Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account

JamesNorth101 · #23 03-18-2023

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Originally Posted by Freakzilla

I have 10 accounts. It's only ever happened to one of them, so I don't have to wait and see.

Yep I run a few as well - again none selling in major quantities and while i have had a POA asked 2 times in a few years its not been anything major

ebaysuck · #24 03-19-2023

anybody else got hit with these ?

ebaysuck · #25 03-19-2023

What information should I enter in box "company registration number"? It's stealth account with just EIN I don't have llc or business license under it.
Please help

agent006140 · #26 03-20-2023

did you register the business with the state and city?
doing business as DBA ,or getting a retail certificate from the state to show you are a retailer and should not pay sales tax on any item you bought for resale

**SaiJin** · #27 03-20-2023

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Originally Posted by Kingcookie

Did anyone with newer account get this?

we know few people with very old account 12 years got this

They are not video verifying though, just passport & bank statement & if you fail they steal your funds so be careful

Old and new accounts got it

Kingcookie · #28 03-20-2023

Even if you just video verified last year you get this?

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Originally Posted by SaiJin

Old and new accounts got it

**SaiJin** · #29 03-20-2023

I have never gotten a single video verification request...

xDerekRx · #30 03-20-2023

Have had my account for 7 years and just got this too.

Not sure how to proceed?

I did the first and last name as the companys 2 names when originally signing up which matched the S Corp info , bank info and EIN. Never entered an actual person on there. I assume there are others that went this route too.

Not sure what to do.

**SaiJin** · #31 03-20-2023

Well you have no other choice but to just give them what they want

Porsche032 · #32 03-21-2023

Got this same message on two accounts. One from 2015 and one from 2017. Are they randomly selected or are they eventually going to go through all accounts?

murdered_by_ebay · #33 03-21-2023

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Originally Posted by Porsche032

Got this same message on two accounts. One from 2015 and one from 2017. Are they randomly selected or are they eventually going to go through all accounts?

amazon have been doing it across the board , it is unknown whether everyone will be hit but I do know at least two people who had very old and very well established accounts shut down this way without further explanation and those accounts were not stealth

agent006140 · #34 03-21-2023

I have 2 accounts going way back,AMZN has not asked me .

agent006140 · #35 03-21-2023

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Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

amazon have been doing it across the board , it is unknown whether everyone will be hit but I do know at least two people who had very old and very well established accounts shut down this way without further explanation and those accounts were not stealth

Did they say why?
I suspect depends on what you sell

murdered_by_ebay · #36 03-21-2023

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Originally Posted by agent006140

Did they say why?
I suspect depends on what you sell

they just requested new verification but I suspect it is in fact a review of selling activity because they rejected absolutely genuine docs

**SaiJin** · #37 03-21-2023

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Originally Posted by Porsche032

Got this same message on two accounts. One from 2015 and one from 2017. Are they randomly selected or are they eventually going to go through all accounts?

You'll never know exactly what they are doing, but a lot of verified old and new accounts are being asked to reverify.

agent006140 · #38 03-21-2023

It is good practice to ask old accounts to re verify themselves,as one does not know if the original owner is still active?

ebaysuck · #39 03-21-2023

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Originally Posted by agent006140

did you register the business with the state and city?
doing business as DBA ,or getting a retail certificate from the state to show you are a retailer and should not pay sales tax on any item you bought for resale

i got none of those things. it's stealth account made up name and EIN for llc on my real name and SSN. LLC wasn't open with any state. Accounts are like 9 years old

rsot · #40 03-22-2023

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Originally Posted by agent006140

It is good practice to ask old accounts to re verify themselves,as one does not know if the original owner is still active?

painful for ppl experiencing it though

lyl797 · #41 03-22-2023

I just go hit by this.
After I submit all my true identity documents, AMAZON now saying cannot verify my account because of this.
"The number that you entered in Seller Central when you registered your account does not match the unique ID number in the identity document. Update the number in Seller Central to match the unique ID number in the identity document."

I created this stealth account 10 years ago with other ID info.
But now I want to update all the info using my real identity to avoid future issues.

Anyone has experience on this ?
Am I in trouble? Or I should be able to update all account ID info to my real identity ?

AMAZON provided contact us link in this email though.
But before I contact AMAZON, I want to get some help and advice from you guys 1st ..

Any one could give me your thought?

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**SaiJin** · #42 03-22-2023

Wait, so the acc itself has a different info than the docs that you submitted?

lyl797 · #43 03-22-2023

Yes, the EIN and SSN on the account were different when registered.
However, The registered EIN tax number was filed under my real LLC business for years.

If I explain to AMZ that the old SSN was from my old friend who created the account for me long time ago, and we no longer have contact, but I have been filing tax under my real business EIN for years.

Would this work for AMAZON to update my identity to my real current ones?

Thanks for reading my message and reply.

chris100 · #44 03-22-2023

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Originally Posted by lyl797

Yes, the EIN and SSN on the account were different when registered.
However, The registered EIN tax number was filed under my real LLC business for years.

If I explain to AMZ that the old SSN was from my old friend who created the account for me long time ago, and we no longer have contact, but I have been filing tax under my real business EIN for years.

Would this work for AMAZON to update my identity to my real current ones?

Thanks for reading my message and reply.

I would think they would close the account if you suggest it was opened by someone else.

Can't you open a new one with your real details?