The Short Answer
To protect your Amazon account after transfer, open it only in the delivered browser profile with its proxy, then update the passwords and check the 2FA inside the first 48 hours. In the first 30 days, check (do not redo) what Amazon already re-verified, replace our service phone number inside about two weeks or by the date in your delivery file, and keep the account unlinked from anything else you run.
An anti-detect browser holds one profile per account, a separate device identity, so this account never shares a browser fingerprint with anything else on your computer. A proxy is the fixed IP address the account connects from. Both arrive with your credentials file.
Support runs 30 days from delivery or until your first sale, whichever comes first. Your first sale closes the window early, so the setup work below belongs in front of it.
1 month
Your check-in call, booked at the end of the delivery walkthrough.
2 weeks
Our recommendation for replacing our number. The hard date is in your file.
30 days
Support from delivery, or until your first sale, whichever comes first.
Days 1 and 2: Before You Touch Anything
You get a file with your credentials and a portal walkthrough for your first login. The support window starts here. Open the account inside the delivered browser profile, with its proxy enabled, and nowhere else.
Three rules from the last step of that walkthrough, and they do not bend:
- Always use the anti-detect browser with the proxy enabled.
- Never log in through regular Chrome, Safari, Edge or Firefox, even when it logs in fine.
- Never log in from public WiFi or a shared computer.
2FA is two-factor authentication, the code from an app on your phone that Seller Central asks for after the password. It is already on when the account reaches you. Our portal offers two apps for the codes, 2FAS and Google Authenticator, and we no longer recommend Twilio Authy. Keep the authenticator app safe, save the credentials file somewhere secure, and never share the credentials with anyone.
From Day 1: Keep This Account Unlinked from Any Other
If you already sell on Amazon, sharing a device, an IP, a browser profile, payment details or an address will link the two accounts.
That is why the account comes on a clean company never used on Amazon, with a new bank account, new payment details and new logins. Keep it that way.
Keep the proxy active. If it stops working, close the profile and stop using the account. In the first 30 days after delivery a failed proxy is replaced free. Do not log in again until the proxy is replaced.
If you bring in a virtual assistant, never hand over your login. Amazon's own page on transferring a seller account says that where the ownership of a business is not changed but the individuals responsible for managing the account have, you can add users to the account. Give the assistant their own user.
Days 3 to 7: Check What We Already Changed
During the transfer we changed the email, 2FA, phone, bank and ownership data by hand, and Amazon re-verified the ID, business address, bank, email, phone, tax ID and point of contact. The previous owner's addresses, cards and subscriptions came off. Our transfer guide walks through that work step by step.
So this stretch is for checking, not re-entering. We do not recommend changing the email address and phone number immediately after delivery. Log in and look.
Amazon's own security page asks every seller to review their notification settings, so they hear about important actions taken on the account. Do that first. Then go through every return and shipping setting and confirm each one carries the address you gave us on the transfer form.
Days 8 to 14: Replace the Phone Number on the Account
The number on the account at delivery is a service number of ours with an expiration date. It is there so the account works out of the box, and we do not hand it over. Replacing it is the first item on the post-delivery list in your portal, but it can wait until the date in your delivery file.
The replacement must never have been used on any Amazon account before, buyer or seller. A fresh personal mobile or a clean Google Voice number works. A number already on another Amazon account gets this one flagged.
Update it in Seller Central under the account info settings and confirm it with the SMS code Amazon sends. Two weeks after delivery is our recommendation, not an Amazon rule. The hard date is the one written into your delivery file, so work to that. Leave it too long and our number expires, Amazon cannot reach you for verifications, and the account can lock.
Days 15 to 21: Start Listing Without Hurting Your Metrics
Start with what the account already holds. An aged account is often already ungated for dozens of brands from its own history, shown live before you buy. Ungated means approved to list a brand or category that Amazon restricts. Those you can list today.
The three brand approvals written into your deal agreement are a different thing. They are apply to sell, which means paperwork goes in first and approval comes after, and that is work we do with you. Plan them as your second wave.
| Already ungated | Apply to sell | |
|---|---|---|
| Source | The account's selling history | The three brands in your deal agreement |
| Proof before you buy | Shown live on the demo call | Written into the deal agreement |
| When you can list | Now | After the application is approved |
List a handful of products before you list hundreds.
If the account record carries a program approval, such as Seller Fulfilled Prime or Amazon Renewed, you skipped the qualifying, not the keeping. Amazon's published numbers:
| Seller Fulfilled Prime | To pre-qualify, over the past 90 days | To keep it, once approved |
|---|---|---|
| Packages | At least 100 seller-fulfilled shipped | At least 100 Prime packages a month |
| Cancellation rate | Less than 2.5% | 0.5% or less |
| Valid tracking rate | Greater than 95% | At least 99% |
| Speed | Late shipment rate less than 4% | On-time delivery at least 93.5% |
Amazon Renewed asks an existing seller for an order defect rate of 0.8% or less over the trailing 60 days. Those are the bars Amazon publishes. Your own dashboard is what you act on.
