Dropshipping is an order fulfillment method where a business doesn't keep the products it sells in stock. When an order is received, the seller sends it to another company who ships the product straight to the customer. The seller is a middleman between the customer and the company with the product.

Dropshipping is an order fulfillment option that allows ecommerce businesses to outsource the processes of procuring, storing, and shipping products to a third party—typically a supplier.

Dropshipping is an order fulfillment method for online businesses. It's a kind of e-commerce. Dropshippers typically don’t design, manufacture or store their own inventory. Instead, they work with suppliers that already have products in stock. Dropshippers list some of those products on their own e-commerce websites.

Drop shipping is a retail fulfillment method in which a business doesn’t keep the products it sells in stock. When a drop shipping retailer sells a product, it purchases the item directly from a third party (a manufacturer, wholesaler, or another retailer) that ships the product directly to a customer.

Enter dropshipping, an order management model that allows retailers and ecommerce companies to separate sales from fulfillment. Using this model, the retailer sells the product, which is stocked and shipped to the customer by a third party, usually a wholesaler or manufacturer.