Hey guys, it’s true you can make thousands of dollars on a monthly basis with Shopify in Nigeria. This is true because tons of people are using it and making serious money already.
As a result of this I’ve decided to share with you guys how it works and how you can go about making money with it.
In this post am going to tell you how you can make money with Shopify selling products online without buying the product itself.
What this means is that you don’t have to buy the product you will be selling.
All you have to do is simply sell and make your money. If you know of drop shipping then you should have an idea of what am talking about.
Drop shipping is the process of shipping goods directly to your customers from a third- party supplier without having the goods yourself.
This Is How It works
once your Shopify store is set up, you place the details of the products you will be selling on your store. When I mean details I mean the description, picture, price etc.
This can be done through Shopify plugin called Oberlo.
Oberlo allows you to move the product from the original supplier site to your own site.
And once you made a sale from your own site, you can then contact the original supplier by buying the product and have him/her shipped the product directly to your customer with your brand name and logo on the product.
Your profit on this is going to be the difference on how much you sold the product. And how much you buy it from the original supplier that have it shipped to your customer.
So in the actual sense, you don’t have any product and you are simply making your money. Thanks to Shopify.
Related: Shopify Payment gateway for Nigeria merchants
Shopify, who are they?
Shopify is a website that allows you to register with them if you want to sell your products online.
They allow merchants to design, develop, market and sell any type of good to various customers across the globe. Irrespective of your location.
Once you registered with them they offer ranges of service from Hosting, Domain, Design, CMC, Payment gateways and everything else you need to start a successful online store.
Shopify is a Professional e-commerce platform, probably one of the best sites to use if you are a newbie. Even at that, you can still make money immediately so far you have your master plan.
Shopify is proud of over 300 000+ member using the platform to sell their products already. Including some big companies like Pixar, Evernote, Amnesty International, Wikipedia and General Electric and a few others.
Like I said, several people have become a millionaire with Shopify just by selling products online and they are not better than you are.
Shopify, how does it work?
Shopify allows you to sell products online even if you don’t have web development or coding experience – by offering you a comprehensive ECommerce web builder with hundreds of templates ready to use.
All Shopify templates are easily customized with images, logos, and videos to compliment your store looks.
Shopify also integrates more than 70 payment gateways with checkouts in more than 50 languages. Which makes it easier to sell products to customers anywhere in the world.
Related: Shopify Reviews 2018- How Shopify works in Nigeria ( The Pro & Cons)
What Does It Cost?
Shopify prices are broken down into three main plans:
- Basic – $29 per month
- Standard- $79 per month
- Advanced – $299 per month
They have two additional plans, Shopify lite ($9 per month) and Shopify plus but they are less advertised.
Note: all plans come after 14days free trial.
How to start selling and making money with Shopify
To start making money with Shopify you need to create an account with them. This can be done within 5- 10 minutes. I will try to explain everything so newbies and everyone can understand.
You can follow this link to their home page and click on the ‘start free trial button’.
Now register by filling the required space. And after successful registration, a confirmation link will be sent to your email from Shopify.
After that’s done login to your account and click on create store. choose the product you want to sell and select a theme for your store.
Once this is done you will need to choose your custom domain name, a domain name is a name you want to give your store, it’s the link address that will bring customers to your Shopify store. A good example is konga.com, jumia.com etc but it’s going to have dot Shopify dot com at the end of your domain name. Or buy a new domain name without “dot Shopify”
Finally, the last thing to do is to choose a product category after this you can start selling your product.
How to make money with Your ‘Shopify store’
Like I previously said the best way is to dropship. Now let me show you how you can do that. Let’s say you’re dropshipping with Aliexpress.
You can do this by going to Aliexpress and find some cool and cheap products you can sell. It can be anything so far it’s sellable. Download the photos and description of that product and use the detail to create your own product on your Shopify store.
Shopify has a plugin or app that can easily do that for you. It’s called Oberlo. It will allow you to import dropshipping products directly from the third party supplier (Aliexpress) into your Shopify store. And also help you ship them directly to your customer while you do nothing.
For example, some item cost $5 on Aliexpress you can sell it at your store for $10 and make a profit of $5 on every sale.
Related: Five ways to effectively market your business online
How to get traffic and sales for your products
What you need here is to create a Facebook fan page for your store. Include your brand name and appropriate Facebook profile picture that suits your products and store.
After this is set up, you can launch a Facebook ad linking them to the cheapest product available at your store. This is to lure traffic to your store. Because once a product is bought, there is a probability that they will come back for more and this can easily grow your brand too.
While creating the ads I would recommend you use audience insights tool to find the right audience and finally let the money start rolling.
Other Ways To Make Money On Shopify
Finally, you can sell your personal product or services on Shopify and use the means to receive payment for your products and service online.
