Marketplace & Ecommerce: Trustap Validate
All sellers, verified
Trustap Validate checks that everyone receiving money through Trustap is who they say they are, monitors after sign-up, and handles tax reporting on sellers' sales income under EU DAC7 and UK DRR for marketplaces where it's required. Included with Trustap Checkout and Trustap Protection.
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One check for everyone who gets paid
Whether you run a marketplace with many sellers or sell through your own online store, everyone receiving money through Trustap is verified before a payout happens.
For marketplaces, that means fake sellers can't cash out and compliance is handled for you. For ecommerce stores, it's a one-time step before you start getting paid. Either way, your buyers still check out as guests, and it's all included with Trustap Checkout and Trustap Protection for no extra fee.
Marketplaces
Ensure every seller is real before they get paid
Fake sellers are a common way buyers get scammed. Even when your platform never touches the money, that impacts your reputation. With Trustap Validate, no marketplace seller is paid until they're verified, so fraudsters have nothing to cash out.
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Marketplaces
Compliance built in, not built by you
Paying out to your sellers comes with anti-money-laundering checks and, for some sellers, reporting their sales income to tax authorities under the EU's DAC7 and the UK's digital platform reporting rules (DRR). Building that in-house means a compliance team, a verification vendor and months of work outside your core business.
For marketplaces, Trustap Validate handles seller checks and approval, carried out by our partner, Stripe. After sign-up, Trustap continues to monitor transactions and restricts payouts when activity looks fraudulent. For marketplaces where DAC7 or UK DRR applies, Trustap prepares and files the reports as needed.
Marketplaces
Your sellers' ID never touches your systems
Verifying marketplace sellers yourself means collecting personal data, then securing it under GDPR or local regulations. With Trustap Validate, this is all handled for you, so you get verified sellers without taking on their most sensitive data.
Key Features
Personal & business verification
Private sellers, sole traders and small businesses without a VAT number confirm their identity with an ID document and a selfie, usually in minutes. Registered companies complete business verification (KYB), which confirms the company is real and identifies the people who own and run it.
Your sellers' ID never touches your systems
Verifying marketplace sellers yourself means collecting personal data, then securing it under GDPR or local regulations. With Trustap Validate, this is all handled for you, so you get verified sellers without taking on their most sensitive data.
Ongoing monitoring and payout controls
Verification doesn't stop at sign-up. Trustap monitors transactions for fraudulent activity and steps in proactively, including restricting payouts, so suspicious money is stopped before it leaves.
DAC7 and UK DRR tax reporting
DAC7 (EU) and DRR (UK) require marketplaces to report qualifying sellers' sales income to tax authorities each year. Where a seller qualifies, Trustap files the report using details collected during verification, and lets the seller know.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Anyone receiving money through Trustap: marketplace sellers, ecommerce merchants and marketplaces themselves. Verification must be complete before any funds are paid out.
Every seller on a marketplace is verified by Trustap Validate before they can be paid out. Trustap then monitors transactions, restricts payouts if activity looks fraudulent, and handles DAC7 reporting for sellers who meet the reporting criteria.
No. Buyers pay as guests, with no registration or verification, so your checkout stays quick.
Most sellers complete it in minutes inside the Trustap onboarding flow. Personal account verification is the faster route; business verification takes a little longer as it covers company details and owners.
No. Trustap Validate is included with Trustap Checkout and Trustap Protection at no extra cost.
Trustap Validate is available as part of Trustap Checkout or Trustap Protection. It is what makes verification before payout possible. It cannot be used as a standalone product.