Beware of operational risks! Some sellers have had their entire site blocked

Recently, Amazon US officially announced that eligible North American unified accounts have now been expanded to Brazil. Although this is a low-cost way to test the new market and easily expand new business opportunities, some sellers still suffered product and shipping losses due to failure to obtain this information in time; some sellers even face the risk of having their accounts banned .

Pay attention to operational details to avoid potential risks

According to experience, sellers have communicated with Amazon managers and learned that: this time, Amazon's North American sites include the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Therefore, even if sellers do not want to sell in Brazil, they cannot close this site alone. Once they choose to close it, the other three North American sites will also be closed. If operated properly, the automatically added Brazilian site will have a relatively limited impact on sellers.

The top priority for all sellers is to add payment methods to the Brazilian site in a timely manner to avoid triggering identity verification video reviews due to orders generated by remote delivery.

In fact, you only need to add or assign the payment information to the Brazilian site directly in the background of the US site, and in most cases, you can make a smooth transition and avoid such embarrassing situations. It is worth noting that in order to avoid possible problems during system settlement, sellers are advised to complete the payment settings adjustment a few days before and after the payment date.

To avoid uncollected payments on the Brazilian site, it is best to add a payment method even if you do not operate the Brazilian site. If you do not add payment, when opening remote delivery, the seller may encounter a situation where the link is automatically listed in Brazil, resulting in orders being generated but payments not being collected.

For sellers, if you want to add payment to the Brazilian site, there are currently two ways:

First, add it directly in the background;

Second, the backend allocation of the US site.

According to experienced people, using the US site backend allocation method is relatively safer and usually does not trigger an audit. However, sellers still need to avoid operating within three days before and after the payment date to ensure a smooth process.

In addition, as for the monthly rental fees and the impact of long-term non-operation that sellers are concerned about, the good news is that as long as the joint account status is maintained, there is no need to pay additional monthly fees for the Brazilian site . As long as you check the background performance notifications regularly and enable holiday mode when appropriate, under normal circumstances, even if you do not actively operate the Brazilian site, it will not lead to the closure of the entire store.

However, we should also be wary of the potential audit risks that may be brought about by accounts that have been inactive for a long time. Once the audit fails, all associated sites may be implicated.

Although Amazon emphasizes that displaying the "Brazil" option on North American accounts does not force sellers to sell in Brazil, in actual operations, many sellers report that even if they have no intention of entering the Brazilian market, they will still suffer various troubles, such as receiving payment and warning notifications. For this reason, industry insiders suggest that if the Brazilian site is not in operation for a long time, sellers should consider turning on the holiday mode in the background settings , and handle any operations related to the Brazilian site with caution to prevent triggering the risk control mechanism and causing the account to be suspended.

In short, in the face of the quiet addition of the Brazilian site, sellers are advised to complete the payment settings as soon as possible and pay close attention to Amazon's policy changes in a timely manner to avoid potential economic losses.