For more than 100 years, fingerprints have been recognized as a completely reliable form of positive identification of an individual. In that time, the techniques used to analyze and classify fingerprints have changed very little. With the arrival of the computer age, the immediacy of fingerprint usefulness has been dramatically impacted. This is due to accelerated methods of submission, storage, retrieval, and comparison of fingerprint data. Computers can search through millions of fingerprints in minutes to find possible matches with a newly submitted print. In the past, with a 10-print card, this process could take days and many work hours. Fingerprints are currently acquired by four means. Inked impressions. Inkless impressions made with chemicals. Live-scan prints made with computer scanners. And latent prints, which generally result from the deposit of body oils on items touched by the unidentified person. Regardless of how they are gathered, neither the unique characteristics of fingerprints nor the rapid retrieval of data are of any use without first having quality fingerprint impressions. The methods used for collecting inked impressions, inkless impressions, and live-scan prints are very similar. The purpose of this program is to give you a general understanding of the nature of fingerprints, and to demonstrate the collection methods used for these three types of impressions. We will not be discussing the collection of latent prints. If done correctly, these methods will help ensure quality fingerprint impressions. Fingerprints are the result of minute ridges and valleys found on the hands of every person. In the fingers and thumbs, these ridges form patterns of arches, loops, and whirls. In a loop pattern, the ridges enter from either side, recurve and pass out, or tend to pass out the same side they entered. In whirl patterns, the ridges are usually circular. And in an arch pattern, the ridges enter from one side, make a rise in the center, and exit generally on the opposite side. Each of the three fingerprint patterns have focal points, which are used for classification of the fingerprint. In a loop pattern, there are two focal points, the core, or the center of the loop, and the delta. The delta is the area of the pattern where there is a triangulation, or a dividing of the ridges. The delta and the area between the delta and the core must be completely and clearly recorded. A whirl pattern will help two or more deltas. For a whirl pattern to be classified, the print must clearly record all deltas and the areas between them. The arch pattern has no delta or core, but it too must be clearly recorded so that its individual characteristics can be readily distinguished. The fingerprint card has an upper area called the masthead, which you are to complete. It includes personal identifying information such as the person's date of birth, height, weight, and eye color. This information must be provided. Leaving out personal information may result in the card being returned to you. The person being fingerprinted should sign the card, and you as the technician should sign and date it within the designated boxes. In traditional paper fingerprint card submissions, the signatures must be present. There may be exceptions in live scan. A fingerprint technician should require a positive form of identification, something with a photograph is preferable. The lower portion of the card includes areas for rolled impressions and plane impressions. Rolled impressions are recorded individually in a normal upright position, centered in the appropriate spaces, starting with the right hand. The designations of thumb, index, middle, ring, and little fingers are indicated in the spaces. For rolled impressions, all available ridge detail is recorded by rolling the fingers nail to nail. Plane impressions are recorded by pressing the fingers of each hand in the spaces at the bottom of the card. They should be printed at about a 45 degree angle to the card. The thumbs are printed simultaneously in the appropriate spaces without rolling. Simultaneous impressions are used primarily to verify the proper sequence of the rolled impressions. When using the inked method, only printers ink is acceptable in taking fingerprints. All others are too light and do not dry quickly enough. Using the right amount of ink is of vital importance.  Too much ink and the fine details run together making the print useless. If the ink is rolled evenly, each finger will be properly covered. No spot will be missed and none left with heavy blobs of ink. With the pour-long pad method, ink is actually retained in the pad. This eliminates the need for rolling ink. This method does compromise print quality and should be only used for very limited fingerprinting needs. The fingers to be printed must be thoroughly dry, clean and free of all grease and dirt. If they are moist, the ink will not adhere to the fingers. Wiping the individual's fingers clean with an alcohol swab and then drying them right before printing should give you enough time to prevent perspiration from being a problem. If a person's occupation has caused a wearing down or rough surface on the fingers, you may want to soften them up with a hand cream or lotion. Be sure to wash the lotion off before printing them. In many instances, when a person's ridges are worn, you may get legible fingerprints by using a small amount of ink on the inking plate. This is especially helpful with a person of advanced age. To begin printing, take the person's right hand at the base of the thumb. You will guide their thumb with your thumb and index finger. When fingerprinting, you need to take advantage of natural wrist movement. Starting with the hand placed in a slightly strained position and rotating it to a more natural position will finish the print where their hand can be more easily pulled up and away. This will help you to avoid making smudges or blurring the print. In the case of the thumb, the wrist will rotate so the thumb moves toward their body. When putting ink on the thumb, it should be rolled on the inking plate so that the entire fingerprint pattern area is evenly covered with ink. The ink should cover from one end of the nail to the other and from the crease of the first joint to the tip of the finger. Encourage the person being fingerprinted to relax. Tell them not to try to help you by exerting pressure. This way, you can gauge the amount of pressure needed. You may want to ask them to look at some distant object to distract them from what you are doing. Generally, the weight of the finger itself is all the pressure needed to clearly record a fingerprint. Move to the card and roll the print in the same manner. Use a relaxed and continuous motion. A test print will determine if the ink is being distributed evenly and how much pressure should be applied. If the test print is not acceptable, make the necessary changes and re-roll the thumb in the ink. Make the new print in the designated area of a new card. Next, the right index finger is placed in a slightly strained position like the thumb. Fingers will be rolled away from the person's body so the wrist is rotated in the opposite direction from the thumb roll. Remember to roll the finger from nail to nail and lift it up in a way to avoid dragging it across the impression. Each finger of the right hand should be printed in the appropriate space in the same manner as the index finger.  