How Kit Made £879k in 18 Months (Episode 150)

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🗣 In this episode, Lewis Smith and James Eardley sit down with Dropship Unlocked member Kit to hear his incredible journey from a 9–5 office job to building a high-ticket e-commerce business that generated £879,000 in just 18 months. Kit shares the ups and downs of his journey, the moments of doubt, and the life-changing freedom he’s built since starting.

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Topics Discussed:

★ From Skepticism to Action – How Kit overcame doubts about investing in the program and why he decided to go all in.
★ Escaping the Office Grind – The turning point that pushed Kit to build a business rather than return to corporate life.
★ The Power of Strong Foundations – Why building the “boring” but essential early structures set him up for long-term success.
★ Freedom Moments – From spontaneous family trips to Lake Como to taking a Friday afternoon off for the cinema.
★ Revenue Milestones – How Kit hit £879k in 18 months, including a record-breaking £55k day with £29k profit.
★ Team & Lifestyle Benefits – Creating a business that allows more family time, financial stability, and even rewarding his staff with trips to Alton Towers.
★ What’s Next – How Kit plans to scale further and launch new stores using the systems he’s mastered.

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Key Takeaways:
★ Big Leaps Create Big Rewards – Kit’s initial financial commitment felt daunting, but it was the catalyst for him to take the business seriously.
★ Freedom Over Routine – Leaving behind office monotony for a business that funds spontaneous trips, family time, and lifestyle flexibility.
★ Strong Foundations Pay Off – The “unexciting” groundwork became the backbone of Kit’s £879k business.
★ Persistence Matters – Four months without a single sale nearly broke him, but pushing through led to life-changing results.
★ Your Story Could Be Next – Kit started with doubts and limited funds—proof that with focus and effort, anyone can achieve similar results.

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And I think we made on that day. I think we made something like 29,000. Pound profit other than making like 30 grand in profit in a single day. Any other surprising benefits of running a business like this on a Monday? And by Thursday, myself and my wife and my kids had gone on to Lake Como in Italy. Where are you at now for revenue? Since launching, I've now reached £879,000. Welcome to the Dropship Unlocked podcast. I'm Lewis Smith, the founder of Dropship Unlocked and with me is our client success coach, James Eardley. Now, when we're not recording podcast episodes or running our own e commerce businesses, you'll find us helping aspiring entrepreneurs launch their own high ticket dropshipping stores. So if you're ready to build your own six or even seven figure online business, then head over to dropship unlocked.com start now, sit back, relax and let's unlock your potential with the Dropship Unlocked podcast. In today's episode, we're going to highlight a recent remarkable success story that we've had from inside the Dropship Unlocked masterclass. We're joined by member Kit and he only started with E Commerce relatively short while ago, but he's already seen incredible results. That's right. It's always great to showcase the success of our masterclass members so that our listeners can get a true picture of what it's like to stay start a dropshipping business today. So if you've ever wondered how mentorship could speed up your progress and what it really takes to break into E commerce, Kit's story is one that you will not want to miss. Kit's seen massive success and has an equally great story to match it. So let's dive into it. So Kit, thank you for joining us on the podcast. Welcome. And I just wanted to start off by asking a little bit about kind of where you were. Maybe you could take us back in time to before you joined Dropship Unlocked as a programme. Like, what was life like and what. Made you decide to choose to start. Your own business, of course. Well, actually I, I did technically have my own business before coming to Dropship Unlocked. I was in partnership with somebody. We owned a flooring accessories company and it wasn't very extravagant or, or exciting, but the. There was a kind of a break within the structure and I was sat there and I remember thinking to myself one day we were both moving in our separate ways amicably, but I remember thinking I came into his business rather than us both started together. And I don't know what, I don't know what I'm doing. I need to. I can't work for someone else. I need to work for myself. And I was just sat there. I remember the day I was sat there and I was exactly like this and I, I was looking at the, the, the screen, thinking, procrastinating. If I'm, if I'm being completely honest, what do I do? What can, how can I'm trying to bring up that light bulb to, to think of an idea of where to go and what to sell and what to do or create. And then the next minute I hear. I think I was actually watching arsenal clips on YouTube and I saw something pop up. What. Why did the drop shipper cross the road? Or something like that? And, and I remember I'd seen it about 