A blind shipment is a shipping arrangement in which the identity of the actual supplier, manufacturer, or originating shipper is deliberately concealed from the consignee (receiver) or end customer. This is accomplished by removing, omitting, or replacing the supplier’s information on shipping documents, labels, and packaging materials. The practice is commonly employed by distributors, wholesalers, and third-party logistics providers who wish to protect their supplier relationships and prevent customers from bypassing them to purchase directly from the source. In a blind shipment, the intermediary appears as the shipper on all customer-facing documentation, even though the goods are shipped directly from the actual supplier’s location.