Be sure to ink and print the finger from one edge of the fingernail to the other and to lift the finger up and away from the card. After completing with the right hand, repeat the process with the left hand. You will not need to add more ink to the plate but since you should never roll two fingers in the same area you may have to re-roll the existing ink. Begin on the next line of the card with the thumb of the left hand and again work your way from finger to finger. Remember to use a relaxed continuous motion. If for some reason it becomes obvious that a rolled impression is not going to be acceptable you may not have to start over on a new card. If you have them you can use an adhesive retab to cover the original impression and then re-roll that finger in its proper space. You may retab no more than two impressions per fingerprint card. When you finish the right and left hand rolled impressions adjust the card for recording plane impressions. At this point you will almost certainly need to re-roll the existing ink on the plate but without adding more ink. Working with one hand at a time place the fingers together on the inking plate with firm even pressure to ensure uniform inking. Now press down the fingers in the appropriate space at the bottom of the fingerprint card. The fingers should be at approximately a 45 degree angle to the bottom of a card. Even pressure is again exerted to ensure uniform simultaneous printing. Be sure to lift the fingers cleanly up and away from the card to avoid smudging the impressions. Both thumbs are then inked and recorded at the same time in the appropriate spaces without rolling. Always record these thumb prints at the same time to assure that they are placed in the proper spaces. It's pretty big bandage there. Occasionally you may encounter a person whose hand is temporarily unfit for printing. This may be due to a condition such as severe cuts, blistering, or burns. The injured finger should not be printed until the injury has healed. However, until that finger is printed the card is unacceptable for submission and classification. It's going to be impossible for us to fingerprint that one finger and without getting all ten fingers fingerprinted we're going to have to have you to come back when that finger is healed since it was a pretty deep cut and it just happened recently. Trained fingerprint examiners are taught how to distinguish between permanent scars and temporary injuries. If you encounter an obvious permanent scar, go ahead and complete the printing process. If the person you are fingerprinting has lost only the tip of one or more fingers you will print the remaining portion of the finger and make a notation in the appropriate block. The notation must indicate A, M, P for amputated not just missing. If the finger has been amputated past the crease of the first knuckle do not print the stub, write A, M, P in the appropriate space. If the person was born missing a finger or fingers the notation in the block must say missing at birth or M, A, B. Some people cannot be readily fingerprinted due to a long-term medical condition affecting their fingers. If this is the case you may have to use specialized equipment including a fingerprinting spoon and spatula. To print a finger using the spoon you will use one of the adhesive retabs shown earlier that was used for correcting errors. After placing the retab into the spoon, roll a thin layer of ink onto the spatula. Now roll the spatula around the surface of the finger to be printed. When you take the print it is not necessary to roll the finger because the curved shape of the spoon will ensure that the retab contacts all necessary rich surfaces. If a long-term medical condition means you have to use the spoon and spatula and you do not have adhesive retabs you can cut out one or more spaces from a blank card and use them like retabs. Feed the cutout card through the spoon printing the fingers in proper order. Affix the newly acquired prints over the appropriate spaces on the card. The hand manipulation techniques for acquiring inkless fingerprint impressions using chemicals are the same as with inked fingerprints. Initially the prints will show up very faintly but when they are processed by the fingerprinting device they will be black and permanent. There are several accepted devices on the market and their operation may vary slightly from device to device. Follow the manufacturer's instructions regarding proper operation but otherwise use the techniques demonstrated for inked prints. The latest method of acquiring fingerprint impressions is the use of a live scan device and computers. This method does not require ink or chemicals to forge you the ability to preview the impressions and delete unacceptable prints. Like inkless prints the hand manipulation techniques for live scan prints are generally the same as with ink prints and the prints are made in the same order. Also like inkless prints live scan devices vary so be sure to follow the manufacturer's directions. Beginning in 1999 when integrated into a fingerprint card submission network the live scan method will also allow for automated paperless submission of 10 prints. This will greatly decrease the amount of time necessary for processing. Eventually nearly all 10 print submissions will be made in a paperless environment. No matter how the prints are acquired by live scan, inkless or inked the prints are only useful if they are properly recorded. Your careful attention to proper techniques and conscientious efforts to acquire quality impressions will assure that the 10 print cards you submit are quickly and efficiently processed.


Just right. Do you wish your limiter would stop letting peaks through when creating audible distortion? Are you yearning for a set-it-and-forget it limiter that just works? Introducing X42 DPL. Hey, I'm Anfa. I'm an electronic music producer and sound designer. However, I only use open-source software and Linux. X42 Digital Peak Limiter, or DPL, is a dead simple limiter plugin. There's a minimum of controls that you have and it just sounds good. I've been using it more and more lately because it saves my time. If there's something I want to spend 30 minutes tweaking, it's definitely not a limiter. As you can see right here, I have the plugin's interface. And by default, it doesn't look like that, but if you right-click somewhere, you can choose UI scaling and also you can resize the whole window. I've prepared a test sound, which is a kick drum that I synthesized using GeonKick, which is a Liber percussion synthesizer. Let me play it to you. This is our kick drum. I've prepared a little analysis set for us in here using open-source plugins as well. I'm going to list them all. On the bottom of the screen, we