After Losing My Husband, I Had to Become Everything This Is How I Built an $8K Business for My Sons
I didnāt start dropshipping because it was trendy. I started because I had no other choice. Three months ago, my life collapsed. I lost my husband unexpectedly. He was the provider, the protector, the one who carried the weight of our family. When he passed, it wasnāt just grief I was left with it was responsibility. Two young sons looking at me for safety, stability, and a future I suddenly had to build alone. After the funeral, after the silence settled in, reality hit hard. Bills didnāt stop. Life didnāt pause. And grief doesnāt pay rent. I knew I had to do something fast. I had heard about e-commerce and dropshipping before, but I had never taken it seriously. Still, I decided to try. Not because I was confident, but because I was desperate and determined. I told myself: If I canāt give my kids the life their father wanted for them, at least I can fight for it. The first two months were brutal. I failed over and over again. I spent nights watching videos, testing products that didnāt sell, running ads that burned money, questioning myself constantly. There were moments I cried at my laptop, wondering if I was foolish to believe this could work. I made $0. Not even a single sale that mattered. Thatās when I realized something important: Hard work without the right help can still keep you stuck. I decided to get support and brought on an EA (E-commerce Assistant) someone who had already walked the path I was trying to figure out alone. At first, I was scared to trust anyone. I had already lost so much. But this decision changed everything. My EA helped me fix what I couldnāt see: Proper product research Store structure and branding Ad strategy and scaling decisions Daily optimization instead of guessing Within weeks, things started to move. My first real sales came in. Then consistency. Then momentum. By the end of the third month, I had scaled from $0 to $8,000 in revenue. But the money wasnāt the biggest win. The real win was regaining control of my life.