Upgrading to Professional plan after downgrading
Hey everyone,
I recently signed up for an Amazon seller account, and I am currently assigned the Professional plan. My team and I have not begun using the seller services(MCF, then FBA) yet, and therefore want to downgrade to the individual plan temporarily.
Based on the information here, it says after downgrading, my FBA account would be placed in staging for 120 days, during which you can no longer sell or have active listings. You can finalize pending transactions during this time, and then the account will be terminated automatically. Your FBA account for this store will also be suspended during this process...After downgrading, you will no longer be able to upgrade your amazon.com.mx account.
I wanted to confirm the technicalities in the information above.
Given this is my first month, and I do not plan to use the services(MCF, FBA) within the next 2-3 months.
Would I be able to downgrade to the Individual plan and upgrade to the Professional plan later without any issues?
Thank you
Upgrading to Professional plan after downgrading
Hey everyone,
I recently signed up for an Amazon seller account, and I am currently assigned the Professional plan. My team and I have not begun using the seller services(MCF, then FBA) yet, and therefore want to downgrade to the individual plan temporarily.
Based on the information here, it says after downgrading, my FBA account would be placed in staging for 120 days, during which you can no longer sell or have active listings. You can finalize pending transactions during this time, and then the account will be terminated automatically. Your FBA account for this store will also be suspended during this process...After downgrading, you will no longer be able to upgrade your amazon.com.mx account.
I wanted to confirm the technicalities in the information above.
Given this is my first month, and I do not plan to use the services(MCF, FBA) within the next 2-3 months.
Would I be able to downgrade to the Individual plan and upgrade to the Professional plan later without any issues?
Thank you
2 replies
Seller_Hi7wbO2Kbo6bl
Changing of plan (either downgrade or upgrade) may spark the need for verification. Or not. There is not way to predict this.
You seem to think you must have the professional plan to use FBA -- that is not so. Sellers on the individual plan may use FBA. Some categories may require professional plan.
Steve_Amazon
Hi @Seller_ryIWJqn6nzX3j,
Steve from Amazon here, thank you for the question. I am unfamiliar with the information posted above regarding 120 days of staging. Can you please provide the direct help page where you see that?
Below is an FAQ from this resource. You should also be able to upgrade to a professional plan in the future however there may be certain delays based on settlement periods and other factors.
Can I downgrade my Professional selling plan?
Yes, you can downgrade to an Individual selling plan using the account settings on Seller Central. You will no longer be charged the monthly Professional selling plan subscription fee for the subsequent months, provided you don’t have active listings in other stores where you retain a Professional selling plan. You can continue to sell in Amazon stores, but will lose access to the services of the Professional selling plan. If you wish to downgrade merged accounts, each country or region must be downgraded or you will continue to be charged for the Professional selling plan if you have active listings.
Switch to an Individual selling plan
Switch to a Professional selling plan
Please let me know if there are any other questions.
Thanks,
Steve
