Choosing the Right AWS Account for AWS Marketplace Seller Registration

when you register as a seller on aws marketplace, the aws account you choose becomes your seller of record all payments, reporting, and communications are tied to that account, and you cannot change it later aws strongly recommends creating a new, dedicated standalone aws account for your marketplace business this avoids mixing workloads, prevents billing/tax conflicts, and keeps you flexible if you work with a reseller or msp later scenarios and recommendations scenario what to do why tax address = billing address of your management account you can use an existing aws account (e g , production – technically possible but not ideal) better create a new aws organization (not tied to production workloads) \ best create a new standalone aws account (not tied to production workloads) keeps billing/tax aligned while keeping marketplace clean avoid creating the seller account inside your existing org if you may later move under an msp tax address ≠ billing address (e g , billed through msp) must use a brand new standalone aws account you cannot change tax/billing details after registration a clean account ensures your seller entity is correct might work with an msp in the future always choose a new standalone account from the start prevents billing/tax conflicts if your workloads are later migrated under an msp’s org future proof setup ✅ best practice always create a new standalone aws account (outside of existing orgs) for aws marketplace this keeps your marketplace business independent, compliant, and safe from future billing changes