What is dropshipping?
Dropshipping is an increasingly popular business model in which the online store owner can sell without having their own warehouse — they only forward orders to a supplier (a wholesaler or manufacturer), who fulfils them and ships directly to the end customer. Even though the process doesn't take place at the store's premises, the e-commerce owner retains full control over transactional documents and the look of shipments.
Dropshipping has many pros and cons, but in terms of the main differentiator, it provides store owners with a low barrier to entry into online sales or a lower cost of acquiring inventory. Manufacturers and wholesalers, in turn, get the chance to expand their business with order-fulfilment services and to win a new source of customers.
Dropshipping has many pros and cons, but in terms of the main differentiator, it provides store owners with a low barrier to entry into online sales or a lower cost of acquiring inventory. Manufacturers and wholesalers, in turn, get the chance to expand their business with order-fulfilment services and to win a new source of customers.