MOSCOW, January 23 Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Property, Land and Property Relations Sergei Gavrilov suggests using “virtual trading platform” instead of the word “marketplace” » or «virtual reseller».
““It would be advisable to call the marketplace either a virtual trading platform or a virtual reseller. This will allow us to get away from the foreign phrases “electronic market”, “electronic marketplace,” Gavrilov told reporters. At the same time, he drew the attention of journalists that a consumer who buys on the marketplace , for some reason, he is often sure that he makes purchases online, as in a regular store.
“However, if we carefully look at what is written in the rules of the marketplace, then in them each marketplace says about itself that it is not a seller, but simply an agent and simply provides its warehouses for entrepreneurs and electronic platforms that sell goods and helps deliver goods «, the deputy noted. And the real seller is not always known, he added.
The global e-commerce market is actively growing due to the development of this trading format, and its content is influenced quite contradictorily by numerous factors. The growth of such popularity is, on the one hand, a path to opportunities, on the other hand, a path to obstacles for players in the market, Gavrilov emphasized.
And the main task is to find not only a name, but also such strategic solutions that would create an effective combination of the goals of sellers and buyers on the platforms, thereby ensuring a mutually beneficial exchange for everyone, he believes .