New Shine Blind Shipment service

In a previous article, “What is Drop Shipping," we explored, you guessed it, drop shipping. If you haven’t checked it out already, it is definitely worth the read, especially as we begin to talk about blind shipping. In case you are crunched for time, drop shipping is an order fulfillment method in which a company, enlisting a third-party vendor, sells something that they didn't actually manufacturer nor keep in stock.

Now imagine you are the customer, and a package shows up at your door from a company you’ve never heard of, with goods you ordered from a totally different company. After getting over your initial confusion and realizing you are now armed with the vendor’s information, you buy direct in an effort to save money. If you’re the savvy shopper, this is great. If you’re the seller, not so much. The seller is now cut out of all future business, and therein lies the problem.

I recognize the dilemma. What’s the solution?

The answer is blind shipping. Before we commence, it might be helpful to review the key players in all drop shipping scenarios: They are:

Blind shipping is the vendor’s role in the drop shipping process. You might also hear it referred to as a blind dropship. In an effort to conceal that the product was shipped from a third-party vendor and not from the seller, the third party’s information is removed from the shipping label and any documents that will accompany the shipment and replaced by the seller’s information. The customer is then “blind” to who actually fulfilled their order.

While blind shipping can stop the customer from contacting the vendor to buy direct, it does not prevent the vendor from contacting the customer, based on the shipping information given to them by the seller. Enter double blind shipping.

What is double blind shipping?

In traditional blind shipping, only the customer is “in the blind,” unaware as to where the product actually came from. In double blind shipping, the vendor is also “in the blind,” unaware as to where their the product is being shipped. Now two parties are blind, hence the term “double blind shipping.” To successfully double blind ship, a new player in the game is introduced: the shipping carrier. Here’s why and how:

To eliminate any information being shared about the customer to the vendor and vice versa, the seller coordinates the shipment directly with the carrier, or through a freight broker. In most cases, a pickup is arranged at the supplier’s warehouse and shipped out without the vendor ever knowing where it is headed.

Sound confusing? Well, it is. Because of this complexity, double blind shipping can be expensive, and is normally only utilized by businesses coordinating dropship orders at a LTL carrier or parcel carrier quantity level.

IS THERE AN EXTRA COST?

Depending on the level of service, the carrier may assess a fee on each blind shipment. Additional accessorials, such as re-labeling, will be assessed to the consignee or paying party.

If you have an interest in setting up blind shipping for your company, contact us 

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Bond Lin