10 or 20 times, so well done on your, your marketing. And, and I sat there and I thought to myself, oh, I'm just going to click it. Why did he cross the road? I need to know what, what was it? It was to get away from the. The angry customers waiting for cheap delivery of products from China. Yeah, that's the one. So I was sat there and I thought to myself, I'm just going to click it. So I clicked it and. I thought. And then it was like a brief introduction and I thought to myself, you know what? I'll give it the time of day. What, what, what can, what can hurt? I'll just sit here. I'm not. I'm only watching YouTube videos anyway, procrastinating. So I'll watch it. And after I watched it, I thought to myself, okay, yeah, I'm. I'm just gonna give it a go. I'm gonna, I'm gonna take a dive. You see all these kind of mentoring programmes and things. Got that on the Internet and, and nine times out of 10, you think to yourself, it's just yourselves tactic. Will it work? Or is it just going to be me sat there watching someone talk at me like, yes man, the film, yes man with Jim Carriage. That's one of my favourite films. It's one of mine as well, you know, so. But I thought to myself, is that what it's going to be? People just talking to you? And you sat there a bit like college and a bit like. And I could never get on with school or college or I didn't go to university. So I thought to myself, should I do it? Should I not? But I did it and I'm glad that it. Yeah, 100%. Just diving into that as well. Kit, you said something that we Hear quite a lot is there was a moment, or maybe this is something you've had for a long time, was that you just, you knew you never wanted to work for a boss or have your own boss, so you were entrepreneurial, you had the business venture before. So why was it when that business venture broke down, why was it that you were looking to build a business from scratch rather than look for a job? I think the main thing was that I knew that I could do it and I knew I wanted to do it, but I didn't know how to start it. So I just needed that, that arm around the shoulder, that bit of more information. That is so easy. It's, it's so it's like the pivotal part of the, the creation of the business, but it's not the easiest thing to just find. And, and that's why I thought, you know what? No, that's the, that was the light bulb moment where I thought, I need someone to just give me a bit of information, show me how to structure the start rather than the development of all of it. That was what it was for me. Yeah. Similar for me is that I had that drive but I was lost as to how to start. So I just needed the step by step guidance. But some people, they would be wired like you, Kit. They would say, I just don't know how to start and so I'm not going to bother and I'm just going to go find a job. What was it specifically that drove you to want your own business? Why is it that you're driven that way? I always looked at my bosses that I was working for and I thought I could do it better, I could do not everything better, but there was aspects of each that I thought, you're not treating that person right or you, you're taking someone else, you're taking the praise for someone else's work. Or do you know what? I, I'm a big believer and I'm like that with my own staff. That work isn't. It is everything to me and I love my business, but it isn't everything. Life is there as well. And I remember being sat there in the past, corporate office, fluorescent lights. And to that point, yeah, I can relate to that. I think there's a, there's a huge disconnect when you go into an organisation that's got so much hierarchy and so many levels. Right from the very top to the very entry level. Yeah, massively. And so what did that feel like for you, being in that position? You described it well, like sitting There, the fluorescent lights, no daylight. You're kind of almost trapped in this. This building by the sound. What. How does that feel? And what was the kind of tipping point for you? Like, what was the moment, the time, the place where you were like this, like, no more. It was because my wife was giving birth to our second child and I spent so much time, like. And I did. I spent a lot of time with my wife while she was getting ready to give birth. And it was a point where it was making her quite ill. And every time I'd go back into the office, it made me feel bad about going back into the office. I know you've had this much time off, but you do need to be here. And I thought, okay, that's it, I'm done. I understand that business needs to click, tick over. We are in that kind of market. We do. That is what the world revolves around. But at the end of the day, that's not the world that I wanted to live in, especially for my family. So I thought, no, that's it. Yeah. You want to have control over your destiny and not have to leave the family behind, you know, on a day. Especially if someone's feeling unwell. Yeah, it's. It's the freedom. So do you think that's really important to you? Freedom or autonomy, having a choice over your days? Absolutely. Today, whilst we're doing this, my daughter's in the next room and she's there and she's watching a cartoon. We don't normally let her watch cartoons, actually, but she's. She's in there and she's watching