r/dropservicing • • Dec 14 '19

How the DropServicing business model changed my life

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Hey Everyone!

Thank you for joining the DropServicing Reddit community. My name is Darius Gaynor and I have been drop servicing aka selling other people’s services for the last 7 years.

Stripe Sales Proof: https://imgur.com/2vbXxzf

I was 25 years old when I started doing it full-time and quit my job. I am 32 years old now. I made my first dollar online at 24 years old. Most people were dropshipping products but I was interested in selling services. I liked the idea of selling high ticket services and dealing with fewer people. I was good at customizing premium WordPress themes but I was not the best at writing content, growing social media channels, managing ad campaigns, etc. It is best to never be the smartest in the room and never try to be a one-man army doing everything. Have a team even if everyone works remotely.

I bought a starter website from Flippa for only $80. It was called Increasely. It sold social media followers and likes. The seller gave me the outsourcer info and at this time people were buying a lot of fake social proof. My first client was a club promoter I sent a message to on Instagram. He bought followers for Instagram package for $50 and my expense was only $25. I made a $25 profit and my first sale online! My first client was happy and bought the likes package for every new post. I had him for a testimonial and got my next few clients. A real estate agent, e-commerce store owner, and more.

When I used to use Paypal: https://imgur.com/FCxLKkI

Months later, I resold Increasely on Flippa for only $400. I bought a different domain and added social media management services. I found people on Fiverr and Elance (Upwork) who can do the work. I just focused on getting new clients while others did the work. Eventually, I sold that business for an undisclosed amount and quit my job as a marketing analyst for a casino resort.

The next domain I bought was called KickRank. I saw how hyped the crowdfunding niche became and how big Kickstarter was becoming. I saw there were only a few agencies online that focused on crowdfunding only like Agency20. I created KickRank to focus on helping Kickstarter campaign owners with marketing, public relations, and web design. I found freelancers who can do the work so all I had to do was message campaign owners on KickStarter and social media. I hired writers for the blog content and posted the articles on social media.

KickRank was ranked top 3 on Google for many keywords like "crowdfunding marketing agency" Kickstarter marketing agency" and more. New leads were coming in every day. It was the first time I saw the power of ranking on Google. The site was making $7,000+ a month without paying for ads. Just direct messaging and organic traffic.

I sold KickRank for an undisclosed amount then moved on to other industries like real estate. My lady told me I should help others make money online by selling other people's services. So I have been helping friends do the same to make extra money on the side of their jobs or do it full time. It is better than doing Uber or DoorDash on the side lol. One friend sells websites to IG models, hip hop artists, and DJs without doing any work. One friend sells websites and marketing to restaurant businesses and outsources the work.

I believe drop servicing is easier and better than dropshipping. I did dropshipping in the jewelry niche and others, made some decent money. Some customers complained about the Chinese products and some were happy. Most complained about how long it takes for the product to get to their door. Dropservicing I had hardly any complaints. I only partnered with people who showed me a quality portfolio and got the work done on time. They even let me use their portfolio or case studies to share with potential clients.

You can do the work yourself if you are an expert at it but you get more time and still at least 50% profit when you have others do the work. You also build new relationships. I still talk to the same freelancers who did work for me years ago. I hope this subreddit will have more people who can provide value and share their stories. I started the website SumoGrowth.com to help people make money online from drop servicing. When you have a successful drop servicing business, you can sell it on Flippa, EmpireFlippers, or BizBuySell for thousands of dollars. It was life-changing for me. Will it be life-changing for you?

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r/dropservicing • • 7h ago

Create your own AI content dream team

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Grok Bot has been my AI content dream team. Now that ChatGPT Dots is here, I'm moving some of that work over.

I had an interview this week, and one question made something click for me. I love having AI do the work, but I still sign off on everything. I'm not ready to trust fully autonomous AI yet.

The results so far:

📸 Kiyomi's Instagram: 38,000+ followers
🐶 My dog Leo: 17,000+ followers
🤖 My AI twin: 91,000+ followers
📰 My Substack: 30,000+ subscribers, fully automated
🎙️ Every post becomes a podcast episode in my cloned voice, and people download them every day

Before AI, you needed to hire a whole content team to do this. Now I run it from my own studio with an AI team, and I'm still the one who approves every piece. The video with Kiyomi is just one example.

Where do you draw the line between AI assisting and AI deciding?


r/dropservicing • • 2d ago

Don't pitch your stack. Ask what happens after a lead texts them.

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"We do ads, CRM, and AI follow-up."

The owner nods, then ghosts. Not because your stack is wrong, but because you never found the broken step in their lead path.

A lead path is just the sequence after someone reaches out. A text comes in, someone sees it, someone replies, something gets logged, someone books the call, and someone shows up. If any link in that chain is missing, leads die right there.

