Can I move from Dropshipping to e-commerce?
I hate to say this but I am one hell of a confused person. First, I have a small dropshipping business that I work with Alibaba and Shopify. It makes around $2k per month in profits and sales usually hover around $40 to 60K per month. It is a good business.
Secondly, I want to scale up my business. However, for the last year I have tried several methods but I have been failing miserably. My first method was to expand from focusing on clothing to include high end make up products.
The first problem I encountered is authenticating the make-up products. It is very difficult to determine if a Chanel make-up kit you are offering for $250 is authentic or just a knock off from somewhere in Asia. And since the market for luxury products is very specific, a slight variation in terms of quality and expectations led to loss of customers and negative reviews. The second problem I encountered was lack of experience. Everything was complex and difficult to sift through.
After compiling everything together, I decided if I build a small e-commerce business that focuses on quality make-up and clothing, I might be successful. Any ideas on how I should go about it?
