Drop Shipping evidence: 25 quotes from 6 creators
Every quote, figure and source behind our drop shipping guide: 25 quotes from 6 creators, grouped by claim, with the full source list.
Every quote, by claim
Accepted figures: each is backed by the creators quoted under it, verbatim and linked to the moment they said it.
Equipment: Shopify store
“So from here, it's now like, okay, let's get my Shopify store up and running.”
Full-time or part-time: full time capable
“for me that was hitting 40,000 in in revenue a month for 6 months in a row. That's when I felt like it was a a good enough time to step away.”
“that was hitting 40,000 in revenue a month for six months in a row. That was when I felt like it was a good enough time to step away.”
“So I quit in month nine and the business had 70,000 pounds.”
Scalability: high
“It is something that can give you financial and location freedom, but it's not passive.”
“Really turn this into a really valuable e-com asset.”
“But if you're thinking long-term, if you care about building something that has value beyond this month's income, this model offers flexibility and scalability together with ownership.”
Startup cost: $0–$500
“dipping $500 out of your own pocket and trying to run some ads to Shopify just to say that at the start”
“I might have tried drop shipping because it required zero.”
Single reports, not yet confirmed
What one creator said, before a second independent source backs it. Not used as a fact anywhere on the site.
Monthly earnings, part time
“I've managed to maintain a steady revenue stream, averaging around 4 grand a month.”
“Within 18 months of dropshipping high-ticket products, he took the business to £40,000 a month while still working his day job”
“Obviously the profit on that was about 10%. So not a crazy profitable thing, but perfect little side hustle to get through college”
Startup cost
“I might have tried drop shipping because it required zero.”
“dipping $500 out of your own pocket and trying to run some ads to Shopify just to say that at the start”
Ongoing cost
“We're talking about, oh, is it going to be $5 a month or $50 a month? It's all fugezi.”
Time to first dollar
“So my first sale happened about a week and a half in.”
“In this video”
“Do you remember your first sale moment or that notification?”
Typical hours per week
“So it needs to be something I can do on my evenings and weekends.”
Common pitfalls
“Dropshipping gets a really bad name because it can feel like a scam. And if you are selling cheap products off Alibaba, Aliexpress, basically Chinese factories, then it feels like a scam to the customer and to the business owner.”
“And so if you aren't deliberately funneling as much of your spend behind those high in-tank keywords and as many of them as possible, you're essentially going to be burning a lot of our budget on a generic traffic.”
“It's a customer service business model. Like anyone who tells you the high ticket drop shipping is a sit behind computer, like four hour work week style gig is, in my opinion, selling you a bit of a dream”
Income volatility
“things can be a little bit streaky at the start, particularly when you're in a high ticket niche”
Equipment
“So from here, it's now like, okay, let's get my Shopify store up and running.”
Scalability
“But if you're thinking long-term, if you care about building something that has value beyond this month's income, this model offers flexibility and scalability together with ownership.”
All sources
- The Side Hustle Show, 736: Replaced His Salary in 5 Months and Set Up a $700k Exit (podcast, 30 Apr 2026, at 25:47)
- Side Hustle Nation, He Built a $40k/Month Side Hustle Before Quitting His Job (Here's How) (YouTube, 10 Sep 2026, at 46:50)
- The Side Hustle Show, 758: From Zero to $120k/mo in 18 Months (podcast, 7 Sep 2026, at 46:47)
- Side Hustle Hero, 178: Top 10 Side Hustles To Start In 2026 (podcast, 6 Jan 2026, at 11:20)
- The Side Hustle Experiment Podcast, The Secret to building a 7 Figure Amazon Business with Avery aka Romer the Roamer .. episode 12 (podcast, 20 Feb 2024, at 47:42)
- Chris Koerner, 011: Dropshipping Tiny things to make $4k/Month (podcast, 13 Sep 2023, at 1:32)
- Side Hustle School, Ep. 3576 - Failure Friday: “Amazon permanently banned my seller account…” (podcast, 16 Oct 2026, at 4:44)
- Chris Koerner, 6 Ways to Make Money With AI Agents Starting From Zero - Ep. #343 (podcast, 13 Oct 2026, at 22:09)
All data
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Equipment | Shopify store | The Side Hustle Show, Apr 2026 |
| Full-time or part-time | full time capable | Side Hustle Nation, Sep 2026; The Side Hustle Show, Sep 2026; The Side Hustle Show, Apr 2026 |
| Scalability | high | Side Hustle Nation, Sep 2026; The Side Hustle Show, Sep 2026; Side Hustle Hero, Jan 2026 |
| Startup cost | $0–$500 | The Side Hustle Show, Sep 2026; The Side Hustle Experiment Podcast, Feb 2024 |