Frequently asked questions
What Sellmaxing does on its own, what it will never do without you, and the limits it enforces on spend. If something here is still unclear, the guides go deeper.
Is dropshipping still profitable in 2026?
It can be, and it is harder than it was. Advertising costs more, customers expect faster delivery, and the easy products have been found. What still works is the disciplined version: a product with real demand and a margin that survives ad costs, a page built for cold traffic, small bounded tests, and written rules that end losers quickly. Most tested products still fail, so the economics depend on cheap tests rather than lucky picks.
How much money do I need to start dropshipping?
Enough to run several tests you can afford to lose, plus your fixed costs. Sellmaxing caps a new product at $50 a day until its return on ad spend is proven, so a single test is bounded rather than open-ended, and the zero-sales rule ends it sooner if nothing converts. Budget separately for the store platform, your subscription and a first supplier sample. Never fund a test with money you need back.
Does Sellmaxing need my Shopify password?
No, and you are never asked for one. Shopify connects over OAuth, so you approve the requested scopes on Shopify's own consent screen and can revoke access there whenever you want. The same applies to the ad platforms wherever they support it. Where a provider only issues API keys, those keys are stored encrypted and are never exposed to the browser.
How much of the work does Sellmaxing actually do?
It runs the pipeline: product scouting, the store and product page, ad creatives, campaign creation, daily metric collection, kill and scale enforcement, supplier ordering, tracking write-back and refund accounting. What it does not do is approve spend or talk to your customers. Most operators spend around ten minutes a day approving decisions that move money and reading what happened.
Who decides when a losing product stops?
The rules do, and they were written before the campaign started. A return on ad spend below 0.8 for two consecutive days is a kill, and $50 spent with no sales is a kill. Enforcement runs on a schedule and applies on the ad platform, with a 24 hour window to undo it and the triggering rule named. You can always stop something earlier yourself.
Do I need my own ad accounts?
Yes, and that is intentional. TikTok and Meta campaigns run inside your own advertising accounts, connected with your permission, so the spend, the history and the assets belong to you. Nothing is built inside a shared account you would lose access to later. If an account has a restriction or a payment problem, that is between you and the platform.
How long does it take to get a product live?
A candidate can move from research to a launch-ready page and campaign in a single session, since the research, page build and creative generation run as queued jobs rather than on a calendar. What sets the real pace is your approvals and any provider connection still outstanding. Going live is a decision you make, so nothing spends before you say so.
Can I bring my own products instead of dropshipping?
Yes, and most of the pipeline is unaffected. If you already hold stock or have your own supplier, the store building, creative generation, campaign management and kill rules all apply unchanged, because none of them assume a particular supplier. The part that does not apply is automatic supplier ordering, so you would fulfil orders through your own process while the rest runs as normal.
What does it cost to run in total?
Three things, and only one of them is the subscription. Plans are $79, $159 and $299 a month and include monthly creative credits. On top of that you pay your own ad spend, your supplier costs and your store platform, plus any credit overage at $20 per 100. Ad spend is usually the largest line by a wide margin once a product is live.
Is dropshipping legal?
Yes, as a fulfillment model it is ordinary retail: you sell an item and a third party ships it. The obligations are the same as any shop. Describe the product accurately, state delivery times you can meet, honour refund rights, do not publish invented reviews, and do not display a struck-through price the item was never genuinely offered at. Consumer protection rules apply in full.
Do I need to know how to run ads?
You need to understand the decisions rather than the interfaces. Campaign creation, daily metric collection and rule enforcement are handled for you, but you are approving spend, so knowing why a return of 0.8 is a kill and why budget increases are small will make you a better operator. The mechanical ad manager work, where most structural mistakes happen, is the part you can skip.
How many products should I run at the same time?
Enough that no single test carries your expectations, within the account cap. Total spend stays under $200 a day without an explicit approval, which is the real constraint on parallel testing, and your plan sets how many products can be active. Running several bounded tests is usually better than one large one, because most products fail and you want that discovered cheaply.
What happens to my store if I cancel?
It keeps running, because it was never ours. The Shopify store, the theme, the products, the ad accounts, the campaigns and the customer data all live in your own accounts under your own credentials. Cancelling stops the automation and the creative generation. You can also revoke each integration directly at the provider whenever you want.
Still stuck? Contact support — or read the comparisons if you are weighing Sellmaxing against another tool.
Sellmaxing runs the same loop on your own store: scout, page, creatives, campaign, fulfillment — with hard spend caps and your approval on every launch.
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