Thanks to the advent of the Internet, entrepreneurship is now something within everyone’s reach. There’s still very much a place for brick-and-mortar businesses, but with upwards of 3.2 billion people taking to the World Wide Web on a regular basis, it’s no wonder money-minded thinkers prefer building websites to physical storefronts -- and warehouses, for that matter.

It’s in this kind of digital environment that a new way to make a healthy living has steadily taken shape -- drop shipping. Odds are high you’ve heard the term before, but in case you haven’t, drop shipping is a product fulfillment model in which inventory is purchased from a wholesaler and then subsequently sent directly to a customer once an order has been placed.

Related: Begin with these drop shipping basics and everything will soon fall into place

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