diff --git a/src/app/core/sellers/models/seller-user.model.ts b/src/app/core/sellers/models/seller-user.model.ts
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+import { UUID } from '../../../shared/types/primitive.types';
+
+/** Per docs/backend/PHASE-5-SELLER-PORTAL-CONTRACT.md §2, §4. */
+export type SellerRole = 'SELLER_OWNER' | 'SELLER_CATALOG_MANAGER' | 'SELLER_ORDER_MANAGER' | 'SELLER_FINANCE_VIEWER' | 'SELLER_VIEWER';
+
+export interface SellerUser {
+  id: UUID;
+  sellerId: UUID;
+  role: SellerRole;
+  email: string;
+  status: 'active' | 'invited' | 'suspended';
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/sellers/services/seller-gateway.interface.ts b/src/app/core/sellers/services/seller-gateway.interface.ts
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+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { Seller } from '../models/seller.model';
+import { SellerUser } from '../models/seller-user.model';
+
+/** Per docs/backend/PHASE-5-SELLER-PORTAL-CONTRACT.md §3. Operates on the existing Seller domain type. */
+export interface SellerGateway {
+  loadSellers(): Observable<Seller[]>;
+  loadTeam(sellerId: string): Observable<SellerUser[]>;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/sellers/services/seller-gateway.token.ts b/src/app/core/sellers/services/seller-gateway.token.ts
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+import { InjectionToken, inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { SellerGateway } from './seller-gateway.interface';
+import { SellerLocalGateway } from './seller-local.gateway';
+
+/** Swap point for docs/backend/PHASE-5-SELLER-PORTAL-CONTRACT.md §3. */
+export const SELLER_GATEWAY = new InjectionToken<SellerGateway>('SELLER_GATEWAY', {
+  providedIn: 'root',
+  factory: () => inject(SellerLocalGateway),
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/sellers/services/seller-local.gateway.ts b/src/app/core/sellers/services/seller-local.gateway.ts
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+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
+import { Seller } from '../models/seller.model';
+import { SellerUser } from '../models/seller-user.model';
+import { SellerGateway } from './seller-gateway.interface';
+
+/**
+ * No seller has ever onboarded (Seller Management is flag-off by default,
+ * zero backend today per GAPS-AND-IMPROVEMENTS.md). Seeded empty - ready to
+ * populate the moment docs/backend/PHASE-5-SELLER-PORTAL-CONTRACT.md ships
+ * and the flag flips on for the first tenant.
+ */
+@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
+export class SellerLocalGateway implements SellerGateway {
+  loadSellers(): Observable<Seller[]> {
+    return of([]);
+  }
+
+  loadTeam(_sellerId: string): Observable<SellerUser[]> {
+    return of([]);
+  }
+}