Direct Sales and Distribution Channels

Named models describing a fixed structural role in moving goods from producer to end buyer, including selling directly to the final customer, selling through a chain of intermediaries, or transferring goods for resale without an upfront purchase, such as barter, consignment, direct selling, direct-to-consumer, dropshipping, value-added reseller, warehouse club and wholesale arrangements. Belongs here: any model whose defining feature is the channel and ownership path a good travels from producer to buyer. Does not belong here: a model defined by how the good was produced, grouped under Production and Fulfillment Models, or one defined by an ongoing subscription or access relationship rather than a single transfer, grouped under Subscription and Recurring-Access Models.