have an oscilloscope. The green shape represents the original signal that comes straight out of the synthesizer. And the red one, which when overlapping onto the green becomes yellow, is the limited waveform. In the upper right corner, we also have some spectral analysis. On top, a spectral gram and on the bottom, a spectrum analyzer, which will help us detect any harmonic distortion. By default, the plugin is set with no input gain, a limiting threshold of negative 1 decibels, and a release time of 10 milliseconds. I'm going to play the kick drum in a loop and then play with the settings and show you what I mean. If I move the threshold all the way up, you can see there is no limiting. The entire waveform is yellow. That means the original unprocessed signal and the processed signal are identical. Let me move the threshold down. What you are hearing is the limited signal. This is DPL limiting at negative 10 decibels. And you can see that our signal is still very clean. There is no extra high-frequency content, which would be a result of clipping. But we are using a 10 millisecond release time. What happens if I go lower? Absolutely nothing. The sine wave of my kick drum is still perfectly flat, which is pretty crazy. Now, we can also add input gain to push this thing harder. And you can see I'm pushing it 30 decibels into the limiter. And we have an astounding amount of gain reduction applied. But still, the sound is perfectly clean. Aside from these three knobs, there is another control in this plugin and it's this toggle. If I click on this, we're going to switch between detecting sample peaks to detecting inter-sample peaks, which is achieved by adding in four times over sampling to the detection circuit. If I toggle this, you can see there is a very tiny difference in the high-frequency content on the start of our kick. That's because our samples are packed very densely in there. I can actually lower. So you can see this is the initial kick click. If I disable true peak detection, our waveform goes a little bit up. If I enable it again, it goes a little bit down. Because X42 digital peak limiter is actually detecting the peaks between sample points, which we can see on this oscilloscope, as it is also over sampled and provides us with a nice analog view of the sound. All right. What else do we have on the user interface side of things? We have a gain reduction meter, which shows us the peak gain reduction applied. And as you can see, it has a quite a long release time. Let me try it again. And it goes from zero to negative 20 decibels of gain reduction. We also have a nice graph of that. So we can see if I apply... Let me reset this by clicking the right mouse button. Clicking the right mouse button on any control will snap it to its default position. Actually, it will toggle it. If you click right button again, it will move to the previous position. Which is really nice. I can right click to also move the threshold to default negative one position, or hit right mouse button again on it to move it back to negative 10. And you can see if I increase the release time, our gain reduction is not going all the way down. And this will be also visible on our waveform. I'm actually going to reset the threshold and move our input gain instead. Look what happens when I lower the release time. Right now it's at one second. That is very long. As you can see, the waveform picks up way faster and our base tail of the kick drum reaches our limit, which is negative one decibel, true peak, much faster. I can also move the limit up. And you can see we are touching the zero decibel limit. But let's not do that. As you can see, our spectrum stays clean all the way through. There is no clipping. Regardless of how much input gain we put, okay, if we change the control then in the middle of the change, it will clip, actually. That's what we'll introduce. The only little click that we have is actually the result of the synthesis itself. It's just amplified a little bit because we have this nice, we have this sharp corner on this waveform, which could be reduced if I just added a low-pass filter to smooth this out in the Gion kick patch. Alrighty, that is pretty much everything there is to say about X42 DPL. It's an awesome plugin. It's simple. It has a very clean sound. It gets the job done quickly. So everything that's left to tell you is how to get that plugin. You can find this plugin on X42's official website. By the way, X42 is a moniker of Robin Garrius, who is also one of the two main developers of Ardor. And the actual limiter code is based on Fons Andriensens Zeta audio tools. Many of the X42 plugins are based on Fons Andriens's code, like the X42 AutoTune. There's a nice explanation of what this plugin does and how it behaves on this site. And there's also downloads. You can download it for Linux and different architectures for Windows, for Mac. You can also get the source code. Now, these are downloads, and you'll probably get like a tarjizi file. So you will have to manually put this into your LV2 plugin directory on your system. Actually, there's an installation script. But if you search for X42 in your favorite plugin repository, if you're learning Linux, of course, then I'm sure you will find it. That's everything I wanted to show you in this video. If you'd like to see me compare how various limiter plugins deal with the same kick sound and what you can achieve by tweaking the parameters, click on this card right there. With that being said, thank you for watching. I also want to thank everyone who is supporting me financially. Because of these awesome people, I can do these videos. If you, dear viewer, would like to join them and help keep this show going, please go to patreon.com.onfa or liberapay.com.onfa, or you can give me a buck or two every month. Now go and limit some peaks. Okay, that's a nice and short video. And now I'm going to record the... Also, by the way, this is the first video I'm recording in the new DeWater Makeover. You can use it now, you retract it.


You can't fill someone's cup who has a lid on their life. You can't fill someone's cup who has holes in their cup or cracks in their cup, who is leaking out the resources you place into them, who is consuming with this massive consumption they have of energy. They're draining people and you can never fill the capacity of people like that. And you should never get into a relationship where you are defined by how well you're doing in satisfying some people who will never be satisfied through no fault of your own. So all you can do is to make sure you're giving your best. Just do your best today. And your best is not enough for some people. And your best is more than enough for some other people.


I just finished paying respects at the Monument to Jose Rizal who's a great hero in the Philippines. A hero of the Philippine independence movement means a lot to many, many people in British Columbia. It was such a great honor to be hosted today by the Philippine military in paying my respects on behalf of all British Columbians to a great Philippine hero.


