Dropshipping is actually lower risk than most businesses because you don’t have to buy inventory upfront. If a product doesn’t work, you just switch the product, keep the same store and theme, and try again.
So the main cost and risk in dropshipping is ad spend. Every dropshipper goes through this. You test products, spend money on ads, some fail, some work. That’s just part of the process.
And honestly, every business has risk. Dropshipping isn’t special in that way. The risk here is mostly in your marketing and ad testing, not in stock or inventory.