In plain English
This means the seller is separate from the company that runs the marketplace. It is a person or business using that company's online marketplace to sell goods or services to customers.
In context
Here, "third-party seller" indicates that the seller is an outside person or business using the marketplace, not the company that operates the site.
- Situation
- Browsing product availability, variants, stock, condition, and seller information
- What it communicates
- identifies the seller as an outside seller rather than the site operator.
Meaning limits
By itself, this term does not identify which person or business the seller is, only that it is not the marketplace operator.
Examples
“She bought the case from a third-party seller through an online marketplace rather than from the company that runs the site.”
“When the parcel was missing, the customer wrote to the third-party seller through the marketplace.”