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Vancouver’s Makeship has found a plush market

Vancouver’s Makeship has found a plush market

Founder Rakan Al-Shawaf has perfected the art of the dropship.

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Nathan Caddell
Mar 10, 2022
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Before dropshipping became a buzzword that people pretend to understand even if they don’t, Rakan Al-Shawaf was using it to make millions. 

Al-Shawaf was born in Toronto to Syrian immigrants, but has spent time all over the world and graduated high school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was halfway through a Queen's engineering degree when he took a gap year…

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