Current problems when concluding a retail purchase and sale agreement using online stores and marketplaces

This article examines the remote retail purchase and sale agreement as a modern and developing method of concluding transactions between the seller and the end consumer. A number of reasons are revealed that allow the purchase and sale agreement to "adapt" to new market conditions and ensure the possibility of protecting the rights of all its participants. Attention is drawn to the problematic issues that arise when concluding such an agreement. In addition, the provisions of the current legislation in the field of distance trading, relevant at the time of the study, are analyzed. As a result of the analysis of the materials of judicial practice, as well as the norms of current legislation, possible methods for solving urgent problems are proposed.