For physical products, you can buy them in bulk by importing them from China and resell them at a higher price using Your Shopify online store.
For the importation business, I’ve written a well-detailed article about it, you can as well check it out here.
Awesome, I have seen several explanations about shopify but this article simplifies it all.
Thanks alot.
Hi Kunle, thanks for the kind words if you have further request or contribution do let us know
Hello. If drop shipping abroad? What payment gateway do we use? Do we need to pay tax or open a current account in USA?
Hi Ebi, PAYSTACK is the payment gateway for Nigerians using Shopify. Its a New Nigeria company that partnered with Shopify. It support Nigerian currency. visit the site here https://paystack.com
Do let me know if you need my help with anything else.
Thanks
Can I pay Shopify Store rent with paystack?
Hi. You can do that through your credit card. Paystack is for your customers
Hi Ebi,You don’t need to pay any tax when dropshipping to US. Tax payment are for US residents only.
Do let me know when you have further questions am more than happy to help you out.
Thanks
Nice article, Just thinking after all the payments ur goods doesn’t sell.. Also, can i drop ship goods from jumia and other sells platforms.? Thanks
Personally, i believe using a wordpress site is less costlier compare to Shopify. of course you can ship your products from Jumia but you to have a nice talk with the supplier. about creating your online store with wordpress, you can check this article.
Can you advertise your store externally
Am sorry I don’t understand what you mean by externally?
Thanks for the info, which other countries apart from the USA are good at purchasing products online?
You most welcome … You can go for U.K, Canada, and Australia
Hi. Thank you for the article . When shopping to Nigeria, which of the shipping options on Oberlo do you recommend.
Nice job you are doing sharing this information
Do you mean Oberlo plans? If it’s the plan I’ll suggest you go the 30days free trial first.
no 30 days trial. after signing up and paying for a domain name which will start counting automatically for the next one month, what will grantee a sales to cover up for the following month in Nigeria.
Are you planning to sell your own products or dropshipping?
Whichever of the two, you need adverts, that’s the key to ecommerce success.
i have set up a store with shopfy, imported product from oberlo. when i acquire a domain name with it, i will have to go to facebook, intergram, whatsapp etc for an advert before i can make sale. your reply has been of help.
Social media is just a fast way to generate sales… But if you want the organic traffic, you can always optimize your store for a search engine.
Please I want to know how to open a paypal account in Nigeria without VPN.
Hi, Teslim
I think I can be of help with that. Give me a mail with your WhatsApp contact details at … olusola.david@torchbankz.com
So, we can talk about the requirements.
Nice job dear. God bless you for sharing this information. i already have an account with shopify, can you please be my mentor, i really want to get it right.
Hi, Eucharia
Thanks for the kind words, please if you have any further question you can reach me here… olusola.david@torchbankz.com
What am concerned about is the delivery period..in Nigeria here, will a customer be willing to pay for products dat he/she knows won’t arrive till after about 1/2mnths??
Actually, the products normally arrive within 15 -20 days and on rare occasion will it exceed that time.
Hi am David and I want to thank you for the information you have provided. I am about to start my shopify dropshipping and I was hoping if you could help me by being my mentor? I really want this to be a good business investment.
Hi, Dave
Thanks for the compliment, however there no much to it, subscribe to our mailing list and do read vast about dropshipping.
I’m sure if you’re committed you see results in no time.
Hi David, please I have some questions:
1. When someone buys a product from your store how does the person get the product?
2. When I was reading your article, you stated that “you can then contact the original supplier by buying the product and have him/her shipped the product directly to your customer with your brand name and logo on the product.” Do you still need to buy the product with your own money? And how do you brand your storessay name and logo?
You can buy the product from the money paid by your customer.
It’s the supplier you forward the order details to on AliExpress that will ship the product to your customer.
Your own work is to collect the tracking number and send to the customer.
From that, they can track the movement of their product.
Nice article sir. Please I have 2 questions.
1.) If I am dropshipping to outside Nigeria, can Paystack accept the payment? Since they said they accept only Nigerian currency.
2. Is they a way to open a PayPal account here and be receiving payments with it.
Thank you…
Yeah … if the international buyer is willing to pay the naira equivalent in dollars but it’s not always advisable. About the PayPal, I have one that I receive payment with here in Nigeria without hiding my Ip address. check the PayPal here
This was really insightful, I’m currently setting up my shopify store, pls what currency do i set it up with? Naira or USD?
it depends on your payment gateway… if you use Paystack it will be in Naira and if you use PayPal it will be in dollars. So it all depends on your targeted country.
I need help with my website please email me privately
Done
Thanks for the info. My target customers are the u.s , what currency should I use naire or dollar
It should be in dollar
Pls is there a way to talk to you… preferably by calling you?
