Inventory Syncing (Out of Stock) - One of the other major disadvantages of dropshipping is backordering. Because you're relying on someone else's inventory, the occasion may arise where you place a shipment request to the wholesaler, but the product is sold out. The effect of this is longer-than-normal delivery times and maybe reflect badly on the retailer.
Your profit is the difference between what you charged the customer and the price the dropshipper charges you. Typically with dropshipping your profit margins are slim, around 20%.
Dropshipping is pretty low risk in terms of potential financial loss because you never buy inventory up front nor do you have to worry about shipping product. However, risk comes in the Newport Cigarettes Coupons form of very slim margins and high levels of competition. Slim margins means you have to move a lot of units to make decent profit. Compounding that, the slim margins diminishes your ability to profitably carry out certain marketing activities like pay-per-click to acquire new customers.