High ticket dropshipping is a smarter, more profitable way to run a dropshipping business. Instead of selling cheap trinkets from overseas for a few bucks in profit, you're selling quality, high-value products, usually $500 or more, that people are already searching for.
Think of things like premium office furniture, fitness equipment, home saunas, BBQs, roof top tents or electric bikes. These aren’t impulse buys—they’re purchases people research and plan for. And when someone finally decides to buy, they're willing to spend real money. That’s where you come in.
Unlike traditional dropshipping where you’re dealing with slow shipping times, sketchy suppliers, and razor-thin margins, high ticket dropshipping focuses on working with real domestic suppliers who ship directly to your customer. You don’t touch inventory, and you don’t need a warehouse. You’re simply the trusted brand that connects the customer with the right product.
The best part? You can make the same profit from one sale of a high ticket item that you'd need 20 or more low-ticket sales to match, with far fewer customer service headaches.
Most people start dropshipping the wrong way. They follow flashy YouTube tutorials, pick random products from AliExpress, and hope that cheap gadgets or impulse buys will somehow add up to real income.
The truth? That model is exhausting, and usually short-lived.
Here’s why high ticket dropshipping is just better:
When you’re selling products that cost $500 or more, you only need a few sales a month to bring in meaningful profit. With my ebike store (eBikeGeneration.com) I was selling $5,000 ebikes to hunters ( very niche I know). After expenses I would clear about $750 per sale. I was making a sale every day on average. But realistically I only needed 1 or 2 sales a week to live very comfortably.
They’re serious buyers, not bargain hunters. Less drama, fewer returns. It’s hard to believe, but people that pay for premium products want the best and they are less ‘needy’ which usually translates into less customer service headaches.
You can afford to advertise and still make a profit.
With Low Ticket, if you sell a a $20 fidget spinner that cost you $5 from China you have to be able to acquire a customer for pennies in order to make a tiny profit. And even if you make $10 profit on each sale, you have to make 75 sales for every 1 sale I made selling ebikes. Would you rather 1 customer or 75? If you have hundreds of orders a week how many people do you have to employ to manage all that?
This isn’t some side hustle, it’s something you can grow and eventually sell for life-changing money.
This is a VERY important aspect to consider. Dropshipping isn’t normally something you do forever. It’s often a gateway to other business models. And the exit is what sets you up for a good life and makes your next venture so much easier.
This is important because when you have a High Ticket store you sell products from brands in the country you’re serving. Like my ebike store. I sold US brand ebikes to US customers. And to do so, you become an Authorized Dealer for these brands. They send you a Dealer contract with terms and wholesale pricing etc. This makes it legit.
Now compare this to the typical Low Ticket stores selling a trending product that’s all the rage for about a month. They usually source a product from Aliexpress and purchase it from Aliexpress and ship it to the customer. Now think about that for a second… They are not in a business relationship with AliExpress. They are the customer. The sale is final. Except the Low Ticket Dropshipper just ships the product they just bought to their customer. Since shipping from China takes much longer than shipping domestically the end customer gets fed up and cancels the order. Shopify refunds your customer, taking the sale and cash from the Seller’s account. But the Low Ticket Dropshipper doesn’t get a refund from AliExpress because it’s already in route. The Low Ticket store owner in this case effectively bought some random stranger a gift and incurs a refund charge from Shopify for the trouble.
Here’s a simple breakdown of how it works:
Step 1: Pick a Profitable Niche
Look for evergreen products that people care about and plan for.
Step 2: Partner with Real Suppliers
Reach out to US-based brands or distributors who dropship.
Step 3: Build a Simple, Trustworthy Website
Focus on clarity and credibility, not flashy design.
Step 4: Drive High-Intent Traffic
Use Google Shopping and Search ads to reach buyers ready to purchase.
Step 5: Your Supplier Ships the Product
You collect the order, they handle fulfillment, you earn the profit.
Let’s clear up a few common myths:
“You need a huge budget to start.”
False. Many people start with $500–$1,000 and scale up. And since Google gives you an ad credit to get started of around $500, that’s usually enough to get your first sale.
“It’s hard to find suppliers.”
Not if you know how to approach them. It’s easier than people think.
“It’s just expensive dropshipping.”
Wrong. The strategy, mindset, and systems are completely different.
“I need to be an expert.”
Nope. You just need a good blueprint and a willingness to learn.
I recommend Dropship Breakthru because it’s built by people who’ve actually done this successfully.
You’ll learn:
This model changed the way I approached ecommerce. It helped me build a business that worked and that I could eventually sell.
If you want to skip the frustration and start with a proven system…
Check out Dropship Breakthru here and take your first step toward building a real online business. I’m an active member in the Dropship Breakthru community and I’m one of thousands in their Slack channel. We ask each other questions every day and the community all chip in to help and share knowledge. High Ticket Dropshipping IS NOT a get rich quick scheme. But if you follow the course properly and put the work in, it is however a get rich business model.
I know first-hand. I live in a villa in southern Italy that my earnings paid for. I now make olive oil and grow vegetables on my 2 acres of land. I’m mortgage free and spend my time growing ecom businesses and helping others do the same.
Below is a photo that was taken in July 2024. I was giving a talk at the Dropship Breakthru live event in Salt Lake City, Utah. The founders of the program gave me an award for doing over $10 Million usd in sales with my ebike store.
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