If your Amazon business hasn’t taken off yet, and you don’t want to continue paying the $39.99 monthly fee, you can downgrade your Amazon Seller account from Professional to the free version. The process is pretty simple.
Here is a quick summary of the steps you’ll take to downgrade your professional Amazon seller account.
- Login to your Amazon Seller Central Account
- Go to Settings -> Account Info
- Click Manage in the Your Services section of the Account Info page.
- Under the section that says Sell on Amazon, you should see a link that says “Downgrade”. Click on that link.
- After you’ve click on that link, Amazon Seller Central takes you page where you can confirm that you want to downgrade, a button that says “Proceed”. Click on that link.
Amazon Professional Versus Individual Seller Account
In order to make it worthwhile to have an Amazon Professional Seller account versus just an individual one, you should be selling at least 40 items per month, unless you have some other reason for needing the Professional account. With the Individual account, you are charged $0.99 per item you sell. With the Professional account, you pay a $39.99 fee, which removes the $0.99 fee when an item from your Amazon store is sold.
There are other benefits of having a Professional account, such as being the featured seller on an item, or having the “Buy Box”. However, these benefits can be grouped with others that would be associated with someone who’s serious about selling on Amazon.
Settings -> Account Info Menu Item
To get started downgrading your Amazon Professional seller plan, go to the Settings menu on the top right of your Amazon Seller account portal. You’ll see a link that says “Account Info“. Click on that link.
Amazon Seller Account Information Page
The Account Info link you clicked on will take you to the Amazon Seller Account Information page. On the left hand side, as shown below, you’ll see a section labeled “Your Services”, which will show that you’re signed up under the Professional plan. On the right side of that box is a link that says “Manage“. Click that link.
Amazon My Services Page – Downgrade Link
The Manage link you clicked in the last step will take you to the “My Services” page, which will again list the various Amazon services you are signed up for as a Professional seller.
Below the explanation of your Professional seller plan in the section labeled “Sell on Amazon” is a link that says, “Downgrade“. Click that link to begin the account downgrade process.
