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By Chris Dent
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What exactly is drop shipping?Drop shipping is a retail fulfilment method where a store doesn't keep the products it sells in stock. Instead, when a store sells a product, it purchases the item from a third party and has it shipped directly to the customer. As a result, the merchant never sees or handles the product. Drop shipping is an excellent business model for those who want to start an online ...