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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) As used in this article, the term:
(1) “Consumer product” means any tangible personal property which is distributed in commerce and which is normally used for personal, family, or household purposes, including, but not limited to, any such property intended to be attached to or installed in any real property without regard to whether it is so attached or installed.
(2) “High-volume third-party seller” means a participant in an online marketplace that is a third-party seller and that, in any continuous 12 month period during the previous 24 months, has entered into 200 or more discrete sales or transactions of new or unused consumer products of an aggregate total of $5,000.00 or more in gross revenues in this state made through the online marketplace and for which payment was processed by the online marketplace or through a third party.
(3) “Online marketplace” means any person or entity that operates a consumer-directed, electronically based or accessed platform that:
(A) Includes features that allow for, facilitate, or enable third-party sellers to engage in the sale, purchase, payment, storage, shipment, or delivery of a consumer product within this state;
(B) Is used by one or more third-party sellers for such purpose; and
(C) Has a contractual or similar relationship with consumers governing their use of the platform to purchase consumer products.
(4) “Seller” means a person who sells, offers to sell, or contracts to sell a consumer product through an online marketplace's platform.
(5) “Third-party seller” means any seller, independent of an online marketplace, that sells, offers to sell, or contracts to sell a consumer product in this state through an online marketplace. The term ‘third-party seller’ does not include, with respect to an online marketplace:
(A) A seller that operates the online marketplace's platform; or
(B) A business entity that has:
(i) Made available to the general public the entity's name, business address, and working contact information;
(ii) An ongoing contractual relationship with the online marketplace to provide the online marketplace with the manufacture, distribution, wholesaling, or fulfillment of shipments of consumer products; and
(iii) Provided to the online marketplace the identity information required under subsection (a) of Code Section 10-1-941 that has been verified in accordance with subsection (d) of Code Section 10-1-941.
(6) “Verify” means to confirm information and documents provided to an online marketplace pursuant to this article through the use of one or more methods that enable an online marketplace to reliably determine that any such information and documents provided are valid, correspond to the seller or an individual acting on the seller's behalf, are not misappropriated, and are not falsified.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Georgia Code Title 10. Commerce and Trade § 10-1-940 - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ga/title-10-commerce-and-trade/ga-code-sect-10-1-940/
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