Best practices before assigning ownership of an AWS account

• If you use multi-factor authentication (MFA), then deactivate the device. Or, add another MFA device, and then deactivate unnecessary devices after the account transfer.
• If you configured security challenge questions, inform the new account owner to configure their own security challenge questions. For more information, see Update security challenge questions.
• You must have a default payment method associated with the account. Make sure to work with the new owner to update or remove your payment method. For more information, see How do I change the default payment method that’s associated with my AWS account?
• To migrate AWS Organizations member accounts from one Organization to another Organization, see How do I move an account from an existing AWS Organization to another AWS Organization?

Assign ownership to a different entity

AWS’s consent is required to assign ownership of an AWS account to another entity. AWS publicly provides its consent to customers seeking to assign an AWS account in most situations, provided that the requirements on the AWS Account Assignment Requirements page are met.

If you need help to determine if you satisfy these requirements, contact your AWS representative.

If you can’t meet all AWS Account Assignment Requirements but you still want to assign an account, then follow these instructions:

1. Complete the Sales Support form with your information.
2. For Use Case, choose Other.
3. For Nature of Inquiry, choose Sales Support.
4. For Tell us about your project, enter that you want to transfer ownership of your account.
5. Choose Submit.

After you submit your form, an AWS Sales team member will contact you to complete the assignment process.

Update AWS root user account access to complete the account assignment process

To complete the assignment of your AWS account to another entity, you must transfer root account access.

To transfer root account access, complete the following steps:

Important: These steps will change the account and billing information on the root user account.

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console as the root user.
2. On the navigation bar, choose your account name, and then choose Account.
3. Choose Edit next to Account Settings.
4. Choose Edit to update each account credential to use the new root user sign-in credentials.
   Note: You can’t update the email address to an email address associated with a closed AWS account.
5. Choose Save Changes after updating the credential.
6. Choose Done.
7. On the navigation bar, choose your account name, and then choose Sign out.

Use the new root user credentials to sign in.

We need the Ad account ID in order to request access.

1. Go to Ads Manager.
2. Your ad account ID number is shown above the search and filter bar, in the account dropdown menu.

https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1492627900875762

If you own and run a Facebook group that is not owned or run by the Facebook business page, please let us know so that we can work with you on the best path for transferring this asset. If the Facebook business owns and runs the group transferring the business page will also give us control of the group.

If you advertise with Google you will have an Ad account. To transfer your AdWords account.

Transfer your Google Ads account

1. In your Google Ads account, click the Admin icon .
2. Click Access and security.
3. Click the Users tab.
4. Click the plus button .
5. Enter the email address of the person taking over your Google Ads account.
   • The email address of the person taking over your Google Ads account must match their Google Account email address. If they don’t have a Google Account, they’ll need to create one.
6. Next to “Select account access level”, click Admin.
7. Click Send invitation. The person taking over your Google Ads account will receive an email with instructions for completing the transfer process. After they complete the process, they’ll be added to the “Users” page in “Access and security”.
8. To remove your account, go to the “Users” page in “Access and security”, then click Remove access next to your email address.

To transfer your Google Analytics account to another Google Account, add a person with the “Edit” and “Manage Users” permissions to your Google Analytics account. You can then remove your Google Account from the Google Analytics account.

Use the following steps to transfer your Google Analytics account to another Google Account:

1. In your Google Analytics account, click the Admin icon .
2. Under “Account settings,” click Account, and then click Account access and management.
3. Click the blue plus button .
4. Add a person with the “Edit” and “Manage Users” permissions to your Google Analytics account.
5. Have the newly added administrator verify the ownership of the website.
6. You can then remove the previous owner’s Google Account from the Google Analytics account by clicking the box next to their email and clicking Remove.

Transfer your Google Merchant Center account

1. In your Merchant Center account, click the tools and settings icon , then select People and access under the “Settings” menu.
2. Click Add person.
3. Enter the email address of the person you want to invite.
4. Click Next.
5. On the next page, grant the account admin access, and set the email preferences for that person.
6. Click Save.
7. Under “People”, click Manage for the owner you would like to remove.
8. Under “Account status,” click Remove person.

In some cases, you may need to contact the Google Merchant Center User Support team for assistance with transferring ownership.

Google Business Profile Transfers take a week to process and then another week to fully transfer. The first step is to add us to the profile as an “Owner”.

How to add & remove owners & managers for your Business Profile

Manage your business

Owners of Business Profiles can invite users to become owners and managers. Each person can have their own access and they don’t share sign-in info. Owners and managers have different levels of access to the profile.

• Only owners can add or remove users.
• Managers can remove themselves from a profile.
• Google Groups can’t be added as managers or owners.
• Only the primary owner can transfer primary ownership.

Add owners & managers

1. Go to your Business Profile. Learn how to find your profile.
2. Click Menu   Business Profile settings  People and access.
3. At the top left, click Add .
4. Enter a name or email address.
5. Under “Access,” choose Owner or Manager.
6. Click Invite.

We will need the user name (email address) and password of any Gmail accounts owned by the company

If a channel is linked to a Brand Account, multiple people can manage it from their Google Account. You don’t need a separate username or password to manage YouTube channels with a Brand Account. 

Check if your channel is already connected to a Brand Account:

1. Go to myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts. You may need to sign in first.
2. Check under “Your Brand Accounts” to find your associated Brand Accounts.
   • Check that you’re using the right account by selecting your profile picture in the top right if you don’t find anything listed.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7311601

View or add people

To find out who manages your Brand Account or to invite new people:

1. Go to the Brand Accounts section of your Google Account.
2. Under “Your Brand Accounts,” select the account you want to manage.
3. Select Manage permissions. You’ll see a list of people who can manage the account.
4. To invite new people, choose Invite new users .
5. Enter their email addresses.
6. Below their names, choose their role:
   • Owners can take the most actions, and they control who manages the account. An account must have one primary owner.
   • Managers can use Google services that support Brand Accounts, like share photos on Google Photos or post videos on YouTube.
   • Communications managers can do the same things as Managers, but they can’t use YouTube.
7. Tap Invite  Done.