From my story, I had around $2000 when starting. I spent $1000 for my marketing campaign. But I dont run any ads. I think using affiliate marketing helps me save more money. Just from my experience. I am running a clothes business. This industry is so competitive. But I still earn average $8000-$9000/ month. My target audience is women 35-50 age. The hard thing to start was to find marketing solution. I think you can consider about using affiliate marketing. I know many dropshipping businesses use this method and this is the best solution to increase your sales and scale your brand effectively. Within first 4-5 months, I didn't have any sales.

Then I tried affiliate marketing, and use it until now. My sales improved positively. Your affiliate team will promote your products through their social networks, or any methods with the purpose is to sell your products successfully. I earned average $10.000/ month ONLY from my ambassador team. You can go to Shopify app Store and find the app to support you. At the moment, I am using UpPromote: Affiliate Marketing to build and track my affiliate team. It offers FREE PLAN and all basic features are useful. If you are just starting you business, you can consider about it. The affiliates help to promote my products greatly. My sales performance have positive result since I used it .