chrome webstore developer dashboard - am I a trader or non-trader?

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I've just logged into my chrome webstore developers dashboard. I'm met with a new popup asking me to select an option:

Action required

Declare if your publisher account is considered a trader or non-trader with respect to European Economic Area (EEA) consumer protection laws. Learn more about why we ask this

This is a trader account: the publisher is acting for professional purposes (i.e. for purposes relating to its trade, business, craft or profession) in relation to contracts made on this marketplace.

This is a non-trader account: the publisher is acting for purposes which are outside its trade, business, craft or profession in relation to contracts made to this marketplace.

Action required - Declare if your publisher account is considered a trader or non-trader with respect to European Economic Area (EEA) consumer protection laws. Learn more about why we ask this.  This is a trader account: the publisher is acting for professional purposes (i.e. for purposes relating to its trade, business, craft or profession) in relation to contracts made on this marketplace.   This is a non-trader account: the publisher is acting for purposes which are outside its trade, business, craft or profession in relation to contracts made to this marketplace.

The help doc: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/trader-disclosure/ is fairly clear in terms of right now, if I'm a trader or non-trader I know what to do.

However I'm not sure what to choose. I'm a casual developer and I create plugins purely for a hobby. However, if any of them became super popular, went viral etc, I might consider adding a paid premium option, subscriptions or possibly monetise it in some way.

What option should I choose? Are there any long term implications, and can I change these options at a later date?

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Not a lawyer here. If you select the trader option you will be prompted for your business name, address, etc. So it seams that trader is a broad term for a business entity.

You can still sell products and services as a private person. But with new EU law in place, customers will be informed that they might not expect the same level of consumer rights protection.

This also matches with the wording in the European Commision press release: enter image description here

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