Dropshipping gets a bad rap but plenty of people are making decent money with it. The thing is it's not some passive income dream where you set it up and forget it, you actually have to stay on top of your suppliers and your listings. But the fact that you're not buying inventory upfront is a pretty solid advantage when you're just starting out and don't want to risk a ton of cash.

The complaints you're seeing are almost always about the same thing, someone went with a supplier offering prices that seemed too good to be true and got burned. Chasing the lowest possible cost from whoever you find first is where it goes wrong. Read through whether dropshipping is actually a scam here: https://easync.io/articles/dropshipping-a-scam/ . It breaks down what separates the legitimate side of it from the stuff that gives the whole thing a bad reputation.