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If the product isn't Fulfilled By Amazon (FBA), there is probably no way to know if it is drop shipped or not. Some of them state the country it will be shipped

If the product isn't Fulfilled By Amazon (FBA), there is probably no way to know if it is drop shipped or not. Some of them state the country it will be shipped from, but I'm not sure that is a requirement, and it could still be drop shipped from inside the country.

varispeed 5y ago
I think this is a great regulatory omission. Companies like Amazon should be required to publish country of origin information and give consumer tools to help make ethical choices. So far I only saw this on clothes, perhaps because of the sweatshop outrage, but it should be shown on all products. If we also cannot ban trade with countries that allow slave labour, then we should at least require producers to include information about what kind of environment their workers are coming from.
- permo-w 5y ago
  I suspect if this law would come in, Amazon would make it a mandatory box for sellers to fill, and 9/10 they’d just lie and Amazon probably wouldn’t chase it up.
  - bootlooped 5y ago
    My cynical view is that most people don't care about country of origin, and in many cases if they do their desire for the product will override their ethical stance most of the time.
    - permo-w 5y ago
      you’re very probably right. would still be ideal to have the option
permo-w 5y ago
even if it is FBA, there’s still no inherent way for them to know. some stuff is shipped straight to them from China or wherever, but a lot of stuff goes via a third party
- bootlooped 5y ago
  If the third party seller is buying the product, and paying to have it labeled and shipped directly to Amazon, I would not consider that drop shipping. Drop shipping implies the product is never really in-stock with the seller, but if the seller paid for it and it's sitting in an Amazon warehouse then that's in-stock by any normal definition.
  - permo-w 5y ago
    Wasn't the original concept of drop-shipping shipping it directly from manufacturer to consumer? If you're gonna use Amazon as a middle-man, then surely that's not really drop-shipping either
    - bootlooped 5y ago
      I would consider it drop shipping if neither Amazon nor the 3rd party seller ever had possession of the product. The scenario is: Joe Consumer goes to Amazon and orders a widget for sale from a 3rd party seller. The 3rd party seller then goes to the widget manufacturer and asks them to ship a widget to Joe (or more likely has a computer program do this automatically).

varispeed 5y ago

I think this is a great regulatory omission. Companies like Amazon should be required to publish country of origin information and give consumer tools to help make ethical choices. So far I only saw this on clothes, perhaps because of the sweatshop outrage, but it should be shown on all products. If we also cannot ban trade with countries that allow slave labour, then we should at least require producers to include information about what kind of environment their workers are coming from.

permo-w 5y ago
I suspect if this law would come in, Amazon would make it a mandatory box for sellers to fill, and 9/10 they’d just lie and Amazon probably wouldn’t chase it up.
- bootlooped 5y ago
  My cynical view is that most people don't care about country of origin, and in many cases if they do their desire for the product will override their ethical stance most of the time.
  - permo-w 5y ago
    you’re very probably right. would still be ideal to have the option

permo-w 5y ago

even if it is FBA, there’s still no inherent way for them to know. some stuff is shipped straight to them from China or wherever, but a lot of stuff goes via a third party

bootlooped 5y ago
If the third party seller is buying the product, and paying to have it labeled and shipped directly to Amazon, I would not consider that drop shipping. Drop shipping implies the product is never really in-stock with the seller, but if the seller paid for it and it's sitting in an Amazon warehouse then that's in-stock by any normal definition.
- permo-w 5y ago
  Wasn't the original concept of drop-shipping shipping it directly from manufacturer to consumer? If you're gonna use Amazon as a middle-man, then surely that's not really drop-shipping either
  - bootlooped 5y ago
    I would consider it drop shipping if neither Amazon nor the 3rd party seller ever had possession of the product. The scenario is: Joe Consumer goes to Amazon and orders a widget for sale from a 3rd party seller. The 3rd party seller then goes to the widget manufacturer and asks them to ship a widget to Joe (or more likely has a computer program do this automatically).