Online Shopping

Related Concepts: Drop Shipping, Affiliate Marketing

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What is Drop Shipping?

A Supply chain Management
Retailer does not keep goods in stock but
- transfer customer orders and shipment details to either the manufacturer, another retailer or a wholesaler
- Who ships goods directly to customer
Percentage of sales in commission, paid by wholesaler to retailer

Guides on Drop Shipping

eSources ((Over 140,000 verified suppliers from the UK, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Australia and more)
WholesaleDeals ((Verified suppliers from the UK, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Australia and more)
WorldWideBrands (Verified suppliers from the USA, Canada, UK, Hong Kong, China)
Global Sources ((Verified suppliers from China and Hong Kong)
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (Verified suppliers from Hong Kong and China)

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_shipping
The Ultimate Guide to Dropshipping - https://www.shopify.com.sg/guides/dropshipping

What is Affiliate Marketing?

Allows Affiliate Publishers and Partners: blogger, website owner and other internet content owner to list or promote a product or advertisement campaign on behalf of a third party brand (Merchants)
Product or advertisements are not owned or designed by affiliate publishers
Affiliates and content must adhere to contractual standards detailing how the brand and promotion may be represented. e.g. may not imply in their marketing that they own or represent the brand
Potential Customer (Leads) are redirected to thrid party merchant's own website, sales portal or shopping cart.
Affiliate commission is generated for leads and sales occuring directly on thrid party merchant's website

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