The Road To An Amazon Suspension3153984
Here's an important warning for all third-celebration sellers on the Amazon marketplace.
Altering your bank account info at a time when the retail giant has just rolled out a new safety measure might result in the suspension of your seller account.
To protect you and other third-celebration sellers from persistent hackers, Amazon has come up with a Two-Step Verification (two-SV) which adds an extra layer of safety to your account.
So at the moment, the business doesn't welcome any changes which you might make to your bank account particulars noncompliance will lead to your account's suspension.
Sellers whose accounts have been suspended had to wait for hours or even weeks to be reinstated.
There are different reasons why you would want to change the info on your bank account, but holding it off for the time being will serve you nicely.
Closing your existing account and opening a new 1 could be worse, so avoid doing this at all expenses.
Although other sellers are gloating that they have effectively updated their bank accounts and not faced any repercussions at all, a larger percentage of whom are now crying over spilt milk.
In case your bank has performed a system upgrade and automatically changed your bank account number, it would be sensible to ask them if they could possibly activate your new number when the dust has settled.
Do not let Amazon spot a discrepancy in the bank account which you have linked to your seller account, or else you will be suspended with out prior notification.
Amazon's additional layer of protection
By enabling Amazon's 2-SV in your Seller Central account, you will make the job of hackers extremely difficult, if not ineffective.
The additional security layer will need you to enter a safety code aside from your login particulars when you sign in to your account.
You can receive the safety code via e-mail, text message or an authenticator app from Google which is downloadable to your telephone.
Amazon encourages all sellers on their marketplace to enable 2-SV the soonest time that they can so that they can stop any possible attacks that may come their way.
Beneath is an excerpt from the message of Amazon Seller Support:
"We know there are poor actors out there, and while I can't speculate on their motives, we think the use of 2-SV is a critical safety measure that sellers ought to allow and keep in their toolbox with out waiting till June 30th when it becomes a requirement."
If you haven't enabled 2-SV in your Seller Central account however, head more than to the Help & Customer Service page on the Amazon website and adhere to the actions there.
Some sellers say the sign-up process was quick and simple, but to others it was nightmarish.
