Amazon Section 3 Reviews 2026: What Actually Clears Them

Amazon suspends accounts under “Section 3” of its Business Solutions Agreement for a lot of different reasons, but sellers and suspension attorneys are describing a specific pattern showing up more often in 2026: a documentation request that goes well beyond a single invoice, sometimes paired with a live video call. If you’re sourcing inventory to resell on Amazon, here’s what’s actually being asked for – and what holds up.

What Section 3 Actually Covers

Section 3 of Amazon’s Business Solutions Agreement is the clause Amazon cites when it suspends, deactivates, or withholds funds from a seller account – it’s not specific to one policy area. Sellers who’ve posted their deactivation notices on Amazon’s own Seller Central forums describe the same underlying language: Amazon can act when it determines an account “has been, or its controls identify that it may be used for deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity,” or that a seller’s use of the service has harmed other sellers, customers, or Amazon’s own interests. In practice, a “Section 3” notice can be triggered by product authenticity concerns, account-sharing suspicions, or other integrity issues – the flagged-ASIN documentation and video-verification pattern described below shows up specifically in authenticity-related cases.

The Invoice Requirement Law Firms Are Now Describing

An Amazon-suspension law firm’s Section 3 guide, published September 3, 2026, describes a documentation standard that goes further than a single supplier invoice. According to that account, a reinstatement package increasingly needs invoices for every flagged ASIN from the most recent 365-day period, from suppliers who are verifiably authorized or commercially established – not just any paperwork with a supplier’s name on it – along with a supply-chain explanation document that traces each product from manufacturer to supplier to seller.

That description lines up with what sellers are actually posting on Amazon’s own forums. In one recent Section 3 thread, an experienced seller warned newer sellers not to submit documentation casually, laying out specifics: invoices need “a clearly displayed issue date within the past 365 days” and legible supplier contact information, and every detail needs to match exactly across the documents submitted. That’s consistent with our own coverage of what Amazon’s invoice review is actually checking for – see our invoice vs. receipt breakdown and guide to verifying an authentic wholesale distributor.

Video Verification: What Real Sellers Are Being Asked to Do

A second law firm’s update, published March 2, 2026, reported that Amazon “has increased the number of cases where they request video verification of inventory” as part of account reviews, while cautioning that “compliance with video reviews is important for sellers under investigation, but it does not guarantee that the investigation will end afterwards.”

Current Seller Central forum threads back that up with real detail. In one active “Section 3 Video Verification” thread, a seller’s deactivation notice required a government-issued photo ID, bank or credit card statements from within the past 180 days, business registration documents, and invoices for the listed ASINs – plus a video verification interview to be completed within 14 days. In a second thread, a seller preparing for that same kind of call was told to have ready: photo ID with full name, date of birth, and expiry date; bank or credit card statements showing an address; business registration documents (where applicable); supply-chain invoices from authorized distributors; proof of delivery and customs documents; and order confirmations for the specific ASINs under review. An Amazon representative responding in that thread (posting as Roxy_Amazon) clarified that documents should be presented live during the call rather than uploaded in advance, and added a point worth remembering if you’re facing this: “the video verification process is a standard procedure and doesn’t necessarily indicate any wrongdoing on your part.”

Worth being honest about the gap here: neither law-firm article we reviewed connects the invoice requirement and the video-verification requirement directly to each other. The forum notices are what show both showing up together in the same real deactivation – which suggests the two trends aren’t separate stories so much as two pieces of the same broader authenticity-review process.

What This Means If You’re Sourcing to Resell

If a flagged ASIN traces back to a big-box retail receipt, a reseller with no invoicing history, or a supplier who can’t be reached to confirm the sale, that’s exactly the gap this kind of review is built to catch – and a 365-day lookback means it’s not enough to have gotten one good invoice once. It means being able to produce dated, itemized invoices for a given ASIN’s purchase history going back a full year, from a supplier whose business can actually be verified as authorized or established – the same distinction we cover in how wholesale resellers can protect against Amazon “inauthentic” complaints. If a product’s origin can’t be traced cleanly back through the supply chain, it’s also worth reviewing our guide to spotting counterfeit wholesale products before it becomes a flagged ASIN in the first place.

What To Do Before You’re Ever Flagged

Keep every supplier invoice on file for at least a full year per ASIN, not just the one used for the original ungating application.
Buy from suppliers who will confirm the relationship if Amazon (or a reviewer) calls or emails to verify it – an invoice from a supplier who won’t answer that call carries little weight.
Match every detail – business name, address, ASIN, quantities – exactly across your Amazon account information and your supplier invoices.
If a video verification request does come in, treat it like the forum notices describe: gather documents but don’t upload them ahead of time unless the notice says to, and make sure only an authorized business representative joins the call.

Disclosure: Wholesale Distributors US is an independent wholesale supplier and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Section 3 of Amazon’s Business Solutions Agreement?

It’s the clause Amazon cites when it suspends, deactivates, or withholds funds from a seller account, typically for suspected deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or for harm to other sellers, customers, or Amazon’s interests. It covers multiple types of violations, not just product authenticity.

Does a Section 3 review always require video verification?

Not always, but current Seller Central forum threads and at least one suspension law firm’s reporting both describe Amazon requesting it more often as part of authenticity-related Section 3 reviews, sometimes alongside document uploads and sometimes as a live call where documents are shown on screen instead.

How far back do the required invoices need to go?

Sellers posting real deactivation notices describe needing invoices with an issue date within the past 365 days for each flagged ASIN, from a supplier who can be verified as authorized or commercially established – not simply any invoice with a matching product name.