I don’t use Amazon but I wrote a post a while ago about Amazon asking for video verification when I tried to open an Amazon account. Believe me when I say this but this will happen on eBay one day. Create as many accounts as you can while it’s not required.
I don’t use Amazon but I wrote a post a while ago about Amazon asking for video verification when I tried to open an Amazon account. Believe me when I say this but this will happen on eBay one day. Create as many accounts as you can while it’s not required.
Planning to open a brand new account however do they always now ask for ID when creating the account in the USA? And how are they able to verify it?
Yes. Amazon wants your id and bank statement scans/photos to be uploaded during account registration, then the next step is most likely you'll be invited to pass a video call with the rep and if you have your documents ready then you can do it in next 10 min or you can schedule your video on a later time, they want to see your face, your id (dl or passport) and paper bank statement with address, also might be asked to bend your plastic id to see holograms or turn the pages of the passport to make sure it's not a piece of paper
Sometimes, if you're lucky they'll let you in without a video call verification, but you might be asked to do it later on during your first fund withdrawal.
In the last step, they will send a postcard with 6 digit code to verify your address which you registered on file with Amazon as your business address, usually takes 2-5 days to arrive, so you'll finalize your account registration once you enter that code from the postcard. Then just wait for an email with the outcome, very often they deny your documents, so just be patient and try again with the new email address.
At the moment Amazon can't verify your id! But make sure that barcodes on the back side are scannable and correspond to the info in the id itself, the same with the passport - the correct MRZ code is a must-have.
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