Using fulfillment and dropshipping services
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A fulfillment service is a third-party warehouse that prepares and ships your orders for you. Using a fulfillment service is a great option if you don't want to have to deal with shipping, or if you’ve grown beyond your existing warehousing capabilities to a point where you can't ship items manually anymore.