Compared to other ecom models, dropshipping is still lower risk.
Most of the risk usually comes from product testing, where your ad budget can get burned. And honestly, every dropshipper goes through this. Without taking that risk, you can’t really test products properly or know if something will sell or not.
That’s why it’s important to have enough budget min $2k so you can test at least 2-3 different products with ads instead of putting everything on just one.