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Ask HN: Stripe Atlas alternative that's more suitable for lifestyle businesses?
For example, one that allows LLC setup in your state so that you don't have to pay Delaware state fees in addition to your state
Does it exist?
- endlessvoid94 8y agoIs there anything aside from the Delaware fees for an LLC that you think Atlas should improve upon?
- arikr 8y agoIt seems particularly focused on high growth startups, which makes me feel like it's less suitable for smaller and slower growing cash flow type businesses. But I may be wrong.
- kjksf 8y agoIt's unclear what it is you think Atlas gives you and therefore what you would consider an alternative. If you're in US, you can accept Stripe Payments without a company. You can accept money in your own name or by registering DBA and using that as a name. Stripe Atlas automates creating an LLC for exceedingly low price. If you're in US it would be hard to find a better deal but if you really don't want to spend $500 on Atlas then you can do all they do manually. It won't be free, there are fees you have to pay anyway. And figuring out what paperwork to submit and filling it out (without paying some professional for advice) will be painful. Atlas is most attractive for people outside US that want a US identity because Stripe Payments (and others) don't support merchants in every country.