Dropshipping

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A retail model where goods are sent directly from the supplier to the customer. uncountable

    "By contrast, drop-shipping can be done from home without spending any money until orders come through. Proponents advocate using store credit cards with cash-back bonuses to sweeten the rewards. As one TikToker pushing the drop-shipping method said: “It costs you zero dollars to list a thousand items on Amazon.”"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dropship form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"While many people consider dropshipping to be a profitable environment, I consider it to be unethical."

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