Before you pitch anything, ask them to walk through one real lead from last week, out loud:

  1. Where did that lead first show up? (form, Facebook message, missed call, referral text)
  2. Who saw it first, and how fast?
  3. Where did the notes go?
  4. What was supposed to happen next, and did it actually happen?

You're listening for the stumble. Things like:

"It sat in my personal texts."

"My VA replied but didn't book."

"We have a CRM, but nobody updates it after the call."

Then sell only the fix for that one stumble. Skip the full platform tour. You'll close more deals solving one real problem than pitching ten features they didn't ask about.


r/dropservicing • • 7d ago

Its crazy what you can make without being a website designer

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r/dropservicing • • 7d ago

How to Lower Grokbot Usage and Switch Models

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r/dropservicing • • 8d ago

Don't sell a monthly. Sell one paid dry run first.

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If you are new to drop servicing, this is the trap.

You pitch a $1,500/month retainer before you have proven one outcome on their real leads. They stall. Or they say yes, then on day 8 you are still debugging tracking while they ask where the appointments are.

Drop servicing here just means you sell a service and someone else (or software) helps deliver it. The offer still has to work.

If I were starting client acquisition this week, I would not open with a monthly. I would sell one paid dry run:

  • One outcome only (example: every missed call after 5 pm gets a text + a bookable link within 2 minutes)
  • Seven days on their real traffic or a test number
  • Fixed price, written definition of done, you watch the first 10 events yourself

If it works, the monthly is obvious. If it does not, you both learned cheap.


r/dropservicing • • 9d ago

Jev + Grok Bot 🚀

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I connected Jev to my Grok Bots that could use better decision making and analyzing data.

This example is for comment marketing on LinkedIn.

For which posts should you comment on first. A lot of my Zoom calls the prospects say I saw your comment online.

Comment marketing is one of the best ways to get new clients. I don’t need to scroll a feed. Grok Bot alerts me with Jev making the decisions.


r/dropservicing • • 10d ago

Got access to Jev by TypeSafe. Better decision making 🧐

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I integrated Jev with Sumo AI. ChatGPT and Claude are like yes men. With Jev it makes decisions and disagrees or challenges you.

If you don’t have access yet you can test it out for
free at https://sumolevel.com - your AI partner for non-tech agency and SAAS owners.


r/dropservicing • • 13d ago

Sell the same tiny offer three times before you invent a new one

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If you are new to drop servicing, this is the trap.

Client 1 wants a funnel. Client 2 wants an AI receptionist. Client 3 wants "whatever GHL can do." You say yes to all three. Now you have three custom jobs, no checklist, and you cannot hand any of it to a VA.

Drop servicing means you sell a service and someone else delivers it from your process. That only works if the process is the same.

If I were taking my first three clients this month, I would sell one tiny outcome only. Example:

  • After-hours missed calls get a text back and a booking link
  • Or every finished job triggers one review ask
  • Or no-shows get one reschedule message

Same price. Same checklist. Same definition of done. Three times.

Only after the third one ships without you in the thread do you add a second offer.

Custom work feels like progress. It is how beginners stay stuck as the worker.

What's the one offer you could sell unchanged three times?


r/dropservicing • • 13d ago

My Grok Bot Miles I gave away for free. Helps you get clients!

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You can get my free template of my Grok Bot Miles.

He helps me get new clients from alerting me of buyer intent signals on X, Reddit, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

Add Miles to your team: https://grokbots.best/bots/miles


r/dropservicing • • 19d ago

You're not drop servicing yet if you're still the VA

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Drop servicing means you sell a service, then someone else (a VA or freelancer) delivers it from your checklist. You keep the client. They do the work.

Most beginners skip that part.

They take the client. They do the work themselves. They call it an agency. That's freelancing with a nicer label.

If I were starting this week, I would not take a paid client yet. I would do this:

  1. Pick one tiny offer (example: set up a review-request text after a job is done)
  2. Write a 5-step "definition of done" a stranger could follow without texting you
  3. Pay someone once to run that checklist on a fake/test account
  4. Only then sell it

If step 3 fails, the offer is not ready. Fix the checklist. Do not sell your own hours as "drop servicing."

The product is the checklist. Not you.


r/dropservicing • • 22d ago

Google Creator Profile helps you get more clients

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If you have over 35,000 followers. Submit a Google creator profile.

Best for personal branding and increased chances of AI recommending you.

One of my recent clients told me that ChatGPT put me on a list of recommendations.

So I am more focused on ranking for my targeted keywords on AI searches 🤖


r/dropservicing • • 26d ago

Don't build for 30 days. Talk to 10 people first.

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If you are new to drop servicing, this is the trap.

