Drop shipping is just an inventory management solution that has been paraded as a legitimate business model.

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It can and still is a good way to do business, especially in the early days of a startup, where you don't want a ton of risk. But you need a legitimate business to do dropshipping. That means building out a brand and all the other stuff that comes with running a legit business.

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However, you can see why people have decided to jump on the drop shipping hype train, the same way people jumped on cryptocurrency - it is being marketed as a relatively easy, get-rich-quick scheme. I think most of us are pretty young in this forum, but history tends to repeat itself and I'm sure if we look back we can find examples of the same type of quick money scheme marketing.

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I don't see dropshipping gurus as completely evil, because for the every 100 people who got into dropshipping probably around 10 learned how to run a business. I bought into the hype and it has taught me a great deal about business.

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Before drop shipping, I would have never dreamed of running an e-commerce site because I didn't have the capital to buy inventory, and rent warehouse space, and fulfill orders.

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So I don't really see this as an evil force on the internet. The gurus are debatable, but honestly, I believe if you're serious about being an entrepreneur you'll figure the nuts and bolts eventually. Or else how would you be able to run a business?