Opening an Amazon Seller account in the UK – Need help with address

Hello all!

I am currently looking into setting up a limited company in the UK that I want to register an Amazon seller account with. Due to privacy reasons and also being a tenant, I can’t register a company at my current address, and I am looking into virtual office addresses services.

From what I understand, in order for Amazon to confirm the business’ address, they would send a verification code to it – which is fine, the provider I am talking to will forward that code to me.

However, I was told Amazon won’t accept companies registered at virtual addresses anymore. And as support documents when verifying the business, they would ask for a proof of tenancy or a utility bill – which I won’t have.

Is this the case, really? Is there a workaround and what would that be?

I’ve tried speaking to a customer service agent, but couldn’t help me and they forwarded me to a form which is for already existing businesses on Amazon. I can’t find more information and I don’t want to pay £100-150 for a virtual address if I won’t get verified on Amazon.

Any help is appreciated! Thank you!