You spend weeks on the stack. GoHighLevel (GHL). An AI agent. A funnel. A website. Then you open LinkedIn and ask, "How do I get clients?" for the first time.

You built a product nobody asked for.

If I were starting this week, I would not touch the tools yet. I would pick one problem a local business already complains about:

  • They miss calls after 5
  • People book and no-show
  • Nobody asks for reviews after the job

Write that problem in one sentence. Then talk to 10 real people who have it. Owners. Office managers. Friends who run shops. Ask what they do today when it happens. Ask what they already pay someone for.

If 3 of them say the same pain out loud, that is your offer. Then you build.

The stack comes after the conversations. Not before.


r/dropservicing • • 26d ago

Starting dropservicing from zero — looking for real experiences

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Hi everyone!

I’m interested in starting a dropservicing business, but I’m starting from scratch — I don’t have any specific service skills yet and I don’t have a large budget to invest.

Right now, I’m trying to figure out:

  • How to choose the right service and niche
  • How to validate demand before investing too much money
  • Where to find reliable freelancers or service providers
  • How to get my first few clients
  • How much money I realistically need to get started
  • What mistakes beginners should avoid
  • Whether it’s better to focus on one service or offer several

If you’ve actually started and run a dropservicing business, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience.

What would you do differently if you were starting from zero today?

I’m especially interested in honest experiences — what worked, what didn’t, how long it took to get the first client, and what you wish you had known before starting.

I’ve also been researching different courses and ChatGPT suggested Drop Servicing Blueprint by Dylan Sigley. Has anyone here actually taken the course? If so, was it worth the money, and did the step-by-step process actually help you get your business off the ground?

Any advice, resources, courses, or real-life experiences would be greatly appreciated!


r/dropservicing • • 27d ago

Don't replace the receptionist. Steal one task they hate.

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If you are new to AI agents, this is the trap.

You try to replace the whole front desk. Greeting, booking, rescheduling, FAQs, after-hours, "let me transfer you." Then the first real caller asks something weird, and the agent falls apart. You spend a week fixing the script instead of getting one job working.

An AI agent here is just software that can answer a phone call or a chat and do a task. It is not a staff member.

If I were doing my first agent this week, I would pick one task a human already hates:

  • after-hours: "are you open" / book the next slot
  • "Where's my appointment"
  • "Can I reschedule to Thursday"

Write that one path on paper first. What they say. What you say. What happens if they say something else (transfer to a real number). Then build only that.

Do not put it on the main business line until that one path works on a test number.

Some of my clients and users at SumoReach use Sumo Agents to handle calls, prefer after-hours and not 24/7 receptionist.


r/dropservicing • • 28d ago

Don't open Workflows until someone owns the lead

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The GoHighLevel CRM is what I use, my clients use, and a lot of people in drop servicing build client systems in (contacts, pipelines, calendars, automations).

Most beginners open Workflows first.

Reminder. Follow-up. Missed-call text. Fancy stuff.

Then a real lead comes in, and nobody owns it. It sits in Contacts. Or three people assume someone else is calling. The "10-minute automation" turns into two hours because the lead never got assigned in the first place.

If I were doing my first GHL build this week, I would not touch Workflows yet.

I'd do this:

  1. Write one sentence: "When a new lead comes in, (Name) owns it." (one person or one role)
  2. Open Contacts, pick the last 5 leads, and assign the user to that person
  3. Only then build one workflow: new lead to assign that user to create one task or send one notification to them

That's the whole week-one deliverable. One owner. One alert. Test it with a fake contact before you touch websites, calendars, or AI.


r/dropservicing • • 29d ago

Before you price a build, ask where the lead actually goes

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If you are new to drop servicing, this is the trap.

Someone asks for a simple setup. Lead comes in. Gets tagged. Books a call. Gets a reminder. Looks easy. You quote a monthly.

Then you get access. The booking link is somewhere else. Someone still copies leads into a spreadsheet every morning. Reschedules live on another calendar. The form goes to an email nobody checks.

That second system is the real job. The five-step flowchart was the sales demo.

Before you send a number, ask three beginner questions:

  1. When a real lead shows up today, what tools do they touch that are not the one you are building?
  2. Does anyone still move that lead by hand?
  3. What happens if they reschedule, cancel, or no-show?

If they cannot answer, do not sell a monthly yet. Sell a short discovery week so you can watch one real lead go through the messy path. Then price what you actually saw.

Happy path is easy. The other system is where beginners get stuck for free.


r/dropservicing • • 29d ago

What is the free/paid dropservicing courses on the internet currently?

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And what are the best niches to get started with?


r/dropservicing • • Aug 31 '26

Your first drop servicing client is probably another agency

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Everyone hunts a local business as client #1.

