Tranferring a seller account
Hi all I am hearing mixed reports with regards to selling/transferring amazon seller accounts. I have at present agreed a small selling price with a friend who will take over the running of the account. We would need to change the information from mine to his. I contacted amazon and they have told me to contact an associate at the “accounts verification” department.
Has anyone had experience of this process. It does seem on the face of it that amazon does not allow this however it does happen all the time.
Any advise would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Ernie
Tranferring a seller account
Hi all I am hearing mixed reports with regards to selling/transferring amazon seller accounts. I have at present agreed a small selling price with a friend who will take over the running of the account. We would need to change the information from mine to his. I contacted amazon and they have told me to contact an associate at the “accounts verification” department.
Has anyone had experience of this process. It does seem on the face of it that amazon does not allow this however it does happen all the time.
Any advise would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Ernie
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Despite the Amazon policy clearly says that Seller Accounts are not transferable, even if the business ownership changes, as they include your feedback and buyer’s order history, nothing is preventing you from simply going through the process anyway by changing the account details and undergoing a verification.
Many sellers managed to successfully sell their accounts, others were left with a permanently suspended account unable to complete the verification. So it’s up to you.
Here you can review Amazon’s help pages regarding the matter:
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And:
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https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/help.html/?itemID=G901&ref_=xx_G901_a_r92_cont_sgsearch
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Thanks Kika I have heard however that people can request the change and amazon allows it. Also it doesn’t say seller accounts are NEVER transformable it says “generally”. I am really confused here as the best way ahead?
Thanks again
Ernie
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You can’t sell an account according to Amazon’s rules.
If the seller account is owned by a LTD company that CAN be sold which effectively gives your friend control of seller account.
At least thats how it should be done.
There are also less clean ways of doing it but there are risks with these options.
Best thing to do is to tell Amazon what you want to do and see if they would allow transfer then you know where you stand.
Seller_NH4v1RJprL6Uj
Thanks Kika that is great advise. When you state “You will need to rethink whether it’s worth for you to risk that the account won’t be able to complete the verification and remains suspended”
Do you mean that the account can remain suspended if you are granted permission from amazon your if you go ahead and risk it?
Thanks again
Ernie
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Hi Onemore it’s a ltd account.and yes it’s a business account. Cheers Ernie