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Hey dropshippers and welcome back to our YouTube channel.  So make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, grab a pen, grab a notebook, maybe some snacks even and stay tuned for all the relevant information I'm about to drop in this video. Quick intro and let's get it. One of the busiest and most profitable times of the year is the much anticipated Q4. So to clarify for those who are new to dropshipping or who are uncertain of what the term Q4 means, it is the time of the year that is spanning from the beginning of October or through December. There are numerous holidays and special occasions that fall on certain days in between of these months. And that is exactly why during Q4 online sales and shopping skyrockets in comparison to other months of the year. And this is why we also strongly encourage dropshippers to take advantage of this special time of the year. And that is exactly why this video is here to tell you what products to sell and how to prepare your online store for Q4 holidays. So what changes occurred during Q4 dropshipping that dropshippers should be aware of? Well, because it is the busiest season of the year and there's all this hustling and bustling going on around us, there are about several changes that occurred during Q4 dropshipping. As a matter of fact, because it is the most popular time of the year, the spike in demand pulls on the threads of stock, shipping, marketing, and other aspects of dropshipping. So let's dive straight into what are the changes that we can expect during Q4 dropshipping. So our first very big change is the rise in e-commerce sales. If we have a look at this chart, we can see an exponential rise of online sales during the Q4 season. Online sale records are without fail broken every year during the Q4 season and people are spending all of their time online searching for gifts to purchase for the various holidays. So this is definitely the shopping season to take advantage of, trust me. Our next change is to expect longer delivery times than usual. Because there's a lot of pressure on shipping carriers due to the influx of orders surrounding the holiday season, we should prepare for some delays because trust me, it is bound to happen along the way and you need to be prepared. The way around this would be to work with multiple dropshipping suppliers. So for example, if I'm only working with AliExpress and I can see that their shipping times are longer than usual simply due to the fact that everybody's online purchasing something because it is the Q4 holidays. And not only that, take into consideration that the product needs to still be shipped from China too so it's even longer. I'm automatically going to go ahead and look for another dropshipping supplier that is able to ship from a place where my target audience resides. So for example, if I'm dropshipping to the USA then I'm going to look for multiple US dropshipping suppliers. Our next change is the increase in customer service. So this means that you're going to be receiving more customer inquiries than normal and this naturally comes with the Q4 holiday season. Remember that the more traffic that is driven to your stores results in more sales which means that customers are going to reach out to you. The best way to deal with this is to constantly check up on the customer support that you're providing to your buyers. This means checking up on the progress of their orders, constantly checking your messages to make sure that you haven't missed anything and make sure to check the messages on both your selling platforms and your emails. If you're selling on eBay, you can check out our customer service feature that we have available on our AutoDS platform. This is a simple way of taking care of all your customers inquiries in one place. You simply just click on the customer support button and here you'll see all the messages from your various buyers pop up which you will be able to respond directly from our AutoDS platform.  We also have a blog article which explains how you're able to hire a virtual assistant where you can find virtual assistants and how you're able to negotiate with them. Our next change is product discounts which is something that we should be providing to our customers during Q4. Why? Because people are looking for sales, they're looking for those discounted products especially on those Black Friday and Cyber Monday holidays. So we would want to build our store theme around discounted prices and offering promo codes. Q4 really is the best time to be offering these promotions. If you're struggling to price your products at discounted prices and you're worried that you won't be making a profit simply just head over to your competitor's online stores and just check out what they are pricing their products at. The next change is stock shortages and the best way to deal with this is by utilizing drop shipping automation tools and working with multiple suppliers. For example, if we head over to the Autodesk platform and we head over to the products button I then have this product that goes out of stock on my supplier sites. I then need it to immediately go out of stock on my store too. If we're not utilizing automation tools the stock numbers can drop without me even knowing. Let's say for example I go to bed and I'm sleeping and I wake up the next morning and I see that I have 20 or 30 sales on a product that is no longer in stock. This becomes a huge problem because I did not have a software in place that automated my stock status whilst I was sleeping. And having this automation software in place would have saved me from having to cancel my customers orders. As drop shippers we need to be extremely careful of this especially on selling channels such as eBay and Facebook marketplace who are strict and will have your account banned. So our last key for drop shipping change is higher marketing costs. To market your store during Q4 holidays generally costs more. This is only relevant to those selling platforms that do not generate free organic traffic such as Shopify, Wex and WooCommerce where you should be running ads on the products that you are listing. Keep in mind that a lot of other drop shippers and business owners will be running ads on the products during the Q4 holidays. So in order to compete for an ad, a paper, click ad we need to make sure that we're investing more into our ads budgets. So for example, if I want to get a thousand clicks on an ad it's going to cost me more during Q4. Instead of paying 20 cents per click I'm now going to be paying 50 cents per click. Don't be alarmed if you're investing more in your ads budget because the sales conversion from those ads will be higher. And just a quick side note for you drop shippers please do not be afraid of marketing costs. If you're marketing the right product to the right target audience rather pay more so that you'll be able to receive more. Great stuff. Now that we have the drop shipping changes that occur during Q4 out of the way let's now take a look at the top seasonal events that we can take advantage of during Q4 drop shipping. I'm pretty sure we can all guess what is the first seasonal event that's coming up. Yep, you guessed it Halloween which is celebrated on the 31st of October. And although the US market is our main target audience here other countries also celebrate Halloween which means we can target a larger audience. Statistics show that consumers plan on spending 10.1 billion USD on Halloween costumes, decorations, candies, accessories in 2021 alone. I mean how insane is that? And that just proves to us that there definitely is an opportunity for us to boost our store sales based of the seasonal events. Next up we have Thanksgiving which is right around the corner after Halloween. Thanksgiving is mainly an American holiday but it's also celebrated in Canada. Also keep in mind that other countries across the globe celebrate their own version of Thanksgiving. It's just at different times. Leading up to Thanksgiving offering theme decorations, diningware and kitchenware is a good idea. If you'd like to reach a larger target audience leading up to Thanksgiving make sure to prepare to target a different audience at different times with different items. Next for Q4 dropshipping we have the most loved day by consumers, Black Friday. Black Friday happens globally on the Friday straight after Thanksgiving and this year Black Friday falls on the 25th of November. Make sure to save that date. Shoppers look forward to this event because it allows them to purchase large amounts of items at great bargain prices which means you should definitely ride the wave and offer discounts in your dropshipping stores when the seasonal holiday approaches. Remember to lower your prices in order to stay in line with your competition. This may mean losing some initial profits but in the long run we'll still be able to benefit because we'll see an increase in website traffic which then results in higher profits. So we're not really taking alls here. Now just when you thought it couldn't get any better right after Black Friday comes Cyber Monday and this is important for Q4 dropshipping because it's the ultimate event to take advantage of. Plus there's also a super high focus on consumer electronics at this time. To put Cyber Monday in a nutshell for you it's basically a discounted online shopping bonanza that turns the spotlight on e-commerce businesses. So we're really winning here because it's our optimal time for our dropshipping store to shine. It is recommended that during this time we sell electronics of all varieties. For example, smartwatches, hairdryers, gaming accessories and much more. Remember to not worry too much about lowering your prices because the increase in website traffic makes up for it. I feel like this next highlighted Q4 dropshipping event will