Another thing to consider is that if your items are shipped directly from your supplier to your customer, it doesn't take long for a buyer to realise they can cut out the middleman (YOU) because all the supplier's details will be on the parcel.
Also (forgive me if you're already aware of this) but if you are the importer , then you are considered to be the de facto manfacturer, making you liable for warranty issues etc - even to the pont of being sued. Just like when you buy something from K Mart and it fails - it's K Mart that refund/replace the item in the first instance - not the manufacturer.
I have a supplier in China who gets things to my door in 3 days, but I'm not prepared to trust that for customers - Sod's Law and all that! I also think a lot of people assume erroniously that if it's coming directly from China, it's going to be rubbish - it never seems to occur to them just how much of the world's manufacturing is done in China. And if your supplier makes an error in packing or whatever, it's YOU that (rightly) gets the red dot!
Forgive me for looking like a naysayer, and this is only my opinion, but I think dropshipping can be a minefield.
Good luck (whatever you decide),
Marina.
