Alcohol approval to sell
Hi
I have a rectifiers License and AWRS yet Amazon generic robotic forms are asking for a personal alcohol license which i dont actual need has anyone any advice or info
14 replies
Seller_NoLYurmb006tq
You would need a dbs and a premises license to sell alcohol online or via amazon.
Your AWRS is a wholesale meaning if you have that you can sell B2b providing you have the above in addition.
Seller_BVSJYwnQrrO3d
I love the way people who have personal licenses are jumping on the band wagon here. An AWRS license authorises you to sell wholesale… OR LESS. An AWRS overrides a Personal License. A Personal License just means that you will adhere to certain standards when you sell alcohol that you MUST purchase from an AWRS License holder. An AWRS License holder can sell to whoever they want!
I have an AWRS and a WOWGR. I have just applied to Amazon to sell my products that I am the HMRC approved Producer for. A Personal License is about 50 levels below what my existing licensing already covers me for.
Seller_sFEUMUfeW5484
As always what is required in the outside world and what Amazon require rarely match. As you know, to sell on Amazon you either comply with THEIR requirements or you don’t sell. Annoying but sadly true.
Seller_TvCP7Ng3EY5jq
Did you take the time to familiarise yourself with Amazon requirements?
Seller_I9O1E3ARlRdev
Amazon will make you jump through hoops just for the fun off it.
I sell drinks below the Licensing Act 2003 threshold but because they ‘appear similar’ Amazon requires me to have a personal and premises licence. I emailed the UK MD 18 months ago and he agreed with me it was wrong and would look into it. 12 months on there no change. I told the MD it was a bit like asking a blind person for their driving licence to get in a taxi. They don’t need a licence and wouldn’t get a licence so why ask to see it.
But as has often been stated in these forums, the Amazon world and real world are not the same. I now have personal licence and am applying for premises licence.
What I find really annoying as well though is that my alcohol-free products were rejected as I put them into ‘grocery’ and not ‘beer and wine’ yet when I flag to Amazon other similar products in ‘grocery’ are in the wrong category, they do nothing about it.
They do not understand the legal requirements and are inconsistent in their application of their own rules.
