eBay, Etsy and other marketplaces on brink of having to disclose seller details
Seller details of high-volume business sellers, mind you. With additional provisions to protect the privacy of individuals.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 possibility of taking legal actions. Now let's hope we'll soon see similar regulations for Amazon sellers, ideally with some way to prevent commingling inventory.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 "high-volume sellers", 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 definitely a business - but it is interesting that they do not seem to explicitly state so.