The Online Merchants Guild is an association of independent online merchants committed to protecting e-commerce against marketplace manipulation that threatens competitive opportunities and unfairly burdens domestic small businesses.
Policy Positions
We are committed to promoting policies that protect Online Merchants.
Income Tax
The choice of a platform to store inventory in a state is not grounds for said state to impose their income taxes on an out of state entity.
Sales tax
We fight for fair administration of all taxes, and are prepared to take whatever legal steps are necessary to preserve the constitutional rights of our members.
Marketplace Fairness
Constant manipulation by marketplace platforms as well as external bad actors has led to a point where regulatory reform is necessary.
Breaking News
Online Merchants Guild Provides comment to FTC on behalf of 3P Merchants
In response to a request from the FTC for public comment regarding “Contract terms that may harm fair competition,” the Online Merchants Guild recently submitted the document below for review based on Issues facing the community as well as feedback from our members.
We have had some productive conversations with the FTC in regards to the issues that 3P merchants are facing and have found them to be receptive to our concerns.
We look forward to continuing to advocate on behalf of our members moving forward.