How Overseas Sellers Gained $13,000 In Sales In 14 Days At Zero Cost

“Foreign sellers reverse gold mining on TikTok.”

We Chinese sellers have realized that TikTok, as a traffic channel, can empower our e-commerce business and greatly expand the scale of our business.

But, can TikTok only be used as a traffic channel?

Today we will take a look at a foreign seller who is doing reverse gold mining on TikTok. Cameron is a seller from the United States who is good at using the one-click dropshipping model to make gold online. In just 2 weeks, his new independent store generated sales of US$13,000.

What makes us Chinese sellers even more envious is that Cameron did not spend a penny on inbound promotion.

So, how does this American seller operate?

Let’s break down the entire process of Cameron’s operation, from research, product selection, verification to traffic operation.

Cameron’s product research strategy is no stranger to us Chinese sellers. This is a strategy that is very familiar to many Chinese sellers chasing hot and popular products. Use a separate social media (META, Ins or TikTok, etc.) account to constantly search and follow e-commerce related tags (such as TikTokMadeMeBuyIt, etc.). Use this type of account to only watch hot product advertisements or popular content. While browsing the content, you can also do some interactive actions (such as clicking on links, adding purchases, etc.), so that the system can judge that you are an active online consumer.

In this way, the information push of this account will be filled with more popular and explosive content.

Using this method, Cameron discovered the recently popular Mario mushroom slippers.

A viral video does not mean that this product will become popular. Cameron used a few tricks to cross-validate the potential of this product.

The first is to observe the purchasing intention of the audience in the comment area. This product has very typical impulsive consumption characteristics, and a large number of users in the comment area eagerly asked for purchase links.

Then, Cameron used Google Trend to look at the search popularity of Mario games. He knew little about the game and found that the popularity of this keyword had remained high for a long time.

During further in-depth research, Cameron found that the upcoming movie, "Super Mario Brothers", has further boosted the popularity of this IP, which is also the main reason behind the sudden explosion of Mario-related content on social media.

This product is worth following up on!

The price of the same product on AliExpress is about 10 US dollars, and the price of existing independent sellers on the market is about 30 US dollars, which has more than doubled the profit margin.

Potential energy! “Not everyone sees the business opportunity behind the momentum,” Cameron said.

He knew how to quickly arbitrage the momentum of a trend.

It only took a few hours to build a simple but brand-friendly Shopify standalone website. After the customer places the order, the order is handed over to the AliExpress seller for fulfillment. Then all Cameron has to do is get traffic.

So, how to get traffic?

Cameron knows that this popular product and the entire operating model that have been proven on TK can be migrated to other traffic platforms for arbitrage.

He chose Instagram’s Reel.

The logic is simple. The explosion of popularity on TK means that this product has been verified. This product has huge potential under recent popular trends; the beautiful data on the content on TK also means that this type of content has also been verified. Handling Or similar content that imitates and shoots will most likely explode on other platforms.

Content related to this product is rarely seen on Reel. The level of content competition on this subject under this short video platform is relatively low. Therefore, the probability of the same content breaking out on Reel will not be too bad, far more than competing for TK traffic. Much easier.

The logic holds true!

By simply replicating popular content on TK, Cameron's Reel account exploded, and his third video received three million views!

Many viewers asked for purchase links in the comment area. Cameron pinned the comments leading to purchase to the top, guiding the audience to click on BIO to enter the website to purchase.

The virality of a single video further verified Cameron’s inference. The next step is to copy and enlarge, use the same content idea, shoot similar content, fine-tune copywriting and other subtle variables, and produce it in batches.

Soon, one of the videos went viral again, racking up 13 million views.

Cameron's strategy is simple. Scan the products and content ideas that have already passed through TK, switch to traffic channels with relatively low competition, and copy the entire system for arbitrage.

In just 2 weeks, this simple strategy generated $13,000 in sales and over $8,000 in gross profit.

Minimal upfront investment and zero traffic costs!

Have you learned it?