MagicalMarshmallow
MagicalMarshmallow

Thinking of paying 5.7 lakhs to a mentor for helping me build a killer side hustle - Dropshipping

I and my 3 mates, are looking to build a side hustle in Dropshipping with the help of a successful mentor (@desirichkid on Instagram, if you've heard of him)

He boasts of a lavish lifestyle online and tbh, the guy does seem very genuine. Regularly showcases his 1:1 mentorship client results, but rarely posts any info about them, as to not expose his winning strategies.

6000 euros is his fees for a 6 month mentorship programme, which involves a 1:1 session every week, in which he aims to help us build towards a 6 figure sales mark.

~ Roughly 5.8 lakhs

A little background, my CTC is 12lpa. And as 4 partners, I'd be pitching in 1.5-2 lakhs, over a course of 3 installments, month over month.

Am I making the right decision? Shall I trust the guy?

17mo ago
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GoofyDonut
GoofyDonut

A mentor with that username, eesh

MagicalMarshmallow
MagicalMarshmallow

Haha, sounds cringe but in the end, it's all about the narrative, and justifying it as well.

PerkyMarshmallow
PerkyMarshmallow

That's 10 mins of my life I'll never get back. Dude is DesiCringeKid. Personally I think this is Ankur Warikoo / Dev Gadhvi level BS. But you seem to have already made up your mind.

My genuine advice is to stay the F away, but you won't. So I'm looking forward to a comprehensive post here about what really went down. Did it really work (and do we all eat crow), or was it yet another scam where your gullibility funded his 'lifestyle'.

SquishyPanda
SquishyPanda
Fampay17mo

Wow, looks total fraud. High probability that the OP here is the @desirichkid dude himself, posting here to get more gullible people to pay him

DizzyWaffle
DizzyWaffle

Do share your objective evaluation for selecting him, and what do you expect the 5.7L will give you in return.

MagicalMarshmallow
MagicalMarshmallow

Checkout the guy once on Instagram He goes by 2 brands,

  1. desirichkid
  2. officialrichteen

My objective evaluation - a) His content does seem to showcase that he knows what he's talking about. b) His client results, there's a highlight that he has on his profile. And he regularly uploads snippets from his 1:1 client calls wherein he showcases the kind of sales those guys have made. c) His personal brand is really solid. Provides an added sense of credibility. d) His journey. He started when he was 16 and he's 20 now, having the kind of lifestyle that people like us can just dream of. And I wanna create that for myself.

I might sound really naive on the (d) pointer, but I've honestly seen the power of ads done right. The potential is enormous. It's like legal gambling, can make you tons of money.

(I come from a marketing and growth bg in my career and have had cumulative net adspends of over 2cr, only downside being that's been spent just in India, not outside, so don't have much idea about those markets)

SwirlyPretzel
SwirlyPretzel

To your point d, guess what is funding his lifestyle? 😂

SleepyTaco
SleepyTaco

You can trust that this money will never come back :)

Why don't you invest 1-2 lakhs in dropshipping and try out all strategies instead?

MagicalMarshmallow
MagicalMarshmallow

Honestly, that's what we're looking to do.

The 2nd installment gets due in 50 days. & if we haven't made any substantial results by then, we'd not go ahead with his mentoring and try out things ourself.

And to trying myself from start itself, I have. Invested close to 50k in the US, wasn't making much money, closed at around 10% loss.

I'm not looking for a small shot here. 5 figures a month is the least that I wanna make out of this (I'm talking $ or €).

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