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Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

what category of inventory?

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Edit, then print. Scan on same user account as your AZ acct. Scan as Jpeg.

Works every time for our accounts. No lingering data.

PhD

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

What if you just print as a pdf file? Its creating a new pdf as if you just downloaded it from your bank no?

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

nice data stripping

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Will still have some data to it. Exactly what, I don't know. Scanning as a Jpeg cleans it perfectly (has been proven).

PhD

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Can't you just strip metadata with windows?

Removing photo metadata on Windows

1.Go to the folder that contains the images you want to address.
Select an image file.
2.Use your mouse to right click and select “Properties” from the menu.
Next, select “Details.”
3.Select the option to create a copy of the file with all possible properties removed.
Select “OK.”

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

I haven't tried this way but looks simple

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Seems easy and simple enough, but, you are at Microsoft's mercy if anything stays.

PhD

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

It was related to the INFORM Act. Since I posted I've been able to re-activate 2 of the 4 accounts by submitting what they're asking. I'm worried about the last 2 because that's where most of FBA inventory is, and the most amount of money being withheld. These last 2 accounts are also 100% stealth accounts. I will keep you all updated

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Yes they are actually sending postcards. I just received my first one last week

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Dietary Supplements

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Ugh... that's a really regulated category.

I'm assuming you already got your permission to sell the first time?

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

I've sold around $30MM in supplements between my 4 accounts, and they've been active since 2018.

My "stealthiest" account just got approved yesterday. What a relief! Amazon is releasing the $60,000 sitting on the account.

My first ever account in my name from 2015 was suspended in 2016. Since then I've been worried about using my name/ID/etc.. on any account.

But apparently Amazon has either not linked my suspended account to my new Driver's License, or they don't care? Because I'm using my name, ID, and address on the stealth accounts for verification and they're passing.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

I have stealth account thats s-corp all legit address, entity, EIN information but the name used to make it was just randomly made up. What can I do for point of contact now? Can I use my girlfriends info? Are they linking account based on address at this point of contact ID check?

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Why can't you use your info? Did you have a suspended account at some point?

Also, what part of the verification process do you still need to do?

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Balling status...why did you get suspended? Just curious..

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Yes previous account suspended like 8 years ago. I'm on the point of contact ID verification step. I'm not sure to put in my actual information here or try to use somebody elses?

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People are using their personal email to pass the reviews but who knows if Amazon will come back later and link them. All amazon wants is the info of the person who manages the account. Using a family member or someone you see being in your life for the seeable future is the best option imo

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Try your personal info and see if it works.
If it doesn't then you'll know and reformat the PC and start over.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

"If you are required to provide a Business License, the business owner’s or representative’s name in the Business License should match with the ID proof uploaded."

Wonder if this is an issue saw it on the ID part when I go to upload the images.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

If you are operating as a sole proprietorship and using your Social Security Number (SSN) instead of an Employer Identification Number (EIN), you would generally be considered an individual for most purposes. As a sole proprietor, your business and personal finances are not legally separated, so you would typically file taxes as an individual and not as a separate business entity.

When filling out forms or applications that require you to indicate your status, you should select "individual" rather than "business" or "sole proprietorship." This is because your legal status is tied to your individual identity as the owner of the business.

However, it's worth noting that specific forms or applications may have different terminology or options. If you encounter a situation where you're unsure about how to classify yourself, it's always a good idea to consult with a qualified professional such as an accountant or attorney who can provide guidance based on your specific circumstances and the relevant regulations in your jurisdiction.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

I suspect once Amazon has collected all the information from this round of verifications ..they may run that data against past suspended accounts. However they will need more than just a name match given the size of the database. If Amazon also has DOB, EIN or SSN from suspended accounts etc may provide a second field so there may be an uptick in suspensions in the future.

Alternatively they may be sensible and say that if someone has run his account for 5-10 years he most likely is now a good actor even if had been suspended in the past

I guess we are all going to be finding out some time soon

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

0 chance of that. The automated system will match the information and process an automatic related account suspension.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Yup that is what I think ...it will be a pure database matching thing but I did not want to be negative!

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

quite possibly

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Also, and this goes for everything related to amazon document requests. Creative, but simple and exactly what they asked for documents are better than a bunch of authentic documents that offer a roundabout way of proving what was asked.

Eg. apparently there's a big issue with bank account verification right now where they want to see a statement with a personal name on it instead of the business name. The person who submits a statement with their personal name on it will just get accepted immediately. The person who goes to the bank and gets a letter from them explaining that they're the authorized signer on the business account probably spends a lot of time getting the documentation, and probably gets rejected by Amazon anyway.

There's 2 ways Amazon reviews things:
1. Automated. Anything other than exactly what they're looking for will be rejected
2. Manual review, with a person following a set of rules as to what to look for. Their below minimum wage indian workforce isn't authorized to use their own judgement on the review. If your documents don't fall within a set of guidelines they'll be rejected.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

hello,
I am at TAX ID verification. As an individual, should i upload SIN Card? as i am in canada. If not SIN card, what document are they accepting. thank you for help

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

I am there too. Waiting for verify, hoping overnight tonight.

After the postcard code enter, they said to re-submit tax ID.

One is by SIN, another acct by HST.

Will let you know what works when it happens.

PhD

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

will be waiting, thank you

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

SIN card works, as well as the HST paperwork from the Gov.

Make sure to redo tax interview with correct name of SIN or Business contact name for HST.

PhD

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

my account is a German account.
I do not have a German tax number and documents, so I am trying to create a new US mmllc and provide that tax number and documents to my account.
Will this work? will amazon ask my German tax number again? is it already toasted?

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

if you create a separate USA account then it'll have nothing to do with your german account.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

right but i want to make it alive if it can.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Are you using your real ID on multiple accounts?

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Amazon is only doing the re verify thing for clients who didnt have to do when originally creating the account. In the past some accounts when you made allowed you to skip certain ID processes. Now amazon is backtracking on those accounts.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Amazon Services Business Solutions Agreement.

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Seems stealth

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

Seems like he is using real details as he has new drivers license and he is surprised he hasn't been linked with his first account (suspended).


"But apparently Amazon has either not linked my suspended account to my new Driver's License, or they don't care? Because I'm using my name, ID, and address on the stealth accounts for verification and they're passing"

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

That's interesting...so if you move, you can potentially register a new amazon account in your name if you've been suspended previously?

Re: Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account
 

If he is re-using everything then you don't have to move.
It may be his account is in good standing so they aren't checking for suspended accounts? Maybe it will linked at a later date?

ID was always the problem. The unique identification number.

Address is less of an issue as people move and businesses may share an address (some will use mail forwarding address or their accountants address)