If you were to start a dropshipping business in UAE with no knowledge and almost no money, how would you do it? In this blog, SetHub is going to give you guys a complete guide on the best way to start a dropshipping business in UAE as a complete beginner. Dropshipping in the UAE is quite simple. A lot of people overcomplicate the process and that’s why they don’t get started. When you want to get into anything in your life, don’t overcomplicate it! Run the business and get into it, put your first step in and you will know where to put your second step.
What is Dropshipping?
In simple terms, dropshipping is the process of getting products from Alibaba or Aliexpress, adding them to your store running the advertisements to secure orders, and then sending them out to the customer. You make money based on the profit margin that you put on top of these products.
The Winning Products
The first step in this process is to find a winning product. Finding this winning product is quite simple as there are a lot of methods you can use. The best way is to set up your own TikTok burner account for finding these gems!
Building Your Store
Now that you have a clear idea about the product you want to dropship in UAE, the next step is to build your store. All you have to do is go visit shopify.com. There’s a $1 free trial that you can get started with and it could not get better than that!
Adding Your Products
Once you have created your account inside Shopify and have a winning product in mind the third step is adding products to your store. Watch a few YouTube videos that guide you on how to do this effectively. Make sure you add a lot of gifts and all the information a customer would need to decide on the purchase.
Designing Your Store
Just like dropshipping itself, don’t overcomplicate the design process either! Keep your store super simple as the premium themes cost a lot of money. Go with a free theme and make it your own! You can experiment with creating a simple brand identity on the Shopify platform too.
Testing the Product
While you may think the product you have chosen is a winning product, your target customers may not feel the same way. The best way to figure this out is to test the demand for it. How do you do this? All you have to do is run some ads! Regardless of whether you have the stock or not you can test out the product and see if the people are interested or not. If you see interested people and if you don’t have a supply, refund the customer. But if you think you can find the supplier or if you have a trade supplier then go ahead and ship out the product.
The Difference between Dropshipping and eCommerce
The next step is what separates dropshipping from e-commerce. With dropshipping, you do not need to have the stock with you. You just need to use an online fulfillment service like Zen Drop or whatever it may be or go to any AliExpress supplier and talk to them and ask them if they can get you this product for this amount of days and this price.
With dropshipping, you have an online supplier taking care of it for you but in e-commerce what you do is kind of different. With this model, you get the stocks from Alibaba to your location and then you start shipping them out to the customers
With e-commerce, the good thing is that once you have the stock you can ship out any of the orders within one to two days to any customer especially if you live in any of the
Countries in the UAE. You can easily have a delivery company deliver all of your orders but in dropshipping, deliveries tend to face delays because of the shipping and because of the quantity.
Scaling Your Business
Once you understand this whole protocol, then comes the seventh step which is scaling your business. Scaling is when you have a few orders, you analyze the data, you see what country you’re getting the most orders from, and further metrics. Based on this information, the next step is to create targeted advertisements for each of these specific categories of people. Keep in mind that you will need a lot of cash in hand to fuel these advertisements. As long as your targeting is effective, then you’d be able to recover this in no time at all.
In Conclusion,
So there you have it! If you are in the UAE and you have some time on your hands to start a venture on the side that can help sustain your life in this thriving hub for commerce, then maybe Dropshipping is the right venture for you! Given that the residents of the UAE are tech-savvy and always on the lookout for products and gadgets that can make their lives easier, there is potential for great success, as long as you find the right winning product and advertise it effectively. With some trial and error, you can easily set yourself up for success as a dropshipping tycoon!
How Can SetHub Help?
While a dropshipping venture can be set up entirely by yourself, If you want some expert advice on how to set up a dropshipping business or e-commerce business in the UAE, reach out to the experts at SetHub. We can guide you on everything you need to know, whether it’s inquiries about warehousing facilities, logistics service providers, or event brand experts, our expert team is well-equipped to get your venture off the ground! Reach out to us today and hear back in one business hour, that is our promise to you!
