Ryan Lee

Chinese Private Supplier
Sharing what I see from the fulfillment side of dropshipping.
Products. Margins. Shipping. Scaling.

[Ryan Lee @RyanLeex8]

Day 17
More clients are asking about the new EU low-value parcel rule starting in early July.

As a supplier, what I can share is：so far, carriers haven’t given us a clear charging standard yet.

Based on past experience, carriers will likely find ways to reduce the added €3 .

[Ryan Lee @RyanLeex8]

Day 16

Today didn’t go as planned.

A system issue brought things to a stop for a while.

No quotes sent.
Messages piled up.
Work delayed.

Now it’s just a matter of catching up.

One thing I can’t stand is making clients wait longer than they should.

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Day 15

With the World Cup in full swing, I couldn't help thinking about a few jersey stores I spoke with earlier this year.

Unfortunately, most of them ended up getting shut down due to IP issues.

If they had survived until now, thrn their biggest sales window of the year.

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@ismaaa_ecom Vous recherchez un fournisseur indépendant ? Je serais ravi de travailler avec vous.

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Day 14

Only a few stores requested quotes today.

Overall, things have felt slower than usual recently.

Not sure if it's related, but the World Cup is in full swing and many sellers seem less focused on scaling right now.

Could be temporary.

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Day 13
A small update

A supplement clientI mentioned in a previous post experienced a payment gateway issue, causing sales to be interrupted.

Today he's nearly back to his previous scale.

Validated products and creatives have a way of finding their way back.

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Day 12

Today was relatively quiet.

Fewer stores requested quotes than usual.With Father's Day approaching, I expected to see more momentum across stores.

But most of the sellers I'm working with haven't seen a noticeable lift in sales yet.

Not every holiday creates a winner.

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Day 11

Quoted 6 stores today:
• 3 supplements
• 2beauty
• 1 electronics

One thing I've noticed recently:

With Father's Day approaching, some gift shops have seen a significant increase in orders.

Seasonal factors remain more important than many sellers realize.

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@ecomneph Are you looking for a private supplier? I’m interested in working with you.

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Day 10

Quoted 5 stores today:
• 2 health
• 2 electronics
• 1 footwear

One European lighting store made progress on Meta today.

The challenge is shipping.

Many dropshippers focus on product cost and forget about volumetric weight.

A product can be light, but if it's bulky

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Day 9

Quoted 11 stores today:
• 3 beauty
• 3 supplements
• 2 electronics
• 2 women's fashion
• 1 home goods

Shipping costs increased again.

For some stores that are scaling, we agreed to share part of the added cost.

Margins matter.

But momentum matters too.

[Ryan Lee @RyanLeex8]

Day 8
Maybe it's the weekend，only 3 quote requests today:

>2 supplements
>1 beauty

A small observation:

From what I see behind the scenes, weekends tend to be the strongest days for many Shopify stores.

That's also when most sellers start spending more aggressively.

[Ryan Lee @RyanLeex8]

Day 7
Quoted 6 stores :
> 3 supplements
> 2 beauty
> 1 toy

The toy store surprised me. The owner was getting consistent orders from organic traffic alone.
No Meta ads.
No paid traffic.
In years of working with dropshipping stores, that's one of the rarest things I've seen.

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Day 6
Quoted 8 stores today:
• 3 electronics
• 2 supplements
• 2 personal care
• 1 beauty

Shipping costs to the US went up again today.

Lost count of how many increases we've seen since the war started.

Every increase means less margin for sellers.

This is not good.

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Day 5

Quoted 5 stores today:
>2 supplements
>2 beauty
>1 pet

The seller whose payment gateway got shut down last week relaunched today with a new setup.

Traffic returned.

Performance didn't.

Recovery is usually slower than disruption.

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Day 4

Quoted 8 stores today:

>3 supplements
>2 pet
>2 home
>1 beauty

Today, one of the health supplement sellers targeted niche dropshipping countries, but the order results were good, demonstrating a strategy of differentiated competition.

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Day 3

Quoted 6 stores today:

>3 supplements
>1 pet
>2 beauty
Health products continue to dominate.

One seller I've worked with for 6 months had his payment gateway shut down today while scaling.

Sometimes the biggest risk isn't ads or fulfillment.

It's infrastructure.

[Ryan Lee @RyanLeex8]

Day 2
One thing I've noticed:
When a store is doing 5 orders/day, the biggest concern is usually finding a winning product.
When a store is doing 50 orders/day, the biggest concern is usually fulfillment.
Funny how the conversation changes once the orders start coming in.

[Ryan Lee @RyanLeex8]

Day 1
Today I quoted products for several dropshipping stores.Almost none of them were selling what would've been considered "normal" winning products 2–3 years ago.
No phone accessories.
No gadgets.
Very few home products.
Mostly supplements, creams, oils, and health-related.

[Ryan Lee @RyanLeex8]

I've been a Chinese private supplier for years.

That means I get to see things most dropshippers don't:

what products are being tested
what kills margins
what breaks when stores scale

Going to start sharing one observation a day.

Should be interesting.