make you laugh but here it is singles day. Now singles day is a huge e-commerce sales event in China that was started by Alibaba and it falls on the 11th of November every year. Believe it or not but because it is a hugely successful event it has been extended to the first 11 days of November rather than just one day which would have been the 11th of November. So if you're wondering how does this event tie in with dropshipping singles day offers consumers big discounts across all e-commerce stores and to give you a little bit of an idea as to why you should consider partaking your store in this event is JD.com, a giant Chinese e-commerce platform managed to rack up a record breaking $52 billion during this event. Like what? It's so crazy, right? And although as dropshippers we might not be able to reach this figure it just gives us a glimpse into what profits we potentially could be making. Next up we have everybody's favorite Q4 holiday which is Christmas. We all know that Christmas is potentially one of the best events for dropshippers and their stores. Because Christmas falls on the 25th of December and as crazy as it might sound we need to start our product research now to ensure that our dropshipping stores are ready for the biggest holiday of the year. Keep in mind that consumers are looking for Christmas presents weeks and months in advance. So that just means that we can enjoy solid sales volumes for weeks and months to come. We also don't have to offer big discounts in order to stay competitive. We can sell at full price and enjoy those high profit margins to come. Cha-ching! Our last Q4 dropshipping holiday is Wait! There's another event we can benefit from after Christmas? Absolutely! The post Christmas sales allows us to optimize our store with product discounts. For a while, even after Christmas online sales still pour in. Especially in countries like Canada where they celebrate Boxing Day and have weekly sales. Keep in mind that New Year's Eve is creeping up so we can further leverage this to boost our sales around this event. So there you have it. Those were the top seven Q4 dropshipping events that every dropshipper should be taking advantage of. Let's now briefly take a look at what are the best dropshipping niches and key products that you should be selling during Q4 in order to scale your stores. Remember that Q4 products can be categorized as high ticket items as they are high in demand and extremely profitable during this period. So don't play yourselves dropshippers. Our next niche are children's toys. And in truth, Q4 is much scented around children's joy. So toys are necessary for our Q4 listings, okay? Also with Halloween, Christmas and all the birthdays happening this quarter we have plenty of opportunities to boost our sales. Let's now take a look at what are the best children's toys for Q4 dropshipping. First up, we have the LCD writing tablet which is a great way for children to learn and be creative. Next up, we have the dinosaur activity play mat which is not just for entertainment but it also serves for educational purposes because kids can learn from it whilst they play. We also have the toy rocket launcher dolls which is a classic kids toy and will never lose its popularity as well as electric mini cars. They see me rolling, they're hating. These electric mini cars are high in demand because they are extremely appealing to children making them the perfect Christmas gift. Next up, we have the fitness and entertainment niche that has become incredibly lucrative. Entertainment will just simply never go out of fashion and we've seen more and more people become more in tune with their health and fitness goals which just proves that this niche is incredibly profitable. Here are some of the best high ticket items to sell under this niche. Up first, we have smart watches which can measure your heart rate, your sleeping patterns, your workouts and much more. It's also become a super trendy item so make sure to list this as a high ticket item. Next up, we have yoga mats. You can offer these yoga mats in various sizes, colors and styles. Next up, we have gaming keyboard sets which is the most profitable item on our list.  High ticket ski goggles and snowboards also fall under this niche especially because winter is the dominant season during Q4. Next up, we have the jewellery and accessories niche. Over time, this niche has proved to be extremely profitable especially during Q4. In fact, jewellery is one of, if not the most go-to choice for gift giving since these pieces are timeless, classic and beautiful. So here are some of the most popular items under this niche. We have cross pendant necklaces, friendship bracelets, rhinestone snowflake brooches, Christmas tree earrings to show your festivity on Christmas day and of course, the travel jewellery box which is a great product to sell throughout the year because we're able to store our various jewellery accessories. Next up, we have the beauty cane niche which offers a lot of diverse products and great bundle options. Remember that offering product bundles is a great way to increase your average order value. So here are some of the best items to sell under this niche. First up, we have a set of beauty blenders. We all know that this has been a popular item amongst women for years now and because of this, that is exactly why they are trendy and profitable. Our next item is eye masks. So the eye mask is usually two under eye patches which is filled with healthier notion components that helps with wrinkles, dark circles and moisturizing. Next up, we have the LED photodynamic device. No worry, I'll explain. So this device emits light composed of blue, yellow, green and red and as a result, it increases the amount of collagen in the skin and reduces the appearance of wrinkles. Next up, we have the UV nail lamp which is used to set gel nail polish. As such, this product is perfect for manicures, pedicures and creating those fake nails. And do not worry, we have not forgotten about the men which brings me to our next product, the electric hair clippers which is one of the best selling items for Q4 drop shipping. We also have the popular flower dog bow ties and the folding silicone water bowl which is super convenient for any owner's furry friend to stay hydrated anywhere, anytime. We have now looked into all the profitable niches and products for Q4 drop shipping. Let's now look at how we're able to find these winning products for our stores. First, we can take a look at the various drop shipping suppliers best sellers list. This list is based on data generated from previous sales activities. Next, you're able to also spy on your competition. For example, you can search for a product on eBay and then check out other sellers metrics. We also have the AutoDS product research tool and this tool helps us to automatically find winning products. Lastly, you can also utilize our AutoDS blog where you'll find endless drop shipping articles and you can head over to our YouTube channel where you can find endless drop shipping content, guides, tutorials, and tips. So to wrap this YouTube video up, I'm briefly going to go through the seven tips you need to know in order to prepare your store for drop shipping in Q4. The first tip is to optimize sales with product bundles. People opt for gift sets for both themselves and others so we can offer product bundles with a good selection of while grouped items. Also, remember to offer these product bundles at discounted prices. Tip two would be to utilize email marketing. Since marketing costs increase during Q4, this is a great way to save some money while still marketing our stores. Tip three would be to keep up with the latest trends. Shoppers interests and demands are constantly changing and so does trends. This happens a lot more often during Q4 because holidays and shopping events change so fast. Because of this, we need to stay on top of trends in order to stay relevant and competitive. Make sure to constantly review your products and conduct relevant product research. The first tip would be to work with multiple drop shipping suppliers in various regions. Remember what I said at the beginning of this video about the changes that we can expect during Q4 drop shipping. Expect to experience longer shipping times and stock shortages. This is exactly why we should be working with multiple drop shipping suppliers so that we can avoid those exact problems. Tip five would be to create personalized discounts. As we now know, Q4 drop shipping is all about discounts.  And our final tip would be to automate your drop shipping operations. This tip will not only help you to prepare for Q4 but it will also help your drop shipping store scale in general, save your time, your effort and reduce errors by utilizing our AutoDS drop shipping automation tools. Our most popular tools include product research, quick and easy product imports, complete order fulfillment, what to win, price and stock monitoring, price optimization and of course inventory management. Hooray, we have finally reached the end of this video. Thank you for tuning in and I hope all this Q4 drop shipping information is of valuable use to you and your drop shipping stores. And drop shippers, we are posting this video now so that you'll be able to stop prepping your stores and conduct relevant product research before these Q4 holidays hit. Don't say I didn't plug you with the latest Q4 drop shipping tips. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you can stay up to date with all the relevant drop shipping tips, tutorials and guides. And of course, if you enjoyed this video, make sure to drop me a thumbs up. Other than that, please let me know in the comment section below which Q4 holiday you and your drop shipping store are looking most forward to. I'll check you guys in the next video. Thanks for tuning in, drop shippers. Bye for now.


