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Dropshippers Get Rich by Making You Feel Poor
Dropshippers Get Rich by Making You Feel Poor
Hundreds of influencers claim the path to a fancy lifestyle is selling cheap crap from China. (Illustration by The Free Press, images via Getty and Unsplash)
Teaching people how to sell stuff is a lot more profitable than actually selling it.
By River Page
06.25.24 — Culture and Ideas
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Dropshippers Get Rich by Making You Feel Poor

Maddy Glynn wants me to feel poor. “If you’re in your 20s or 30s and you’re not making at least ten thousand dollars a month,” she starts one TikTok, “Watch this.” Maddy, who has nearly 250,000 followers on the platform, is tan, blonde, telegenic, and 24 years old, is standing in a house with bare off-white walls and a few immaculately placed houseplant…

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River Page
River Page is a reporter at The Free Press. Previously, he worked as a staff writer at Pirate Wires, covering technology, politics, and culture. His work has also appeared in Compact, American Affairs, and the Washington Examiner, among other publications.
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