Dropshipping

You run an online store. A customer buys a product. Instead of shipping from your warehouse, you forward the order to a supplier (often AliExpress, CJ Dropshipping, or a US-based service). They ship directly to the customer.

You never touch the product. Your margin is the difference between what the customer paid you and what you paid the supplier.

The model exploded from 2018–2022, got crowded, and has stabilized into a niche-specific game in 2026 — you can't win with random generic products anymore, but you can win with focused stores in underserved categories.

Old dropshipping: build a Shopify store with 50 random products, run Facebook ads to the homepage, hope for sales.

New dropshipping (2026): build a single-product landing page for each winning product. Run ads directly to the landing page. Close sales there, not on a generic product grid.

The landing page approach converts 3–5× better on cold ads because it's focused on one product with all the proof, reviews, and objection-handling concentrated in one place.

Hero with a real product video (not a stock photo). Specific headline naming the outcome. 4–6 benefit cards with icons. Customer reviews with photos. Video testimonials if you have them. Countdown timer or "limited stock" signal. Money-back guarantee. Mobile-first — 80%+ of dropshipping traffic is phone.

For cash-on-delivery markets (MENA, Southeast Asia, Latin America), replace the standard checkout with an order form: name, phone, address. Confirm by phone. Ship. Collect payment on delivery. Trust drives conversion here, not checkout UX.