Sure, they may have plenty of blue blood in Boston, but from what I just saw they've got plenty of the other kind, too This is another in the adventures of America's fabulous reliance insurance investigator Johnny dollar That insurance investigation Johnny dollar is only an expert at making out his expense account He is an absolute genius expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar Do home office tri-state life and casually insurance company Hartford Connecticut The following is an accounting of my expenditures during my search for your missing policy holder miss Michelle March or He came in like a lion and went out on the lam or He should have been banned in Boston that's account item one two dollars and eighty five cents railroad transportation Hartford to Boston Expensive count on him to a dollar eighty cab fare to the corner of Longwood and Huntington Avenue A half block from the apartment house that was Miss March's last known address Boston may be called the cradle of Liberty, but somebody else got rocked asleep that morning on Longwood The shots came from two car beans and two men in one light-pan club coop parked across the street. I Waited long enough to memorize the license number at the pot right out of there My heart was counting but not from exercise Even prayed coming out of a doorway that in another 20 seconds. I would have been going in but the coincidence didn't stop there Yeah, we'll get you some help you know who did it? March what I didn't get you Michelle March what's wrong looking for what she got to do with it? Can you hear me? What's Michelle March got to do with it? Come on. I'll try I'm here if I should have stayed in Hartford Mr.. How is he can you tell yeah, let's just say you don't need to stand back to give him air He can't use it While the two limelight happy characters from the crowd argued about who was going to notify the police I Disappeared from the scene by way of that desk doorway Causing inside just long enough to learn from the buzzer panel that Michelle March's apartment number was I'm luckily 213 Bothered look for the apartment house manager. I didn't even bother to pick the lock I put my shoulder to work on the door the apartment of search, but it didn't offer anything to find The only thing even faintly resembling a lead. I found on the floor behind the bureau a Book of matches that advertise Boston's best bar by far Planneries with a dress on Washington Street About then I decided that rather than being found at the scene of breaking and entering I'd look up the police at the scene of murder You got to say about this not much Shot them across the street by two men and a fan club crew Probably stolen license number Massachusetts three are one six five Weapons were carvings 30 caliber army issue. Hmm. You sure of all that? Yeah Yes, this will tell you why I make it a habit to be sure of things Dollar insurance investigation, huh? Well in a way that makes two years I'm lieutenant Val Deller the nature that man was a local detector Private life is good business and a bad reputations name of Something I can't pass out right now. Okay. Here's why I'm interested lieutenant if run detective was our case He could have been hired to find the same party I was hired to find and since he was blasted at said party's last known address It could be that somebody doesn't want said party found Which ain't interesting but gloomy picture of my future. Who is this set party a girl Michelle March reported to missing persons in New York yesterday by a worried sister who is also the beneficiary of a $25,000 insurance policy owned by Miss March Insurance price day life got the report from missing persons and hired me to find it. You think she's dead. I'll tell you when I find her Yeah Now what makes you think the deceased might have been looking forward to because he mentioned her name just before he went bye-bye Why do you stand on it? Just in case we need you cart ride hotel You've got a murder and I've got a missing person You can love if you want to but I'm eager. I want to talk to the apartment house manager. Any objections? No Go right ahead darling Good luck to you Mr. Donald I've managed room and houses for over 30 years in Boston some very nice This is the first murder I've ever had. Oh, why did they point at me? They didn't point Mrs. Macy the gentleman was knocked off because he was involved with one of your tenants Oh, that's impossible. I've tried so hard references my own personal observation Oh, I'm glad I hear that mrs. Macy. It's nice. The more personal your observations were Glad I'll be well. It isn't that I snoop. Oh, of course not Michelle March 2013 lovely girl, but her habits were quite irregular often came in late I understand. She hasn't been staying in her apartment for the past two weeks. You know where she went No, but I I did happen to be just outside her door when she came up with a suitcase and her gentlemen collar Her employer, I believe she said Something about some work. They had to do in the country. Uh-huh. You leave a forwarding address She had little reason to do that why all the time she's been here The only letter she's gotten is from somebody in Chicago one the month a man. I'd say You don't get one this month though. Do you buy any chance? Remember what those letters said? I'm only trying to I know mrs. Macy.  Macy chased me out of her apartment. I questioned some of Michelle's second floor neighbors What they gave me only augment of the story. I already had He hadn't been seen in the company of anyone for four or five months Until zapper medium build and swarthy took over All of them had seen him none of them knew his name, but they all agreed He was the guy Michelle March had marched away with Everything I learned added up to a dame getting tired of waiting for somebody in Chicago and ducking out with somebody else And would have looked that simple if it hadn't been for that detective who had so recently taken up new headquarters in the city of morgue That's a count item three four dollars and seventy five cents drinks and dinner After which expense accounts item four 180 taxi ride taken on the strength of the week flew I found on the shells apartment floor the match holder from Boston's best bar by far Looked like they wouldn't want to know how old you are, but how many stretches and in what Christmas A bubble row of breezy bottles the wall and the bar was covered with pictures of pyres Right from old John L up the rocky grotting out But none of them looked as brutal as the eight or ten gorillas who had their feet on the brass rail This was no place to ask for a lady. No, I asked for a drink Straight ride double I'm trying to forget as Blackie been around lately. Who's black? Well, maybe that's not his full name. It's the one I knew him by He wore a lot of sharp suits, you know about medium-build dark swathe That could be anybody Now drink your drinks they fall and move along. I wonder whether now I haven't got anything against the guy I'm looking for a game. That's without What's the free for I need the room expecting a private crowd Beat it. I'm all flannery. Oh, maybe I want to talk to these guys I get closed up again if I give any more trouble this week. Take them outside rocks.  