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How Dropmagic Grew

AI-powered Shopify store builder for quick launches.

How did Dropmagic grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Dropmagic grew primarily through great customer service, which was frequently praised by users for being highly supportive and professional. The company also leveraged organic social media channels such as Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter to spread the word and engage with audiences. Additionally, Dropmagic expanded its reach significantly by partnering with YouTube creators as promoters or co-founders, with over 500 creators involved and more than 60% of new customers coming from YouTube. The affiliate program further contributed to growth by offering lifetime revenue for every customer referred.

Channels

14 channels · grouped by how Dropmagic grows
  • Affiliate program

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “🤑Programme d'affiliation DropmagicGagnez des revenus à vie pour chaque client que vous parrainez !”
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    “Dropmagic affiliate programEarn lifetime revenue for every customer you refer!”
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    “Dropmagic affiliate program Earn lifetime revenue for every customer you refer!”
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  • Organic social media

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “just like go on social media at the time was Facebook and it's just yeah, spread the word. Try and have like one-on-one conversation that are like super long and not really scalable for sure. But yeah, the first one is just yeah, just comments, just asking friends and asking like people that you ...”
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    “TikTok — organic reach is still massive. Short-form product demos don't need production quality. According to Insider Intelligence, TikTok Shop's GMV exceeded $20 billion in 2024.”
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    “The company says DropMagic has generated 120,000+ stores and crossed $1M in annual recurring revenue while bootstrapped, with no outside funding. Both figures are self-reported, but they are not pulled from thin air. It was built by Loic Berthelot... Berthelot says DropMagic hit $1K MRR within fi...”
    medium
  • Influencer partnerships

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “It's essentially working with YouTube creators as promoters or co-founders. So promoters, you basically pay them with cash or affiliate revenue. And co-founders, of course, you pay them with equity. ... for Mynia and DropMagic, we actually work with more than 500 of YouTube creators, right? I'm p...”
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    “at first, it was more like a bundle approach. And then Yumi got word of this. And he was like, okay, so this is becoming pretty big. They're French. So maybe we can have a discussion. And from there, we kind of merged together and created MyNia.”
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  • Advertising on social media

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “And we actually put a lot of ads into Yomi webinar and we created like a really big webinar. And at the end we just sold the high tier plan with like, of course, bonuses and like, you know, other stuff.”
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    “Facebook/Instagram — still the largest paid ad platform for dropshipping. AI-generated ad variations + Meta's machine learning optimization = faster profitability.”
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  • Search engine marketing

    · 1 mention
    “Google Shopping — captures high-intent search traffic. Works especially well for products people are actively searching for.”
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  • Webinars

    · 1 mention
    “So after we had a blocking to 300k and this one, so yeah, I need to remember exactly. So I think this one, we broke through with webinars. So we did really like big webinars with Yomi, because again, so this creator has this aura and he's really good because he has a huge audience. But a lot of p...”
    high
  • Pinterest

    · 1 mention
    “Pinterest — best for visual products (home decor, fashion, templates). High buyer intent. According to Pinterest Business, 85% of weekly Pinners have purchased from Pins.”
    medium
  • Brand collaborations and giveaways

    · 1 mention
    “So promoters, you basically pay them with cash or affiliate revenue. ... For ourself, I think more than 60% of our new customers come from YouTube.”
    high
  • Video content

    · 1 mention
    “we just shipped a video with Batista and the thing is also so we we knew how it would work for example for DropMagic the funnel we created”
    high
  • Twitter

    · 1 mention
    “yeah I have a twitter account where I share like my journey and what I do ... my audience for now is not they are not my customers my customers for mainly I draw magic and spy are e-commerce the audience I'm trying to build currently is really for sass makers and indie makers and entrepreneurs”
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  • Mobile Marketing

    · 1 mention
    “Then for the marketing part, I actually use, you know, Blime to detect the best creators and opportunities. I use Tolts to handle the tracking and payments of my creators.”
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  • SEO

    · 1 mention
    “Like, you know, there's like the product channel fit, where you have like 80% of your distribution come from one channel, which for us was obviously the YouTubers. And for the rest, yeah, we did like SEO, we did ads, but it was more like opportunity than really focusing on it.”
    medium
  • Email marketing

    · 1 mention
    “I use Loops for email marketing.”
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  • Partnerships

    · 1 mention
    “And we hit a plateau with this one. And basically how we avoided this one was to basically meet up with a really big creator in France, whose name was Yumi Denzel, who was like really famous at the time for like e-commerce stuff. And we basically created a new company with him named Mynia. So tha...”
    high

How 2,705 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Dropmagic’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68%
  • Social media
    60%
  • Search/SEO
    57%
  • Email
    48%
  • Community
    34%
  • Content/Inbound
    32%
  • Partnerships
    31%
  • Paid ads
    24%
  • Events
    24%
  • Press/PR
    17%
  • Outbound/Sales
    16%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    9%
  • Product expansion
    2%
  • Influencer partnerships
    2%