What Is EDI Dropshipping?

EDI dropshipping is a retail fulfillment model where a retailer sends a customer order to a brand electronically using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and the brand ships the product directly to the end customer. The retailer owns the storefront and the customer relationship; the brand owns the inventory and the fulfillment. EDI dropship and drop ship EDI both refer to the same process — the automated, document-driven workflow that connects retailers to apparel suppliers without manual paperwork.

In EDI dropshipping, the retailer never physically handles the product. A customer buys an apparel item on the retailer's website, the retailer transmits an EDI 850 purchase order to the brand, the brand's apparel ERP creates a sales order, the warehouse picks and ships directly to the customer, and the brand confirms the shipment with an EDI 856 advance ship notice (ASN) and invoices with an EDI 810. EDI shipping happens entirely through the 856. Every step is automated.

For an apparel brand looking to scale into Nordstrom, Macy's, Kohl's, Walmart, Amazon, Farfetch, or any marketplace program, EDI dropshipping is the operational model that makes it possible. The difference between scaling cleanly and drowning in chargebacks comes down to one thing: whether your EDI, ERP, warehouse, and 3PL operate as one connected stack, or four disconnected tools.

This guide explains exactly how the dropship flow works, what each EDI document does, how DSCO, Rithum, and Mirakl fit in, how Walmart, Macy's, Nordstrom, and Wayfair run their dropship programs differently, and what it takes to ship compliantly to major retailers without bleeding margin to chargebacks.

How EDI Dropshipping Differs from EDI Bulk Wholesale

EDI dropshipping is direct-to-consumer fulfillment with one order per EDI 850; EDI bulk wholesale is store-replenishment fulfillment with one large order containing hundreds of units. Most growing apparel brands run both models in parallel because each serves a different retailer relationship.

In EDI bulk wholesale, the retailer issues a large purchase order, you ship cartons of inventory to their distribution center, and the retailer fulfills downstream customer orders from their own stock. Fewer transactions, larger shipments, retailer carries the inventory risk after receipt. This is the traditional wholesale model that has powered department-store apparel for fifty years, and it still drives the largest revenue lines for most apparel brands.

In EDI dropshipping, the retailer issues hundreds or thousands of single-customer orders, each routed individually to your warehouse for direct-to-consumer fulfillment. Higher transaction volume, smaller shipments, you carry the inventory risk until the unit sells. Dropship has grown rapidly because it lets retailers expand assortment without committing inventory dollars upfront — a strategic shift that has accelerated since 2020.

Brands that operate both models inside one apparel ERP get a critical advantage: shared inventory visibility, so a unit allocated to a Macy's dropship customer is not also promised against a Nordstrom bulk PO. Without that single source of truth, oversells follow within weeks of adding the second channel. The same apparel ERP software that handles your bulk wholesale orders should also handle dropship — otherwise inventory desyncs become a daily problem and reconciliation eats your operations team's time.

EDI Transactions Used in Dropshipping: The Six Core Documents

EDI dropshipping uses six core EDI transactions, all defined by the ANSI X12 standard maintained by the Accredited Standards Committee X12. Each EDI transaction has a specific role in the dropship order-to-cash flow. Miss the timing on any of them and chargebacks follow. The full set runs 850, 855, 856, 810, 820, and 997 — the same documents bulk wholesale uses, but with different volume profiles, timing windows, and operational pressure.

Two additional EDI transactions show up in dropship-adjacent flows: the EDI 940 (Warehouse Shipping Order) used when retailers send shipping instructions directly to your 3PL, and the EDI 846 (Inventory Inquiry/Advice) used to push real-time inventory snapshots to dropship retailers so they can update their storefront availability. Most apparel dropship programs revolve around the core six, but Walmart, Wayfair, and several mass retailers expect 846 inventory feeds at minimum.

EDI 850 — Purchase Order in Dropship Context

In dropshipping, an EDI 850 is a single customer order — not a bulk replenishment. The retailer's system transmits an 850 the moment a customer completes checkout. It contains one ship-to address (the customer's home), one or a few line items (style, color, size, quantity), a requested ship date, and retailer-specific routing instructions (carrier preference, label format, gift-wrap flag, branded packing slip rules).

