Invoices are a crucial part of the approval process. They help Amazon decipher where your stock is coming from and, most importantly, whether it’s authentic. Get this step wrong and it is going to destroy your chances of getting approved.
Before you submit invoices, assess for yourself whether they will pass Amazon’s invoice verification process. Some of the key factors are:
The invoices need to be legible, so make sure they are scanned or photographed in high quality with no smears or blurs.
Make sure that the invoices are recent. Invoices for certain categories, including grocery, need to be from the last 180 days or Amazon won’t accept them.
The invoices must name the products you purchased and clearly show where you sourced them from.
Both your physical address and phone number and your supplier’s physical address and phone number should be on the invoices.
Make sure that your address on the invoices matches your address in Seller Central.
Never submit a handwritten invoice.
It is also worth noting that when it comes to seeking approval in gated categories, retail receipts and purchase orders aren’t going to cut it. Only detailed business invoices that meet all the criteria will be good enough.