With all of the Harry Potter crazy-ness going on I wanted to share what we can learn from Harry Potter when it comes to a dropshipping business.  If you go way back, and remember the first Harry Potter when the "wand chose Harry" you will find a lesson to be learned. 

You need to be the wand and chose the products to dropship that are right for you (and who you are).  Ok, that may have been a little cheezy, but I am hoping you are getting the point!  You can't rely on someone telling you what to sell online.  It is your business, and you are the reason for its failure or success. I have helped enough people set up dropshipping businesses to see a trend when it comes to failure of dropshipping businesses.  The main reason I see a dropship business fail is because the person that was running the business did not chose the right product.  They were either told, or they sold something because "everyone else was making money on it".  When you are not working in a industry that you are passionate about, you will not dedicate the time that is needed for success. 

I have learned this lesson from personal experience.  I once started a site selling a certain electronic product because at the time everyone was doing it and seemed to be making money at it.  I really had no clue about the product so I never was able to provide any decent information, and people just did not "buy" (in more then one way) what I was trying to give them on the site.  I tried and tried, but after several failed save attempts,  I finally realized I just was not into it.  I needed to be into it, for true success. 

It is true that you can be passionate about making money but how to make money FOR REAL with a business is another story.  I am very passionate about that indeed, so you need to find a product that makes you money, but you still need to find a product that you can get passionate about too.   Eventually you will become a pro at selling products online and you might be able to venture into products that you are not familiar with, but when getting started you really need to stick with what you know, and be the wand and "chose the right business".