This per-order 850 cadence is what makes dropship volume-intensive. A brand running 30 retailer dropship programs at moderate volume can receive 3,000–10,000 EDI 850s per month. Every one must be parsed, validated, and converted into a sales order within minutes — manual processing is impossible at this scale. Bulk wholesale 850s arrive in batches with hundreds of line items per PO; dropship 850s arrive as a constant stream with one line item each.

EDI 855 — PO Acknowledgment

In dropshipping, the 855 is where you accept, reject, or partial-fill the customer order. Some retailers require an 855 within minutes of the 850; others don't require one at all. The dropship-specific risk is the acceptance window: if the customer-facing tracking page reads "awaiting confirmation" too long, the retailer may auto-cancel the order and issue a cancellation chargeback. The 855 closes that loop and triggers the visible "order confirmed" status on the retailer's customer-facing page.

EDI 856 — Advance Ship Notice (ASN): The Dropship Document

The EDI 856 ASN is the most chargeback-prone document in apparel dropshipping. In dropship context, the 856 carries the tracking number that powers the retailer's customer tracking page. When a Nordstrom dropship customer clicks "track my order," they are seeing data the brand transmitted in an 856. Late ASN, wrong tracking number, or mismatched ship-to almost always triggers a chargeback because it breaks the customer experience.

Apparel dropship ASN is more complex than commodity ASN because it can carry pack hierarchy data — shipment > orders > packs > items. For polybagged single-unit dropship orders this is simpler. For multi-line dropship orders the hierarchy must reflect what's physically in the package. Most apparel retailers require an Advance Ship Notice with pack hierarchy even when the dropship carton contains a single SKU.

EDI 810 — Invoice in Dropship Context

In dropshipping, an EDI 810 invoices one customer order at a time, not a bulk shipment. This high invoice volume creates two operational realities: one, your invoicing system must run continuously, not nightly; two, every 810 must match the corresponding 850 and 856 exactly. Retailers perform three-way match (850 vs. 856 vs. 810) before releasing payment. Mismatches stall cash flow and trigger short-pay deductions on the next EDI 820.

EDI 820 — Payment / Remittance Advice

The 820 communicates payment details, deductions, and chargebacks. Dropship 820s often carry many small deductions — $5 here for a late ASN, $25 there for a wrong SCAC code. Brands that ignore the 820 miss the data they need to dispute chargebacks and reconcile cash. The 820 is where every operational mistake from the previous 30 days surfaces as a line item on your remittance.

EDI 997 — Functional Acknowledgment

The 997 confirms an EDI document was received by the other system. It confirms transmission only, not correctness. In high-volume dropship operations, 997 monitoring is critical: a missing 997 on an outbound 856 means the retailer never got the ASN, which means a chargeback is coming. Brands without 997 monitoring discover failed transmissions days later, after the chargeback has already been issued and the customer has already complained.

EDI 940 — Warehouse Shipping Order (3PL Dropship)

The EDI 940 Warehouse Shipping Order appears when a retailer routes shipping instructions directly to a brand's 3PL. The 940 contains the same shipping data as the 850 from the retailer's perspective, but it's addressed to the warehouse instead of the brand. In dropship operations using a 3PL, the 940 is what triggers the actual pick-pack-ship event. Wayfair, Walmart, and some Amazon vendor flows use the 940 alongside the 850 to give the 3PL direct shipping authorization.

For a deeper look at every EDI transaction type AIMS360 supports across apparel operations, see our complete apparel EDI software guide.

EDI Dropshipping Process: Step-by-Step Apparel Workflow

The EDI dropshipping process for apparel runs in eleven steps from customer checkout to retailer payment. Inside a connected apparel ERP and EDI stack, every step happens automatically — no spreadsheets, no portal logins, no manual data entry. The same workflow applies to drop ship EDI orders from any retailer; the only thing that changes between Nordstrom and Macy's and Walmart is the specific routing rules at step 6 and the ASN window at step 9.

1. Customer buys a dress on Nordstrom's website
2. Nordstrom's system transmits an EDI 850 to your EDI inbox
3. Your EDI software validates the file and posts a 997 acknowledgment back
4. The 850 drops into your apparel ERP and creates a sales order — style, color, size validated against your inventory matrix
5. The ERP allocates the unit from the correct warehouse or 3PL based on ship-to ZIP, inventory availability, and routing rules
6. The Warehouse Management System (WMS) prints a pick ticket and a Nordstrom-compliant shipping label (carrier, service level, UCC-128 if required)
7. The unit is picked, packed, and tendered to the carrier
8. The carrier scans the label and returns a tracking number to the WMS
9. Your EDI software generates an EDI 856 ASN with the tracking number and transmits it inside Nordstrom's ASN window (usually within hours of ship confirmation)
10. Your ERP generates an EDI 810 invoice for the shipped unit and queues it for transmission
11. Nordstrom processes payment and eventually returns an EDI 820 remittance

That is the difference between a brand that can scale to 50 retailer dropship programs and a brand that drowns at five. The brands that scale do not have better people — they have better systems, with every step above happening as a system event rather than a human task.

