Re: Professional Seller Account Error?
Ah sorry I don't think we were on the same page. There is no loophole for the 50 requirement. That one is QUITE strict from what I read on Amazon Support Forums....people were yelling about accounts getting locked & such. The loophole is being able to switch from personal account to pro without the grueling "give us all the info upfront" part, since most people starting a stealth account won't have LLC info ready up front. Nor do I think it's a good idea, since you could very well burn a LLC with a new Amazon account that gets canned for some reason.
Basically, if you start out as Pro seller, they want all tax and company info UP FRONT. If you start as individual but switch to Pro seller the next day, they still only ask for tax when the 50 item limit approaches. So there is a sort of quasi loophole there.
Because Amazon has arbitrarily decided to enforce a lower 50 item limit before tax info is due, it makes it harder for people who would ordinarily wait on the LLC until they absolutely must. But, I repeat again, it is NOT a good idea to open a Amazon account immediately with your LLC info. What if it gets suspended in the first 30 days? You just lost your LLC and whatever it cost, and burned a good address too. Getting suspended for bogus reasons is par for the course for new Amazon accounts, same as MC999 on eBay, especially with the Great Amazon Holiday Purge coming up. No one would put in tax info in PP on the same day they signed up, and Amazon is no different, in my view. I know this sucks from a volume viewpoint, but if you are planning to sell 50 items the first month on Amazon without doing your homework and getting LOTS of good feedback, you are probably a good candidate for being suspended, in their opinion, anyway.
Sorry for going on and rambling, but I must, once more advise, against immediately popping in that LLC info. You, simply put, just can't really control what happens to your Amazon account in the first month or two....the risk isn't worth it. Put that LLC info in once you get some good feedback and have passed a velocity review.
Last edited by ovidiu; 10-21-2014 at 01:55 PM.
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