I. DROP-SHIPMENT FACTS, ARTICLES, TIPS & TUTORIALS

While only few articles about drop shipment exist on the net, some of them are very detailed and informative, such as:

• Use Drop Shipping to Set Up a Successful Online Store Selling Brand Name Products w/Out Spending a Dime on Inventory ("..Let's face it, not everyone wants to develop, design, and manufacture their own products. You may be more interested in finding great products that already exist and then using your online marketing know-how to build a successful business. But what if you DON'T want the hassles of things like tracking your inventory, setting up warehouse space, and maintaining a confusing shipping/receiving infrastructure? - Detailed article)
• Drop Shipments ("..Many users buy and sell inventory but do not physically stock product in their warehouse(s). To accommodate this, they purchase .." - Tips)
• Drop Shipments Without Dropping Customers (Drop Shipping In Oracle
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II. DROP-SHIPMENT: TAX, LAW & LEGAL ISSUES

Drop-Shipment includes tax issues. Here are some interesting links and articles:

• Income Apportionment and Drop Shipments ("..It can be difficult to determine the state with the right to impose state income tax on an online sale when the goods are drop-shipped directly from the supplier to the customer. For purposes of apportioning income to states, some states assign drop-shipment sales to the state in which sales are made. However..")
• Drop-Shipment ("..This memorandum explains the term "drop-shipment" and the rules governing transactions involving the transfer of tangible personal property by a registrant in Canada to another person in Canada on behalf of unregistered non-residents for purposes of the Goods and Services Tax ..")
• Sales and Use Taxability of Drop Shipment Delivery ("..Drop shipment delivery generally means the shipment of goods from a manufacturer or other supplier directly to the customer of an intermediate supplier. For Tennessee tax purposes, if a Tennessee registered dealer sells goods to an unregistered, out-of-state dealer, but delivers the goods directly.." - by State Of Tennessee Department Of Revenue
• States' Drop Shipment Statutes May Be Unconstitutional
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III. ONLINE DIRECTORIES, BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

To help wholesalers, there exist some very detailed drop shipment online directories as well as publications. We guide to its links:

• Wholesale Drop Shipment Directory - Wholesale Product Catalogue, Your Wholesale Products Sourcing Directory (".. 700,000 products in wholesale, all quality brand products at conditions that will make your business flexible and competitive. You don't buy inventory, you don't ship anything. Your customers order, you control the margin, the drop shippers do the rest, wholesale drop shipment, here is your catalogue..")
• Commercial site, guiding to 700,000 products and 2000 brands. (Read also the excellent articles with drop shipment background information!)
• American Drop-Shippers Directory (Book)
• Drop Shipping News, publications and books ("..provide the answers, by offering sources for drop shipped products and books covering all facets of drop shipping as a marketing function...")
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