you can get away with shipping fees if you are doing dropshippng from your own site but not on ebay or amazon unless its, like i said, a niche product
for example, your fidget crystals are going for cheap on ebay with free shipping Fidget Cube Toy Stress Relief Focus for Adults Children 6 ADHD & Autism | eBay
and amazon
to sell from your own site and not use amazon or ebay you need a steady stream of customers, which means you have to pay for advertising which costs a lot, which means low profit margins
im not knocking your hustle, i think if you do find the right product you can make money, but overall dropshipping has low profit margins
i would encourage people to get involved in dropshipping just to build your business revenue and business credit, and if you get lucky you can hit a jackpot
how is it hustling backwards if youtube allows you to do it?
especially if its hard to get genuine views on youtube. hard to even make actual GOOD MONEY unless you got like views over 100 thousand. You said $5 a month. Breh even if its something on the side $70 a year?
