HOW TIM KOCK BUILT A PROFITABLE DROPSHIPPING BUSINESS IN 14 DAYS (WITHOUT SPENDING MONEY ON ADS) PT8

Setting up Shopify

Now that I had validated my niche, it was time to build my Shopify store.

As I always say, don’t get fancy!

I didn’t spend money a new theme or custom webdesign. I just registered

for my 14-day free trial and spent a few minutes setting up. 

Thanks for having me, Shopify.

Here's how I configured my store:

• Theme: Brooklyn
• Shipping: All countries free
• Payment gateway: If you’re in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, UK, Ireland,or Australia, use Shopify Payments. If you’re anywhere else, use PayPal.
• Pages: Contact us, privacy policy, refund policy, terms of service
• Free shipping page: Used to explain the long shipping times

Because I think a hero image always looks solid, I visited a royalty free

image gallery and searched for “choker.” Given the product’s popularity it

didn't take much time to find a beautiful header image for my store. 

Can you guess which one I chose?

I uploaded the image below to tinypng.com in order to compress it from 1.2

MB to 453.9 KB (faster loading times — especially on mobile) and then

uploaded it within the Shopify Theme Editor. 

Looked great to me!

Nothing fancy, just a solid store that doesn’t bother you right from the start

with promotional pop-ups. I know this stuff works, but remember, I only had

a few days to build a real business and make some money out of it with

zero investment.

I then added a few apps, some of which are free or come with a free trial:

Oberlo to connect my store to AliExpress (up to 50 orders/month free)

Affiliatly to track business generated from influencers (30-day free trial)

Easy Contact Form in case my visitors had questions (free)