Drop shipping is alright but the market changes really quick on sites like eBay.
I used to do it a while back and made some decent money for a bit. The trick was pricing the product vs shipping prices and figuring out a way to beat competitors while still making a profit.
In the drop ship world this usually means little return but more sales to make up for the lower profit margin per product.
Trouble is after a few weeks people that watch the market place catch on and mimic your selling strategy. The market gets saturated and the paypal/ebay fee's can result in a loss. Then you have to move onto another hot item.
It wasn't out of the ordinary for my bank account to have 10K plus surges from sales. Granted of that 10K only a few hundred was actually my earned income.
My problem ended with the lack of options. With drop shipping you generally only have so many options of what you can sell. And people surfing for the same thing easily pick up on it. Its hard to keep a market this way.
I no longer use ebay or paypal because its become a scammers paradise. Paypal offers virtually no seller protection.
I've thought about getting back into it a few times. Only thing I would do different is buy from a liquidation site and cut out the middle man. This requires substantial invests and moderate risk.
A little tip for those curious about finding sites. Take a look at some of the power sellers. Some are dumb enough to use the hosting sites