1. Learn about what an e-commerce trading floor is?

- An e-commerce trading floor is an online platform designed to facilitate the purchase and sale of goods and services on the internet. Seen as an intermediary connecting traders, organizations and individuals, the e-commerce trading floor provides a safe and convenient environment to conduct commercial transactions.

- On e-commerce trading floors, merchants can post information about the products or services they offer, including images, descriptions and prices. Buyers can search and browse products, compare prices and order online. In addition, the e-commerce trading floor also provides secure payment tools and flexible delivery methods to facilitate transactions.

- With e-commerce trading floors, organizations and individuals do not need to own a website to conduct online business. Instead, they can use an existing exchange to conduct trading transactions. This helps reduce costs and effort in building and maintaining a separate website.

However, it should be clearly distinguished that e-commerce trading floors do not include online stock trading websites. This important difference sets a clear limit on the scope and nature of e-commerce exchanges, which focus only on the buying and selling of goods and services through the online environment.

2. Do you have to apply for an e-commerce trading floor license for the application?

The question is whether an application (app) needs to apply for an e-commerce trading license? To answer this question, we need to consider the case where a website allows individuals or other organizations to post advertising information about businesses, products or services. In this case, that website must register as an e-commerce trading floor. Specifically, a website operates as an e-commerce trading floor when it has the following characteristics:

• The website allows users to create booths to display and showcase their goods or services.
• The website allows users to create sub-sites to display and recommend goods or services.
• The website has a buying and selling section, allowing users to post information about buying and selling goods and services.
• Other types of websites are regulated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Note that according to current law, applying for an e-commerce trading floor license can apply to both desktop versions (websites) and mobile versions (applications). However, the conditions for businesses to carry out registration procedures for e-commerce trading floors in the form of mobile applications are necessary.

3. Conditions to be granted an e-commerce platform license

To meet the requirements for granting an e-commerce floor license as prescribed in Article 54 of Decree 52/2013/ND-CP (amended and supplemented by Clause 2, Article 10 and Article 11 of Decree 08/2018/ND -CP and Clause 19, Article 1 of Decree 85/2021/ND-CP), an organization or trader needs to satisfy the following conditions:

- Be a trader or organization established according to the provisions of law. This ensures that only legally recognized entities can operate in the e-commerce sector.

- There must be a project to provide e-commerce services, which must clearly state the following contents:

+ Operational organization model, including service provision activities, service promotion and marketing activities both inside and outside the online environment, as well as logistics activities for goods. This ensures that the organization or merchant has specific plans and preparations to carry out e-commerce activities effectively and sustainably.

+ Clearly define rights and responsibilities between organizations or traders providing e-commerce services and service users. This ensures that the interests of both service providers and service users are protected and managed in a transparent and fair manner.

- Must register to set up a website providing e-commerce services and have the registration confirmed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade according to the provisions of Articles 55 and 58 of the above Decree. This registration process ensures that organizations or traders have fully complied with the regulations and standards required to operate in the e-commerce sector.

In summary, to be granted an e-commerce platform license, an organization or trader needs to meet the above conditions to ensure that e-commerce activities take place in accordance with regulations and protect the interests of users. related parties. This also creates favorable conditions for the development and safety of the e-commerce industry in today's digital economy.

4. Procedures for applying for an e-commerce trading floor license

Step 1: Declare information to apply for an e-commerce trading floor license

To declare documents, traders or organizations access the e-commerce trading floor registration system on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade at www.moit.gov.vn. After filling in all the information required by the System, the trader or organization will send the online registration dossier to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Step 2: Within 3 working days, the trader or organization receives results from the Ministry of Industry and Trade via the registered email address with one of the following contents:

If the account registration information is complete, the trader or organization will be granted a system login account and continue with Step 3.

If account registration is denied or additional information is requested, the trader or organization needs to re-register or supplement information as requested.

Step 3: After being granted an account to log into the system, traders or organizations log in and select the function "Register for website providing e-commerce services". Then, they declare information according to the form and attach the registration dossier as prescribed in Article 14 of this Circular.

Step 4: Within 7 working days, the trader or organization receives feedback from the Ministry of Industry and Trade via the registered email address with one of the following contents:

- Confirm the registration documents are complete and valid and request the trader or organization to proceed to Step 5.

- Notification of invalid registration documents or request for additional information. In this case, the trader or organization must return to Step 3 to re-declare or supplement information and documents as required.

Step 5: After receiving notice confirming the complete and valid application, the trader or organization sends the complete registration application (paper copy) to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (Department of E-Commerce and Digital Economy) according to the provisions of Article 14 of this Circular.

- Traders or organizations are responsible for monitoring the status of application processing via email or the system access account that has been granted to update and edit information as required.

- Within 30 working days from receipt of the notice requesting additional information in Step 4 as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article, if the trader or organization has no response, the registration documents on the system The system will be terminated and the trader or organization must register again from the beginning.