The Amazon 60-Day Funds Appeal Window
Since October 2024, sellers have 60 days after deactivation to appeal for held funds — not 90. The change came with the rename to the Funds Disbursement Eligibility Policy, and a lot of published advice has not caught up.
When the Clock Starts
The window runs from deactivation, not from your first appeal, and not from Amazon’s reply. Every day you spend waiting on a reinstatement response is a day off the funds clock.
Why Sellers Miss It
Because it is invisible. Nothing in your reinstatement thread mentions it. You are fighting on one track while a second, silent deadline runs down.
A Q4 suspension is the worst case. A hold that starts in October runs past 60 days into the new year, and the funds window closes while you are still waiting on peak-season appeal queues.
If Your Window Has Already Closed
It is harder. It is not always over. Depending on marketplace, the remaining routes are BSA arbitration (US) or the regulatory route via APUK and the Financial Ombudsman Service (UK).
BSA arbitration explained · The APUK and FOS route
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How to Track the 60-Day Window Yourself
Note the exact date of deactivation the moment it happens, not the date you get around to appealing. That date starts the clock, and it is easy to lose track of it while you are focused on the reinstatement appeal itself.
If you are working with a consultant, ask directly whether the funds appeal and the reinstatement appeal are being handled on the same timeline, or whether one is waiting on the other. If the answer is the latter, that is worth questioning.
The 60-Day Window and Multi-Marketplace Sellers
Sellers running accounts across US, UK, UAE and Canada should track this window separately for each marketplace. A deactivation on one marketplace does not pause the clock on another, and the funds window applies independently wherever the hold occurred.