Action required: Re-verify your Amazon seller account

[user3657]

What is this sh1t? Just went I thought everything was going good in life I get hit with this. Anyone ever seen this?
"Hello,

To help us maintain a trusted store for buyers and sellers, we are verifying your identity in accordance with the Amazon Services Business Solutions Agreement. To complete the verification process, please follow the instructions in the banner at the top of the “Account Information” page in Seller Central within the next 60 days:Seller Central.

Next steps:

Go to Seller Central.
Go to your “Account Information” page in Seller Central.
Click the “Start verification” link on the “Account Information” page in Seller Central. You will need to provide the following information to complete your verification:
Information about your business;
Information about your identity;
A government-issued photo ID;
A bank account or credit card statement;
A business license, if applicable."

I'm concerned it Amazon, if I don't type something in exactly like I did when I created the account it's toast....I forget if I did individual or business. I am technically a sole proprietorship because I use my SS number and not an EIN number. Should I put business or individual?

And why are they doing this? Did something scare them? Account has been running clean so far nothing negative.

[murdered_by_ebay]

amazon usually ask for new verification every year , at least in the UK they do , they may request different docs every time

[user3657]

Not in USA... My account 10+ years old...

[Freakzilla]

It's certainly not every year.

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

amazon usually ask for new verification every year , at least in the UK they do , they may request different docs every time

[agent006140]

when you open an account,you should write all the information used to open an account and keep it in a safe place,especially if it is a stealth account

[JamesNorth101]

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

amazon usually ask for new verification every year , at least in the UK they do , they may request different docs every time

Personally not experienced that in the UK but I also don't sell on Amazon in hugh bulk

[agent006140]

Originally Posted by user3657

Not in USA... My account 10+ years old...

They just want to make sure if anything has changed,like do you still own this account,ten years ago,they did not ask for photo document

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

amazon usually ask for new verification every year , at least in the UK they do , they may request different docs every time

No, they don't ask verification every year....

Maybe for you, but not in general.

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by user3657

What is this sh1t? Just went I thought everything was going good in life I get hit with this. Anyone ever seen this?
"Hello,

To help us maintain a trusted store for buyers and sellers, we are verifying your identity in accordance with the Amazon Services Business Solutions Agreement. To complete the verification process, please follow the instructions in the banner at the top of the “Account Information” page in Seller Central within the next 60 days:Seller Central.

Next steps:

Go to Seller Central.
Go to your “Account Information” page in Seller Central.
Click the “Start verification” link on the “Account Information” page in Seller Central. You will need to provide the following information to complete your verification:
Information about your business;
Information about your identity;
A government-issued photo ID;
A bank account or credit card statement;
A business license, if applicable."

I'm concerned it Amazon, if I don't type something in exactly like I did when I created the account it's toast....I forget if I did individual or business. I am technically a sole proprietorship because I use my SS number and not an EIN number. Should I put business or individual?

And why are they doing this? Did something scare them? Account has been running clean so far nothing negative.

There was a sweep throughout amazon since last week, even on accounts that have been around for 10+ years and FULLY verified.

I'd guess this will stop within another week.

[Beautiful]

Shops that were never video verified have been getting requests to video verify for the last 6-12 months. Not all of them but many reported old shops started requesting it.

Amazon is probably working a backlog of partial verified shops from years back and getting everyone fully verified and up to date... Considering all fully USA shops now require video verification + postal code verification before you can even start selling

[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

[murdered_by_ebay]

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101

Personally not experienced that in the UK but I also don't sell on Amazon in hugh bulk

they ask at least for confirmation of UTR or proof of address regularly

[murdered_by_ebay]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

No, they don't ask verification every year....

Maybe for you, but not in general.

in the UK verification is permanent , it may not involve ID but tax details and proof of address are checked on all sellers regularly , if not once a year then once in a couple of years. in any case confirmation of valid tax details and residence are required again and again

[ebaysuck]

Just got hit with these on some of my old accounts. Does anyone know who can produce the docs that will work on Amazon?
Thanks

[JamesNorth101]

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

in the UK verification is permanent , it may not involve ID but tax details and proof of address are checked on all sellers regularly , if not once a year then once in a couple of years. in any case confirmation of valid tax details and residence are required again and again

Yep they do ask for POA or UTR confirmation here and there over the lifetime of an account. Not experienced it being asked for each year though but again not a bulk seller there

[murdered_by_ebay]

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101

Yep they do ask for POA or UTR confirmation here and there over the lifetime of an account. Not experienced it being asked for each year though but again not a bulk seller there

the TO showed surprise in new verification but this is normal on amazon , I know a couple of people who even had their very old established accounts suddenly shut down , they just got a message about new verification , uploaded completely legit docs and then got suspended

I suspect such problems also occur if amazon decide that they do not like the shop's business model so they request fresh docs and suspend while docs are only needed to make sure the updated personal details are in the system to prevent them from being used again

[Hank]

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

amazon usually ask for new verification every year , at least in the UK they do , they may request different docs every time

Just to confirm in case there's any confusion, Amazon definitely do not re-verify accounts every year.

Any subsequent clap-trap about 'sellers they know' who went trough the re-verification process legitimately and were still permanently suspended is untrue misinformation merely do try and double down on their earlier errors.

[Freakzilla]

They don't. I've got multiple accounts and i've only had to do that more then once for one account.

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

they ask at least for confirmation of UTR or proof of address regularly

[murdered_by_ebay]

Originally Posted by Freakzilla

They don't. I've got multiple accounts and i've only had to do that more then once for one account.

wait and see , they will be asking to confirm details , it is only a question of time. on a couple of accounts I have that every year , on other accounts it happens rarely but requests for more docs will come at some point

[murdered_by_ebay]

Originally Posted by Hank

Just to confirm in case there's any confusion, Amazon definitely do not re-verify accounts every year.

Any subsequent clap-trap about 'sellers they know' who went trough the re-verification process legitimately and were still permanently suspended is untrue misinformation merely do try and double down on their earlier errors.

it is not errors for sellers active for years , it is rather review of selling activity

[Kingcookie]

What about for accounts that are now video verified? Like the new ones in the past 2 years

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

wait and see , they will be asking to confirm details , it is only a question of time. on a couple of accounts I have that every year , on other accounts it happens rarely but requests for more docs will come at some point

[Freakzilla]

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

Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

wait and see , they will be asking to confirm details , it is only a question of time. on a couple of accounts I have that every year , on other accounts it happens rarely but requests for more docs will come at some point