The Dropship Club is the latest course offered by Wholesale Ted and claims to be an approved course and an official Shopify education provider. I'm not entirely sure what that means exactly but the course costs $67 per month and includes 40 training videos.
The course claims to offer a complete premium video training series on building a dropshipping store A-to-Z.
Oberlo recently voted this course as one of the best ones out there, despite it only recently launching.
The Dropship Club Review
Product: The Dropship Club
Creator: Wholesale Ted
Guru: Sarah Chrisp
Product Type: Dropshipping Quick Start Guide
Designed For: Beginners
Verdict: Good content but lacking in a lot of areas.
The Dropship Club is a course backed by some industry experts and claims to be the best training course for starting a dropshipping course. However with only 40 videos it's barely touching the surface of advanced traffic methods and scaling techniques that are crucial to succeeding online.
Starting a dropshipping store isn't difficult. Driving traffic to a store isn't much more difficult. Converting and turning visitors into sales is difficult and unfortunately you can't really expect to learn much about conversion optimization and scaling techniques from a $67 course.
Main Features of The Dropship Club?
The course offers over 10 hours of premium training, primarily over the shoulder style training with Sarah. For those that don't know, Sarah is the face behind the brand Wholesale Ted and she has a popular Youtube channel as well as many social media profiles.
Wholesale Ted seems to be recommended by all the major websites such as Oberlo, Shopify and it's unclear if that's because the course really is the best or because they have some form of partnership or profit share on signups.
The dropship club also includes product research to find new products as well as extensive print on demand training. The course looks at two secret traffic sources as well as Google search engine optimization.
The Dropship Club Marketing Tactics
Like most courses these days, Sarah showcases her life of luxury travel on the sales page to try and sell you on the idea of starting a course. Let me be blunt with you, if you think you can spend $67 on a course and start generating the same results as her you'd be mistaken. It takes a lot of hard work and determination and many months of work along with startup capital.
Don't be drawn in by those business class seat photos and travel photos.
If the content is as good as it should be, guru's shouldn't need to include such statements.
The Dropship Club Bold Claims
Whoever crafted the sales page for this course made some pretty bold claims that their course is more comprehensive than most $500 courses. There's also an outrageous claim that most courses that cost $497, $997 and $1997 contain just 2 hours of video content at most.
It's not clear how they came to this outcome as I see no evidence they have attended most other courses training. I've been reviewing courses for 3 years and its rare to see a course with less than 2 hours of content.
I also find it strange that Sarah has actually promoted many of those $997 courses to her own followers via email and on her Youtube channel but is now launching her own course under a monthly subscription model.
It looks to me like a huge marketing ploy. After looking at the content it's a tiny course in comparison to some other courses out there that have 250+ videos in comparison to her 40.
What’s Included In The Dropship Club?
The course currently offers 40+ videos spread out across 6 modules.
The course has been crafted to showcase a 6 step process that anyone can follow to start a successful eCommerce business by dropshipping.
- Niche Selection
- Choosing Products to Sell
- Store Creation
- Upselling
- Traffic Generation
- Managing Your Store.
Module 1: Niche Selection
Sarah claims to have a three step process for choosing a store niche. It's important to point out that she focuses on building a brandable store from the start. Most other dropship courses focus on starting a general store first. This allows you to test products that may or may not sell.
There's a video on getting started and researching 20 different ideas and narrowing these down to the top 5. Phase three then shows you how to use data insights to picking your winning niche. However winning is the wrong word here. The winning part is the product, not the niche.
You see, is fast food a winning niche just because McDonalds operate within that niche? No it's not. If I started a fast food business, I could fail, so it's not a winning niche.
There is a video on choosing a store name.
Module 2: What Products To Sell
The course looks at selling physical products using Chinese suppliers found on Aliexpress as well as the lucrative print on demand industry.
The first video looks at finding hyper-viral products to sell in your niche. If you opted for a generic store in the niche research section this module is much easier as you can sell pretty much anything you can find. If it doesn't work you can move to a different product.
You could checkout tools such as these 17 platforms for finding winning products.
You then learn how to research and spy on winning print on demand designs and how to get designers to create these for you on platforms such as Fiverr.
You then learn how to create your own print on demand designs as well as off the shelf designs you can sell right away. Videos on how to price these products are included as well as bonus content on million dollar campaign secrets.
The module is short and sweet but little research into physical products is included, instead focusing most of the attention on print on demand. Beneath each video you get additional step by step instructions if applicable.
