Re: are DOCS required for Amazon Europe?
Hi there,
I can give you a basic run-down what the general process is in Europe. Please keep in my mind, that these rules apply to European based sellers who freshly register on an European AZ marketplace. For US based sellers who register on an European marketplace these rules might differ. Unless you have a specific reason you could always use your already registered US based account and sell on the European marketplaces through FBA.
If you register a fresh account, they will first ask you to provide some general information, like registering as an individual or as a business. You would also need to provide your home address, your business address and the type of business, business registration number, date when the business was registered and so on.
After providing these info you normally get approved for selling up until 15000€. Before that they will not ask for additional verification. That is only in theory, as in most cases when they are seeing you are doing well and selling a lot, they will ask you to open an Amazon Payout account. This is kind of an account within the account. What ist is in reality, it is Amazon fulfilling its obligation to verify your identity by requesting a set of documents from you. These differ in terms of the type of business you are trying to register but generally include some form of photo id, utility bills for your home and business address as well as a copy of your business registration certificate. They will also ask for proof of your bank account in form of some bank letter. Needless to mention that your id has to be valid and other docs cannot be older than 90 days.
After providing these documents, your account will go in verification mode. Some sellers are allowed to continue selling during this time, others are not.
After you have been successfully verified by Amazon your selling restrictions are lifted and you are good to go.
Hope that helps, if any questions occur dont hesitate to come back here.
Last edited by azuser18; 09-15-2016 at 12:41 PM.
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