EDI Shipping in Apparel Dropship: The ASN Is the Whole Game

EDI shipping in apparel dropshipping comes down to one document: the EDI 856 advance ship notice. Brands searching for "edi shipping" or "edi in shipping" or "shipping edi" are almost always trying to solve the same problem — how to send a clean, on-time 856 that the retailer accepts on the first attempt. The phrase changes; the underlying question is identical.

Apparel ASN is harder than commodity EDI shipping because retailers want pack hierarchy data — they need to know not just that you shipped 12 units, but how the units are grouped: shipment > orders > packs > items. For polybagged single-unit dropship orders this is simpler. For mixed multi-line dropship orders, the hierarchy must reflect the physical package.

Common reasons apparel dropship ASNs fail retailer validation:

• Tracking number transmitted before the carrier scans the label (carrier rejects the tracking ID at validation)
• Wrong SCAC code (Wayfair, Walmart, Macy's each publish their own approved carrier code list)
• Mismatched ship-to address (the ASN address must exactly match the 850 ship-to, not your warehouse's normalized version)
• Late ASN — most retailers require the 856 within 1 hour of carrier pickup; some allow 24 hours; almost none tolerate next-day
• UCC-128 label barcode does not match the ASN pack ID
• Ship-from address on the 856 does not match the brand profile in the retailer's vendor portal

Apparel-focused ERPs that generate the 856 directly from the warehouse scan event — instead of from a batch overnight job — avoid most of these failures. The label and the ASN come from the same data event, so by definition they match. This is the structural reason brands using event-driven ASN have lower chargeback rates than brands using batch ASN, regardless of headcount or experience.

EDI Shipping Process: From Pick Scan to Retailer Confirmation

The EDI shipping process in dropship is the sequence between the warehouse pick scan and the retailer's confirmation that your 856 was accepted. It's where most chargebacks are generated and where most operational problems surface.

The clean EDI shipping process for an apparel dropship order looks like this:

1. WMS picks the unit and scans the bin location
2. Pack station scans the unit into a carton
3. Carrier-compliant label prints (UCC-128 if the retailer requires it; ship-to and ship-from match the 850 exactly)
4. Carton is tendered to the carrier
5. Carrier scans the label and returns a tracking number through the carrier API
6. EDI 856 ASN is built from the same data event that printed the label
7. ASN transmits to the retailer through the configured channel (AS2, SFTP, or VAN)
8. EDI 997 confirms retailer receipt within minutes
9. Retailer's vendor portal updates the order status to "shipped"
10. Customer sees "shipped" + tracking on the retailer's order page

When any step breaks, the customer sees stale tracking, the retailer issues a chargeback, and your seller score drops. The brands running clean EDI shipping operations have all ten steps connected through a single system event rather than ten separate integrations.

EDI Shipping Instructions: What Retailers Actually Send You

EDI shipping instructions are the rules in a retailer's routing guide that govern how you ship and how you transmit the EDI 856 ASN. Every retailer you onboard sends you one. Apparel routing guides typically run 80 to 200 pages.

A typical apparel routing guide specifies:

• Which carriers and service levels you may use
• The exact SCAC code to populate in the 856 (defined by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, the body that issues SCAC codes)
• Label format (Zebra ZPL, PDF, dimensions)
• UCC-128 placement on the carton (now formally called GS1-128, defined by GS1 US)
• Box weight tolerances
• Acceptable ship windows from the order date
• ASN transmission window and acceptable transmission method (AS2, SFTP, VAN)
• Chargeback schedule for each violation

Reading, mapping, and operationalizing a routing guide for every retailer is where internal EDI teams struggle most. It's the single biggest reason brands choose managed EDI services — a managed service provider has already mapped the major retailer routing guides, and you inherit that work. A brand connecting to its tenth retailer should not have to read its tenth routing guide cover to cover; the right managed service has already done it.

