-based shipping rate in the United States zone and setting product weights to zero via bulk edit.
Advertise free shipping on your Shopify store with a top announcement bar or a free shipping bar app, using time-limited messaging to motivate purchases.
Explore how to create and apply discounts on Shopify, including product, collection, order, and buy X, get Y options, plus free shipping, using discount codes to boost sales.
Publish your Shopify store by previewing it to ensure it looks correct, then remove the password protection under online store preferences to go live and start attracting traffic.
Explore the Shopify help center for comprehensive, step-by-step guidance on payments, products, and managing your online store, plus tutorials, expert hiring, and ongoing support.
Access a free resources list for Udemy Shopify dropshipping, including Shopify apps, a product case study with a $71,785 free plus shipping campaign, and guidance on obtaining materials via reviews.
Discover how to source viral, high converting products for dropshipping and why choosing the right product is the biggest determinant of your Shopify store's success.
Discover App Scenic, a Shopify dropshipping app that sources US and UK suppliers for fast 3–5 day shipping, automated fulfillment, tracking, and price syncing.
Explore the AppScenic product catalogue to identify potential dropship items, using filters like United States shipping and in-stock status, then build a long list for later refinement.
Identify your product using every criterion from all lectures in the sourcing products section to boost dropshipping success; if any criterion is unmet, avoid using the product.
Start with one high converting product to anchor your Shopify dropshipping store, then target a very small niche to simplify branding, customer service, and retargeting while enabling fast pivots.
Explore best selling product lists from Amazon, eBay, Wish (and AliExpress), then use Google Trends to build a viable dropshipping shortlist and narrow it with course criteria.
Learn how to pick dropshipping products with high perceived value to boost profit margins, using jewelry, electronics, and lights as examples, and avoid saturated items like iPhone cases.
Choose dropshipping products that are hard to describe or custom-designed to avoid products easily searchable on Amazon, forcing customers to buy from your site rather than on Amazon.
Identify highly unique dropshipping products to reduce competition and boost exclusivity, illustrated by a hydroponic herb machine, a floating humidifier, and other standout gadgets.
Discover how to source unique products from Instagram inspiration pages and alerts, assess items like mirror shaving shelves and magnetic floating plants for dropshipping while avoiding easily searchable Amazon products.
Target a specific audience to boost ad effectiveness by tailoring targeting criteria—age, location, gender, and interests like golf—demonstrated with a golf t-shirt example to improve conversion and reduce ad costs.
Identify products that serve unexpected functions for new audiences and reframe them through targeted ads, creating low competition and high converting campaigns, as shown with a golf fan example.
Explore how offering multiple variances of a winning product, such as different colors or sizes, can expand appeal and boost sales and revenue.
Discover a dropshipping strategy using Flip a dot com to find revenue-generating Shopify sites with verified profits, then choose a focused one-product approach.
Learn to avoid products with copyright ownership when dropshipping, especially items tied to established brands. Follow guidance to prevent legal trouble by not selling these products.
Discover rules to live by for selecting a winning drop shipping product: think outside the box, avoid rushing, target unique, problem-solving products for specific audiences to maximize success.
Explore five best selling dropshipping product case studies and learn the sourcing approach, delivered via Udemy messages on mondays after you leave a #products review.
Learn about alternative dropshipping apps such as Pocket, Printful, and Dropified, alongside the main recommendation of App Scenic for its vast product catalog, user-friendly interface, and escrow-backed fulfillment.
Explore how the App Scenic dropshipping app imports, fulfills, and tracks products from trusted suppliers in major countries, with automatic price updates and fast 3 to 5 days shipping.
Navigate the Scenic dashboard and its tabs to manage products, pricing formulas, orders, and store connections. Access help, manage wallet funding, and configure shipping settings for efficient dropshipping with Shopify.
import products from the catalog into your scenic dashboard, edit titles and descriptions, apply pricing formulas, and push to Shopify so customers can view and buy.
Push products from App Scenic to Shopify, then set retail items' weights to zero to guarantee free shipping across all variances.
Obtain professional product photos for your Shopify dropshipping store by using supplier listing images, editing with Photo Room, and shooting extra angles with a phone or DSLR.
Learn to create and apply pricing formulas to imported products in your dashboard. Choose percentage or fixed profit margins, set a default margin, and include shipping when calculating prices.
Learn to organize products with boards in scenic dashboard that mirror Shopify collections, create boards, add or remove products, and filter by board for streamlined product management.
Set your main location in shipping settings and choose whether to ship internationally; pricing formulas include main location shipping costs and international shipping affects the product catalog and profit margins.
Learn how to manage your store wallet, fund it with a connected credit card, and automate order fulfillment through auto funding and replenishment to speed transactions and improve profit visibility.
Learn to manage returns and replacements in Shopify dropshipping by following supplier policies, handling refunds through App Scenic, and aligning your store's return timeframe with product policies.
Automate order fulfillment with App Scenic, syncing Shopify orders and auto‑shipping when funds are available. Auto funding replenishes wallets, and tracking numbers auto‑update customers.
Learn how email marketing builds loyalty and revenue by growing an email list, sending automated campaigns, and using pop-up forms and templates with Omni Send on Shopify.