cartoon while I'm here doing this. And then I'm going to jump on work and I structure my day around what I want. Don't get me wrong, there has to be a high level of commitment. But. But equally, I could work less and still make a very good living. I just choose to work more. Yeah. It's such a difference, isn't it? How much do you work? If it's by somebody else telling you to come in at a certain time is completely different to putting in a big shift, but it's for yourself and you've decided to do that work. Absolutely. I could work. I could. Honestly, now that everything's ready and finished and is at a point where it's kind of doing itself and working itself. It's like a bit of a oil machine. I could work four hours a day and have more than enough time and money to live my life. For a lot of people, I think that's. That's the dream, isn't it? That's. That's more than enough. It's that perfect balance, especially with young children, like you say. And we'll forgive you for letting your daughter watch cartoons when. When dad's on the Drop Ship Unlocked podcast, the parenting goes out the window. It's a whole different rule book right in. Who's this talking about people crossing the road? Yeah, she might see one of our ads. Never know. So. So when, when you first had that moment of realisation, it sounds like that that was kind of the tipping point. And like you said, your wife being ill and it like, it just wasn't something that you were willing to trade anymore, like that freedom for money. So what did you first try, Kit? Like, how much time did you spend trying other things before you stumbled across this? None, if I'm being completely honest. And the things that I tried were way before. Down the line. I tried to open five different businesses before I moved into the business with my old business partner. Smoothie. Like smoothie business where we would drop the kind of like drop ship. Sorry, we would deliver smoothie packs to your home, like all frozen and stuff like that, all in concealed. And then all you have to do is rip it open and put it in. That was the first one, but I didn't have enough kind of capital to put into it and didn't really know how to structure or get it going. There was a couple of other businesses, all different. All different. Had nothing to do with the other. And then it was the part of just sat there and thinking, well, I just don't know what I want. And then when I watched the video from you guys and it was kind of saying, well, you don't have to know what you want. That was the thing that drew me in the most. Yeah. So powerful, isn't it? Like I was taught as a young, young boy, if I was going to be interested in business, you have to have a light bulb moment, like an invention, or you have to have a passion for a certain business to go into. Whereas we have dropshipping. It's more like, well, if you have a passion for business, then you can find the products to fit. So is that. Was that what you were looking for then? You were looking for something that was going to give you the products to sell? Yeah, because actually going off of what you did say earlier, I was looking on different things and I, I was looking at different apps via Shopify and I didn't know what to put or use. I did, I did put something on and it was like T shirts and it just didn't work. And then when you were saying that there was this other model that you could try that most people, big businesses were doing anyway, I thought, what's up? I've got to check it out. Awesome. That was the initial light bulb that went off and made you look into it more. And then before you joined Dropship Unlocked and went all in with the high ticket E commerce business model, the home surf advantage that we teach. Were you sceptical? You'd obviously been through the business journey a few times and tried different things out. So I wonder if coming into this, did you have any doubts before joining? Yeah, definitely yes and no. I didn't have doubts upon joining because I knew it was something that I really wanted to explore. When I found out how much it was, that's when I started getting sceptical because obviously as soon as someone turns around and says now you have to give me money, then it starts to turn into a, oh, now I need to think about it. I don't know why, why I thought, and maybe other people might think it's going to cost nothing and, or be less than what it is. But then once I'd sat there and I've thought about it and I thought this amount of money for my future is just a, it's just a drop in there. Yeah. When you put it into perspective. Yeah, no, I know exactly what you mean. When you put it into perspective and you think, well, if I want to be getting to a business that can do 100k a month, consistent revenue selling these high ticket products for me to invest a few thousand pounds to get started, it becomes a no brainer. So what was it that, that changed your mind then if you were a bit sceptical? Was it, was it that financial investment, realising the levels that you wanted to go to, is that the main thing for you? It was, it was, it was my family constantly saying, don't want to pay for that, you don't want to pay for that. And I thought, no, I do want to pay for that, let me decide. And so I thought, no, I am paying for it. And now it's