drop-shipped; drop-shipping; drop-ships

transitive verb

: to ship (goods) from a manufacturer or wholesaler directly to a customer instead of to the retailer who took the order

intransitive verb

: to ship goods from a supplier directly to a customer
drop shipment noun

Examples of drop-ship in a Sentence

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Drop-shippers The act of drop-shipping—third-party sellers filling retail orders—exploded in popularity in the late 2010s, becoming a quintessential part of online hustle culture. Makena Kelly, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024 The brand is already live on Nordstrom's drop-ship program, which has provided valuable insights into customer preferences. Brin Snelling, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 The company boasts partnerships with a vast network of e-commerce sites that are always in need of drop-ship inventory, thus opening up a realm of possibilities for products that would otherwise sit unsold in warehouses or on store shelves. To listen to the episode, CLICK HERE. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024 Rather than spring for a private office, the three men were camped out at a countertop by the common kitchen, amid other entrepreneurs chattering into MacBooks about their drop-shipping ventures. WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023 That's much better than just drop-shipping something to somebody. WIRED, 22 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of drop-ship was in 1926

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“Drop-ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-ship. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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