Selling fruits on Douyin, e-commerce law, business license, food business license.

According to the latest news released by Douyin, external link functions (such as Taobao, JD.com, and Pinduoduo) will be gradually shut down before October 2020. If an individual or company wants to carry out live broadcasts with goods, Online transactions can only be completed with the help of "Douyin Store". In the future, the possibility that there will be no store and no live broadcast can be ruled out.

So, the question of whether licenses and permits are needed to sell goods on Douyin is actually asking, do you need a business license and food business license to open a Douyin store to sell fruit?

In the "E-Commerce Law", the following exceptions do not require a business license:

1. Sellers with sporadic small-amount transaction activities.

2. Sales of self-produced agricultural and sideline products and cottage industry products.

3. Use personal skills to carry out ordinary labor activities.

So according to the e-commerce law, if the fruits you sell live are grown by your own family, you do not need to apply for a business license; if the fruits you sell live are grown by villagers in your hometown, you need to apply for a business license. license.

However, in fact, when filling in information when opening a Douyin store, there is a required item for a "business license". In other words, Douyin does not intend to know whether the fruit you sell is Homegrown. It can be seen that the "E-Commerce Law" intends to help farmers, but this ideal is no longer available when it comes to platforms.

To sum up, if you want to sell fruits from your hometown through Douyin live broadcast, you must open a Douyin store. To open a Douyin store, you must have a business license.