DSCO, Rithum, and Mirakl: What They Actually Do

DSCO, Rithum, and Mirakl are not EDI replacements — they are platforms that sit alongside EDI in the modern retail dropship stack. Here is the clear version of how each one works and where EDI still fits underneath.

Retailers and Marketplaces Running Apparel EDI Dropship Programs

The apparel EDI dropship landscape spans traditional department stores, mass retailers, ecommerce-first players, marketplaces, and specialty channels. AIMS360 connects apparel brands to drop ship EDI programs at:

• Department stores: Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off 5th, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Dillard's
• Mass and big-box: Walmart, Target, Kohl's, Costco
• Lifestyle and specialty: Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Free People, Boot Barn
• Ecommerce and marketplaces: Amazon Vendor Central, Amazon Marketplace, Zappos, Farfetch, Fanatics
• Home and lifestyle with apparel categories: Wayfair, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, West Elm

Each retailer runs its dropship program slightly differently. Onboarding to a new retailer means reading a new routing guide, building a new EDI map, and certifying a new connection. For the complete list of EDI-connected retailers AIMS360 supports for both dropship and bulk programs, see the AIMS360 EDI retailer integrations page.

Walmart EDI Dropship

Walmart EDI dropship runs through Walmart Marketplace and Walmart DSV (Drop Ship Vendor) programs, both with strict routing guides and aggressive chargeback enforcement. Walmart requires EDI 850, 855, 856, 810, and 997 at minimum, with EDI 940 used in some 3PL flows. Walmart's SCAC code list is published in its routing guide and updated frequently. Walmart EDI ASN must transmit inside a tight window, and Walmart's three-strike chargeback policy makes ASN compliance non-negotiable. Walmart EDI shipping carrier codes are unique to Walmart and don't map cleanly from other retailers — every brand onboarding to Walmart dropship has to map them fresh.

Wayfair EDI Dropship

Wayfair runs one of the most active dropship programs in apparel-adjacent categories (loungewear, sleepwear, home apparel). Wayfair requires EDI 850, 855, 856, 810, and 846 inventory feeds at minimum, all with strict format requirements. Wayfair's vendor portal pairs with EDI to give brands real-time visibility into compliance and chargebacks. For brands operating dropship through Wayfair specifically, see the Wayfair EDI compliance and integration guide.

Macy's, Nordstrom, and Department-Store Dropship

Macy's Vendor Direct Fulfillment and Nordstrom's dropship program are the two most established department-store apparel dropship channels. Both require EDI 850, 855, 856, and 810. Both enforce tight ASN windows and detailed routing guides. Macy's tends to be more forgiving on label format; Nordstrom is stricter on shipping carrier selection. Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's, and Dillard's run similar programs with retailer-specific variations.

EDI Drop Ship Program Setup: The Onboarding Sequence

An EDI drop ship program with a major retailer follows a predictable onboarding sequence, and brands that scale across many retailers learn to run this sequence in parallel rather than serially. The standard sequence is:

1. Apply through the retailer's vendor portal
2. Receive routing guide, EDI specs, and test environment credentials
3. Build or import the EDI map for the retailer's 850/855/856/810/997 specifications
4. Exchange test files through the retailer's testing platform
5. Complete the retailer's certification checklist (data accuracy, timing, error handling)
6. Receive go-live approval
7. Begin receiving production EDI 850 orders

Standard timeline for a single retailer onboarding is two weeks to three months depending on retailer complexity and supplier readiness. Brands using managed EDI dropship services compress this significantly because the maps for major retailers already exist and only need configuration, not building from scratch.

The Apparel-Specific Problem: Style, Color, Size, and the Inventory Matrix

Apparel EDI dropshipping is harder than dropshipping in any other vertical because of the inventory matrix. A single apparel product is not a single SKU — it's a grid.

A women's slim-fit denim jacket might exist as:

• 4 washes
• 7 sizes
• 2 length variants

That is one style, 56 SKUs. A 200-style line carries 11,200 dropship-eligible SKUs. Each retailer expects real-time inventory updates on every SKU. A unit committed to a Nordstrom dropship customer cannot also be promised to a Macy's customer or held against a wholesale PO. The inventory math compounds at every retailer added.

