Typically employed by TV shopping channels. The channel may stipulate that featured merchandise be stored and distributed at designated fulfillment facilities across the country that have been inspected and monitored and found to be highly qualified. Alternatively, the channel might simply require that the featured goods be on hand at the channel's central warehouse prior to airtime.
The shipping of merchandise from a supplier directly to a retail store's customer, to minimize inventory and administrative costs.
a method of transporting goods from a supplier to a third party (the customer) under a second party's label or address so that it appears as though the product came from the second party and not the supplier.
Blind Shipping of merchandise from the manufacturer to the end-user to save time, rather than to the distributor, who would have to forward it to the end-user.
the shipping of a product directly from the manufacturer to the customer (in this case the retailer does not carry inventory, making their profit on the difference between the wholesale and retail price) Volusionâ€(tm)s Automated Drop-Shipping: http://manual.volusion.com/Vendors-Drop-Shipping/11.htm
Drop shipping is a type of retailing in which the retailer does not keep goods/product in stock, but instead passes customer orders and shipment details to wholesalers, who then dispatch the goods to the customer directly. The retailers make their profit on the difference between the wholesale and retail price.