Glossary · IND — industry term

proxy buying

Provenance class: IND — industry term
Terminology layer: Industry context
Introduced in version: 1.0

Status: Explanatory
Version: 1.0
Canonical source: Canonical Specification v1.1 §9, §10.1
License: CC BY 4.0; Report a correction

Contextual meaning (industry term)

A service may purchase as an agent or intermediary on the customer's instruction.

— Canonical Specification v1.1, §9, typical organizing relationship (classic proxy buying)

From the canonical source

In the PRISM base model, the platform presents and completes its own retail transaction with the customer. Proxy is not used as the leading financial/compliance descriptor and does not, by itself, establish an agency relationship.
— Canonical Specification v1.1, §9, distinction from PRISM Commerce

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Permanent URL: https://prismcommerce.org/en/glossary/proxy-buying/

Cite

“proxy buying.” PRISM Commerce Glossary, Version 1.0. https://prismcommerce.org/en/glossary/proxy-buying/. Source: PRISM Commerce — Canonical Specification, Version 1.1, SPEC §9, §10.1, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22978762.

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