Open your Amazon US seller account
from anywhere, without the 90-day verification cooldown.
Opening an Amazon US seller account is the identity verification process where non-US founders stall. Monezzi delivers the full stack, US LLC, EIN, US business address, Mercury account, passport documents, then walks the verification interview live so it passes on the first attempt.
Focus on your customers, we will handle the bureaucracy.
Why should non-US founders sell on Amazon US?
Amazon US gives you instant access to the largest pool of online buyers in the world, Prime-eligible logistics through FBA, and a payments rail that already pays out in US dollars. The barrier is not opportunity — the barrier is verification. We remove it.
Largest online buyer base in the world
Amazon US is the default search engine for US shoppers across most consumer categories. One listing reaches buyers across all 50 states from day one.
Prime-eligible FBA logistics
Send inventory to Amazon warehouses once; Amazon stores, picks, packs and ships every order, handles returns, and grants Prime two-day delivery — none of which you can replicate from abroad.
Pays out to a US bank in US dollars
Amazon settles your sales to the US business bank account you link at onboarding. No third-party FX, no Payoneer middle leg if you do not want one.
Brand Registry once the trademark is on file
A registered USPTO trademark unlocks Amazon Brand Registry — A+ content, Brand Analytics, Sponsored Brands ads, and the counterfeit-takedown tools. We file the trademark and enrol you in Brand Registry. See USA trademark registration.
Why does Amazon Seller Identity Verification reject non-US founders?
Amazon Seller Identity Verification asks for a passport, a recent utility bill, a US business address, and a US business bank account — all linked back to the same legal entity. A single mismatch (utility bill in a different city, bank account opened before the LLC was formed, address that does not match the IRS letter) and the account is closed for a 90-day cooldown.
We pre-stage the entire dossier — entity, EIN, US address, bank, utility bill — in one consistent name, and we walk through the verification interview with you live.Amazon cross-checks the US business address on your Seller Central application against the address on the formation documents, against the address on the bank statement, and against the utility bill. Three documents, three places, one address — any drift between them and verification fails.
We provide a unique US business address that is already on the formation documents and accepted by Mercury — one consistent triple.Amazon collects and remits marketplace sales tax in 45 states on your behalf, but that does not remove your obligation to register for a sales-tax permit in each state where FBA stores your inventory. Most non-US sellers discover the permit obligation only when a state sends a notice — by then the back-tax penalty is already running.
We map your FBA nexus footprint as part of onboarding and file the sales-tax permits where you actually need them.How does Monezzi handle Amazon onboarding for non-US founders?
You build the product and the listings. We deliver the legal entity, the tax ID, the US bank, the US address, the verification dossier, and the live coaching that turns a Seller Identity Verification interview from a coin-flip into a routine 20-minute call.
The full stack — in one package
US LLC, EIN, US business address, Mercury account and Amazon Seller Central application — delivered as one onboarding, not five separate vendors stitched together.
Verification dossier pre-staged
Passport, utility bill, formation documents, IRS CP 575 letter, bank statement — every document staged in the right name, matching the address and the entity, before the application is filed. No 90-day cooldown.
Live verification interview coaching
Amazon Seller Identity Verification is a live interview. We walk through the call with you in real time — what to show, what to say, what not to volunteer. First-attempt pass is the goal, every time.
Brand Registry handoff
Once your USPTO trademark is registered, we enrol you in Amazon Brand Registry so you unlock A+ content, Sponsored Brands ads and the counterfeit-takedown tools.
Multi-state sales-tax nexus mapped
FBA storage creates sales-tax nexus in whichever states Amazon places your inventory. We map the nexus footprint and file sales-tax permits in the states where they are actually owed — no surprise back-tax notices.
1099-K and ledger integration
Amazon issues a 1099-K for every payout above the IRS threshold. Our bookkeeping reconciles Amazon settlement reports against your Mercury statements and folds them into the federal return — no end-of-year spreadsheet panic.
"Amazon Seller Central verification rejected once means a 90-day cooldown. We have seen non-US founders waste 6 months on bouncing applications. We pre-stage the entire dossier — entity, EIN, US address, bank, utility bill in the right name — and walk through the verification interview live with the client."
Amazon US Seller Account — Overview and Key Details
An Amazon US seller account on Seller Central lets you list products on amazon.com, ship through FBA or FBM, and get paid in US dollars to a US bank. Opening it as a non-US founder requires a stack of US-based identity pieces — entity, tax ID, address, bank — that Amazon cross-checks before the account is verified.
