mail order
Buy by post
Mail order is a method of buying goods by ordering from a catalog or advertisement and receiving them by post.
Before the internet, mail-order catalogs were how rural customers accessed products unavailable locally: She bought her wedding dress by mail order.
The compound works as noun or adjective: a mail-order bride, mail-order business.
Online shopping has largely displaced traditional mail order, though the term persists.
Selling straight to consumers
- home shoppingBuying remotely from residence
- teleshoppingPurchasing via television broadcasts
- infomercialExtended TV sales broadcast
- subscription boxRegular curated product delivery
buying club · COD · prepayment · installment plan · satisfaction guarantee · return policy · wholesale · drop shipping
Goods being transported
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
- packageWrapped item for delivery
- courierDelivery person or service
- freightGoods being transported
postage · carrier · dispatch · tracking · distribution · logistics · address label · packing slip
Curated fashion photo collection
- brochurePrinted promotional material
- circularForming a closed curve
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
- leafletSingle-sheet printed handout
pamphlet · prospectus · wishbook · price list · gift guide · product listing · inventory · back issue
Parcels left at threshold
- browsingCasual examination of options
- time savingReducing duration needed
- global reachExtent of international influence
- hassle-freeWithout difficulty or annoyance
direct sales
Selling straight to consumers
- home shoppingBuying remotely from residence
- teleshoppingPurchasing via television broadcasts
- infomercialExtended TV sales broadcast
subscription box · buying club · COD · prepayment · installment plan · satisfaction guarantee · return policy · wholesale · drop shipping · fulfillment
shipment
Goods being transported
freight · postage · carrier · dispatch · tracking · distribution · logistics · address label · packing slip · invoice
lookbook
Curated fashion photo collection
leaflet · pamphlet · prospectus · wishbook · price list · gift guide · product listing · inventory · back issue · supplement
doorstep delivery
Parcels left at threshold
- browsingCasual examination of options
- time savingReducing duration needed
- global reachExtent of international influence
easy access · hassle-free · comparison shopping · accessibility
- pharmacypharmacist, pharmacy, prescription, dispensing, prescriptions
- Catalog Marketingproduct catalog, catalogs, print catalog, digital catalog, holiday catalog
- mailletter, letters, email, envelope, postcard
- Pre-digitalrotary phone, telegram, telegraph, typewriter, phone booth
- Purchase Typesonline purchase, wholesale, retail, subscription, preorder
- retail channelsretail stores, e-commerce, wholesale, direct sales, franchises
mail orderretail store
Commercial sales establishment
brick-and-mortar · over-the-counter · counter service · in-store pickup · market stall
order, mail, mailed, mailing, mailbox, mailboxes, mailer, mailbag, mailbags