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Here's an essential warning for all third-celebration sellers on the Amazon marketplace.
Altering your bank account information at a time when the retail giant has just rolled out a new security measure may result in the suspension of your seller account.
To protect you and other third-party sellers from persistent hackers, Amazon has come up with a Two-Step Verification (two-SV) which adds an extra layer of security to your account.
So at the moment, the company does not welcome any modifications which you may make to your bank account particulars noncompliance will lead to your account's suspension.
Sellers whose accounts have been suspended had to wait for hours or even weeks to be reinstated.
There are various factors why you would want to alter the info on your bank account, but holding it off for the time becoming will serve you nicely.
Closing your current account and opening a new one could be worse, so avoid performing this at all expenses.
Although other sellers are gloating that they have effectively updated their bank accounts and not faced any repercussions at all, a bigger percentage of whom are now crying over spilt milk.
In case your bank has performed a system upgrade and automatically changed your bank account quantity, it would be sensible to ask them if they could possibly activate your new quantity when the dust has settled.
Don't let Amazon spot a discrepancy in the bank account which you've linked to your seller account, or else you will be suspended without prior notification.
Amazon's additional layer of protection
By enabling Amazon's 2-SV in your Seller Central account, you will make the job of hackers very difficult, if not ineffective.
The extra safety layer will need you to enter a security code aside from your login particulars when you sign in to your account.
You can obtain the safety code via e-mail, text message or an authenticator app from Google which is downloadable to your phone.
Amazon encourages all sellers on their marketplace to enable two-SV the soonest time that they can so that they can prevent any possible attacks that may come their way.
Beneath is an excerpt from the message of Amazon Seller Assistance:
"We know there are poor actors out there, and whilst I can't speculate on their motives, we believe the use of two-SV is a crucial safety measure that sellers should enable and keep in their toolbox with out waiting till June 30th when it becomes a requirement."
If you haven't enabled two-SV in your Seller Central account yet, head over to the Help & Customer Service page on the Amazon web site and follow the steps there.
Some sellers say the sign-up procedure was quick and easy, but to others it was nightmarish.
