When the account requires KYC review, text will be displayed on your backend homepage.
At this point, click Click here to review. Before the review, please have all the information mentioned in the previous section ready. After clicking, you will go to the page where you start submitting the review to upload the information.
After clicking to upload data, you will come to the official upload page. Mark which document should be uploaded at each location.
Next, you need to open the files one by one to upload them. Let’s take the business license upload page as a demonstration. All subsequent pages will be uploaded in the same way.
Upload the required information one by one according to this method. After all the information is uploaded, return to the page where you originally uploaded it, click Submit for Verification, and start officially uploading all the information just now.
The above is the entire process for sellers to complete the KYC review. The following is a detailed text version.
1. Company information (Company information)
(1) Seller Category (SellerCategory): Be sure to select the (Company) option truthfully, otherwise you will need to re-register.
(2) Seller’s legal name (Company’s Legal name): Fill in the pinyin name of the company on the company’s business license.
(3) Registered business address: This address should exactly match the registered address on the company’s business license. Please use pinyin to fill in. If the address is too long, you can continue to fill in the second line.
(4) VAT Registration Number: The country code needs to be filled in before the tax number. For example, in the UK, add “GB”. If you haven’t applied for a VAT number yet, leave this unchecked.
(5) Seller display name (Displav name): refers to the Store Front Name set by the seller on Amazon.
2. Credit card information (Credit card information)
Credit card: Enter true and valid credit card information, visa cards are the best.
3. Primary Contact Person Information (Primary Contact Person Information)
(1) Name (First and Surname): Correctly fill in the first name (First name) and surname () in the passport. Surname), remember to keep the pinyin consistent with the pinyin on the passport, and never spell it randomly.
(2) Identity Document Type: Passports are currently accepted; if you do not have a passport, you can also provide your ID card (front and back) plus the household registration page (i.e. the household registration page containing your ID card number) ) as an alternative.
(3) Residential Address: Fill in the current valid residential address (not company address) of the owner. It is not necessary to write the address on the ID card. Please use pinyin to fill in. If you can’t write it in one line, please use two lines.
(4) Beneficial Owner Information: The beneficiary must be a legal person or shareholder of the company, that is, a person who accounts for more than 25% of the company’s income sharing. Don’t fill it in casually, the information here may be verified at any time.
4. Uploading documents
(1) Scanned copies of passports of all personnel; if you do not have a passport, you can provide your ID card (front and back) plus the household registration page ( That is, a scanned copy of the household registration page containing my ID card number).
(2) Business registration extract: Scanned copy of the company’s business license, preferably the original.
(3) Mainland China companies need a business license; Hong Kong companies need a company registration certificate and business registration regulations.
(4) The company’s various expense bills (A copy of business expenses from the following list): water, electricity and gas bills, landline phone bills, mobile phone bills, Internet bill, company bank statement tax, Insurance and social security bills, etc.
Generally, companies in mainland China do not need to provide: Companies registered in Hong Kong, China must provide billing requirements: within 90 days, the company name must completely match the legal name of the company previously registered in the seller’s backend.
(5) Personal daily expense bills (A copy of household expenses from the following list): water, electricity and gas bills, landline phone bills, mobile phone bills, Internet bills, personal credit card bills, taxes, insurance and social security bills, etc. Rent invoices issued by the above public institutions or formal units are also acceptable. If the seller’s personal bills are in the name of the spouse, a marriage certificate must also be submitted. If the seller’s bill is in the name of the landlord, a formal rental contract is required to prove the relationship. Billing requirements: Within 90 days, the address needs to match the contact address of the previously registered main contact or beneficiary. If the above bill cannot be provided, the individual’s temporary residence permit or temporary residence permit can also be provided.
(6) Bank statement (Proof of bank account ownership): Provide a scanned copy of the bank statement of the company’s corporate bank account.
Bill requirements: Include a clear bank logo or bank name, and must be printed with the company name and detailed bank account number. The company name must be consistent with the company name previously registered in the seller’s backend, and the account number can be inconsistent with the payment account number in the seller’s backend.
The bill can be undated, but if it contains a date, it needs to be within 12 months. If you need to keep it confidential, you can cover up your transaction records yourself. Bank account opening licenses for public accounts are also acceptable. Electronic bills are not accepted and must be photos/scans of paper bills.
Through the detailed explanation of these materials, we can find that the KYC audit is actually not difficult. The most troublesome part may be that these materials need to be prepared and there must be no traces of PS. Therefore, as long as you strictly follow the requirements written above and submit carefully, there will be no problems. After all, the KYC review is just an review to know who the beneficiary is, and it is not meant to set up obstacles and thresholds for sellers.