Posted by Connie the Patriot on 9/23/2019 to
I just spent about thirty minutes searching cyberspace to find the
origin of the term Drop-Shipping. I did this because
TheAmericanCentralStore.com is a Drop-Shipping site and I wanted to make
sure my assumption of the meaning of the term was correct. I assumed it to mean the the product is shipped and dropped directly to the consumer.
I didn't find anything specific which said something like, "the
expression Drop-Ship was started by businessman John Doe..." but after
reading a bunch of descriptions of what drop-shipping does, I think my
assumption is correct.
I did find this nice blog article in a blog on a retail site (which must be a drop-shipping company too!):
A drop-shipping site is
one where the Retailer takes the Order for the Product from the
Customer, and the Manufacturer of that product ships that product directly to the
customer. We (the retailer) don't stock any items in a warehouse or a physical store.
It's a really great concept which, although labor intensive (time and
brain) on the web design side, is a wonderful way for the retailer to
make sales, and for the manufacturer to get their product in front of
more and more potential customers.
I did find this nice blog article in a blog on a retail site (which must be a drop-shipping company too!):
It says the practice of Drop-Shipping started in the 1950s with Mail Order catalogs. Neat!
