How to Use Two KDP Accounts Without Being Suspended

[Cyberseraph]

Hello fellow publishers,

I started self-publishing about one year ago. Now my girlfriend is hooked and wants to do the same. She would like to open her own KDP account, with a different address and tax id number. However she will log in to her KDP account from my place, using my ip address from time to time.

It is clearly against KDP policy to have multiple KDP accounts. As we know Amazon does ip-address checks. Is there any danger that Amazon will falsely think I have a multiple account and suspend it?

It would be great if someone here has experience with using two different KDP accounts, with different address by sharing the same internet access. I've read horror stories about suspended accounts. Please share your experience here if you know how to make it work.

 

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[Vigilante]

Hello fellow publishers,

I started self-publishing about one year ago. Now my girlfriend is hooked and wants to do the same. She would like to open her own KDP account, with a different address and tax id number. However she will log in to her KDP account from my place, using my ip address from time to time.

It is clearly against KDP policy to have multiple KDP accounts. As we know Amazon does ip-address checks. Is there any danger that Amazon will falsely think I have a multiple account and suspend it?

It would be great if someone here has experience with using two different KDP accounts, with different address by sharing the same internet access. I've read horror stories about suspended accounts. Please share your experience here if you know how to make it work.

There's a lot of material on the web regarding this subject. You will find people here reluctant to post much on this subject, but the information you are seeking is easy to find on Google.

 

[EricZ]

Just write them in your KDP author dashboard.
I have asked them this question 3 times and received 3 different answers!
The last one was "Yes - you may indeed have different accounts."
However I have not tried it yet since I got 3 different answers.
Try it, they don't bite.
Let us know what they say this time!

p.s.
My question was to specifically make 2 different BILLING accounts to keep profits of different pen names apart.

 

[Mattie]

I use one account. I can tell you most of them get suspended because they're being paid to write reviews. They do it on face book and make friends with other authors and reviewers, and whoever is on your list they can tell your friends. And writing false reviews. They trace your links from face book when those books are promoted. And I've lost reviews when these people get caught. They don't read the books and leave reviews that have nothing to do with the content. There's all kinds of games they play with reviews, and probably why I don't rush into reviews because if it's done the wrong way, you're gone.

And of course you can find them on twitter and fivver trying to sell you, your reviews. And the virtual assistant is the one who usually ends up getting screwed, because they're bugging people for reviews and get in trouble for spamming because the person who they work for wants a specific amount of reviews now, and today. And the mistakes I see them doing is asking for verification etc when asking for reviews. All that has links to Amazon. Don't be dumb.

 

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[Vigilante]

If I were the venues and wanted to catch cheaters, I would advertise on Fiverr my cheater services, and then suspend people who used it.

 

[Mattie]

If I were the venues and wanted to catch cheaters, I would advertise on Fiverr my cheater services, and then suspend people who used it.

That would be smart. I know some of them do get traced back there as well. I think right off the bat the first month I learned Amazon was tracking me to my website and face books without even reviews being a part of it. Just the fact they check to see if your books are somewhere else, or what you're doing. lol Obviously people don't pay attention to these things.

 

[mayana]

If I were the venues and wanted to catch cheaters, I would advertise on Fiverr my cheater services, and then suspend people who used it.

Haha, they would probably make enough money from that to pay the staff they have dedicated to it.

Hello fellow publishers,

I started self-publishing about one year ago. Now my girlfriend is hooked and wants to do the same. She would like to open her own KDP account, with a different address and tax id number. However she will log in to her KDP account from my place, using my ip address from time to time.

It is clearly against KDP policy to have multiple KDP accounts. As we know Amazon does ip-address checks. Is there any danger that Amazon will falsely think I have a multiple account and suspend it?

It would be great if someone here has experience with using two different KDP accounts, with different address by sharing the same internet access. I've read horror stories about suspended accounts. Please share your experience here if you know how to make it work.

I have two KDP accounts. One I use, the other I never actually used for publishing (just set it up and then used my other login for actually publishing books). I've also logged (repeatedly, over the course of more than a year) in to several other KDP accounts from my house (for author clients) and no one has ever had any problems from it, nor have I. I think that if you have completely different banking info, names, and e-mail addresses, it wouldn't be an issue.

That said, it is something to think about. But if your girlfriend is serious about writing/publishing, I wouldn't let this be a reason that she doesn't do it. This whole conversation is a lesson about CONTROL (reference the Fastlane Milionaire). That this is even an issue is a good enough reason to have a backup plan for marketing your books (and hers), and for having other ways to drive readers.

It's kind of like getting suspended by Google Adsense. This happened to me a few years ago and it was quite a shock - especially because I wasn't doing anything wrong at all.

Just my two cents!

 

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[Cyberseraph]

Thanks everyone for your replies. Today I've a got a reply from the German KDP Support. I have translated it in English here:

"In this case it would be two different KDP-Accounts registered under different email address and passwords, right?
If this is the case then of course you can use the same internet connection.
Just imagine, all KDP users who are using the same internet cafe would get in trouble - this is of course not the case.
Multiple accounts are KDP accounts that have the same address, phone number, email address or similar and are therefore assigned to the same owner."
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That's the KDP support reply and it makes sense now. I hope it helps others who are having similar concerns.

@mayana - Yes, it is a very good lesson about CONTROL. Not being dependent on Amazon is my long term goal.

 

[EricZ]

P.S. don't forget gumroad.com for publishing books too, it's awesome and my "low earning" books earn much more on gumroad than on amazon.
You can sell directly on your website with the gumroad overlay. AND they have small product labs hosted by industry big guns.
Try'em - you'll like em!

 

[Deleted0x8687]

I realize this is an old thread, but a legal way to get two KDP accounts and not have to worry about it is this:

KDP #1: Open one as yourself/individual. Your home address, phone number, etc.
KDP #2: Open an LLC with a different address. Look into forming it in Wyoming or Nevada for the advantages they offer.

 

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[aqsa]

Thanks everyone for your replies. Today I've a got a reply from the German KDP Support. I have translated it in English here:

"In this case it would be two different KDP-Accounts registered under different email address and passwords, right?
If this is the case then of course you can use the same internet connection.
Just imagine, all KDP users who are using the same internet cafe would get in trouble - this is of course not the case.
Multiple accounts are KDP accounts that have the same address, phone number, email address or similar and are therefore assigned to the same owner."
--------------------

That's the KDP support reply and it makes sense now. I hope it helps others who are having similar concerns.

@mayana - Yes, it is a very good lesson about CONTROL. Not being dependent on Amazon is my long term goal.

I want to know can i use same laptop same bank account details but different name email for multiple account