I am not a business
Hi there.
Please can somone give me some advice on resolving my account issue.
I am an individual, not a business. I have a day job and sell items out of my loft. I wrongly thought setting up an amazon account would be the same as setting up an eBay account
Im finding it very hard to explain this to amazon. I just keep receiving emails asking me to send them the correct business information. Ideally i would like to close the account but the account has to be clear of errors to do this.
Can anyone help me with this please.
I am not a business
Hi there.
Please can somone give me some advice on resolving my account issue.
I am an individual, not a business. I have a day job and sell items out of my loft. I wrongly thought setting up an amazon account would be the same as setting up an eBay account
Im finding it very hard to explain this to amazon. I just keep receiving emails asking me to send them the correct business information. Ideally i would like to close the account but the account has to be clear of errors to do this.
Can anyone help me with this please.
5 replies
Seller_ZVAz3d5lZuGid
If you are genuinely only selling your own, personal second-hand items, then the Individual Seller account is fine, but be aware that you cannot list anything as 'New', even if it is new to you and not opened. As soon as you list 'New' items Amazon assume you are a business, so if you have listed anything as NEW then just delete them, and explain that you onlyneed an Individual Seller Account.
Amazon is a very different platform to eBay, with many more rules, metrics to meet and policies to comply with, and really much more geared to businesses. Yes, you are right that you cannot close a deactivated account. You could possibly just leave it to go dormant if you don't want the hassle of trying to reactivate it, and concentrate on ebay.
Seller_H3nbeseYNRn9j
If you are selling regular items on Amazon then you ARE a business. You might not think so but you are selling for profit therefore you are a business and further more your profit is treated as taxable income and if you are not declaring that - well, the Tax Man has literally more powers tahn the Police. Beware!!
Seller_l9DWGFvAaJQ2I
Probably best stick to ebay for this kind of stuff.
And don't try to explain to Amazon either, they will not listen, or understand, or bend any rules.
It's their system and ways or naff off, no exceptions!
The other guys are correct re being a business. Ebay is best for you.
Seller_RAXEWLxQ2dbmN
Did you somehow give Amazon the impression that you run a company?
I'm not sure why they are asking for a letter of authorisation.
Have you listed any items as new and/or in quantity?
