There are some companies who handle drop-shipping for small and midsize retailers. They handle all the communication for the retailers and the retailer doesn't need to know that supplier A is sending data in XML and supplier B is sending flat files that go to an FTP site, and supplier C just hired three people to manually do all the work."
The companies enable retailers to monitor suppliers' inventory levels, allowing sellers' sites to accurately (and quickly) reflect remote product offerings. With a few clicks of a button retailers can fire [a product] off to eBay or eBay Stores, and take the pictures and the descriptions from the supplier and leverage that to make it easier to list the product for sale to the consumer. (Although lookout for an eBay Certified Service Provider.) Retailers, of course, don't have to purchase the products before they post them - they owe nothing until a shopper actually buys them.
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