eBay, Etsy and other marketplaces on brink of having to disclose seller details
Seller details of <i>high-volume business sellers</i>, mind you. With additional provisions to protect the privacy of individuals.<p>I generally agree with the law. Marketplaces like this have long been used as a front for scamming, and with the anonymity provided there are basically zero repercussions. If i am doing business with someone I want to know who I am doing business with, so that there is at least the <i>possibility</i> of taking legal actions. Now let&#x27;s hope we&#x27;ll soon see similar regulations for Amazon sellers, ideally with some way to prevent commingling inventory.<p>The only thing which stands out to me is the relatively low monetary threshold: $5000 might be a lot in revenue if you are selling something like second-hand clothing, but something like a single car or camera can easily put you over that limit already. The bill refers to &quot;high-volume sellers&quot;, and defines that as a) 200 orders, or b) $5000. It does make sense to protect high-value sales too, especially considering that the information only needs to be disclosed to the marketplace at that point - providing the information to the buyer only needs to happen at $20.000 and at that point you are <i>definitely</i> a business - but it is interesting that they do not seem to explicitly state so.