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ETBİS (Electronic Commerce Information System)

What is ETBİS?

ETBİS (Elektronik Ticaret Bilgi Sistemi) is the registration and notification system operated by Türkiye’s Ministry of Trade under the secondary legislation of E-Commerce Law No. 6563. Service providers selling through their own website or mobile app — and intermediary platforms — must register before starting e-commerce activity and periodically report specified data, including sales volumes.

Scope notes

  • Merchants selling only on marketplaces do not open their own ETBİS record — the duty sits with the platform; anyone with their own storefront is in scope;
  • Registration covers domains and mobile apps; changes must be notified within 30 days;
  • Non-registration draws administrative fines and is trivially detectable — the system is publicly searchable.

Why it matters

For e-commerce ventures ETBİS sits alongside VERBİS at the top of the incorporation compliance list, and is a standard representation in investment and platform agreements.