The Law on Trade (“Official Gazette of RS,” No. 52/2019) governs dropshipping as a method of conducting electronic commerce in Serbia. Following the provisions of Article 17 of the Law on Trade (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 52/2019), dropshipping is defined as a form of electronic commerce in which a retailer sells goods through an electronic store or an electronic platform, while the goods are delivered to the consumer directly from the manufacturer/wholesaler.
According to the above definition, there are three people involved in the described dropshipping form of electronic commerce:
- manufacturer/wholesaler
- seller of goods on the platform (dropshipper)
- customer (consumer).