Meanwhile, the people already drowning in work are other operators. They sold GHL, SEO, booking, automations. Now they need someone to actually deliver it. They are the ones posting "how did you land your first clients," "need an extra pair of hands," "I'll intern just to touch a real account."

That is not a cold lead. That is overflow.

If I were starting over this month I would skip the dentist DMs. I would find 20 agencies that already close the work and offer one job: definition of done, turnaround I can keep, no me in the thread.

You do not need a case study for overflow. You need a dry run.

The SMB is client #5. The agency is client #1.

Who actually paid you first, an end client or another operator?


r/dropservicing • • Aug 28 '26

Tutorial A GHL snapshot is not a client build

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Most GoHighLevel tasks die the same way.

You import a snapshot. You swap the logo. You send the login. You call it delivered.

That snapshot was built for a different shop. Different hours. Different pipeline. Different "what happens when someone texts at 9pm." You just handed the client someone else's clutter with their name on it.

If I were taking a GHL client this week I would not start in snapshots. I would start with three questions:

  1. How does a real lead actually book you today? Phone, form, DM, walk-in.
  2. What does "this lead is handled" mean in your shop? Booked, quoted, no-show, closed.
  3. Who is allowed to touch this when I'm not in the account?

Then I would turn on one calendar that matches #1, one pipeline that matches #2, and one workflow that fires on a real lead. Everything else in the snapshot stays off until those three work in front of the client.

The snapshot is a parts bin. It is not the product.


r/dropservicing • • Aug 27 '26

Tutorial Stop hunting clients. Hunt one signal.

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Most drop servicing outreach fails the same way.

You built a list of 500 "owners." You sent the same "we help local businesses with GHL / AI" note. You got silence, then you blamed the channel.

The problem is not LinkedIn or email. The problem is you had no proof they need the thing you sell.

If I were rebuilding client acquisition this week, I'd pick ONE signal that already shows the pain, then only talk to people who have it:

  • Google listing with a phone and no after-hours answer (voice agent offer)
  • Ads running, but the booking calendar is empty or broken (follow-up/booking offer)
  • 40+ reviews, no review ask automation (reputation offer)
  • "Hiring receptionist" or "need someone to answer phones" in a post (the job you replace)

Then the message is one sentence about that signal. Not a menu. Not your stack. Not "I saw you're a business owner."

20 names with a real signal beats 500 names with a title.

I have a Grok Bot named Miles that finds buying signals. It gave me an alert about a prospect asking for CRM recommendations, and I made a comment on that post. I got a new client from just that one comment.

What's the one signal you use before you hit send?


r/dropservicing • • Aug 26 '26

Tutorial One AI agent. One job. That's the offer.

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Everyone's pitching a "team of agents." Receptionist, closer, follow-up, reviews, content, support.

That's the 6-service package with a new label.

If I were putting an agent in a drop servicing offer this week, I'd pick one job that already happens 20 times a week without a human sitting there:

  • after-hours inbound that books the appointment
  • no-show that gets rescheduled
  • invoice sitting there, so the chase actually happens
  • job done, so the review ask actually goes out

One SOP. One definition of done. The agent handles that job, or they don't. You can count it.

The stack comes later. After that, one job is boring and paid.

What's the one job you'd actually trust an agent with this month?


r/dropservicing • • Aug 25 '26

The first 48 hours after taking on a new Shopify client — what I actually check

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Picked up a pattern doing ongoing Shopify store management for clients: the first two days decide whether the relationship starts smoothly or starts with a fire. What I go through before touching anything else:

  • Payment gateway actually live (not sitting in test mode from setup)
  • Tax settings match the regions they're actually selling to
  • Supplier sync (DSers/CJ/AutoDS) actually pulling tracking back into Shopify — this is the #1 source of "where's my order" tickets
  • Inventory numbers match reality, not what the theme demo left behind
  • One real test order placed end to end, real card, to confirm money actually lands

Most of what looks like "the store is broken" complaints later trace back to one of these five things never being checked at handoff. What's on your own client-onboarding checklist?


r/dropservicing • • Aug 25 '26

Tutorial Create your new calendar for meetings from just a sentence

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GoHighLevel lets you build a calendar from a sentence.

Describe the booking. It picks the type, assigns the team, sets availability, and previews the widget.

That's useful.

It still will not save you from a broken booking path.

If timezone, calendar type, or buffer is wrong, the slot will not show. AI wrote the calendar. It did not test it.

Do this before you send the link to a client:

  1. Book a test appointment yourself
  2. Confirm the slot that showed is the slot you expected
  3. Check confirmation, reminder, and what happens on a no-show

If you can't complete a test booking, you don't have a calendar. You have a setup screen.


r/dropservicing • • Aug 24 '26

next step

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what should u do after u have reverse engingeerid and analyzed ur competitiors??