Is dropshipping too competitive now?

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hey everyone it's question time my name is David in each week we dive into questions that you all left behind on the overload YouTube channel if you have a question of your own ask away alright today's question is from Shane he writes quote if everyone can dropship then what competitive advantage could I possibly have is there a shortage of sites that sell fitted bed sheets for example consumers can always find their way to Amazon Walmart calm Target calm etc and find the same products that I dropship and a much lower price great points Shane so to be honest know there is no shortage of sites that sell fitted bed sheets also no shortage of sites that sell fidget spinners or headphones are lots of other run-of-the-mill products consumers can indeed find all sorts of stuff at Amazon Walmart Target and elsewhere you're right so what competitive advantage could you possibly have lots of them first off when you use overload you have access to tons tons of products millions of them this gives you a chance to sell stuff that Amazon doesn't sell or at the very least it gives you a chance to sell stuff that people don't look for on Amazon if you have a clearly defined niche you can become the place to buy a certain type of product once you have that niche you can build a brand through social through email through your blog lots of our most successful merchants have cultivated a personality around their brands people like buying from their stores in a way that they don't like buying from corporations like Amazon and Walmart now the very beginning of Shane's question was if everyone can dropship then what competitive advantage can I possibly have sure everyone can dropship but not everyone does everyone can run a marathon and I promise you I will never run a marathon don't get me wrong lots of people are drop shipping and more are starting every day that's why over low merchants have now sold more than 100 million products but don't let that stop you from starting yeah everyone can open a drop shipping store but maybe starting an online business excites you more than other people maybe you have more passion to execute a marketing strategy and more determination not to give up when things don't go as planned so Shane thanks for the question and if you're not sure whether or not you can carve out your own niche you can get started with over lo for free dig around do some research try to find a niche that Walmart isn't serving got your own questions don't be shy we're always scanning the comments love to use your question in our next video we're cranking out videos every week so if yours into e-commerce and drop shipping as we are be sure to subscribe for more until next time happy drop shipping