Update on advertiser payments

At Amazon, we're always listening to feedback to improve our tools and better understand where we can do more for advertisers. We recently let a small number of advertisers know that we'd be updating their available payment methods to pay with their seller or vendor account balance or Pay by Invoice. Based on feedback we heard, we're deferring this change until August 1, 2026 to give this group of advertisers more time to prepare.

With account balance payments, debits and credits are handled automatically. This is the payment method used by the overwhelming majority of our advertisers. With Pay by Invoice, we send an invoice at the end of each month, and payment is due 30 days later. To select Pay by Invoice, advertisers should update payment settings in the Billing section of the Ads Console. If an advertiser doesn't select a preference before the change takes effect, we'll automatically update their default payment method to deduction from available seller or vendor account balance. The existing payment method (such as a credit or debit card) will be retained as a backup payment method to ensure uninterrupted service in case of insufficient funds.

This update applies only to the small group of advertisers who have been contacted directly.

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