How did you manage multiple suppliers in your initial drop shipping start up?

Hi All,

I wonder if anyone can help me.

Im looking at starting my own drop shipping business in a fairly niche market.
The issue I have, is I would be selling fairly low ticket items and I would need a large variety.

In order to do this I would need the Pro Package as I would have over 30 suppliers meaning costs would be around £1K a month for Shopify, which I do not have initially.

Has anyone started out with a large amount of suppliers and if so, how did you get around this when first starting out?