Can individual business owners do business on Amazon? What are the requirements?

Amazon is a relatively old cross-border e-commerce platform with good traffic. Therefore, more and more Chinese sellers want to open stores on the Amazon platform. Some of them are self-employed businesses. Can self-employed businesses do business on Amazon?

1. Can individual business owners do business on Amazon?

Individual business owners can also apply to enter Amazon, but they can only register by themselves, and cannot register through investment managers like companies or factories. However, the pass rate for individual business registration is lower than that for corporate registration.

Information for self-employed individuals to enter Amazon:

1. Business license for self-employed individuals

2. Personal ID card (the same as the one used to register an Amazon store)

3. Mobile phone number and email address (both must not have been registered with Amazon. It is recommended to use a foreign email address and do not use the same email address as eBay, AliExpress, etc.)

4. Dual currency credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, etc. that support dual or multiple currencies)

5. Bank account (personal bank account, mainly used for foreign exchange settlement and cash withdrawal)

6. Payment account (Payoneer, Pingpong and other third-party payment accounts. Note that some payment accounts do not support personal identity registration)

7. Independent network IP (i.e., IP address that has not been used for any Amazon registration, login, operation, etc.)

2. What is the difference between a personal seller account and a global store account?

The personal seller account and the global store account are the same. The main difference is that it takes 60-90 days for a personal account to get the gold shopping cart buy box, while the global store account has the buy box as soon as the account is created. There is also a difference in the sales amount between personal seller accounts and global store accounts, that is, when sales grow too fast, personal sellers are relatively more likely to be subject to account review.

Individual business owners do not have legal person status, and their owners bear unlimited joint and several liability for debts. Therefore, if you want to register an Amazon store, you must check your business license to see if it is a "limited liability company" in the "Type" column.

Individual business owners can also apply to join Amazon, but if you are a self-employed individual, you can only register by yourself and cannot register through a business manager. This will be more difficult, and you need to prepare relevant information in advance.

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