What Is Online Participation?

Online trading services refer to the necessary services for sellers and buyers to conclude online sales contracts (by auction or click or other methods).

Online trading services

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Online trading services refer to the necessary services for sellers and buyers to conclude online sales contracts (by auction or click or other methods).

Chinese name

Online trading services

Main body

Parties to online transactions

Provider 1

Network Trading Platform Provider

2

Network transaction auxiliary service provider

Because online transactions are business activities carried out on the Internet, almost all transaction records exist in the form of electronic data. In order to ensure the security and efficiency of online transactions, many entities are required to participate in the transaction process as online transaction service providers. Compared with the online transaction parties, these subjects belong to a third party, and various rights and obligations relationships with the transaction parties also occur during the transaction. According to their service content, online transaction service providers can be divided into two categories: online transaction platform providers and online transaction auxiliary service providers.

1. Network Trading Platform Provider

The network transaction platform provider refers to a legal person engaged in the operation of the network transaction platform and providing transaction services for the main body of the network transaction. A network trading platform is a computer information system provided by platform service providers for conducting online transactions. The system includes the Internet, computers, related hardware and software. The network transaction platform provider provides the letter necessary for the parties to conclude an online transaction contract. Self-service, release, information transfer, contract formation and depository services.

2. Network transaction auxiliary service provider

The online transaction auxiliary service provider refers to a legal person or natural person who provides online shopping auxiliary services to the online transaction subject in order to optimize the online transaction environment and promote online transactions. From the perspective of service content, it can include providing auxiliary services such as identity authentication, credit evaluation, online advertising, online marketing, online payment, logistics distribution, and transaction insurance for both parties of online transactions. Production enterprises independently develop online trading platforms and carry out procurement and sales activities, and can also be regarded as online trading service providers. Network transaction platform service providers can provide online transaction support services at the same time.

Online transaction entities and online transaction service providers are collectively referred to as online transaction participants. Among them, the online transaction subject directly participates in the online transaction and is the two parties to the online transaction contract; the online transaction service provider belongs to the third party category and indirectly participates in the online transaction.

1. Online transaction subject

The subject of online transactions, that is, the parties to online transactions. The parties to an online transaction are the parties that enter into a contract directly through the network and enjoy and assume the rights and obligations determined by the contract. Therefore, the parties to an online transaction are the parties to the contract. Because almost all contracts can be concluded through the Internet, the specific title of the online transaction subject needs to be determined according to the specific type of the contract. For example, in the sales contract, the party transferring the property is the seller and the party transferring the property is the buyer. In reality, natural persons, legal persons and other organizations can conclude contracts with others through the Internet, thereby becoming parties to online transactions.

2. Online Trading Service Provider

In order to ensure the safety and efficiency of online transactions, many other entities are required to participate in goods transactions or service transactions. Compared with parties involved in online transactions, these subjects belong to the category of third parties. They also form various legal relationships with the parties involved in transactions. These entities include financial institutions such as banks, certification agencies, trading platform providers, and cargo distribution agencies. When online transactions involve online payments, the participation of financial institutions, such as banks, is required, so the need for banks to serve the flow of funds in transactions is exactly the same as that played by traditional banks. A certification agency is a legally significant service organization that verifies the authenticity of an electronic signature and its signatory. It proves the identity of the electronic signer and its credit status to eliminate the doubts of both parties and ensure the security of the transaction. Enterprises can either set up their own websites to trade directly with others, or they can trade with others through trading platforms or online commodity trading centers established by others. In the latter case, the platform provider provides traders with venue services, information services and other services. Become an indispensable auxiliary subject of transactions. In the purchase and sale of tangible goods, the delivery of goods still needs to follow the previous delivery method, so the goods delivery agency is essential.

3 Distinguish meaning

As the service providers of online transactions are also indirectly involved in online transactions, it is necessary to prevent confusion between online service providers and online transaction entities when identifying online transaction entities. Under normal circumstances, the distinction between banks, certification agencies, and cargo distribution agencies and online transaction entities is obvious, and it is not easy to cause confusion; and online transaction platform providers are easily confused with online transaction entities. Since this directly involves the commitment of the rights and obligations of the transaction (contract), it is necessary to distinguish between the online trading platform provider and the online trading company.