Connect DSA trader question

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imneo OP

Created Mar ’24

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Today the Connect page asks me to confirm if I am a trader or not under DSA.

I am an independent developer and have several apps in App Store. I have no idea what a trader is.

The DSA defines a trader as “any natural person, or any legal person irrespective of whether privately or publicly owned, who is acting, including through any person acting in his or her name or on his or her behalf, for purposes relating to his or her trade, business, craft or profession.” If you have questions about your status as a trader, consult with your legal advisor.

I emailed Connect support but their reply is very "official" which confuses me more.

Wayne0737 OP

Apr ’24

I'm also very confused. I'm an indie/hobby developer that has a paid for app that doesn't sell many units (only 40 in the 3+ years it's been available), but since it's a paid app, that would seem to qualify me as a trader.

As I said, I'm not making any real profit. Certainly not worth having my real contact information out there and also not worth setting up a business address or LLC

Can I just exclude it from the EU store and say I'm a non-trader? Or should I just make it a free app so that those few people who bought it can still get updates.

endecotp OP

Apr ’24

I'm an indie/hobby developer that has a paid for app that doesn't sell many units (only 40 in the 3+ years it's been available)

The important consideration is whether this is your “trade, business, craft or profession”.

stephenhouser OP

Sep ’24

Like others I'm a small (single) developer. Same problem. Don't want my phone number floating around to get more spam calls than I already do. Decided to just drop EU member states (24 of them) from availability.

Not worth paying more to keep my privacy than my app makes. Not worth the privacy violation.

I also agree, this is eroding the small developer business. While it's understandable it is still really sad to see it go this way. The little guy gets crushed once again.

DavidDo OP

Sep ’24

I select no distribution in EU because I don't understand about DSA trader, it has many complex options