funny, yeah, you look. You look back on it, don't you? Once your business is generating like multiples of that every month back like years down the line, you think, what was I even worried about? But like at the time when you've never done anything like that before, it does feel like a big jump. But I also think that's almost like the, the secret to making it work. It's like, that's why we do that is because obviously we have a business to fund and coaching and you know, all of the calls and the meetups and all that stuff. But it's so like, it gets people to sit up in their chair and be like, okay, I'm taking this seriously. Like, I'm not, you know, I'm not going to let squander this opportunity. So what made you feel at the time, if you put yourself back in those shoes at what made you feel that the investment to join the mentorship programme was worth the investment for you? At the time. I thought that at the time, what could you lose? And for the amount of money that it was, the, the far outweighed going back to the mundane office life that I was living. And that was the point where it was like, it is totally worth it even if it didn't work. At least I gave it a try. Or else I'll be sat in the office watching John and Gliders talking about the. Their monthly targets and I'm there in the conference room falling asleep in my chair. I'm not gonna lie. And I couldn't go back to that and I didn't go back. Yeah, that's so funny. It's. It's powerful when you've got experience of what's it like on the other side. And for me it was like I just dreaded going into the canteen in the office and talking about what day of the week it was, you know, and the fact that that was so important to everyone's mood around the, around the office. I didn't want that anymore. So when you then are faced. Yeah, it's the same as. I'm sure offices around the country and world is a similar, similar situation. But that then you were able to flip it. So you're able to say, well, the investment is on one side going for it, build the business. Then you've got an alternative to compare it to, which is the, the continuation of what you're doing so far. So yeah, you're able to visualise the difference in, in the. The what was going to come from both decisions. Yeah, that's an amazing thing to talk about actually. The, the days. What day it is of the week, fighting to get to the end of the week. Whereas right now, three, about what two months ago, within three we had a. It was on a Monday and by Thursday myself and my wife and my kids had gone on to Lake Como in Italy because. And. And I just worked from. I would just work from Italy and it was just like, wow, I don't care what day it is. The thought, the, the reason, I didn't actually put it into perspective until you just said that. The days of the week were such a big thing back then and then, not now. I mean, don't get me wrong, when it gets to Friday, I'm like, damn the weekend. And most of my business comes in the week. I do get bits of the weekend, but I like it. I like the week now. That's hilarious. Yeah. If anything, it's flipped now the other way around. So you're looking forward to Monday? Yeah, I get, I get most of my stuff done during the week because no one else is about. Like, if I'm getting my haircut, I always go on like a Wednesday or a Tuesday, middle of the day, because it's, you know, it's the quietest, isn't it? It's like a little life hack. You're like, I don't work on everyone else's schedule, so why should I conform to going to the shops on a Saturday when it's busiest, you know? Absolutely, yeah, yeah. It's funny just thinking back to previous versions and being like, excited for a Monday would be so foreign that, that thought process. But I can't wait to get into your results shortly, Kit, and we'll go into how far you've taken the business, which is exciting, we'll get to that. But first of all, to get to that stage, just going back in time then, to when you first joined and you were working your way through the masterclass programme, what was it that you found most beneficial or any surprising impacts when you were going through the programme? The surprising part was obviously during a course or a membership or a mentoring ship programme, however you want to frame it, there's always going to be exciting parts and there's always going to be parts where you've just got to get through, just is the way it is. Everyone wants to do the exciting parts. Let's find what, what part of the business I'm going to do. Let's get the idea, let's, let's, let's start getting, getting suppliers on. But the most integral part of it was not that part. Integral part was the bit where you sat there and you're putting in the hours and you're structuring the business early on. That bit for me was the bit where without realising it, until it was all completed, then I was like, wow, there was actually so much that needed to be done before we even think about an idea. And Now I've got people working for me and they say to me, you've created this big thing. And without realising it at that time, I was creating something that on the outside was much bigger than what I felt was on the inside. So that part for me was the most important part and that was the most surprising part for me, that the bit that wasn't the most