Days 22 to 30: Keep Suppliers and Invoices in the Account's Name
The sales history, feedback and approvals on this account are a record a seller starting from zero spends 12 to 24 months building, and distributors look at that record. Protect it with paperwork in one name.
Amazon's own list for a restricted brand or category is purchase invoices dated within 180 days, clear product photos showing all sides, brand authorization letters if applicable, safety certifications when required, and commercial liability insurance documentation for certain categories. Open your supplier accounts in the name of the company on the account, so every invoice you send matches it.
For a brand past the three in your deal agreement, plan on about a month. Those extra brands are an add-on we file for you, priced on the call. Our ungating timeline guide covers where the month goes.
The 1-month check-in call lands at the end of this stretch. Bring whatever is still open to it, the phone number included if ours is still on the account. 3-month and 6-month check-ins are discussed on that call.
What Happens to Payouts in the First Month?
Expect Amazon to hold money at first. Amazon settles seller accounts every two weeks in general and holds each order's funds until seven days after delivery, on every account since March 2026, extendable on risk and never shortened for age. If you have just started selling, Amazon says a full hold is normal.
Amazon's own payments page puts it this way:
"If you recently had a delivery date reserve policy applied to your account, or if you have just started selling, it is normal for all of your funds to be held in reserve."
Amazon's own list of ways to get paid faster is about shipping: dispatch fast, confirm dispatch, valid tracking numbers, an integrated carrier, faster delivery. Account age is not on it.
When Do You Contact Us Instead of Amazon Seller Support?
Come to us first for anything the transfer caused: a verification re-submission, a suspension that traces back to the handover, or a login that will not go through. We handle those inside the support window, which ends 30 days after delivery or at your first sale, whichever comes first. What your own selling causes is yours to run.
| Situation | Your side | Ours, inside the support window |
|---|---|---|
| Identity or business verification | Attend the video call if you are the named point of contact | The re-submission tied to the transfer |
| A suspension that traces back to the transfer | Tell us the day it lands | Covered, and we handle the Amazon requests together with you |
| Locked out, or a login that will not go through | Send us the screen you are stuck on | Login help |
| Listings, pricing, shipments, feedback | Yours to run, day to day | Nothing to send us |
What Does Amazon's Own Security Page Say to Do?
Three things, and they apply to every seller, not only a new owner. Review your notification settings, so you hear about important actions taken on the account. Never send account details in reply to an email, however official it looks, because Amazon says it never asks for them that way. If the account looks compromised, change your Seller Central login password and contact Selling Partner Support.
Nothing on that page turns on the account's age. Amazon's account security page puts the phishing warning this way:
"Amazon never asks you to verify sensitive information via email. Submit such information only when completing an order on our website, registering to sell on Amazon, or updating account information in Seller Central."
The First 30 Days at a Glance
Bought a Walmart or eBay Account Instead?
The setup rules are the same: the delivered profile and its proxy. The money runs differently. Walmart pays every two weeks, and its own page calls an account-level reserve normal. eBay holds funds until delivery is confirmed on accounts with no recent selling history.
So on an aged eBay account, steady, clean selling keeps the money moving, not age. More on our Walmart and eBay account pages.
If You Are Still Choosing an Account
If you are about to buy an aged Amazon account, what comes with it is on our aged Amazon seller accounts page. We have sold 1,700+ accounts since 2020. Some carry approvals a new account waits years for, such as Hazmat, Seller Fulfilled Prime, Amazon Renewed or gated brands, and we name one only where that account's record carries it. Starting prices are on how much an aged Amazon account costs, the figure for a specific account comes with its details on the call, and how buying works explains the rest.
If you are on the other side of this, holding an account you want to sell rather than one you just bought, that is our sister brand: Cash For Stores buys accounts from owners leaving the marketplace.
FAQ
Will Amazon suspend the account after an ownership change?
We handle every verification Amazon asks for before your credentials reach you, and a suspension that traces back to the transfer is covered while your support window is open. Amazon's own transfer help page does not answer the question. It says seller accounts generally are not transferable and that a new owner must establish a new seller account, and it names no consequence for an account that changes hands.
Can I give a virtual assistant access to my Amazon seller account?
Yes, as a user of its own, never through your login. Amazon looks at the users on an account when it connects two accounts, so a user shared with another account you run can tie them together. Give the assistant a user on this account only.
Why did Amazon re-verify everything during the transfer?
Because the INFORM Consumers Act requires a marketplace to collect and verify a high-volume seller's bank details, contact information, tax identification number and a current working email address and phone number. Under the INFORM Consumers Act, a seller is high-volume at 200 or more discrete sales of new or unused consumer products and $5,000 or more in gross revenues, in any continuous 12-month period during the previous 24 months. When ownership changes, the ID, business address, bank, email, phone, tax ID and point of contact all go through that check again.
What if a brand is still gated when the account is delivered?
We keep working on it, and the 30 day clock runs from delivery: a replacement account, then a refund, if it is not open by day 30. That ladder and every brand we promised are written into the deal agreement before you pay.
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