Hello,
This is a document that the UCM gave me on the day of my registration. You can also consult your public information as encoded in the BCE (Crossroads Bank for Enterprises) by typing your company number on Public Search.
I used precisely this data when I transitioned to a professional account.
After a more in-depth discussion with Vintedâs technical support, they informed me that they use a third-party database to access Belgian company information for verification and validation of the data provided in the form.
This database is not updated frequently, and as long as your company is not in this « copy, » your registration will not work. Unfortunately, Vinted cannot bypass this verification; they depend on their data provider.
More than 5 months passed between the launch of my professional activity and the moment my data was accepted in the professional transition form. During this period, I continued to sell with my personal account, averaging 2 to 5 items per day. On the Belgian tax side, everything was in order: declarations, VAT, etc. On Vintedâs side, I heard nothing from them during this period, despite a volume of items, relistings, and sales far too high for a personal account. I had received a warning about transitioning to a professional account from Vinted the previous year, on this same account, with much lower volume.
Perhaps my account was « whitelisted » by technical support? I have no idea. The only advice I can give you is to insist. Politely, constructively, but insist. Respond to their questions, even if they are repetitive or ask for information you have already provided.
It took me more than 3 different attempts, each involving several consecutive exchanges with different contacts over several days/weeks, for the issue to reach technical support, who finally gave me an « acceptable » answer. Following this, I informed Vinted that I had registered as self-employed because of them, and that my social security contributions now had to be paid on time; therefore, I had no choice but to continue my activity through my personal account.
As long as you have not had an exchange with technical support, continue.