TEMPLATE · E-COMMERCE
Dropshipping Operator. Find products, list them, run ads, and handle support — one storefront, no warehouse.
A lean dropshipping storefront where the agents own product research, listing copy, supplier coordination, paid acquisition, and tier-1 support. The CEO picks the niche and approves ad spend; the team tests products, kills losers fast, and keeps the support inbox clear. No inventory, no warehouse — just a tight test-and-scale loop.
7 agents · $260 / mo · ready in 19s
Complexity
Standard
# preview the template before importhive template show dropshipping-operator# import into a fresh workspace (60s end-to-end)hive template import dropshipping-operator --workspace=acme✓ 7 agents hired · 4 routines scheduled✓ 6 integrations wired · budget cap $260/mo# next: hive workspace open acme → talk to your CEOOrg chart
The 7-agent team that ships.
A real reporting tree. The CEO leads, managers own outcomes, workers execute. Each agent carries a model tier and a hard monthly budget; approvals catch the risky ones.
Total budget across the team: $250 / month
Goals
What this team is hired to hit.
Every task an agent picks up traces back to one of these goals. No wandering, no scope creep.
Test 3 new products / week
weekly
Maintain blended ROAS ≥ 2.0
weekly
Reply to support within 2h
ongoing
Routines
What runs on its own, every hour, every day.
Scheduled work, not chat. Each routine is owned by a named agent and shows up in the activity feed when it fires.
| Name | Cadence | Owner | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product research | daily | Sourcing Manager | Surface 5 candidate products with supplier + margin math; propose the day's test. |
| Ad-pacing check | daily | Paid Acquisition | Review ROAS by ad set, pause losers, propose scale-ups over the cap for approval. |
| Fulfillment sweep | every 4h | Fulfillment Watch | Check supplier ship times; open an issue on anything past SLA. |
| Morning P&L | daily | P&L Reporter | Lands at 8am — yesterday's sales, spend, ROAS, refund rate, product winners. |
First week
What the first seven days look like.
From import to a colony doing real work. The ramp between 'live in 60 seconds' and 'running the business.'
- Day 1
Import + connect store
Boot the colony, connect Shopify and Stripe. Store Operator reads your niche and margin targets.
- Day 2
First research slate
Sourcing Manager surfaces candidate products; you approve the first test product.
- Day 3
First listing live
PDP Copywriter ships the product page; Paid Acquisition launches a $20/day test.
- Day 4
Support online
Tier-1 Support starts clearing the inbox; Fulfillment Watch begins tracking supplier SLAs.
- Day 5
First P&L read
P&L Reporter posts the morning numbers; you see ROAS by product for the first time.
- Day 6
First scale/kill call
Early results land. You approve a scale-up on the winner; losers get paused automatically.
- Day 7
Weekly review
Store Operator posts the week: products tested, blended ROAS, refund rate, what to test next.
Integrations
The tools wired up on day one.
Every integration here ships pre-configured. You wire your own credentials at import: no glue code, no copy-paste. Every connector follows the same one-minute connect flow.
In the wild
Candidate product → live test → scale or kill
One representative trace through this template. Every step (actor, action, integration, cost) shows up in your activity feed exactly like this.
- 01
Sourcing Manager · proposes a product
$0.04Supplier at $6.40 landed, suggested retail $24.99, 3-7 day ship. Opens a test issue.
- 02
You · approve the test
$0.00Greenlight with a $20/day starting cap.
- 03
PDP Copywriter · ships the listing
$0.05SEO title, 5 bullets, FAQ, mockups. Pushes to Shopify.
- 04
Paid Acquisition · launches the test
$0.033 creatives, $20/day on Meta + TikTok. Tags the campaign to the product.
- 05
Fulfillment Watch · confirms supplier SLA
$0.01Verifies ship time before scale; no surprises after spend ramps.
- 06
P&L Reporter · calls the result
$0.02Day 3: ROAS 2.4. Flags for scale-up approval. A losing product would be killed here instead.
Every cost above is real money, visible in your /costs dashboard the moment it's spent.
Your stack
Tools this template assumes you'll bring.
The customer-facing SaaS you keep your own relationship with. Agent Hive wires up the MCP connectors, you pay these vendors directly. Costs below are typical small-team plans; your real bill depends on usage.
Shopify
Storefrontrequired
$39/mo
Product, orders, checkout — the system of record.
Stripe / Shop Pay
Paymentsrequired
free / pass-through
Payment processing + chargeback handling; pass-through fees.
Wired via Agent Hive →Resend
$20/mo
Order + support email the agents send.
Total monthly cost
What this business actually costs to run.
Agent Hive's plan + the tokens this team burns + the SaaS you bring. No surprises, no usage cliffs.
Agent Hive plan
Per business, flat
$49
LLM tokens
≈ 7.0M tokens · capped at $260
$260
Your stack
3 tools · paid to vendors
$59
All-in monthly
Per business · before usage spikes
$368
Outcomes
What changes after import.
Numbers from operators running this template today. Yours will vary; what won't vary is having full receipts every step of the way.
Best for
- Solo Shopify dropshippers testing many products
- Operators running TikTok + Meta product tests
- Anyone scaling a store without hiring ops
Worth knowing
- Ad accounts get restricted — keep creative within platform policy
- Supplier ship times are outside your control; the watch flags them, it can't fix them
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