Home > Help >List of acceptable required documents for KYC (Know Your Customer) Process

Help

Searching & researching

Bidding & buying

Selling & seller fees

Payment & shipping

Feedback

Membership & account

eBay glossary

eBay acronyms

A-Z index

List of acceptable required documents for KYC (Know Your Customer) Process

In order to maintain a safe trading environment, eBay places limits on sellers account. When your selling account reaches the global trading limit you will be blocked from selling and messaged to complete your KYC (Know Your Customer) Process.

Based on your 'Business Type' selected during seller registration you will need to give a few scanned documents as mentioned below and get your Seller Registration account KYC verified.

Please check on the Business Type and the required documents as explained in the table below.

Individual
Sole Proprietor
Company /Business
Partnership Firm
Trust & Foundation
Limited liability partnership(LLP)
Hindu Undivided Family(HUF)

Please click here to update/upload your KYC details and documents once you have all your documents ready for upload.

Please upload documents in any of these formats & file size: JPEG / PNG / PDF formats only. (Maximum allowed file size is 5MB)

Individual
Proof of Identity (POI)*	Permanent Account Number Card
Proof of Address (POA)* - Any of the specified documents	Valid Passport Both sides of Aadhaar Card Valid Driving License (Both sides, If applicable) Telephone / Mobile Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Electricity Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Bank statement (should not be older than 90 days)
Business Plan	Details like Listing Category, Site, Business (Download Business Plan format, print it and fill in all the required details with signatures and stamp, scan the same and upload)
T&C*	*Subject to satisfaction of eBay
Sole Proprietor
Proof of Identity (POI)*	Permanent Account Number Card
Proof of Address (POA)* - Any of the specified documents	Valid Passport Both sides of Aadhaar Card Valid Driving License (Both sides, If applicable) Telephone / Mobile Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Electricity Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Bank statement (should not be older than 90 days)
Other Mandatory Document*	If the Account type, PAN number & name (individual/business) is mentioned in GSTIN online verification site then there is no need to ask for a Bank declaration letter for Sole Proprietor account type. If Bank declaration letter with bank's stamp and signature of bank representative confirming the details of firm's proprietor(s)
Business Plan	Details like Listing Category, Site, Business (Download Business Plan format, print it and fill in all the required details with signatures and stamp, scan the same and upload)
T&C*	*Subject to satisfaction of eBay
Company/Business
Proof of Identity (POI)*	Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card of the Company
Proof of Address (POA)* - Any of the specified documents	Company Telephone Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Company Electricity Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Company Bank statement (should not be older than 90 days)
Proof of Relation/Registration	IEC Certificate Partnership deed VAT Certificate Gumasta Certificate of Incorporation MOA (Memorandum & Article of Association) Latest list of Directors
Business Plan	Details like Listing Category, Site, Business (Download Business Plan format, print it and fill in all the required details with signatures and stamp, scan the same and upload)
T&C*	*Subject to satisfaction of eBay
Partnership Firm
Proof of Identity (POI)*	Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card of the Company and Any One Partner’s PAN Card
Proof of Address (POA)* - Any of the specified documents	Both sides of Aadhaar Card of any one of the partner Valid Driving License (Both sides, If applicable) Company / Individual Telephone Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Company / Individual Electricity Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Company Bank statement (should not be older than 90 days)
Other Mandatory Document*	Partnership deed
Business Plan	Details like Listing Category, Site, Business (Download Business Plan format, print it and fill in all the required details with signatures and stamp, scan the same and upload)
T&C*	*Subject to satisfaction of eBay
Trust & Foundation
Proof of Identity (POI)*	Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card of the Trust & Foundation
Proof of Address (POA)* - Any of the specified documents	Trust & Foundation Telephone Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Trust & Foundation Electricity Bill (should not be older than 90 days) Leave and License Agreement with stamp paper & notary
Business Plan	Details like Listing Category, Site, Business (Download Business Plan format, print it and fill in all the required details with signatures and stamp, scan the same and upload)
T&C*	*Subject to satisfaction of eBay
Limited liability partnership (LLP)
Proof of Identity (POI)*	Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card of the LLP
Proof of Address (POA)* - Any of the specified documents	Telephone Bill in the name of LLP (should not be older than 90 days) Electricity Bill in the name of LLP (should not be older than 90 days) Bank statement in the name of LLP (should not be older than 90 days)
Business Plan	Details like Listing Category, Site, Business (Download Business Plan format, print it and fill in all the required details with signatures and stamp, scan the same and upload)
T&C*	*Subject to satisfaction of eBay
Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)
Proof of Identity (POI)*	Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card of the HUF
Proof of Address (POA)* - Any of the specified documents	Telephone Bill in the name of HUF (should not be older than 90 days) Electricity Bill in the name of HUF (should not be older than 90 days) Bank statement in the name of HUF (should not be older than 90 days)
Business Plan	Details like Listing Category, Site, Business (Download Business Plan format, print it and fill in all the required details with signatures and stamp, scan the same and upload)
T&C*	*Subject to satisfaction of eBay

Please click here to update/upload your KYC details and documents.

Once your documents are uploaded, we will verify the documents and complete the KYC process in 2-3 business days. You maybe contacted to understand about your current and future business plans.

If you have not yet started selling on eBay you can start by clicking sell on any of the eBay sites you wish to start your selling activity or click here to complete your Seller registration.

Contact us

Have a question? We can help.