dropship
Bypass warehouse delivery
To dropship is to sell products that ship directly from a manufacturer or wholesaler to the customer, bypassing the seller's inventory.
The seller never handles the goods: She dropships jewelry from suppliers in China.
The model is popular in e-commerce because it requires minimal upfront investment.
A dropship is also a fictional spacecraft designed to deploy troops or cargo from orbit to a planet's surface.
Source of goods
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- resellerMerchant who redistributes goods
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
vendor · arbitrage · niche · Shopify · profit · margins · overhead · scalability
Source of goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- trackingMonitoring location over time
delivery · freight · carrier · processing · dispatch · third-party · inventory · stockless
Drag-creating descent device
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- insertionPlacing something within
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
tactical · extraction · airborne · infantry · reinforcements · supplies · rappel · combat
supplier
Source of goods
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- resellerMerchant who redistributes goods
marketplace · vendor · arbitrage · niche · Shopify · profit · margins · overhead · scalability · entrepreneur
supplier
Source of goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
tracking · delivery · freight · carrier · processing · dispatch · third-party · inventory · stockless · backorder
parachute
Drag-creating descent device
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- insertionPlacing something within
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
troops · tactical · extraction · airborne · infantry · reinforcements · supplies · rappel · combat · transport
spacecraft
Vehicle for outer space
hangar · deployment · boarding · Valkyrie · starship · orbital · insertion · ramp · hull · assault
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, fulfillment center, distribution centers
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- future vehiclesflying car, hovercraft, hoverboard, jetpack, spaceship
- logistics verbsdeliver, receive, dispatch, transport, forward
- Mechsmech suit, mech suits, cockpit, pilot seat, actuators