Import your existing email contacts into Omni Send from another platform by following one-time instructions, in this optional lecture for the complete Shopify dropshipping course 2025.
Navigate the dashboard to explore campaigns, automations, forms, audiences, and reports, and learn how manual campaigns differ from automated emails like abandoned cart reminders, with revenue tracking notes.
Create a pop up form to collect emails and grow your email list, using a discount offer to incentivize sign-ups. Customize appearance and behavior for desktop and mobile before enabling.
Learn to set up a Shopify abandoned cart automation, trigger-based emails, and a three-email workflow sent at one hour, then 12 and 24 hours, with subject lines and discount codes.
Proactively create email campaigns to drive seasonal sales with discount codes like Christmas 25, distinct from automation. Optimize subject lines, pre headers, and sender details, then test previews for subscribers.
Perform A/B split testing on email campaigns to optimize subject lines, pre headers, sender names, and email contents by comparing two identical emails with one variable change.
Create segments from your contact list under the audience tab by applying filters based on customer lifecycle stages. Target recent buyers, loyalists, champions with personalized emails and automated campaigns.
Explore the omniscient help center to access extensive, step-by-step videos and articles on onboarding, channels, campaigns, automation, and abandoned cart emails, designed to answer questions quickly.
Explore how to connect Shopify to Facebook ads using the Meta Business Suite and Facebook channel app, set up a pixel, ad account, and domain verification to optimize campaigns.
Prepare to connect Shopify to the Facebook channel app by budgeting for ads, securing a professional domain, and setting up a meta business suite with a page.
Connect your Shopify dashboard to Facebook Business Manager using the Facebook channel app, and create a Facebook pixel to track page views, add-to-cart, and purchases to optimize ads.
Set up and optimize Facebook ads for your Shopify store by creating an ad account, adding a payment method, linking your pixel, and verifying your domain in the business manager.
Complete your Facebook business manager setup by linking your page, ad account with a payment method, pixel, and domain verification, then create your first ad via the Shopify channel.
Facebook constantly updates its layout and advertising platform within the Meta business suite, so campaigns must adapt as interfaces evolve.
Define campaigns, ad sets, and ads in Facebook advertising, showing how campaigns set objectives, ad sets handle targeting and budgets, and ads determine imagery and copy for AB testing.
Explore four Facebook audience types—saved, custom, look-alike, and special ad audiences—and learn to build them in business manager or ads manager using a connected Facebook pixel on your Shopify site.
Learn how to create a basic Facebook ad campaign for a Shopify dropshipping store, choosing objectives, tracking conversions with the Facebook pixel, and planning ad sets, budgets, and creative.
Walk through setting up an ad set: name assets, select a pixel event for conversions, and use audience targeting, budgets, placements, and optimization to drive purchases.
Discover the four stages of scaling Facebook ads for dropshipping, from traffic to purchases, pixel-driven optimization, and lookalike audiences, with gradual budgeting and relentless split testing.
Discover the free plus shipping strategy, selling $0 items with paid shipping to leverage low dropship costs and viral organic traffic, plus setup, discounts, product import, and ad copy guidance.
Target viral, trending products with high perceived value for a free shipping campaign. Ensure multiple variants, ample stock, and international shipping to major countries, avoiding easy searchability on retail sites.
Set up separate shipping for free plus shipping products with a custom, weight-based rate and shipping zone, while keeping free shipping for retail items.
Learn to create a 100% off discount code for a free plus shipping product, restricting it to a specific item and enabling unlimited uses for a marketing campaign.
Import a free plus shipping product by configuring free shipping, country zones, and price, push to Shopify, set weight, apply the Princeton 100 discount code, and test the one-per-checkout flow.
Create concise two-line ad copy for free plus shipping campaigns, including 'free' or '100% off', discount code, urgency or scarcity, 'just pay shipping', 'limit one per customer', and country validity.
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Welcome to the DROPSHIPPING ACADEMY where I will be revealing to you my exact blueprint for how I created my 7-figure Shopify dropshipping empire. I will be teaching you step-by-step how to start a highly profitable e-ecommerce business without any physical products, prior experience, or upfront capitol (Note: I recommend practicing what you learn in the videos from a computer, not a smart-phone.)
Hi, my name is Kevin Princeton and I’ve been a successful online entrepreneur since 2012. Over the years, I’ve built multiple 6-figure businesses in e-commerce, Shopify, dropshipping, and online marketing. From these businesses I’ve been able to pay off $304,000 in graduate school loans, travel the world while working off my laptop, buy my dream car and a beautiful home for my family. In short, I've been able to achieve true financial freedom! And now, I’m going to teach YOU how you can achieve it too!
But it will not be easy. To become successful in this course, it will take lots of motivation, dedication, and perseverance. This is NOT a get-rich-quick course or a fast track to becoming a millionaire. If this is what you’re looking for, this course is NOT for you. However, if you’re truly willing to put in the time and effort to practice what you learn in this course to become a successful e-commerce entrepreneur, this course is for you!
In this course, you will learn everything you need to become a successful dropshipping entrepreneur from setting up a Shopify store, finding dependable resources to dropship from, running and split-testing Facebook ad campaigns, and outsourcing your business to achieve true financial freedom.
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