You get gangrene when the circulation is cut off. Sorry Come on What makes you so upset about the loss Michelle? What do you want with Louis Marine? Louis Marine These are guys with all I wanted to do is to point her out you and me might get along with that You'd be worth plenty to look out They were in was different, but those carbines sound the same I rub my nose raw trying to bury my head in that sidewalk I knew they had to empty those carbines sometime, but instead of sounding better. It's hard to sound worse I twisted my head How to look at the street saw one of the attackers in the process of falling out of one of the windows of the gun car Close my eyes again and realize why they never let my kind of insurance investigator be a policy holder I've been sent to find a missing girl and there I was in the middle of another Boston massacre You are listening to yours truly Johnny dollar starring Charles Russell 20 seconds after the smoke a battle had started to clear for me to realize that I've been saved by the arrival of fire support from an unexpected source The police Look around for my new friend and brother target Roxy, but he had disappeared The way the suspicion broke over my flow of thought with this question How did it happen that all those cops with all those guns? Just happened to be in all those hiding places Waiting for those gunmen to drive up and open up and sir a hunter stew like that usually calls for a pigeon I didn't feel like flying but I did straight back to my hotel with one landing in a newsstand Even paper gave me everything else. I needed except the feathers But I wasn't exactly cooing when I got to my hotel room phone and put a call through to the Boston police Give me look at the bell and homicide one moment. This is dollar lieutenant. I'll have your badge for this The evening paper quote Boston private detective whose name has been withheld by police was slain today Presumably to stop his search for a missing girl. It was learned by this paper from reliable source Oh, not dollar another investigator still alive has joined the hunt for the girl Johnny dollar well-known Hartford insurance Luke checked in the room 705 at the Cartwright Hotel today Well, you want more I think the boys did You'll probably touch your toes every morning for practice Well, I hope you got the results for your stake out in front of flannery's you got two hot car beans in a hot car The evidence that could have talked those gunmen I saw full of police lead that your only chance of learning anything now is to find somebody strong enough to pick them up and Right with them. No, wait a minute. You know hire them. Well, I'll find out when you get confused check with me I think I know Now look at the name of that private detective the deceased Hired by well, but don't know that they were hired by a gent named Louie Marie to stop Roxy Morris from finding Michelle March Why we'll have more about that later, but if you'll put a search on that pair of names I'll look for a good night's sleep And after that sidewalk It was easy to find Who is this? Well, good morning Michelle. I've been looking for you. That's why I called I Read that you were hired by my insurance company. Yeah, that's right. They don't like disappearing policy holders. Let me tell you this They want to save the money. They'll have to pay for what you're afraid of the Roxy Morris will follow me They'd like to find you and Louie Marine. What do you tell you? Oh what counts is that I filled in what he didn't tell me Namely that he was in Chicago for a year and you were supposed to be waiting for him in this fatal apartment along with Avenue But instead Louie Marine landed took the situation well in hand and captured you for himself That's it even an approval The point is there are too many people looking for you to stay lost Where can I meet you? I can't trust anybody. Look, I'm still working for insurance company So my greatest interest is keeping you alive not selling you out My promises aren't equipped with lifetime guarantees, but I'll do what I can if you tell all and if the story is big Enough they should be willing to make a deal Where do I meet you? I know it's part of Boston Okay, sweetie, I'll be there up until now whoever's been doing the shooting issues everything but battleships Even though Michelle's story sounded like trap bait cheesy indeed. I had to take a chance I dove into a cab and had a cab dive into the top of Hanover Street and down to Boston's North End Playing quiz games with strangers in that section is called take it or lump it But a few well-placed 20s led me to a neighborhood undertaker who had the officially Unproved reputation of creating a large demand for his own services We swapped donations. I gave him 50 bucks and he gave me a large out of the corner of his mouth Listen to me good About a year ago the laws pick up a Roxy Morris on a suspicion They had a good idea. He's a heist to the 75 a g payroll, but There were no witnesses Didn't believe in us Roxy knew they'd watch him so he hightailed it out of town But he didn't detect the loot with him the boys around here got it back on the grapevine He was suffering from the short So Everybody figured he had to go the station away or somewhere all right around here Is that all? Have you got anything else to tell me? Yes? Goodbye I didn't like the way that undertaker said goodbye I Lated up to the subway station mark Union went down in and caught a train for Charlestown Once the city square a three-block walk down Chelsea Street produced the gangplank bar Which in turn produced that nose bruising smell which comes from slopping beer on sawdust? Out of place in the place that Michelle March. He was a good looker with a bad look And if I had been Roxy Morris, I would have elected her the last national bank I flopped into a booth beside her.  