The Road To An Amazon Suspension9728865
Here's an important warning for all third-party 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 may result in the suspension of your seller account.
To protect you and other third-party sellers from persistent hackers, Amazon has come up with a Two-Step Verification (two-SV) which adds an extra layer of security to your account.
So at the moment, the business does not welcome any changes which you might make to your bank account details 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 factors why you would want to change the information on your bank account, but holding it off for the time being will serve you nicely.
Closing your existing account and opening a new one 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 more than 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've linked to your seller account, or else you will be suspended without prior notification.
Amazon's additional layer of protection
By enabling Amazon's two-SV in your Seller Central account, you will make the job of hackers extremely difficult, if not ineffective.
The extra security layer will require you to enter a safety code aside from your login particulars when you sign in to your account.
You can receive the security code through email, text message or an authenticator app from Google which is downloadable to your phone.
Amazon encourages all sellers on their marketplace to enable 2-SV the soonest time that they can so that they can prevent any possible attacks that may come their way.
Beneath is an excerpt from the message of Amazon Seller Support:
"We know there are bad actors out there, and whilst I cannot speculate on their motives, we think the use of two-SV is a crucial security measure that sellers ought to enable and maintain in their toolbox without waiting till June 30th when it becomes a requirement."
If you haven't enabled two-SV in your Seller Central account yet, head over to the Help & Consumer Service page on the Amazon web site and adhere to the steps there.
Some sellers say the sign-up process was quick and simple, but to others it was nightmarish.
