Siven | Dropshipping Sourcing Expert

Join me for a full workday at XM’s warehouse. What aspect of our XMDROP operations would you like to see next? Tell me in the comments 👇 #ecommerce #onlinebusiness #dropshipping #sourcing #EcommerceTips #sourcingagent

Real talk from the inside 👇 When suppliers suddenly go “holiday closed” right before peak season, it kills your flow and creates a wave of refunds and complaints. Super frustrating. Good factories don’t do that. They warn you in advance — “Order now before the break.” For custom products, they’ll prepare and stock them ahead of time. We’re a Chinese supplier agent team and we basically never stop. Our team still replies even at 1-2am. We only take one day off per week max, and we still jump in to help on rest days if there’s an urgent order. If your current supplier keeps pulling last-minute surprises, it’s time to build 2-3 solid backup factories. Reliable supply chain = smoother scaling. DM me if you want better factory options that actually communicate well.

Old school, corporate agencies ARE NOT going to be needed at the size they are now in the very near future. In 2026 throwing 30 people at a brand's growth doesn't outperform two operators who actually know what they're doing and have built tools around it. The agency model fractures from here. Really good generalists with a couple great people around them. Building their own tools. Doing more with less. THAT’S the new shape. The 50-person shop that bills hours for work that takes minutes is the one getting eaten. One operator with one or two great clients is a real business now. One person. One or two clients. Real $$$. No team to manage, no overhead to feed, no deck to keep updated for the next pitch. The output looks the same as a 10-person team because the tools collapsed the difference. That's the wildest part of where this is going. Big agencies that exist today have a different problem. They have to optimize overhead fast. They'll keep collecting deal flow because the brand and the relationships are still there, but margins compress every quarter. The middle gets squeezed. The top stays. The bottom rebuilds with a totally different shape. The agency model is splintering. The ones paying attention are already restructuring around that. The ones still adding headcount are about to find out.

@ecombatman Just one sentence that hits the exact fantasy every woman scrolling wants to feel.

The simplest ad I've ever seen: "My husband asked if I lost weight." Leggings brand. That one sentence did $2.4M in 12 days. No offer. No CTA. Nothing. Just one specific moment that every woman reading it wanted to be in.

How do you actually verify a CN supplier is legitimate before sending orders?

@EcomKostnchko_ ......Busted😭

@xmdropship Are you hittin on me (as a charmander)

Does anyone use whoop watch health watch?? As a fitness addict I kinda want one?

2026 Winning Categories- Big Game⚽️ Outdoor & Cooling Tech (Double Demand: Summer + Event) Ultimate Home Arena: Viewing Gear & Drinkware (High-Margin Essentials) Social & Fan Cave Decor

The highest cost in advertising isn't production, it's trust.

@LukasL001 Can’t wait to follow the rest of the build.

For 6 months I tried to build a real supplement brand. The only thing that worked was fake doctors and fake customer stories. I've been in ecom since 2017. Last October I decided I wanted to build something with LTV in mind, not just first-order profit. Three months in, the only traction I had was from lies. Fictional doctors. Made-up testimonials. The stuff that converts in this space. Middle of February I deleted all of the lies. Sales tanked. It's been the hardest stretch of my ecom career. But I'm not going back. 90% of these 6 months went into making one product work. I'm finally testing two new products right now before placing a PO. Going to document the rest of the build here. God above everything.

@ecomjeg The details are a matter of life and death.

We are healing 🤞🏼 Realized my email captures weren’t working properly so I fixed it. Not sure if that was the reason I’m seeing green but ill take it