This is where generic dropship platforms and generic ERPs fall apart. They were built around a flat SKU list, not a 4-dimensional matrix (style × color × size × warehouse). When the inventory update lags, oversells happen. When oversells happen, retailers issue cancellation chargebacks and lower your seller score, which throttles future order volume. Lower seller score means fewer orders, which means lower revenue, which means less budget to fix the operational problem causing the oversells.

A purpose-built fashion ERP software handles the matrix natively — color and size grids are first-class concepts, not custom fields bolted onto a generic product table. The inventory engine understands that a size 6 in indigo is a different SKU from a size 6 in black, and that committing the indigo to dropship doesn't reduce the black available for wholesale.

EDI Chargebacks: What Triggers Them and How Apparel Brands Prevent Them

EDI chargebacks are financial penalties retailers issue when a supplier violates routing guide rules. In apparel dropship, the most common chargeback triggers are:

• Late ASN (EDI 856 transmitted outside the retailer's window)
• ASN/shipment mismatch (units shipped do not match units declared on the 856)
• Wrong UCC-128 label format or placement
• Wrong carrier or service level versus routing guide
• Late ship (carrier pickup outside the order-to-ship window)
• Cancellation due to inventory unavailable (oversell)
• Invoice errors (810 does not match 850 + 856)
• Wrong SCAC code on the ASN
• Missing or invalid tracking number

Per-event chargeback amounts range from $5 to $250+ per violation depending on the retailer and severity. A brand running 5,000 dropship orders per month with a 3% chargeback rate at an average $25 penalty is losing $3,750 per month — before the indirect cost of lowered seller scores and reduced order allocation. Compound that across 20 retailers and chargebacks become the second-largest cost line in the dropship P&L behind cost of goods.

Prevention is structural, not tactical. Brands running clean dropship operations have:

1. ASN generated directly from the carrier scan event, not from a batch job
2. Real-time inventory sync across all dropship retailers and all warehouses
3. Routing-guide-driven carrier and label selection at the WMS level
4. Continuous EDI 997 monitoring so failed transmissions surface in minutes
5. Pre-validation of every outbound EDI file against retailer maps
6. Automated chargeback dispute workflow when the brand has evidence the violation didn't occur

This is built into AIMS360 apparel software by design, not bolted on. The point isn't to fight chargebacks after they're issued — the point is to never trigger them in the first place.

Managed EDI Dropship Services: When to Use Them

Managed EDI dropship services make sense when a brand has more than two or three active retailer programs and lacks a full-time internal EDI analyst. Building and maintaining EDI maps for every retailer routing guide is a full-time job. Most apparel brands under $50M in revenue do not staff that internally.

A managed EDI dropship service typically handles:

• Reading and interpreting each retailer's routing guide
• Building and maintaining EDI maps per retailer
• Running connection testing and certification with the retailer
• Monitoring transmission success and chargeback reports
• Updating maps when retailers publish routing guide revisions (1–4 times per year per retailer)
• Onboarding new retailers as you add dropship programs
• Pre-flighting outbound EDI files to catch errors before transmission

The alternative is hiring an in-house EDI analyst at $90K–$150K plus benefits, plus the cost of an EDI translator platform, plus the maintenance overhead of every retailer's routing-guide updates. For brands under roughly 50 active retailer connections, managed services are almost always cheaper and faster.

AIMS360 includes managed EDI dropship services as part of the platform — no separate EDI middleware, no per-document fees, no per-line fees, no per-transaction fees, no kilocharacter fees. The same managed team that handles your initial retailer onboarding handles ongoing maintenance and new retailer additions. When Macy's publishes a routing guide update at midnight, your maps get updated before your team reads the email.

Why Apparel EDI Pricing Models Matter at Scale

EDI pricing matters for apparel dropship because most third-party EDI providers charge by usage: per document, per line item, per kilocharacter, or per transaction. This pricing model punishes growth, which is exactly the opposite of what an apparel brand needs from a strategic infrastructure vendor.

Run the math on a 10,000-order dropship month:

• 10,000 EDI 850s received
• 10,000 EDI 855s sent (if retailer requires)
• 10,000 EDI 856 ASNs sent
• 10,000 EDI 810 invoices sent
• 10,000 EDI 997s sent
• Average 5 line items per document = 250,000 line items billable

At $0.25–$0.50 per document, that month costs $12,500–$25,000 in EDI fees alone. Scale to 30,000 orders and you are paying $37,500–$75,000 monthly just to move EDI files. By the time a brand is doing $50M in dropship revenue, EDI fees can equal an entire mid-level salary.

