Office for National Statistics — retail sales
UK retail and internet-sales releases. Record the exact release, table, period and revision date used.
Open primary sourceEvidence directory
UK ecommerce evidence starts with primary sources.
Use the source owner, exact release and capture date. This page does not publish estimated market size, seller counts, returns rates or private Search Console data.
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HMRC — VAT guidance
Current VAT registration, online-marketplace and record-keeping guidance. Obtain qualified advice for a specific business.
Open primary sourceInformation Commissioner's Office
UK GDPR guidance. Hosting location alone does not determine compliance.
Open primary sourceAmazon UK Seller Central
Account-specific fees, programme eligibility, policy and fulfilment documentation.
Open primary sourceeBay UK Seller Centre
Current seller fees, policies and account guidance.
Open primary sourceTikTok Shop UK Seller Centre
Current account, category, fee, fulfilment and returns requirements.
Open primary sourceTemu Seller Centre
Account-specific seller terms and eligibility. Contractual rates should not be inferred from third-party estimates.
Open primary sourceCitation checklist
- Prefer the organisation that owns the underlying data.
- Record title, URL, release date, table and reporting period.
- Distinguish UK, Great Britain and global figures.
- Label estimates, synthetic tests and survey samples explicitly.
- Do not turn one seller account's terms into a market-wide claim.
- Do not infer rankings, traffic or revenue from AI answers.