What Is drop-shipping, dropshipping or dropshipment?

The virtual world that has sprung up thanks to the internet has introduced new ways in which we do business. One such way is virtual on-line shopping, where the shopper does not have to visit a brick and mortar store but instead selects from a list of items on a website or shopping cart. The selected purchases are then delivered directly to the shopper’s doorstep.

The nature of virtual stores means that there is no location to store stock (inventory items) and besides, there are no physical visitors to the store anyway. Some online stores might have a brick and mortar location to display goods, but they also hold very limited stock.

Instead, any orders taken are delivered to the customer directly from the manufacturer or wholesaler. This completely eliminates the need for the virtual store to hold any stock and solves the problem of most virtual stores having no physical locations or dealing with deliveries.

Darkestar is one such company that provides their clients with relevant dropshippers for their respective business to assist and overcome the obstacle of needing stock to start an online business, or having no brick and mortar locations for your online business solution. Orders placed through client based websites are relayed onto trusted suppliers, who then ensure that the goods are delivered direct to the customer. By ‘cutting out the middle man’, this also removes a lot of duplication and helps to reduce staffing, administration and running costs, helping our clients online businesses to offer very competitive prices and to compete with the bigger companies.