Sending documents to amazon. Update

As you are aware, Amazon now request government id and bank account verification to start selling.

You can choose to verify bank first or id, its upto you.

If amazon doesnt like your documents they will let you know within 17 hours.

If amazon do accept your documents they wont let you know. You just gotta verify your bank account which takes 3-10 days, then find out if they let you list or not

This is a bit ridiculous.

[GreenBean]

Their game so it can not be ridiculous.

Have to keep looking for the break-through.

[user3657]

for usa too?

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by user3657

for usa too?

Not as yet, no.

The amazon platforms (UK,FR,DE) started with these requests in the past 15 days much more across the board than before.

Rest assured numerous experiments are happening.

[TonyAlmeida]

Time to make up US account before they change

[Ebayorbust]

One positive out of this situation is that you can at least attempt ID verification without burning a bank account. On UK Paypal, you have to bank verify first before submitting documents.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by TonyAlmeida

Time to make up US account before they change

Hopefully they won't - that hasnt been the plan...yet and would be annoying

[TonyAlmeida]

Originally Posted by rsot

Hopefully they won't - that hasnt been the plan...yet and would be annoying

If they can do that to those countries then they will do it here sooner or later.

[GreenBean]

@Tony

Changes will come across the board.

As you said, make accounts now.

Be ready.

[TonyAlmeida]

Need to stop by the CVS store lo load it up with those Vanilla Card and will make accounts. It always better to have them backup handy

Originally Posted by Greenie

@Tony

Changes will come across the board.

As you said, make accounts now.

Be ready.

[Etycoon]

Originally Posted by roberto

As you are aware, Amazon now request government id and bank account verification to start selling.

You can choose to verify bank first or id, its upto you.

If amazon doesnt like your documents they will let you know within 17 hours.

If amazon do accept your documents they wont let you know. You just gotta verify your bank account which takes 3-10 days, then find out if they let you list or not

This is a bit ridiculous.

How do you verify the bank account...? Is like PayPal

[MICKY H]

I think this is a more a legal requirement for EU banking and payment regulations and amazon having to conform. This does kind of happen in the US with the tax interview. Has anybody tried setting up an account as a non EU based company or sole trader.

[kockedoff]

amz is already doing this with US accounts, when you go thought TAX interview (for pro accounts) your info does gets verified with IRS.

[alim]

Originally Posted by MICKY H

I think this is a more a legal requirement for EU banking and payment regulations and amazon having to conform. This does kind of happen in the US with the tax interview. Has anybody tried setting up an account as a non EU based company or sole trader.

I made 1 2 weeks ago.card details address and everything was Canada based.Standard gift card registered to canadian address (once used before on a us suspended acc) ,phone number canada based standard forwarding.didnt give any issues.Dont know whether they started this after that or was it really because of different country.
US tax interview can somehow be managed with llc or foreign affiliates.dont know whether that will work for UK.

Originally Posted by alim

I made 1 2 weeks ago.card details address and everything was Canada based.Standard gift card registered to canadian address (once used before on a us suspended acc) ,phone number canada based standard forwarding.didnt give any issues.Dont know whether they started this after that or was it really because of different country.
US tax interview can somehow be managed with llc or foreign affiliates.dont know whether that will work for UK.

this new requirment for passports started on 02/03/2014 (ddmmyyyy)

[MICKY H]

I am currently working in the US, will set up a UK account this week and report back.

[sax4]

I made a thread about de and fr in December

[user3657]

Originally Posted by TonyAlmeida

Need to stop by the CVS store lo load it up with those Vanilla Card and will make accounts. It always better to have them backup handy

do you make ind or pro accounts?

[eternity4u]

Here is update from me

I made a account on real info.
This is a individual seller, private seller.

First when signed up just few days back, like everyone else had the notifications of sending the docs in. I chose driving license since the passport is expired.
Then today i have seen that the notifications of requirements of documents has gone.
Although i am still waiting on the micro deposits.

I just have listed a item and everything seems to good.

But since this is a real account, i have not upgrading to pro merchant until i experiment with a ghost account. In a way i know what i can be in for

I did also put in some stealth details for a account, but did not click on anything to send docs. I left it has it was to see if the docs requirement disappears by itself
I would let you know later on

How about everyone. How is it all going?
Any success on Ghost accounts.

[jai]

at present apart from giving them the docs and if a business account by giving a utr number nothing works

[eiross]

hi guys

is there any update on the UK new account situation?

Are ALL stealth being asked for docs? thought it was just something i'd done wrong or wrong card to verify or address etc, i too am being asked for additional docs

not sure what to do now.....

any ideas?

just made account. entered passport number. but they never asked for scan of passport this time or utility bill.

waiting for them to activate acc