You can spend alot of money trying to dropship items. But to be honest your better off selling products you already have in your possession. Dropshipping is highly overrated by newsmedia. They make it seem that everyone that dropships makes 50k a year or more and they put those bogus stories on the news. Which in turn drags many 9 to 5 'ers out looking to get into the dropshipping industry. Selling other companies products on ebay,
In the real world the dropship companies are cleaning house on the poor souls that venture into this market. With dropship fees and lies making people think they are getting the absolute best wholesale prices.. Why do you think most dropship companies charge a fee or a 1 time membership fee to join thier site and view thier prices? Because thier prices wouldnt make you any profit in todays market.
Companies like Link hidden: Login to view are getting rich off of this market.
People can make money in this market with a ton of research into the right company but generally there is a 90% fail rate on most new people attempting to dropship. The successfull dropshippers literally must sell a huge amount of product to make money in this form of business.