Does anybody have any experience of using a PO Box address on Amazon, especially for returns?

We have been on Amazon for over 10 years, so not a new seller. We are moving from our business premises in a few weeks and will be using a residential address for a period. We do not want our residential address publically available for security reasons and have set up a PO Box address. This is no issue on any other marketplace or our website, but Amazon seem to be less than helpful with these type of changes.

All other business information will remain the same - company name, registered business address, company number, VAT number, contact details etc

- The return address will need to be changed to the PO Box address so that customers do not have our residential address.

- The ship from address can remain as our residential address if this information is not publically accessible and used only internally by Amazon. If it is shown publically then this would also need to be changed to the PO Box address.

Does anybody else do something similar or have any experience of it?

Thanks in advance

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Hello,

I find it extremely concerning that if as a seller, I'm not meeting the target rate of below 5% for uploading an invoice within 24 hours of a customer payment, I am at risk of deactivation.

If this is such a sensitive metric that can lead to de-activation of an account, why isn't there a notification alert from Amazon requesting sellers to upload the invoice within 24 hours of the payment being made with the order I.D for said invoice each time? We get an email alert to respond to buyers messages within 24 hours of the buyer message for instance.

As sellers, we have a host of duties to perform. Do they expect us to check the orders page every few hours to ensure this mundane task is promptly met within a very narrow timeframe each time? This is extremely unreasonable in my humble opinion. I would like to adhere to this, however, life gets in the way, and without notification prompts, this is very difficult to adhere to ALL OF THE TIME.

Is there a way to receive an alert from Amazon each time an order is placed requiring an invoice to be uploaded?

I have auto invoices set up for all the countries where I have VAT registration, but occasionally, you get orders from other EU countries that do not have VAT registration, thus making this task difficult to adhere to without fail.

I was automatically enrolled in remote fulfillment with only Canada as an option. All of my US FBA listings are marked "inactive" with no stock when I check my Germany account.

When I checked the "Remote Fulfillment ASIN Status Report", it says this:

"There's an issue with your offer in the target store. To identify and fix the issue, go to the Listing Quality dashboard in the target store account. Once the issue is fixed, the offer will be automatically added to Remote Fulfillment."

How can I make all of my UK FBA listings active listings in Germany?

We have received an email today of a parcel (book worth about £70) to the Netherlands being returned by Evri and looking at the P2G tracking info it says it failed customs clearance. We don't know why that is as so far as we're aware we filled in everything online. However we noticed today when looking at the order that as well as the order id there is an order item id. We have no need for those numbers so hadn't paid much attention before but Amazon tell us to put the number on the parcel when sending to the EU. We had put the order id on the parcel but was it actually the order item id that we needed to put on the parcel and might that be the reason it failed customs clearance?

Thanks for any advice on this.

Your tags to all the mods may not be seen as they are not highlighted in blue. Not sure how you did it, but you need to start typing their name and then select from the dropdown that appears, so that they are tagged properly and highlighted. I find you need to do the @, the name and then when you type the underscore they appear.

eg. @Seller_mIRnuhdx7l5sN @Seller_DNQGSsdC7DccM etc.etc.

Hello,

Your funds are on hold in keeping with Amazon policies. Funds will not be transferred to you even if they reflect in your Seller Central account.

Why did this happen?

We are withholding your funds under applicable regulations and the Amazon Payments UK – Selling On Amazon Payments User Agreement:

https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/external

How do I address this issue?

No action is required by you.

I have provided all information, I am a UK resident and have been for the last 10 years, my disbursements have been stopped and even tho I keep calling I get no reply whatsoever other than this is with the relevant team and that I should wait. This is having a massive effect on my business, I had been paying suppliers from my own personal money and I am running out of money.

What do I do here?

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I've attempted to remove all listings multiple times but uploading a blank excel has never worked. I spent about 4 hours one day deleting about 30,000 products I accidently listed by allowing a third party supplier access to my amazon.

Little did I know, that I would have to do this across EVERY international Amazon site. I receive violation emails every day for products I have listed but set to zero. It's utterly ridiculous there's no simple "delete all" button. It took HOURS just to do UK listings.

Quote: "My account is not registered as a business"

Ah, that might explain it. Are you registered with an Individual Seller Account, rather than a Business seller account ? If so, and as said in above reply, you can ONLY sell off your own personal second-hand items (eg. book, DVDs,Cds etc) and NOT goods.listed as NEW.

If you plan to sell new goods you MUST have an Amazon BUSINESS seller account and be registered with HMRC as self-employed, and have given Amazon your UTR.

Apologies if I am assuming something that is not actually correct, but trying to help. Unfortunately most of these immediate 'decisions' are all done by bot - since you last sold the bots have taken over much of Amazon !

Having issues with Group VAT registration - UK uses "Making Tax Digital" however Amazon wants a paper version, which HMRC no longer issues.

mdri-exec-escalations@amazon.co.uk haven't answered emails

MCF and removal orders, and funds now held.

Anyone got any advice? Or forum MODs, any chance you can contact us?

Hello Sellers,

Having a healthy seller account is crucial for your success on the Amazon marketplace. The Account Health Dashboard provides an overview of your selling account's adherence to Amazon's performance targets and policies. Regularly monitoring and addressing any issues is essential to ensure uninterrupted selling privileges.

What is the Account Health Dashboard?

The Account Health Dashboard displays key metrics that Amazon uses to evaluate your account's performance, such as:

-Order Defect Rate: Measures customer experience with your orders

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Account Health FAQ

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