I’ll prefer you reach me via my email address…”olusola.david@torchbankz.com”
Thanks for all the information above
I am an importer i have physical products i want to sell like Next and Ralph lauren coporate shirts
How do i go about selling this products on shopify and hoe do i generate trafic to my shopify account.
Thanks Tobi
At first you’ll need to run Facebook ads, connect with social media influencer and invest in SEO.
But for your niche, you must understand that the social media is going to play the major role in generating traffic for your business.
Good article,but please how can I get a reputable and reliable supplier and Is it only on aliexpress what about other china online stores?
Yes, you can explore other Chinese stores too
Thanks for the reply.
I’ve created a facebook page for my business and i’ve done facebook ads for about 2 products running to a week now but i have’nt been able to make any sales yet thats why i want to start selling using shopify.
Is there any way i can get across to you so you can give me some advice and tips.
I’ll reply your mail.
Then please what is SEO
SEO is Search engine optimization they are the factors responsible for the appearance of your website on the internet.
It determines how you rank for your products when people search for it on Google.
Am so happy for this information,I started droppshipping last year but I stop because of payment gateway to Nigeria. Please mail me so we can discuss better because am ready to start again. Thanks
If I decide to use PayPal and display price in dollars, how do I get my money to my bank account?
Also, how do I pay for the monthly subscription….using PayPal?
The Monthly sub will be deducted via the credit card you used in activating your Shop.
Hello admin how do i choose what to sell I mean what to base the store on like clothing, tech gagdets, or an I just randomly choose?
Choose something related or close to what you will be selling.
Thanks very much, this article was helpful
Glad you like it. Thanks
Does shopify only accept PayPal as it’s payment systems
No, they don’t, just your credit card.
I want to drop ship to the US.
Can paystack help me accept their dollar payments?
They said they now collect USD but I think its better if you verify by sending them a mail.
hi please for those in Nigeria what is the best payment gateway to use in shopify
You can use paystack for that!
Hello David,
I’ve read some of your posts here and I can say they are concise and very useful. You are doing a great job here brother.
How do I target a particular country say Nigeria or US for my sales?
If I choose US, will I receive payments in dollars by paystack?
Thanks
You can target US by running adverts for US and lately I think Paystack now receive dollar payments.
You could contact them to know more about this.
Mr olusola david, thanks so much for this article, it has blessed me but i’ll like to reach you via whatsapp or call. I need you to explain somethings for me. And i hope you help with a means to reach you sir..
They pay you first before you send the product
Pls how much capital do you need as a starter to sell in shopify. Pls help me
If I decide to use PayPal and display price in dollars and a customer purchase my product, how do I get my money to my bank account?
Cash your PayPal funds
you are a blessing to this generation… great one bro. do you organize seminars? if yes, where and what date? course i wanna be one of your student
Thank you sir… were working on that!
Hello David
I just stmble over your article on the net.
I want to go into dropshipping that was the motivation behind the google search. I want a one on one mentoring. Please let me hear from you
Thanks
Send a mail to me here… olusola.david(at)torchbankz.com
Hello,
I am new to dropshipping with shopify, I stumbled on your page via google. I am trying to set up my page but ran into the following issues;
i. I couldn’t select a plan as i keep getting “error card can’t be verified”
PS: i use Uba card
ii. I am trying to dropship to USA/Canada, can i use my Nigerian address as my store address?
NB: what is the best payment gateway to use?
Thank You.
Use a different card if the UBA card didnt work.
Very easy I ve registered but don’t understand it but you just explain it very well is it the oberlu I will pay for?
Shopify plan… oberlo is free for starters
what about taxes will i have to think about it when generating revenue from my shopify store, your help is needed urgently
You don’t have to worry about that
by the way i know this is long but i will really appreciate your help if u light on this areas for me.
God will bless u abundately for your help.
1. how can i tell my suppliers not to include where the product is supplied from and who the supplier is, so my customers will not know.
2. how can i tell my suppliers to put my brands name and logo on the package and their own, so that my customer cant be able to track them.
3.what is the best way to advertise my shopify store to get more traffic and sales.
4.by the way how can i receive my revenue from sales to my paypal account.
The Oberlo plugin will notify your supplier about your dropshipping.
You can as well chat the supplier directly about the brand and white label.
You can withdraw your PayPal funds
please i see that you only mentioned credit card but what about debt card. isnt there options for debit card because i only have a debit card and i fear i may not be eligible to apply for credit card as of now. please i await your response. Thank you!!
Thanks for the article.
Pls I ll love to ask.. can I use my debit card for PayPal too?
yeah
I love your explanation
And commitment towards us
Please how can a Nigerian staying outside the country use a Nigeria payment method for his Nigeria account,
Please I need help with my website
Massage me privately , thanks