Selling on Newegg Business: Who Handles Exempt Buyers and Resale Certificates, and What About Off-Platform Wholesale?

On Newegg Business, Newegg calculates and collects sales tax on platform orders, and buyers who want an exemption apply to Newegg through its own process, with Newegg Inc named as the seller on the certificate, so it generally doesn't go through you. You collect resale certificates yourself only on wholesale orders you make off the platform, and to give your own suppliers a resale certificate you generally need a sales tax registration in the relevant state. B2B orders also pay out later: 25 days after delivery.

What Newegg Business is

NeweggBusiness.com is Newegg's business-purchasing storefront, run from the same Seller Portal as Newegg.com. According to the Newegg Business seller page (checked November 2026), it has more than 350,000 verified business buyers and a $419 average order, compared with $242 on the retail site. Buyers include companies, schools, healthcare organizations, government and system integrators.

How selling works: U.S. sellers show proof of operations within the 50 states and submit a W-9, bank, ownership and insurance details; sellers outside the U.S. use the global route. Newegg.com listings can sync to the B2B storefront automatically, with listing content, price, inventory and status each set separately, and Shipped by Newegg inventory can be shared between B2B and B2C. Referral fees follow the same categories as the retail site (10% for computer hardware, 8% for consumer electronics, 12% for most categories), plus $0.29 per order.

Quotes: business buyers can request a quote on one or several items with a quantity and target price. The request goes to several sellers, who bid or decline, and the system picks the winning seller; the buyer then decides whether to order. When no existing bulk offer fits, buyers can submit a custom quote with quantity, target price, delivery date and deadline.

Payouts: Newegg Business orders are paid 25 days after delivery; with tracking but no delivery status, 45 days after shipment; with invalid tracking, not at all. Retail orders pay 7 days after delivery. Budget an extra month of working capital for B2B.

Who collects sales tax on platform orders?

Newegg says it is the seller of record for sellers' products sold on its websites and calculates, collects and remits sales tax in 45 states and DC (in Alaska, only certain municipalities). Newegg Business platform orders are handled the same way. Sales tax shown in your settlement reports is not your revenue.

Exempt buyers: Newegg's help center article on sales tax and tax exemption (updated July 21, 2026) has tax-exempt organizations and resellers apply in their own Newegg account. The certificate must show the organization's name (individuals' names aren't accepted), a state exemption number or federal EIN, a current-year date, Newegg Inc as the seller with its Diamond Bar, California address, and a description of what will be bought, such as IT hardware, software or peripherals. A resale exemption needs a valid resale permit (number, date and company name, checked against the state's database) and a signed resale certificate. Review takes about two business days, after which future orders aren't taxed.

Third-party seller items: Newegg's page doesn't say separately whether exemptions apply to marketplace sellers' items; Newegg's answer decides. If a business buyer asks you for an exemption on your invoice, point them to Newegg's process and don't refund tax privately off the platform, because Newegg collected and remits it.

Off-platform wholesale orders: you collect the resale certificate

After a first order, business buyers often come to you directly. Off the platform, you are the seller and sales tax is your responsibility.

First, check whether you have a sales tax obligation in that state: inventory there (such as the California and Indiana SBN warehouses), an office, or sales into the state above its economic nexus threshold (typically $100,000 a year; $500,000 in California, Texas and New York) means registering, collecting and filing.

When the buyer is a reseller, get a resale certificate: common options are the Multistate Tax Commission's Uniform Sales & Use Tax Resale Certificate and, in Streamlined Sales Tax member states, the SST certificate of exemption; North Carolina uses Form E-595E, Texas Form 01-339 and California CDTFA-230. Get it at or before the sale, complete and signed, accept it in good faith and keep it on file. Without one, or with one that is plainly wrong, treat the sale as taxable; if an audit finds the gap later, you pay the tax.

When the buyer is an exempt organization: schools, government bodies and other exempt buyers give the state's exemption certificate or number, which you also keep on file.

Verify numbers: many states let you check resale permit numbers online. Check before large orders and keep a screenshot.

Your own purchases: giving suppliers a resale certificate

When you buy from a U.S. distributor for resale, you can give the distributor a resale certificate to avoid sales tax on the purchase. You generally need your own sales tax registration and permit number in the relevant state; some states accept out-of-state registration numbers and some don't. A foreign seller with no state registrations usually can't issue resale certificates and buys tax-paid, with the tax added to inventory cost.

Example (hypothetical numbers, to show the method)

Company C is a California-registered accessories seller with inventory in the California SBN warehouse. A North Carolina system integrator requests a quote on Newegg Business for 200 network cards; C bids $45 a card and wins. Sales tax on this $9,000 order is Newegg's job; the integrator gives Newegg a North Carolina resale certificate if it wants the exemption. C is paid 25 days after delivery, net of the 10% referral fee ($900) and the order fee.

Three months later the integrator orders 1,000 cards directly from C at $43, $43,000 off the platform. C has no inventory in North Carolina, so it checks whether this order plus its other off-platform sales into North Carolina pass the state's $100,000 economic nexus threshold (North Carolina's rules are in our North Carolina sales tax guide); either way, it collects a signed Form E-595E from the integrator and keeps it. In California, where C has inventory and physical presence, registration and returns continue as usual.

Keep these apart in the books

Record B2B and B2C platform revenue by channel; a winning quote's discount lowers the selling price rather than creating an expense; sales tax collected by Newegg stays out of revenue; off-platform wholesale revenue gets its own account with a list of resale certificates attached; and because payouts are slow, delivered-but-unpaid orders are receivables at period end.

For Newegg's full fees, SBN, entity choices and tariffs, see our Newegg guide. To map your state sales tax obligations before taking off-platform wholesale orders, book a free 15-minute call or reach us on WeChat at YCLUSA.

Sources

Newegg Help Center: Sales tax and tax exemption

NeweggBusiness: Sell on Newegg Business

Newegg Seller Academy: B2B Quote Management

Newegg Seller Academy: Seller Payment Disbursement

Multistate Tax Commission: Uniform Sales & Use Tax Resale Certificate

North Carolina Department of Revenue: Form E-595E

Last checked: November 9, 2026

This article is general tax information, not tax or legal advice for any individual or company. State sales tax rules differ; each state's revenue department decides.