So confused - how can I sell stuff but keep my personal info like address and SIN private? | Selling

erotavlas-0 · 2026-01-09T00:47:31.831000Z

I know the best way is to sell as a business with a proper business number for taxes and a business address (which probably means registering a corporation at least provincially). But what about as an individual if I don't want to go that far? I only want to sell a few items, not really start a business but I have reservations about giving my personal info to buyers like home address (which is required for returns) In particular my SIN. My sellers account is disabled because I am missing information, and I tried setting it up again but I **bleep**ped out when it started asking me to link a bank account. And I can't see further into the set up process, nor could I find what the remaining set up steps are from the documentation. Is SIN really required in the set up process? What comes after the bank account linking? I just want to know the steps so I can make a decision as to how to proceed (either continue as individual or register as a business) Thanks

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