Q. I want to start an online specialty shop, selling gifts and home accessories. I want to be able to have items dropshipped to customers through my site. I already have a website and domain name reserved, but I don’t have a lot of money to get this going. I’d appreciate whatever insight you can give me. — Mary Ellen Y.

A. Mary Ellen, consider setting up relationships with companies who will ship merchandise directly to your customers for you – dropshippers, as they’re called – is an excellent way to start your e-business and, if done properly, doesn’t have to be a costly endeavor.

There are literally hundreds of companies out there that will dropship products for you, everything from gifts and housewares, to leather goods and jewelry, to power tools and furniture, and on and on. Your goal should be to find one or more reputable companies to supply your goods.

In a nutshell, here’s how dropshipping works.

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