exciting part was going to be the foundation of, that's going to help the business grow. It's the bit that most people don't even consider, don't even think about. They just get busy building. Like I was doing a, a puzzle with my four year old the other day on the floor. We're out on the living room floor and you know how you kind of like find the corners of the puzzle first and then you start to like fill in the straight lines. I was trying to teach him, like, look for the sharp edges. Find the four corners, find the edges and then it's way easier because then you have a frame built and now it's like much easier to start filling in the pieces in the middle. And I think it's the same kind of concept with business. It's like, get those corners, those foundations, those edges in place because later you're just filling in the pieces and the whole thing starts to form. Otherwise you're like scrambling to try and find pieces and you're like, well, I have no idea where on the canvas this goes. So I totally relate to that. I think. Yeah, I think that's really exciting when it's done and you realise the work you did four weeks ago, you're now seeing a benefit from. You're like, ah, that's why we did it this way. And that's why we set up and had, you know, these different criteria. So it, I mean, I love the story about going to Lake Como and just suddenly working there. I mean, have there been any highlight moments for you so far since joining the programme Kit, like in your life? If you think about any moments that since having this business, since doing this, you think, wow, I didn't expect to be doing that. Absolutely. And it's, it's not even something that's so extravagant, but it means a lot to me. It was getting to December and not having to work right up until Christmas Eve. It was getting to the 20, the 15th, 16th and saying to my kids, okay, well we can do whatever you want now, it doesn't matter, we'll just do whatever you want to go there, we'll go there. You want to go here we'll go here. Well, I'll take the time off and be more present rather than slogging up till 5 o' clock on Christmas Eve and I'll see you in five days to be on skeleton, skeleton shift. And I'm like, that's not what life is about. And that, that for me over Lake Como. Lake Como was pretty, pretty amazing, don't get me wrong. Like to sit there and to just get your laptop out whilst the kids are in the pool. And you, you, you're looking and you, you process in orders and you're hearing Cha Ching. Then it's, that's nice. But the majority that, the, the times that I, I look at it is times like right now, where, or what was it the other day? I'm not gonna lie, it was on a Friday afternoon. And I thought, you know what? I'm gonna go watch the new Fantastic Four movie. I'm gonna go and do it. I'm just gonna go watch it. And I was sat there, I've got a couple of staff members now, and I thought, no, that's fine. And I just went, I watched the film and I came back and I thought, never, ever, ever. And could you imagine turning around to your boss and going, mick, I'm just popping off to go and watch the new Fantastic Four movie. I'll see you in about three hours. That exact thing, Kit, that you said, I think that was something I put in that initial kind of intro video that you probably watched at the beginning, where I said, imagine you going to the cinema, turning your phone off because you're about to watch the film and then turning it back on after the movie on a Tuesday afternoon and seeing like, you've made five grand in sales. And the reason I said that is because that happened to me as well. And I had that moment of like, I've just made more from sitting in a dark cinema room on a Tuesday afternoon than I would have made in my old job working probably three days in that nine to five. And it was like that something's like, not right here about the way I have been doing things. So I, that that exact moment was one that I wanted to kind of like, use to really drive home what this can do for you. And it's amazing that you then experienced that yourself. So strange. They actually happened with me as well. Yeah, that's great. That freedom is the biggest, biggest thing that this has brought to me. That's why it's all about just what's like an average Tuesday. That's, that's the, the reality of when you can sit back and enjoy what you built for yourself. You know, put a lot of work in to get to that point. So well, well enjoy it, but well worth it. Now, some people were thinking while they're listening is okay to get to that point. With the Freedom being able to take the Friday off. Money still coming in, we have to get sales in place. So let's talk numbers and for a little bit. So talk about revenue to date since launching. Where are you at now for revenue since launching? So I started trading February and to now. I've now reached £879,000 in revenue. Incredible. Super. Super impressive. How many, how many months is that then since starting? So that is so February to February 12th. 18 months. Incredible. Yeah, it's a, you know, well over three quarters of a million pounds in, in sales in 18 months of launching a business. You know. Incredible. And that's what then leads to the, to the freedom. What does sales mean to you then? What does that. When you hear that number and