Flat-rate ERP-integrated EDI removes this cost variable entirely. Your cost-per-order does not climb with volume. This is the structural reason brands eventually migrate off transaction-priced EDI platforms — the math stops working the moment you cross meaningful scale.

The Stack: ERP + EDI + WMS + 3PL Working as One System

EDI dropshipping does not run on EDI alone. The full operational stack is four connected layers:

• Apparel ERP — handles styles, colors, sizes, sales orders, inventory across warehouses, financials. This is the system of record.
• EDI software — receives and sends 850/855/856/810/820/997 transactions and translates between retailer formats and your ERP
• Warehouse Management System (WMS) — controls picking, packing, labeling, and shipping inside the warehouse
• 3PL integration — extends the WMS into outsourced fulfillment locations

When these four components live in four separate systems, the integrations between them become your operational ceiling. A retailer 850 has to enter the EDI system, exit to the ERP, exit to the WMS, exit to the 3PL, return shipment data to the WMS, return to the ERP, return to the EDI system, and exit as an ASN. Each hop is a failure point, and the more retailers you add, the more failure points multiply.

When the stack is unified — ERP, EDI, WMS, and 3PL connectors inside one platform — the 850 flows through internal events instead of integrations. AIMS360 is built this way specifically for apparel: one platform that handles all four layers natively for fashion brands.

EDI vs API: Which Do Apparel Brands Need?

Apparel brands selling across channels need both EDI and API integration. Different channels require different integration types:

• EDI is required by virtually every traditional retailer dropship program (Macy's, Nordstrom, Kohl's, Walmart, Target)
• API is used by ecommerce platforms (Shopify, BigCommerce), marketplaces (Amazon Seller Central, Farfetch, Mirakl-powered marketplaces), and some newer dropship platforms (DSCO has both EDI and API options)

The right apparel ERP handles both — EDI inbound from major retailers, API inbound from marketplaces and direct-to-consumer — and treats both as the same kind of order downstream. The brand's warehouse, accounting, and inventory shouldn't know or care whether an order arrived via EDI 850 or a Shopify webhook; both should produce the same sales order in the ERP and trigger the same fulfillment workflow.

Quick Reference: EDI Dropshipping Glossary for Apparel Brands

• EDI — Electronic Data Interchange, the standardized format for retailer/supplier document exchange
• EDI transaction — A specific document type exchanged over EDI, identified by a three-digit number (850, 856, etc.)
• 850 — Purchase Order
• 855 — PO Acknowledgment
• 856 / ASN — Advance Ship Notice
• 810 — Invoice
• 820 — Payment / Remittance Advice
• 940 — Warehouse Shipping Order (used in 3PL dropship flows)
• 846 — Inventory Inquiry/Advice (real-time inventory feed to retailers)
• 997 — Functional Acknowledgment
• UCC-128 — Standardized shipping label / carton ID barcode required by most major retailers (now called GS1-128 under GS1 standards)
• SCAC — Standard Carrier Alpha Code; the 2-4 letter carrier identifier the ASN must use, issued by the NMFTA
• VICS BOL — Voluntary Inter-industry Commerce Standards Bill of Lading; used in apparel freight shipments
• VAN — Value Added Network; a private network for transmitting EDI between trading partners
• AS2 — Direct internet-based EDI transmission protocol (alternative to VAN)
• Routing guide — Retailer-published document containing all shipping, labeling, and EDI compliance rules
• Chargeback — Financial penalty issued by a retailer for routing-guide non-compliance
• DSCO — Dropship workflow platform now part of Rithum
• Rithum — Connected commerce platform combining DSCO, CommerceHub, and ChannelAdvisor
• Mirakl — Marketplace infrastructure platform powering retailer-operated marketplaces

Scale Your Apparel Dropship Program with AIMS360

AIMS360 combines apparel ERP, built-in EDI software, warehouse management, 3PL connectors, and managed EDI dropship services into one platform — built specifically for fashion brands. No middleware. No per-document fees. No per-transaction fees. Predictable pricing that does not punish growth.

For brands selling through DSCO, Rithum, Mirakl-powered marketplaces, or directly through major retailer dropship programs like Macy's, Nordstrom, Walmart, Wayfair, and Amazon, AIMS360 handles the entire flow — from EDI 850 receipt to EDI 810 invoice transmission, with the EDI 856 ASN compliance that keeps chargebacks down at scale.