However, some fulfillment houses and small-scale distributors handle do indie products using the traditional three tier system.
A fulfillment house is a company specializing in product fulfillment services, on behalf of the product owner.
Also, Wizard's Attic (no longer in business) was formed in order to act as a fulfillment house.
After the closure, six Look employees created a fulfillment house using the computer system newly developed by the magazine's circulation department.
A fulfillment house is a company that specializes in providing product fulfillment on the behalf of the product owner.
It is a member of Indie Press Revolution, a fulfillment house for publishers of indie role-playing games.
To insure that no orders are mishandled, Bluefly "is all over the fulfillment house," Mr. Morris said.
"They're now e-commerce fulfillment houses."
It was returned because the fulfillment house - the company that processes the rebates - had moved.
The rebate, which is typically paid by the manufacturer, is then sent from the fulfillment house.
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