you look back, what, what does that. What do you think when you, when you, when you think about that number? Every. I think it's like once a month, I'm like, to my wife, they put the message like, we've not. We've now hit it. I still, when I hear the Cha Ching, it never gets old. Every single time we make a sale, it never gets old. And that's like revolutionary. I speak to people in who have been doing it for 10, 15 years in this market and they're happy to take 250,000. And like I said, I would be happy with that, but I want to. And I could be happy with that. I could sit there and I could, I could. If I. If, look, if I wanted to sit there and say, you know what? I'm happy being exactly where I am, living the life I want to live with four hours a day worth of work and not even hard slog, just sat there on my laptop doing bits and bobs down that it's working. I could sit there and that could just be me. I could go and play golf and I could go watch Fantastic Four every day if I wanted to. But I want it to be bigger. So I think that that's the. That those numbers mean to me. They are. That is me. Those numbers are me. And. And that is how I want to live my life. If I wanted to be less, I could be less, and that's absolutely fine. But if I want to be more, I need to be more. Yeah. And credit to you for putting in the work and getting it up to that point, you said 879,000. Incredible. I mean, do, do you remember any standout days in terms of like a highest revenue day where you thought, I've just made more in a day, you know, than perhaps you made it a. Month before at your old job revenue days? I think our biggest rev day was 55 grand in a day. And I think we made it on that day. I think we made something like 29,000 pound profit, which was mentor, which was absolutely like, that was, that was more than my wage, my yearly wage in the last 10 in one day. And obviously it's not all mine because it's the business, limited company, that kind of thing. But essentially it is, but. And yeah, it was crazy. And don't get me wrong, not every day is like that. Incredible. Yeah, so good to hear. It's. You put all the foundations in place to have a business of this size early on and then it took some time for that snowball to get bowling and now it has, yeah, 29k profit in a day. It just like, it's incredible. I mean, do you remember trying to cast us back to that moment? You probably sat back, I don't know, 6, 7pm at the end of the day, had some food, looked at your laptop screen and thought, wow, what a day. Did that, did you have that moment? Do you know what it was? It was so weird because I came in on the day we had all cast for that month, like £15,000, £20,000 for that month. It was this year and I wanted to give my, my foot my and my targets and forecasts quite, I wanted to be quite humble with it just in case because obviously it was my first year last year, second year this year. And I sat there and I came in and it was at the start of the month and I thought, okay, if we can make four or five thousand pound today, I'd be happy. I picked up the phone straight away, £15,000, first phone call and I was like, wow, turn around to the stuff. I was like, it's gonna be a good day. And one of my staff members turned around to me and said, k, I've just had a 9,000 pound sale. And I was like, okay, amazing. And there was another £10,000 there. Then there was another one and I was like. And before 12 o' clock hit or midday, I sat there and I looked at everyone and I said, this is how much we've done, guys, and this is how much we've earned. And Everyone was like, oh my God, that's unbelievable. So I just, I turned around, I said, everyone go home, just go home. We don't need to make more than this. I just go. And I said, look, I've got the laptop, I'll, I'll, I'll go, I'll work from home and I'll sort it and tomorrow. And I just said, tomorrow no one comes into work. We're all going Old Towers. Then we all went to Old Towers. I was, I was so buzzing and I was like, look, there's, there's no way that I make that and the business makes that amount of money and everyone then comes to work tomorrow. No, but then obviously the, the next day that we all came in, it was back to it and we had another decent day. And, and, and I think that when those good times, when those happy times come, one, enjoy it, but two, don't expect it, that it's going to come every day. Take that and save. Because the good times aren't always. This is life. I think at the minute we're at our most quietest period, these three months have been really quiet in respect of what's happened for the rest of the year. But still we're hitting way over target of what we did last year. And you, I think that that comes full circle because you telling the team that they can all go home. Kit, is the moment that now you are in that position of being the boss that you said previously didn't care about the well being of the employees in the company, suddenly it's gone full circle. Now you are that position and you get to correct course as to how you would have done that job. Right. And that's I think really powerful. So I mean other than making like 30 grand in profit in a single day, any other surprising benefits of running a business like this that perhaps you hadn't considered or thought about, you