Day 1 of building a dropshipping store until I hit $100K/month

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Why it worked

The creator's relatable situation (working a regular job, friends in e-commerce) combined with the aspirational goal of building a successful dropshipping business and the promise of documenting the entire journey, including both wins and losses, creates an engaging narrative that encourages viewers to follow along.

Summary

The creator, Trey, is documenting his journey of building a dropshipping store from scratch with the goal of reaching $100K/month. He is using AI to assist with the process and is filming the entire journey, including successes and failures, while working a hospitality job.

Structure

1Introduction and goal setting
2Current situation and motivation
3Building the store and using AI
4Filming the process on breaks
5Call to follow the journey

Product placement

The video is about building a dropshipping store, which is the subject of the promotion. The creator also mentions using AI tools to help build the business.

Call to action

So follow along. Week one, zero dollars, one goal. Let's see how far along we can get with this. See you in the next one.

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Day 1 of building a dropshipping store until I hit $100K months. I work in hospitality, all my friends are in ecom, and I’m done watching from the sidelines. Follow the whole journey 📈 #dropshipping #ecommerce #buildinpublic #sidehustle #entrepreneur

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Day 1 of building a dropshipping store until I hit $100K/month My name is Trey. just moved to San Diego, and I work a hospitality job that pays the bills but isn't the plan. Here's the thing. every single one of my friends are in ecomm and honestly, I've been watch ing from the sidelines for way too long. So I'm I'm gonna build my own dropshipping store until I do 100 K a month. Uh, and I'm gonna film the entire thing. The wins, the all of it. This is week This is week one. I got the store idea. I've been settin and right now, I am in the ads phase, which is which is where most people quit. Oh, and I'm not doing this al I am us ing A.I. To help me build th Copy, creative strateg It's kin It's kind of like having a co founder that never sleeps. And rea And real talk, I'm filming this on my this on my break at my actual job cause cause that's just reality. Sometimes Sometimes you have to build wha build what you want in the cracks of and and that's what I'm doing. so foll So follow along. Week Zero dolla Zero dollars, one go Let Let's see how far along we we can get with this. See you in the next one.

Transcript

My name is Trey. I'm just moved to San Diego, and I work a hospitality job that pays the bills, but isn't the plan. Here's the thing. So every single one of my friends are in e-commerce and honestly, I've been watching from the sidelines for just way too long. So I'm done watching. I'm gonna build my own dropshipping store until I do 100 K a month. Uh, and I'm gonna film the entire thing. The wins, the Ls, all of it. This is week one. I got the store idea. I've been setting everything up and right now, I am deep in the ads phase, which is where most people quit. Oh, and I'm not doing this alone. I am using A.I. to help me build this business. Copy, creative strategy. It's kind of like having a co-founder that never sleeps. And real talk, I'm filming this on my break at my actual job cause that's just reality. Sometimes you have to build what you want in the cracks of the day and that's what I'm doing. So follow along. Week one, zero dollars, one goal. Let's see how far along we can get with this. See you in the next one.