re: My 15-year-old kid wants to start dropshipping

Drop Ship is delivery technique by suppliers/distributors when they get an order for something they don't have on the shelf. In my business, I'll order 10 different items from my supplier, but let's say one of the items is out of stock, they ask me if I want to wait on the whole order to be complete or if they can ship me my 9 items and drop-ship the missing item from the supplier/manufacturer. If I need it all together for some reason, I'll wait. If I don't mind having my items piecemealed to me (increased shipping costs) but it's time sensitive, then I'll ask for drop-ship.

It's not a business model. It's an order fulfillment process.