How to Reactivate Your Inactive Amazon Seller Account

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Have you disappeared from selling on Amazon long enough and have realized you'd like to start selling again? With a simple flick of a few settings, you can fairly quickly reactivate them, so you can start selling again. This article can explain this process.

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    Visit your Amazon Seller home page .
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    You'll find it below the toolbar at the top of the page. You should see an alert along the lines of "Your listings are currently inactive in the following marketplace(s): www.amazon.com. At this time your listings are not being displayed for sale"; it will include the link that allows you to reactivate these settings.
    • If you aren't seeing this box, your account is probably already active.
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    You are ready to start selling again.
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    Visit your Amazon Seller home page .
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    button. You'll find it just slightly to the right of the "Listing Status" label, above where it should say "Inactive (Listings not available for sale on Amazon)".
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    You are ready to start selling again.
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