Drop Shipping



A supply chain management method where the retailer does not keep stock of goods but transfers orders received from customers and its shipment details to the manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer, and then they ship it directly to the customer is called as drop shipping. Retail businesses make profit with the difference in wholesale and retail price but there are retailers who earn an agreed percentage of sales as commission which is paid to the retailer by the wholesaler.
Drop shipping gained popularity as the seller need not keep goods in stock and they don’t have to take the stress of packing and dispatching them. The drop shipping retailer keeps goods on display in his physical brick and mortar store or even provides online product catalogue or hard copy to its customers for reviewing and purchasing. 

This occurs when small retailers receive single large order for a product. Here, he arranges for the goods to be shipped directly from the manufacturer or distributor to the customers. Also, this procedure is common with handling expensive products.

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