Module 3: Store Creation
Like most courses The Dropship Club recommends creating a Shopify store and choosing a free theme to install. This is where I'd recommend using a premium theme such as Shoptimized or eCom Turbo for better conversion optimization rates as most of those free themes suck.
You get videos on how to use Oberlo, installing this and customizing the platform. There's also videos on using their Chrome extensions to add products to your store.
The course then switches to print on demand mode (personally it would be better if there was a separate module) and you learn how to create products with Printify, adding these to your Shopify store.
If Printify doesn't suit you then you can use the most popular POD platform, Printful. Again videos on how to install and customize this platform are included.
The second part of the module includes the basics on adding collections, creating pages such as about, contact, payments, legal, shipping details. You also learn how to edit confirmation emails, create logos, customize themes, homepages, add favicons, live chat and checkout pages.
Lastly you learn how to buy and connect a domain name as well as paying for a premium Shopify plan to remove the store password and make your store live!
Sarah claimed on the sales page that the content was more advanced than free Youtube videos, well this entire module is no different to any free Youtube video I've watched.
Module 4: Upselling
In what can only be described as one of the shortest upselling modules I've seen in a dropship course you are presented with scientifically-proven psychological tactics to get customers to buy more and increase your average customer order value.
This involves installed premium apps recommended by Sarah to add a product countdown timer and sales notifcation. Adding trust badges and adding discounted pricing.
Additionally there's a recommendation on using Smar7 upsell app, that spin the wheel app that's on nearly everyone elses store already and an aftersales coupon to create return business.
If you buy a premium theme such as these seven conversion focused themes, you get all those apps for free, no need to pay a monthly fee which can be upwards of $100 per month if you bought them all together.
There's far more that you could do here to improve your AOV such as one click upsells, cross sells, warranties, insurance addons.
Module 5: Traffic Generation
This module includes two unique Facebook strategies and Google SEO. There's no mention of Instagram Ads, Youtube Ads, Snapchat, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Bing Ads, Google Ads or Google Shopping which are all methods that are covered in most other courses.
You get a video on how to start using Facebook Ads, creating a business account, fan page and installing the pixel on your store. Beneath each video is a tutorial on how to perform each step so you can follow along so you don't need to keep pausing the video.
You're shown how to create lifestyle images and videos for your print on demand ads. There's also a video on creating a showcase video ad using an app you can download on your smartphone.
You will then learn how to create video ads.
Next you learn how to create a low budget Facebook Ad campaign and a 3 creative campaign.
There's a lengthy video on scaling your Facebook Ad.
But wait! Where's all the stuff you actually need to know such as, PPE, Audience targeting, scaling with LLA's, retargeting, scaling, conversion tracking? If you want to learn advanced Facebook training which you actually need to succeed, you won't find it in thedropshipclub.com
Google SEO
You then learn the power of SEO which includes 8 videos on the process of optimizing your pages, category pages, home page, about us and blog posts. You learn how to use meta tags within your blog posts to drive traffic from Google.
SEO takes a long time and you'll need some backlinks, Sarah recommends linking from Instagram which is a bit strange. There's also a video on finding low competition keywords to target. While you probably won't use premium tools, there's a recommendation to use a free one.
It's very basic but for a beginner it's a good start.
Module 6: Manage Your Store
You will learn how to manage your store and fulfil orders with Oberlo, Pillow Profits, Printify and Printful.
There's no mention of using Virtual Assistants or dealing with customer service.
There's also no mention about buying or selling stores or scaling your store.
What’s Missing From The Dropship Club?
It's hard to knock a course when it only costs $67 but there's a lot missing and this course could easily have been 100-200 videos long and priced higher. Instead they are targeting beginners who want to learn the basics and get started. However to really succeed I think this course is missing many key features.
Firstly the product research videos are lacking a lot of content. There's many tools and other resources out there nowadays for advanced product research that can help you find winning products faster.
Secondly the Facebook Ads module is tiny. I've reviewed many courses and most courses have 50+ videos on Facebook Ads. It wouldn't be so bad if the course offered some other form of social media marketing traffic source but there is none. There's no mention of scaling techniques, when to kill campaigns, when to create look a like audiences, when to optimize data.
There's no mention of Instagram Influencers which is a big deal in 2019, most courses have this covered as it's an easy way to get cheap or often free traffic in exchange for a free product.
