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Here's an important warning for all third-party sellers on the Amazon marketplace.
Altering your bank account info at a time when the retail giant has just rolled out a new safety measure might result in the suspension of your seller account.
To protect you and other third-celebration sellers from persistent hackers, Amazon has come up with a Two-Step Verification (two-SV) which adds an extra 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 details 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 different factors why you would want to alter the info on your bank account, but holding it off for the time being will serve you well.
Closing your current account and opening a new 1 could be worse, so avoid performing this at all costs.
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 method 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'll be suspended with out prior notification.
Amazon's extra 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 additional safety layer will need you to enter a safety code aside from your login particulars when you sign in to your account.
You can obtain the security code via email, text message or an authenticator app from Google which is downloadable to your phone.
Amazon encourages all sellers on their marketplace to allow 2-SV the soonest time that they can so that they can prevent any possible attacks that might come their way.
Below is an excerpt from the message of Amazon Seller Assistance:
"We know there are bad actors out there, and whilst I can't speculate on their motives, we think the use of 2-SV is a critical safety measure that sellers ought to enable and keep in their toolbox with out waiting until June 30th when it becomes a requirement."
If you haven't enabled two-SV in your Seller Central account however, head over to the Assist & Consumer Service page on the Amazon web site and follow the steps there.
Some sellers say the sign-up procedure was fast and simple, but to other people it was nightmarish.
