drop ship
Manufacturer sends directly
Drop ship is to ship goods directly from manufacturer to customer, bypassing the retailer's warehouse.
The retailer never handles the inventory—they take the order, pass it to the supplier, and the supplier ships.
It's a common e-commerce model: Most of these online stores are just drop shipping from China.
As a noun, a drop shipment is such a transaction.
- ecommerceInternet-based buying and selling
- white labelUnbranded goods for rebranding
- waybillCarrier's shipment instruction sheet
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
fulfillment · supplier · order · bulk order · order processing · vendor · retailer · inventory · online marketplace · customer · product catalog · inventory management · automation software · procurement · return policy · pricing strategy · profit margin · cash flow
- logistics verbsdeliver, receive, dispatch, transport, forward
- wholesalewholesale, wholesaler, distributor, bulk buying, warehouse stores
- logisticsdelivery, warehouses, warehousing, carriers, warehouse
- dropsraindrop, teardrop, dewdrop, eyedrops, gumdrop
- stock statusin stock, out of stock, available, unavailable, low stock