Dropshipping Glossary

Learn 100+ dropshipping terms and definitions to better understand how the dropshipping business model, e-commerce operations, and fulfillment processes work.

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Basics
Finance & Compliance
Fulfillment & Supply Chain
Marketing & Traffic
Product & Research
Store Operations
3PL
A/B Testing
Accounting Software
Affiliate Marketing
AIDA
AOV
Backorder
Black Friday
Blind Shipping
BOGO
Bounce Rate
Branding
Break-even ROAS
Bundling
Business-to-Business (B2B)
Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
Buyer Persona
CAC
Call to Action (CTA)
Cart Abandonment
Cash Flow Management
Cash on Delivery
Checkout Abandonment Rate
COGS
Competitor Analysis
Content Marketing
Contribution Margin
Conversion Funnel
Conversion Rate
Coupon
CPA
CPC
CPF
CPM
CRO
Cross-selling
CTR
Customer Lifetime Value
Customer Retention
Customer Reviews
Customer Service
Customs & Duties
Cyber Monday
D2C
Digital Marketing
Dispute Rate
DM
Dropship Order
Dropshipper
Dropshipping
Dropshipping Supplier
E-commerce Platform
EDM
Email Marketing
End Customer
Engagement Rate
Evergreen Product
Facebook Ads
Financial Forecasting
Fulfillment
Fulfillment Automation
Fulfillment Center
GEO
GMV
Google Ads
Gross Profit
Guest Blogging
Import Duties
Inbound Marketing
Influencer Marketing
Inventory Management
Inventory Storage
IOSS
Landing Page
Lead Time
Merchant
MOQ
Net Profit
Niche
One-Product Store
Order Processing
Order Tracking
Out of Stock Rate
Outbound Marketing
Payment Gateway
Payment Terms
PO
PPC
Print on Demand (POD)
Private Label
Private Label Fulfillment
Product Margin
Product Research
Product Sourcing
Profit Margin
Quality Control
Refund Policy
Reseller
Retail Arbitrage
Retailer
Retargeting
Return Policy
Revenue
ROAS
Scarcity
Segmentation
SEO
Shipping Time
Shopify
SKU
Subscription
Supplier
Tax Compliance
TikTok Ads
Tracking Number
Trending Product
UI
Upselling
USP
UX
VAT
Viral Marketing
White Label
Wholesale
Wholesaler
Winning Product
WooCommerce
Zero Inventories