It's underreported but Trump just nuked Temu, Shein, and the entire droppooping industry :marseyemojirofl:

https://x.com/typesfast/status/1885878378408149383

Maybe American Apparel can come back

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I never understood how people make money dropshipping, tbh I never really read into it but if the OG supplier is directly shipping to the final customer, why is an influencer involved? marketing? how do they get the money?

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>find product for $2 on Chinese website

>set up shopify page selling the same thing for $20

>spam that shit on reddit/twiktok

>pocket $18 on every sale

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isnt this just arbitrage

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Yes. The arbitrage opportunity exists because the USPS subsidizes crazy cheap shipping from China and boomers and zoomers don't understand how computers work so they can't go find the same crap on AliExpress for 90% less.

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And you can actually cause A LOT of Drama on Tiktok, 9gag, Instagram etc. by posting links to the same product the dropshipper tries to sell on Aliexpress.

Because then all the upkong-bots etc. he payed were for nothing. I did it a few times on 9gag. Posted a nice fat screenshot to Aliexpress, showing how the "90 Dollar Gadget" is actually 5 Dollar shit. Got sooooo many angry messages.

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Ooh, you should make a post about it!

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Flea markets and even conventions, even "artist alleys" are FILLED, nay-- OVERFLOWING with drop shipping booths selling chinese items for $24 (or maybe even $60) instead of merely $18

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There is multiple scandals about fine art booth owners selling chinese "cute" ceramics or knitted items

Temuslop was on etsy as "homemade goods" but when etsy crashed and the cash dried up, the scammers literally took to the streets to try and out compete the artists there too

:malefeminist: :doomergirl: "wow... nice frog and mushroom plushies... i can only make two or three in a week :( you're so good... wow :("

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