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Category approval

Meaning in e-commerce, with examples

nounCommon term

In e-commerce, category approval means: Permission from a marketplace for a seller to offer products in a category that restricts seller access.

In Turkish: kategori satış onayı

How it is used

Sellers request category approval and provide the required evidence; identity verification alone may not grant permission for every category.

Example sentences

  1. We requested category approval before buying stock for the new beauty range.

    Permission is checked before committing money to goods that may be restricted.

  2. The seller passed identity checks but still lacked category approval for those products.

    The category decision has a narrower scope than verifying the seller's identity.

Common collocations

  • request category approval
  • category approval requirements
  • obtain category approval
  • marketplaceA large website or app where many independent sellers list and sell their products, while the platform handles traffic, payments and often delivery rules.
  • third-party sellerAn independent business that sells its products on someone else's marketplace, as opposed to products sold by the marketplace company itself.

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