Link a business

Find out how to link a business to an Export Service account.

  • Business
  • Account
  • Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM)
  • Principal authority

You need to link a business so you can:

  • perform export operations, and
  • manage who can act on behalf of your business.

Once you have linked a business you can:

  • register an establishment linked to your business
  • manage a registered establishment’s commodities, operations and functions
  • add or remove people from management or control.

Linking a business means linking an Australian Business Number, opens in a new tab (ABN) to your Export Service account. You can link multiple business ABNs to your Export Service, opens in a new tab account.

Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM)

The Export Service uses Relationship Authorisation Manager, opens in a new tab (RAM) to link businesses and accounts. To link a business to your Export Service account, you need to first link the business to your myGovID in RAM. You must do this as a principal authority, opens in a new tab or authorisation administrator, opens in a new tab.

For more information, go to What is Relationship Authorisation Manager?.

Linking a business to your Export Service account

Once you have linked the business in RAM, you can link it to your Export Service account:

  1. Sign in to the Export Service.
  2. From the ‘My account’ page, select 'Link a business'.
  3. Select 'Continue with Digital Identity'.
  4. Follow the prompts.
  5. From the Relationship Authorisation Manager screen, select the business you want to link.
  6. Select 'Confirm' to link the business.

The business will appear on the ’My account’ page in the 'Your linked businesses' section. To link another business, repeat these steps and select ‘Link another business’.

Invite someone to act on behalf of a business

Only someone assigned a ‘Principal authority (Owner)’ or ‘Manager’ role in your business can invite others to use the Export Service. For more information, go to Invite someone to act on behalf of a business.

Remove a business from your Export Service account

You can remove a business from your linked businesses. For more information, go to Unlink a business.

Need more help?

Email exportservice@aff.gov.auCall 1800 571 125, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm AEST