This inflation calculator adjusts the purchasing power of a given amount of money for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from 1913 to 2011. The CPI attempts to measure the changes in costs for all goods and services for an average United States household.
Drop shipping is an order fulfillment strategy where the retailer does not keep products in inventory, but relies on wholesalers or manufacturers to actually ship orders to customers. This arrangement has several advantages that make it attractive to online merchants.
Author: mrobison Posted: July 9, 2012 Filed in: Business, Ecommerce. Dropshipping is often lauded as an easy way to get into the ecommerce business. You set up a store and whenever an order comes in, you simply email the supplier. They package up the item and ship it to your customer, and you keep the profit.