know, ahead of doing this? Because obviously the finances are great. You've talked about the location freedom that it's given you in terms of taking trips and taking the laptop. Anything else in like day to day life that, that you didn't foresee as a benefit of running a business like this. That's changed your life a couple of things. Meeting different people. I think when you own it, when you own a business and you just automatically start speaking to people due to it. I've made friends through owning the business and I've really got to speak to people. We, I go down to London quite a lot, which never happened. I think I went to London three times in my life now, now we go three times a month and it just opens up a completely different world or completely different viewpoint and that is the biggest part for me for owning a business other than the financial aspect. It's just looking upon the world a little, a little bit differently and trust me, if I can do anyone could do it. Yeah. So it's so exciting. It's this why we love bringing members on like yourself, Kit to hear about the, the real life tangible things, the differences that it makes when you build a business like this and yeah respects you going on a day off in Alton Towers with the team after a mega day that's a memory to last for a long time. So all of this, you know, you've been through put work in but specifically how did Dropship Unlocked facilitate you to go from wanting to have a business of your own to doing 879k? What would you say the biggest things that DSU helped to get you from that position to where you are today? Structure kind of give a g. It gives you an idea of what you need, the mindset you need to get into, to, to do it. I've. And I think that it as you're going through it and I think this is vital the repetition of certain things kind of to, to train your brain to be in a certain way and whilst you're going through, through everything and it's giving you the foundations and the building blocks and, and then you go out there and you find your niche and you do more and more but at the same time what it's giving you is a different outlook, giving you a different outlook on ways to think, how to think, how to feel about the business. And, and then when you get to the point where it's like okay, now you have a business, here you are, it's kind of like you're doing it all and then all of a sudden it's like okay, here you go. Some really good people coming back to me, speaking to me came on the Q and A sessions as well and I'm going to use it again just because I've started the business, there are things I have forgotten and I'm in the process of starting a new one up and so hence why I reached out and said I need you to send me the details. I'd lost them somewhere and so I've already got the kind of the concept because I already did it before. So I had a list of like five. So they're all up, they're saved. So my next one is it's ready. And that's probably huge as well. You don't just finish and that's it. You can come back to it and still use those building blocks. Yeah. People often, when I'm speaking to them about joining the masterclass, they'll ask, like, do you just give us the business? Like, is it. Is it kind of a business in a box? You just hand us the keys and off we go. And I'm like, we could. Like that. There probably is a world where that could exist. But does that do you a service? Because your position now, Kit, is that you are fully upskilled in all these areas. Like, I will be. I mean, I'll be looking forward to hearing from you how much faster you get this new business up and running and generating profit versus the previous one. Because the templates are there, the models there. You know the drill. You can even have your. Your same team of vas service the. The customer support in the new business, you know, and it's all very much templated and easy to replicate. So we speak to a lot of members who've done that, and then they're on stores 3, 4, and they just keep scaling. And it's like, that's the reason why we want to show you how to fish, not just give you the fish. That's the point. Exactly. And. And I think that it. There's a. There's a case in there to say that if you don't work for it and create it yourself, you. Then you're going. You. You may as well just be a staff member at that. At that point, because you need to learn the business to be able to teach people the business. And you need to know the business and the product to sell the product. So if you just turned around to me and said, okay, there you go, there's baby wipes. Tell baby wipes, then I'd be like, okay, how. But going through it the way that you do gets you to the point. It's like a Mr. Miyagi kind of thing, like wax on, wax off. Without realising it, you get to the end and you're like, oh, okay, I do. I do know this. And, yeah, that's really, really insightful. Yeah, no, perfect. And. And I think now, so we've talked a lot about, like, the journey up until this point, but I just want to jump into looking ahead for a bit. I mean, how do you think the success of your current E commerce business is going to change things for you in everyday life? Obviously, you've got young children there or young Child, you're like looking forward. What are you, what are you thinking that