Lipsey's

Who they are

Lipsey's began in 1943, when Joe Lipsey Sr. bought a hide and fur trading company from his uncle. Firearms and ammunition entered the mix in 1949 on the back of demand from trappers and hunters, and the wholesale business was formally established in 1953.

Richard Lipsey and the family bought the business in 1977 and renamed it in 1993. In 2002 Laurie Lipsey Aronson became president — the third generation of the family to lead it, and the first woman to run a Lipsey family business.

Today they are one of the largest independently owned single-location firearms distributors in the country, working out of Baton Rouge. Their Lipsey's Exclusives program, built directly with manufacturers, is one of the strongest reasons for an independent dealer to carry them.

Company background summarised from Lipsey's’s own site.

How we connect your store to their inventory

Lipsey's dealer API, authenticated with your own Lipsey's account.

• Catalog including Lipsey's Exclusive configurations
• Live availability
• Your dealer pricing and allowed advertised price
• Product imagery and manufacturer specifications

Dealers running Lipsey's on FFL Stack currently see roughly 19,000 items, with about 9,000 in stock at any time.

Ordering and dropship

Dropship orders route from the order page in your dashboard — you pick the source, we send the purchase order, and tracking comes back onto the customer's order automatically. Firearms dispositions write to your Bound Book as they move, so the compliance record keeps itself.

What it looks like in your shop

You connect with your own Lipsey's dealer account, so your negotiated pricing stays yours. Products appear on your website, out-of-stock items drop off, and the same inventory record backs your counter — sell it once, in either place, and both stay right.