Real Case: How We Saved a Client 15% on a Product They Were Already Selling Last week, a European client reached out to us regarding a product they had been successfully selling for some time. While the current cost was manageable, we both believed there was still room to improve the margin. We contacted their existing supplier — a local “factory owner” — who gave us a competitive quote. Sensing further potential, we arranged an in-person visit. Upon arrival, the red flags were unmistakable. The site had only a handful of assembly stations and lacked core production equipment. The warehouse was stocked primarily with outsourced semi-finished goods, and the supplier was vague when we probed deeper into manufacturing processes and technical specifics. It quickly became evident that this was not a genuine factory, but a trading intermediary operating under a factory label. We chose not to confront them directly. Instead, we built trust through detailed technical conversations. After several rounds of careful negotiation, they finally provided the contact for their real upstream factory. The next day, we drove to a remote county to visit the actual manufacturing facility. The difference was night and day. We witnessed complete production lines featuring CNC machining, assembly, and strict quality control. The team was professional and transparent, with detailed records on processes, lead times, and yield rates, plus full environmental and safety certifications. Following thorough on-site verification and further negotiations, we secured a 15% lower price than the original quote — while also locking in stable supply volumes and priority production. This visit not only delivered immediate cost savings but, more importantly, gave our client a stronger, more reliable, and transparent supply chain for a product they were already successfully selling in the market. Key takeaway in sourcing: Price matters, but real capability, reliability, and integrity matter far more. In today’s market, where nearly 90% of claimed factories are actually middlemen, you can’t rely only on calls or messages — sometimes you have to verify with your own eyes. Have you ever found a better factory for a product your client was already selling? Share your experiences in the comments below. #Sourcing #SupplyChain #CrossBorderEcommerce #ecommerce #onlinebusiness #dropshipping #EcommerceTips #sourcingagent

@EcomKostnchko_ This little guy only spits fire when he’s pissed!

I swear if its still bad day tomorrow with revenue/profits I will indefinitely keep ANGRY charmander to keep the green I swear I fucking changed to HAPPY Charmander and it got me fucking negative days SINCE ARGHHHHH (Crashhing out) 😠😠😡

@lexfridman Don’t go to Dunhuang to see the crowds. Come to Luotuo City and let the loneliness of history cut right through you.

I'm traveling the world for a bit, starting with China but then hopping around the globe, anywhere. Open to any adventure. No plans, only a backpack. Hoping to meet & get to know humans from all walks of life. The pic is from a long hike on the Great Wall. For me, as a fan of history, this was an epic experience. In China, first I'm visiting a few big cities & talking to engineers at the heart of China's AI revolution. After that, if feeling crazy enough, I'm hitchhiking (first time) across rural China for a few weeks. Hitchhiking because I think it's the best way to meet rural folks who I would otherwise never get the chance to meet. I hope to do the same in US and other places. I have a request, if you have a travel recommendation, fill out the form(s) below if you feel like it. Or share with folks who might have advice about such travel. Form 1 - travel recommendation: If you can, recommend to me an interesting place I should visit anywhere in the world. For this, fill out form 1. Not touristy stuff, but something off the beaten path, that tourists may not know about, but is legendary. It could be as remote as meeting a herder in the mountains who is a local legend. Asia, Middle East, Europe, India, South/North America, Africa, Australia, anywhere. In China, I'm hoping to visit maybe Heibei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc, so recommendations for spots to visit are helpful. Form 2 - coffee: If you want to grab a coffee with me anywhere in the world, fill out form 2 (please don't use form 1 for that). Anyway, I hectically tossed stuff in backpack. Realizing I don't have a clear plan of any kind, which is probably the only way to do it. LFG. Love you all ❤️

@AnthonyEclipse It’s super important to avoid selling anything that could infringe on these rights.

i remember some dude on X sold this 3 yrs ago and got sued for violating patents 😂

@Waterzfundz Welcome back! Let's reach new heights together!

Hello Twitter! Had to post about today We’re so back!! I love you Mark Zuckerberg Muah muah muah muah Feels good after getting railed for the last couple of weeks! Let’s hope we get back to $7k average days ❤️

@AnthonyEclipse I enjoy this feeling of being in nature.

Life doesn’t get better than grounding shirtless and touching some grass Step away from the screen, listen to the birds chirping, give your brain some peace

@EcomKostnchko_ Tomorrow will definitely be a wonderful day.

Rush of orders, say what? Please tell me a good day tomorrow? Red days suckz

@ecomjohne No matter what stage your brand is at today, this experience itself is already the greatest wealth in life.

8 years ago one of my childhood friends convinced me to give up my dream of going to med school to move into a house with him and a bunch of other young entrepreneurs and run ecom brands. Knew nothing about it at the time, but I didn’t want to look back and wonder what could’ve been. Best decision I ever made.