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In this issue...

• 📝 Patey’s Update

• 📰 Top 5 News Stories

• 🔓 Top 10 Shopify Deals Unlocked

• 🛠️ Top 5 Products & Solutions

📝 Patey’s Update

With our done-for-you newsletter business, Letter Operators, Maciej and I have been collaborating with a partner to go beyond custom GPTs—building automations in n8n with custom nodes that seamlessly integrate with an AI agent.

To best explain what this looks like, Craig Campbell just dropped an amazing video with Ryan Darani (from Cuppa - the AI-powered SEO content automation platform) who talks through automations he made in n8n to replicate Craig and remove him from content creation:

What impresses me is seeing an AI agent generate a blog post intro that reads well and passes Grammarly’s AI detector. Almost none of the AI humanizers I tested a couple issues ago managed this—except for Surfer SEO. But since then, I’ve realized that AI detectors are inaccurate enough that it does not really matter.

In other news, I’ve been playing with the domain investor tool Dropfilter which just got a new update - you can paste in the latest domain auction inventory and then use real-time filtering to look for keywords you’re focussed on. For me right now that’s anything agenic, so I filtered through 50K domains at GoDaddy auctions today:

📰 Top 5 News Stories

🤦‍♂️ WordPress introduces 100-year domain registrations - Link

🙈 Niche Site Lady almost exposes herself on the Niche Pursuits podcast - Link

🐝 beehiiv is launching the Creator Growth Summit - Link

💣 Edgy crypto twitter account Kook states Coinbase is insolvent- Link

🦒 Gary gives an update on Stacker Agent - the AI that trades for you on Solana - Link

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🔓 Top 10 Shopify Deals Unlocked 

Building on last week’s email about asset classes in decline, the deeper I go into AI, the more I’m convinced that all that will be left are product brands and local services. As such I’m looking at setting up a Shopify store once again, and this week looked at Shopify listings across the marketplaces.

On Flippa there are 9 stores in the Shopify category, 3 of which were confidential listings which I can unlock using my Flippa Premium membership (you can get 3 months of access for free using this link and bypass NDA approval). However I featured one of those last week and the other two were not in niches of interest to me (medical supplies and candy).

On Empire Flippers there are currently 36 ecommerce listings, here’s my pick of the top 10 Shopify ones, from lowest price to highest:

1. 🛒 Games niche selling large related products, many of which I really like and have owned in the past. Started in 2019, this dropshipping business uses 6-8 US suppliers who handle fulfillment, keeping work minimal. Google & Bing ads (9% TACoS) drive sales. Revenue dipped from lower ad spend—growth potential with more investment. $32K listing price, $1.3K/m av. profit - Listing URL

2. 🛒 Children & Home niches, launched in May 2021, sells a modular home product for kids, encouraging play and activity - my kids would really like this! Is on a DR20s domain ranking for a few hundred keywords and pulling in a couple hundred visits from search a month according to Ahrefs. Runs with ~7 hrs/week for support, marketing, and inventory. Products sourced from suppliers in China and Canada. $54K listing price, a.v $,2700/m profit - Listing URL

3. 🛒 Health & fitness niche, launched in April 2022. Sells 13 sports rehab SKUs, registered with Amazon Brand Registry. 14% profit margin, 82% of revenue from Shopify (bringing in 2700/m search traffic according to Ahrefs), rest from Amazon. Operates in Europe. Products sourced from two China-based suppliers, stored in a German 3PL warehouse. Not seen this in the gym before! $66K listing price, $1.8K/m av. profit - Listing URL

4. 🛒 Baby Care & Apparel niche, launched in December 2016. Sells premium organic cotton baby products with exclusive hand-drawn designs. 30%+ profit margins, 60% of traffic from organic search on a DR10+ domain that’s ranking for 1400 keywords and bringing in 1700/m traffic according to Ahrefs. Runs part-time (~4 hrs/week). Products sourced from Hong Kong & Turkey, fulfillment in-house. Sales via Shopify, Etsy, and wholesale. $73K listing price, $2K/m av. profile - Listing URL

5. 🛒 Outdoors & hobbies niche on a DR40s domain that’s ranking for over 6K keywords bringing in almost 3K search traffic a month according to Ahrefs (80% of traffic). Steady 14-15% profit margin, mostly dropshipping. Recently launched own brand with 3PL fulfillment. Includes 5K email list & affiliates. Growth potential in outsourcing orders, reactivating support, adding products, and ads. $148K listing price, $5K/m av. profit - Listing URL

6. 🛒 Children’s and baby care niche, launched in April 2015 on a powerful DR60s domain that’s ranking for over 3K keywords and pulling in 2500/m search traffic according to Ahrefs. 28% of revenue from Amazon, rest from Shopify. Seasonal in Q1/Q2, peaking during Easter. 23% profit margins, 30-40% TACoS, 500K+ customers. Formerly sold in major retailers. Made in the USA, great for portfolio expansion. $150K listing price, $5K/m av. profit - Listing URL

7. 🛒 High-ticket dropshipping business in health & wellness. 85% of traffic from paid social, with a Facebook ad account ($1M spent, no rejections) included. Pixel tracks thousands of high-ticket sales. 11% profit margin, 41% TACoS, 39% COGS. Strong ad history and scaling potential, Shopify store design can be improved. $170K listing price, av. $4.6K/m profit - Listing URL

8. 🛒 Dropshipping apparel business launched in April 2023. Since June 2024, revenue has grown, and refunds improved. Strong 17% profit margins. Traffic from Facebook & Google Ads (basically no SEO). Single China-based supplier handles fulfillment. Owner spends ~16 hrs/week on ads, product selection, and management. Customer support VA can stay, ensuring smooth operations. $280K listing price, $14K/m av. profit - Listing URL

9. 🛒 Health & fitness niche, launched in October 2021. Sells two weightlifting accessories, with a flagship product for safer lifting. 30%+ profit margins, strong reviews. 3PL handles fulfillment, VA manages support. Sales via Shopify, 69% sales from paid social ads, rest from organic search (Ahrefs showing 1400/m traffic) and social engagement. Minimal owner involvement. $307K listing price, $12K/m av. profit - Listing URL

10. 🛒 Travel niche, launched in 2017. Sells popular travel items, with a hero SKU (3,400+ reviews, 4.3 stars) in multiple variations. Peak season: April–August. Includes a trademark and a reliable China-based supplier. Mostly Amazon sales, with some Shopify revenue for diversification. $381K listing price, $10.5K/m av. profit - Listing URL

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Disclaimer: Nothing in this email is financial advice and I am not a professional investment adviser. I send weekly updates on digital asset news and what I'm doing personally - consider it informational and for entertainment purposes only. There are native ad sponsorships from the beehiiv ad network and ones I source via Passionfroot such as Innovacious in today’s issue. Plus I often add affiliate links to software I use, website marketplace listings such as Flippa, and crypto exchanges and protocols.