Yep. I'm dollar you March I'm Michelle March. Well so far so good It's nice hearing a breeze. I mean price that insurance can keep it's nice twenty five thousand dollars only if you keep me this way Mr. Dollar And that might prove to be a difficult thing to do Well you indicated yourself that your magnetic personality might suddenly attract a few Steeljankin's bullets that means you'll have to be somebody to pull the trigger No, I have to do is to sit around see who tries to take a shot of the target you and we've got our man It's not that easy I'm in trouble three ways And it's hard to see three ways at once look I know all about Roxy Morris He's wiped seventy five thousand dollars and gave it to you to mine You don't know the half of it Two months after Roxy was gone a guy named Louis Marine came to me with a story that Roxy had sent for twenty thousand dollars. I gave it Then he told me that Roxy had never sent for Let if I squawk he'd convince Roxy that I'd fallen in love with him and just given him the money He's a battery tip off the police. He had me going and coming nice fellow. He wouldn't leave me alone He made me give him fifteen thousand more of Roxy Weeks ago I got word through to Roxy in Chicago He blew up turned up They're running from him ever since He wants to seventy five thousand all of it and I haven't got it. Oh It's like you've been taking chances all the way. Oh, you know what I want you to do know what take one more I Told Michelle what I had in mind for her during the next few hours at least And grab the cab back across the bridge into the north end Expensive count out of five fifty dollars another donation to my expensive undertaker That's why I paid him for trucking but not to me Then I took over the telephone and dialed my way through to the guy to whom I was about to give a chance of becoming the ding dong daddy of the Boston police force Lieutenant bell Well, how would you like to get the goods on Roxy mark like a fine Okay, and along with that, how'd you like to pin a receiving stolen property wrap on Louis marine? I'm not left on it Now look you may have to do some trading with a gal on it to you Yeah, you may have to promise us some time off for verbal good behavior Listen, I have baited a tall thin granite trap for Roxy Morris and Louis marine debate is Roxy's ex-girlfriend Michelle March I had a tips to call Roxy Morris and tell him that Louis marine was meeting Michelle at a certain place at three o'clock this afternoon Yeah, I also had mr. Blabbermouth call Louis marine and tell him that Michelle is meeting Roxy at the same time and the same place What I had him tell each of the gentlemen that Michelle was meeting the other one with what's left of the money in cash First call the call the place where I've arranged a surprise party and tell them to get rid of the public Also, tell them let a girl named Michelle March come and go as she pleases also me Lieutenant Bell what I wanted for those two characters to run up a blind alley and when I say up Oh brother, they got the word that Michelle meeting would be held at the top of the Bunker Hill Monument And you might remember what just general first and foremost said don't fire it till you see the red in their eyes I was back in Charlestown at the base of the Bunker Hill Monument at quarter to three The door of the museum at the bottom was open for the state park officer stood by its side I told him who I was me now me for the bronze doors Officer did miss March get here. Yes, sir young man. She went up the shaft. Oh, well, look, can I run the elevator myself? Elevator your steps Oh This may be going to heaven the hard way, but here it goes That's way up the winding granite stairs. I killed for Michelle But she either didn't hear me or just didn't want answers I kept going and hoping I came closer to the top. I tried yelling again Still no answer Finally, I made it up into the observation landing at the top Michelle was there She still wouldn't talk but she had written me a note Decided a crumpled figure with a vial that hadn't been filled with perfume the note was short and to the point Dear Johnny dollar. I Still want to help, but I hadn't better be around here alive when everybody gets here And it was time of shell I've been over to see what kind of vibe by medicine she's taken I heard something That might mean a sudden dose of lead to the head for me By the morse or marine Atlantis and there I was stuck at the top with a bait that had suckered them into a trap Which suddenly turned out to be mine Waiting up there in that tiny room for death to come get me would it kill me anyway? So I started down in my heart and known step from the granite blocks I had the pitter-patter of anything but tiny feet come charging up a narrow staircase It was coming up and I both slowed down but my heart didn't Crept around a curve and my eyes went to a head-on collision with a pair staring back I'm a tourist Oh up there. Oh, I don't know who they are. Just some girl with a guy. She keeps trolling Louie Roxy Morris tag me with a butt of a 32 going by But walking there with my head against the cold granite inside wall of the monument brought me back and Conscious with a very dangerous condition for me to be in Because charging up the stairs came another pair of unfriendly feet that couldn't have belonged to anybody but Louie marine Who are you? What are you doing here? Somebody hit me on the head. I was telling Roxy Morris and his girl. They're up there. Sure Louie.  Bye. We had a gun at my back and Roxy had one waiting for me up front We took the last few steps up to the top real quiet like My eyes came level before the observation room Roxy was bending over Michelle, but he snapped up in a hurry and his right hand was loaded with heat Louie pushed me ahead of him up and in I stood there between them listening to them grind their teeth at each other With one foot under Michelle's arm, then I got two big shots Let's scream for Michelle just before she snatched my legs out from underneath What are you doing alive? I don't know. I Guess I didn't think Well, whatever you're doing alive. I'll tell you one thing Your two boyfriends sure took care of each other Come on. Let me get you out of here. I didn't think I'd be able to carry me down all those stairs Now I have to carry you That's a count item six twenty dollars to the hospital Having Michelle's stomach pumped out and the way Michelle took my suggestion that she voluntarily turn herself over the police Was very good. The Senate Bell was very cooperative Otherwise, I might let it be known of the reason that he didn't show up on time to help me in the 1949 battle of Bunker Hill was because he forgot to reset his watch at the end of daylight saving time He showed up for a three o'clock appointment at four Uh Expense account total 786 dollars and no sense signed yours Truly Johnny dollar Truly Johnny dollar is produced and directed by Gordon T. Hughes and stars Charles Russell with script by Paul Dudley and Gildow Featured in the cast were Bill Boucher, Myra Marsh, Dick Ryan, Larry Dodkin, Charles Seal and Dorothy Lovett Special music is written and conducted by Elise Stevens. Be sure to be with us next Saturday October 1st When another unusual expense account is handed in by yours truly Johnny dollar That's right. Yours truly Johnny dollar will be heard on Saturday evenings starting next Saturday And look at who's going to be here at the same time on Sundays The world's most famous blockhead Charlie McCarthy Accompanied by a man who shadows him closely as Johnny shadows the suspect Edgar Bergen Yes, Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen have joined the great parade of stars to CBS along with Jack Benny Amos and Andy Horace Hyde and Red Skelton who show starts next Saturday or rather next Sunday also Don't miss the first hilarious appearance of Charlie and Bergen on most of these same CBS stations at the same time Next Sunday night and every Sunday thereafter This is CBS the Columbia broadcasting system