Who can sell
Any business entity worldwide whose beneficial owners can pass Amazon Seller Identity Verification. Non-US founders are eligible — Amazon US opens accounts for owners in dozens of countries every week.
How we onboard you
We deliver the US LLC, the EIN, the US business address and the Mercury account first. Then we stage the verification dossier, submit the Seller Central application on your behalf, and coach you through the verification interview live.
Verification timeline
When the dossier is fully consistent, Amazon Seller Identity Verification typically clears within 2 to 4 weeks of submission. The verification interview itself runs about 20 minutes. Amazon controls the timeline — we control the dossier.
Account hygiene over time
Amazon re-verifies account information periodically and on every change — new bank, new beneficial owner, new address. We keep your registered entity, bank and address in sync so a routine re-verification never escalates into a suspended account.
How we open your Amazon US seller account — step by step
Monezzi handles every stage of Amazon US onboarding for non-US founders — entity, tax ID, US address, US bank, verification dossier, and the live interview. You review, we file.
We form the US LLC and obtain the EIN
We file your US LLC, register the unique US business address, and submit IRS Form SS-4 to obtain your EIN. The address on the formation documents matches the address used everywhere else.
We open the US business bank account
We open your Mercury business account in the LLC name, linked to the same EIN and US address. The bank account is now ready to be the payout destination Amazon requires.
We pre-stage the verification dossier
Passport, utility bill, formation documents, IRS CP 575 letter and Mercury bank statement — every document staged in the right name and at the right address, ready for Seller Identity Verification.
We submit the Seller Central application and coach the interview
We complete the Amazon Seller Central application on your behalf, schedule the Seller Identity Verification call, and walk through it with you live — what to show, what to say, first-attempt pass.
Account verified — FBA, Brand Registry, bookkeeping handed over
Once verified, we set up FBA shipment plans, enrol you in Amazon Brand Registry as soon as the trademark is registered, and connect Amazon settlement reports to your Monezzi bookkeeping.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about opening an Amazon US seller account as a non-US founder — and how Monezzi delivers it end to end.
Yes. Amazon US accepts foreign-owned seller accounts, and Seller Central is fully online — no US trip required. What Amazon demands is the full identity stack: a registered US entity, an IRS EIN, a US business address matching the entity, a US bank account in the entity name, plus a passport and utility bill for each beneficial owner. Monezzi delivers all of these as one package and walks you through the verification call live.
Amazon Seller Identity Verification expects: a valid passport for each 25%+ beneficial owner, a utility bill or bank statement under 90 days old showing residential address, entity documents (Articles of Organization/Incorporation), the IRS EIN letter (CP 575), a US business address matching the entity, and a US business bank account in the entity name. A single mismatched piece triggers rejection. We pre-stage every document in the right name before you start.
A failed Seller Identity Verification typically places the account on a 90-day cooldown. Your application is closed, you cannot list, you cannot reapply with the same entity, and the bank account for that entity is now linked to a flagged Amazon record. We have seen non-US founders waste 6 months bouncing between three closed applications. The cure is to never fail the first verification — we pre-stage the dossier and coach the interview live.
Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) is almost always the right starting model for non-US sellers. Amazon stores and ships from its US warehouses, handles returns, and grants Prime eligibility — none replicable from abroad. Fulfilment by Merchant (FBM) requires US warehousing and a US carrier account, operationally heavy from outside the country. The trade-off with FBA is sales-tax nexus: storing inventory in an Amazon warehouse can create a tax obligation in that state. We map your nexus exposure during onboarding.
Amazon collects and remits marketplace facilitator sales tax in 45 US states on your behalf — but that does not eliminate your obligations. Storing FBA inventory in a state creates nexus, and most states still require a sales-tax permit registration even when Amazon remits, because you may also have non-marketplace sales (Shopify, wholesale, Etsy) through the same entity. We map your nexus footprint and file the permits where you actually need them.
No — you can open and sell on Amazon US without a registered trademark. You only need a registered USPTO trademark to enrol in Amazon Brand Registry, which itself unlocks A+ content, Brand Analytics, Sponsored Brands ads and the counterfeit-takedown tools. Most serious private-label brands file the trademark in parallel with opening the seller account, then enrol in Brand Registry as soon as the registration certificate is issued. Monezzi files both — see our USA trademark registration service for details.
Amazon policy is one seller account per business entity per marketplace. A second account requires a separate legal business reason and explicit Amazon approval — for example a second LLC selling a different category that cannot be combined with the first. Multiple unapproved accounts trigger suspension and inventory hold across every linked account. If you need more than one storefront, the right path is one LLC per Amazon account and a clear, defensible reason filed in advance.