# How to find winning products with AI in Swashi > Use Find Winners with AI to scan a niche for dropship products, read each product score, stage the best ones, compare suppliers and check margins in Swashi. Source: https://swashi.io/docs/ecommerce/find-winning-products Section: Ecommerce Last updated: 2026-10-10 **Find Winners with AI** is Swashi's AI Product Researcher: you type a niche, click **Scan Market**, and Swashi returns scored product ideas "Scouting winning dropship products in real-time". You add the best ones to your Staging Area, compare suppliers, and push the products you choose to the [Ecommerce Agent](https://swashi.io/docs/ecommerce/ecommerce-agent). It is for store owners and dropshippers who want a short list of products worth testing, with the numbers behind each one. ## Before you start - You need scans left. The researcher header reads "ECOMMERCE AGENT (N scans left)". When you have none left, **Scan Market** opens the plans window instead. See [Plans and billing](https://swashi.io/docs/account/plans-and-billing). - To push products to the agent later, connect a website in **Website Settings**. See [Connect your website](https://swashi.io/docs/content/connect-your-website). ## Scan a niche 1. Open **Ecommerce** in the sidebar. 2. In the **Staging Area**, click **Find Opportunities** (or **Find Winners with AI** when it is empty). 3. Type a niche, for example "wireless earbuds" or "fitness gear". 4. Click **Scan Market** or press Enter. The button shows **Scanning...** while it works. You can search in your app language. Product names are shown in your app language too. Results show 12 at a time; click **Load More Results** for more. When results come from more than one source, filter tabs appear, starting with **All Sources**. A small bar shows **LIVE** for a fresh scan or **CACHED RESULTS (24H CYCLE)** when the same search ran recently. > **Tip:** If you see "No matches found.", try a broader niche such as "Fitness" or "Kitchen". ## Read a product card | Element | What it tells you | |---|---| | **SCORE** | A score out of 100 for the product. | | **STATUS** | **Hot Pick** (70+), **Worth Testing** (50–69), **Risky** (35–49) or **Avoid** (below 35). | | Trend tag | **RISING** or **STABLE**. | | Competition tag | **LOW COMP**, **MED COMP** or **HIGH COMP**. | | **RETAIL PRICE** | The selling price found, or **Check Retailer** when there is none. | | **Supplier Cost** | Shown when a supplier price is known. | | **BREAKOUT** / **% OFF** | Extra tags when they apply. | Click **ANALYSIS BREAKDOWN** to see trend, competition, category and, when available, seller, rating and reviews, number of offers, typical price, shipping time and **Est. Margin**. The link icon opens the product page in a new tab. ## Add products to the Staging Area Click **+ ADD TO STAGING** on a product. Swashi's AI tidies the product name and writes a short sales line, then the product lands in your **Staging Area** under the category Dropshipping. The card button changes to **ADDED**. If you add the same product twice, you see "This product is already in your Staging Area!" Click **Back to Dashboard** to return to the Staging Area. ## Work in the Staging Area Each staged product has four actions: - **Push to Queue** hands the product to the Ecommerce Agent and removes it from staging. You see "Product pushed to global queue!" and the task appears in **Upcoming Queue**. A connected website is required. - **Compare Suppliers** opens the supplier window (below). - **Promote** is marked **Soon**. Paid ad campaigns are coming soon. - **Remove** deletes the product from staging. ### Compare suppliers The **Compare Suppliers** window searches for the product right away. 1. Under **Select Platforms**, choose any of **AliExpress**, **CJDropshipping**, **Alibaba** and **1688.com**. The first two are selected by default. 2. Click **Search Again** after changing platforms. 3. Each result shows the platform's **Avg. Shipping** and **Min Order**. Click **Search** to open that platform's results for the product in a new tab. The window also lists **Pro Tips**: compare shipping times, check supplier ratings, look for fast shipping options and order samples before buying in bulk. ## Research tools in the right column ![Profit Calculator card highlighted with supplier cost, shipping, selling price and niche fields and the Calculate button](https://swashi.io/docs/img/ep11-ecom-profit.webp "Profit Calculator: your costs in, a suggested price and margin out.") ![Viral Score card highlighted with a product name field and the Score button](https://swashi.io/docs/img/ep11-ecom-viral.webp "Viral Score rates a product idea from 0 to 100.") - **Profit Calculator.** Enter **Supplier cost**, **Shipping**, an optional **Selling price** and a **Niche**, then click **Calculate**. You get a **Suggested price** (Swashi suggests one when you leave the selling price blank), **Platform fee**, **Ad budget**, **VAT**, **Total costs**, **Net profit** with its margin, and a short recommendation. - **Viral Score.** Type a product name, or click one of your staged products, and click **Score** to get a score from 0 to 100. - **Competitor Watch.** Paste a competitor store address and click **Track** to add it to your watch list; click ✕ to remove it. Competitor Watch requires the Agency plan or higher. On other plans, the card shows the upgrade message. ## Next steps - [Ecommerce Agent](https://swashi.io/docs/ecommerce/ecommerce-agent) - [Dropshipping automation](https://swashi.io/automations/dropshipping-automation) - See current prices on the [pricing page](https://swashi.io/pricing) ## Frequently asked questions **How many product scans can I run?** Each scan uses one Viral Research Scan. Free includes 1, Starter 10, Growth 100, Agency 500 and Enterprise 5,000 per month. The researcher shows how many scans you have left. **What do Hot Pick, Worth Testing, Risky and Avoid mean?** They come from the product's score out of 100: Hot Pick is 70 or more, Worth Testing 50 to 69, Risky 35 to 49 and Avoid below 35. **Does Compare Suppliers buy anything or contact suppliers?** No. It opens a search for the product on each platform you select, in a new tab, so you can compare suppliers yourself. **Can I run paid ads from the Staging Area?** Not yet. The Promote button is marked Soon: paid ad campaigns are coming soon. **What does DEMO MODE mean on my results?** It means product research could not return live results, so sample products are shown. These are not real results. Try your scan again later.