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Here's an important warning for all third-party sellers on the Amazon marketplace.
Altering your bank account information at a time when the retail giant has just rolled out a new safety measure may result in the suspension of your seller account.
To shield you and other third-party sellers from persistent hackers, Amazon has come up with a Two-Step Verification (2-SV) which adds an additional layer of safety 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 change the info on your bank account, but holding it off for the time becoming will serve you well.
Closing your existing account and opening a new 1 could be worse, so steer clear of performing this at all expenses.
Even though 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 number when the dust has settled.
Do not let Amazon spot a discrepancy in the bank account which you have linked to your seller account, or else you will be suspended with out prior notification.
Amazon's additional layer of protection
By enabling Amazon's two-SV in your Seller Central account, you will make the job of hackers very difficult, if not ineffective.
The extra safety layer will require you to enter a security code aside from your login particulars when you sign in to your account.
You can obtain the safety code through email, 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 stop any possible attacks that may come their way.
Beneath is an excerpt from the message of Amazon Seller Support:
"We know there are poor actors out there, and while I can't speculate on their motives, we think the use of 2-SV is a critical security measure that sellers ought to enable and keep in their toolbox without waiting till June 30th when it becomes a requirement."
If you haven't enabled two-SV in your Seller Central account yet, head more than to the Help & Consumer Service page on the Amazon web site and adhere to the actions there.
Some sellers say the sign-up procedure was quick and simple, but to other people it was nightmarish.