this is going to do for you in the future? Huge. I think that it's, it's taken me to a point where I could never have got before ever, ever. I could not be as financially stable as I am right now and I've ever been before. And so I get to buy house, I get to buy two cars and, and take my kids on holidays and help my, my pet, my mother in law out if she need because she needs it. And I, and I can do these things and I can live life more, much more easily and not stress about it as much. I mean don't get me wrong, the only in a business is stressful anybody says anything any otherwise it's, it'd be ridiculous. But it far outweighs it. And what I can do in life now is completely different. What I could do before, that's it all back to autonomy, freedom again. And that's what it's going to be for the future as well is same for me, Kit. And I know people listening to this type of conversation. It is very inspirational to hear somebody with the same initial drive has been able to get to your, your current level of success. So super impressive Kit. I'm really excited to watch where you're going to go from this position as well. So obviously we'll keep you posted. But to bring it back to speaking to the one person that's listening to this right now and they're on the, on the, on the verge, they're on the fence, they're thinking about, they're starting to get fed up of the nine to five conversations every day. They wanted to jump on board with a business model but they're not sure whether dropship or knocked or this model is right for them. What would you say to that person to help give them the courage to take the leap? It's real. That's it. It's real. There's people like myself and I'm sure that you've done this with other people as well and learn from what we're saying. It does work. It can work. If you're feeling apprehensive, just take my story. I was not happy. I was broke. I was, I didn't have a hell of a lot of money and, and I did it in a really turbulent time where I had two children and I decided this was kind of like the last chance for me. So just do it and it will change your life. It will. If you put in the time, it. Will change your lives. Inspirational words to end on there. I think we can't top that. So I just want to say huge thank you for, for both sharing your story today, sharing some amazing advice, but also being a valued member of Dropship or not. We, we appreciate it. I'm very proud of you and want to see you continue to succeed. So best of luck with the second business. Keep smashing it with this one and. Let'S keep in touch. Amazing. Thank you guys. Thank you very much. Well, Louis, that was an inspiring conversation there with Kit. Absolutely. It was a fantastic chat with Kit. He's on a great trajectory and it's testament to how hard he's worked and how much effort he's put in and how seriously he's taken the mentorship and how much he's valued being part of a supportive community as well. Now, if Kit's story resonates with you and you're ready to start your own e commerce journey, remember that success begins with taking that very first step, just like Kit did. So to get started and follow in Kit's footsteps, head to dropshipunlocked.com forward/start. Are you enjoying the podcast? We'd love to hear from you. Leave a comment or a review and we might feature it in an upcoming episode. And for detailed show notes and resources, visit dropshipunlock.com podcast. If you found value in any episode of this podcast, please could you take just 10 seconds to leave us a quick five star review on your favourite podcast app? It helps us more than you can imagine and who knows, you might just hear your comments read out on the show. Thanks for being a part of our community. Your support helps us keep delivering new episodes to you every week. Now it's that part of the episode where we like to answer a question that's come in from a listener of a previous episode. So while you've been listening to Kit's interview today, if you have any questions that's come to mind, feel free to comment them beneath the YouTube video version of this episode and we'll answer them in the comments. We may also feature it in an upcoming episode. And that is exactly what Lucy has done. So Lucy Morton has commented to ask how do I know if high ticket dropshipping is the right business model for me? Thanks for your question, Lucy. And I think the best way to really get a good feel for it is just listen to more episodes of our podcast and if the stories and the the journey that James and I share throughout the episodes reson with you and you think that's the type of business that fits into the lifestyle that you want, then it could very well be. I mean, sometimes just getting around other people doing it is the best way to know Joining a community Joining forums where other successful e commerce entrepreneurs are already a few steps ahead of you and can share their wins and their experiences. You can listen to episodes of the podcast where we've talked about successful members stories and we've heard from people who are already up and running and have left their jobs and just study real life people to understand what works, what doesn't and try and learn from their mistakes as well as their successes. 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