There's also no mention of platforms such as Pinterest, Twitter, Linkedin or Snapchat which are great ways to get sales.
I was surprised to see the inclusion of Google SEO as the only free traffic source given how complex and time consuming it is to actually rank especially with a brand new domain. There was no mention of the 6-12 months you might have to wait to see results from this and the backlink video was confusing.
The other huge disappointment was no Google Ads, Google Shopping, Bing Ads or Yahoo Ads which are great platforms for selling higher priced items and print on demand products. There could have been videos on these platforms.
To summarize then it's a Facebook Ads beginner overview and print on demand or Aliexpress dropship course for $67 monthly.
What’s The Monthly Fee For?
The monthly fee is for ongoing training updates and accessing the community. Personally I would assume most people will signup, access the content and then cancel their membership so I wonder how long the $67 price point will stick around for.
The course would be better as a one time fee such as $197.
The Dropship Club Verdict
It's clear why Sarah from Wholesale Ted created this course. There is a lot of crap out there, many guru's have created courses to milk the worldwide trend on eCommerce and it's impossible to tell which course is good vs which course is not. Sarah's course is not a scam and offers value for money.
But Sarah is a serial course launcher, her previous course was about Amazon FBA and this most recent one is about dropshipping.
The course is aimed at beginners looking to get their foot in the door without paying a fortune. Remember you do need to spend money building your business after buying a course so paying $2k for a course upfront is no different to paying $67 or $197 for a course.
However, I think given Sarah's fame and fortune, I was expecting a lot more. This course is very basic and I think even beginners would be left with that question, 'Ok now what do I do?' or 'My ads are making money but how do I scale them?' or 'Will my product sell on Facebook' and those questions can't be answered with the current training content.
That's why so many people are rushing out to buy eCom Elites because those questions get answered for not much more money but you get 200+ videos and a thriving community.
If the content of this course gets updated to match the likes of eCom Elites, even if the price had to go up, I'd definitely recommend The Dropship Club.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Dropship Club?
A dropship training course created by Wholesale Ted focusing on Facebook Ads + Aliexpress or Print on Demand products.
How much does The Dropship Club cost?
The course currently costs $67 per month, payable by Clickbank.
What's the best Dropship Club alternative?
The best alternative is eCom Elites which offers 200+ videos and 20 hours of content. You can read a full review on this course.
Can you make money with dropshipping?
Yes you can, most businesses that sell online dropship in some form or another and eCommerce is a growing industry.
Can I start my own dropshipping business?
Yes you can start your own dropshipping business using courses such as this or other eCommerce courses.
Last Updated on August 30, 2019 by Rhys Dale
Rhys is the owner and chief editor at Im Rhys and is living in Chisinau, Moldova. With over 15 years experience in eCommerce and Affiliate Marketing he has started many successful 6 and 7 figure businesses. After successes with USA and China dropshipping, he expanded into building 70+ micro affiliate websites in 30 different niches that generate money on autopilot. He now helps his wife to run her social media agency as well as travelling the world at every opportunity.
Hi! Have you looked at Sarah’s update which is now Ecomm Clubhouse? Just wondering if it’s been improved since your review. I’m looking for an excellent course on print on demand.
Thanks!
yeah agree with Tara above. can you update thus review as Sara has updated the course now to Ecomm Clubhouse. so is it a lot better now ?
This is the first time I have come across your site & must say I like your review.
So you basically watch & read everything in the courses you review? That’s a lot of knowledge you must have! Maybe you should make your own course(s).
I have done a little research into Sarah and unless she trades under a different name I cannot find her registered as a company in NZ under any of the names she appears online with. To me there isn’t a lot of transparency with companies like this, and the fact she doesnt show her acutal stores on her advert on YouTube to me raises concerns, if your in business why not show your real life company if you’ve nothing to hind, it’s more free advertising and promoation for you company after all and that’s what this is all about, building a product and getting people to buy it! A lot of these people like Sarah are selling courses and that’s how they make their income. The internet and social media are full of these types of businesses with their cautionary tales to prevent you making the same mistakes, you only need to look at the Property and Stock Trading courses, you pay £1000’s for the courses and your get rich (but in the meantime you’ll make the creator of the course rich for you become rich). Most of this stuff is out there anyway if you research and find out yourself with a little resourceful researching looking at books and the internet.
Thanks for that, because it is something I’m interested in and a little scared to try. I’m hopeful.