Intermediary Customer Purchasing from the Product Producer
Obtain Steps: The Obtain steps include all activities preceding the selling of the product. These activities include the costs of identifying potential suppliers and stocking the product.
B.
Resources: Reduce resources required for the use of the product
2. Time – Reduce the time the customer must spend with the product
b. Improve wait times in the process
Warnings and advice
| No. | SIC | Year | Note |
| 1 | 5399 | 2000 | Research shows more than half of the dry-goods items in grocery stores sell less than one unit per week. Additional research shows that most grocers have too much variety. |
| 2 | 5999 | 2003 | Drop-shipping isn't for everybody. Small, specialty online retailers that carry fewer than a couple hundred products may find it less costly to manage inventory and ship the goods themselves. |
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