Starting an online business can seem intimidating. There are products to source, customers to attract, payments to process, orders to fulfill, and countless operational details to consider. Dropshipping offers a different approach. Instead of purchasing large quantities of inventory and storing everything yourself, a dropshipping business allows you to sell products while a third-party supplier handles much of the physical fulfillment. When a customer places an order, the supplier typically prepares and ships the product directly to the customer. It sounds simple. And in some ways, it is. But dropshipping is not a magical shortcut to effortless income. Like any commercial model, it involves costs, customer-service obligations, marketing challenges, supplier…