Problems with Amazon selling account

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HI all,

Not sure if this is the right area of the forum for this but here goes.....

I got an email from Amazon today saying they are changing the way their seller accounts work and I would need to verify my information in order to get a Selling on Amazon account, as this is where seller payments will now come from.

I went onto another computer as I didn't necessarily trust the email, and logged into my seller account independently of this email. I'm being asked to provide my passport information, business information and other information about my business premises. I'm a little concerned by this, I only ever sell books that I've read and have no use for and this seems a little OTT. In fact I only have two items in my entire inventory.

Has anyone else had this message and can they tell me what it means in plain English! I don't really understand why Amazon is changing.

Best answers:

• I provided them with the info they wanted last year and started sellling on Amazon, including abroad, now they want more documents for my Amazon Payments Europe account which I really can't be bothered with at the moment!
• what if you don't have a passport ?
• It seems like a little overkill for personal customers, I rarely make more than a couple of pounds in profit, I only sell to avoid hoarding! Seems strange if it's for vat/tax purposes given Amazon's registered in Luxembourg, hardly famous for high taxes......
• Hi,
  I'm a individual not a business who has been selling on amazon for a couple of years. I've just had a request for my passport id number from amazon.
  I'm no overly comfortable with this. (I'm half inclined to stop selling with them.)
  What does everyone else think? Do you think giving such personally information safe?
• As long as it is Amazon and not a phishing scam then you either provide ID or stop using them.
• I've merged two threads here and if I can find the other similar threads I'll add them as well. I suspect there will be more and more people asking about the new Amazon selling requirements as each batch of sellers gets approached.