Unable to understand why Business seller information is displyed on all our eBay USA listing

[poshadime]

Hello Everyone

Is there any solution on how to hide  Business seller information on eBay USA listings, Our business seller information is shown on all our eBay USA listings, searched everywhere but was not able to find a solution on how to hide it.

any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

[lacemaker3]

@poshadime 

I see that you are registered in India. Did you register your account on eBay UK, www.ebay.co.uk? I see that you have some listings posted on eBay USA, www.ebay.com and some on eBay UK.

It looks like you registered your account on eBay UK because of the way your business information is displayed in your listings. In the UK and in Europe, there is a legal requirement that businesses have to display their contact information, in their listings and it is against the law to hid this information or pretend not to be a business. So eBay is required to show the business' name, address and phone number for business sellers who registered on eBay UK or an eBay website in Europe. It doesn't matter if the listings were created on eBay USA or not, it depends on where you registered your eBay account.

[penguins_dont_fly]

@poshadime 

The Digital Services Act requires business sellers to show their information on their listings.

https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/resources/digital-services-act

It was announced in the Fall 2023 Seller Update

https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/resources/seller-updates/2023-fall/business

[gamersbaystore]

The U.S. Inform Consumers Act does the same exact thing really. The law requires platforms to display high volume third-party sellers private information on every listing. This stands for anyone with $20K or more in annual sales according to the law. 

If the listing is displayed in the U.S., then this info has to be disclosed to buyers.

Our incompetent lawmakers have decided in all their brilliance it would be a great idea to legalize doxxing, which is exactly what they've done.

Putting out sellers private info in front of billions of people is not going to end well. These brain dead laws are just opening the door to sellers being harassed, threatened, and sets them as targets for violence and death.

When I worked in the media, I received endless death threats, was swatted, had people try to break into my home and kill me, because they didnt like an article I wrote, or simply because they're mentally ill.

This is why you don't see journalists publicly displaying all their personal information to the public.

I personally think the standards should apply to lawmakers as well. I think their thoughts would change if it were their home address, phone numbers, etc, that were being dumped out in front of billions of people.

[valueaddedresource]

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@gamersbaystore wrote:

The U.S. Inform Consumers Act does the same exact thing really. The law requires platforms to display high volume third-party sellers private information on every listing. This stands for anyone with $20K or more in annual sales according to the law. 

If the listing is displayed in the U.S., then this info has to be disclosed to buyers.

Our incompetent lawmakers have decided in all their brilliance it would be a great idea to legalize doxxing, which is exactly what they've done.

Putting out sellers private info in front of billions of people is not going to end well. These brain dead laws are just opening the door to sellers being harassed, threatened, and sets them as targets for violence and death.

When I worked in the media, I received endless death threats, was swatted, had people try to break into my home and kill me, because they didnt like an article I wrote, or simply because they're mentally ill.

This is why you don't see journalists publicly displaying all their personal information to the public.

I personally think the standards should apply to lawmakers as well. I think their thoughts would change if it were their home address, phone numbers, etc, that were being dumped out in front of billions of people.

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@gamersbaystore  one correction on the INFORM Act - the disclosure of required seller info does not have to be public on the listing.

The law as written gives marketplaces the option to either post it on the listing or disclose it to buyers upon order confirmation.

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section45f&num=0&edition=prelim

An online marketplace shall-

(i) require any high-volume third party seller with an aggregate total of $20,000 or more in annual gross revenues on such online marketplace, and that uses such online marketplace's platform, to provide the information described in subparagraph (B) to the online marketplace; and

(ii) disclose the information described in subparagraph (B) to consumers in a clear and conspicuous manner-

(I) on the product listing page (including via hyperlink); or

(II) in the order confirmation message or other document or communication made to the consumer after the purchase is finalized and in the consumer's account transaction history.

Most marketplaces have opted for the order confirmation method, including eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/resources/inform-consumers-act

If you reach an annual total revenue of $20,000, we’re required to include your name (or company name) and full physical address in purchase confirmation emails and order details.

There are also exceptions for people whose business address is their residence, allowing only the state and country to be displayed, and eBay provides a method to apply for that exception.