Structure fit
The best company structure for your online business model.
Most online businesses run by a founder outside the United States land on the same answer: a single-member US LLC, treated as a disregarded entity, with an EIN and a US business account. What changes by business model is the tax detail, the payment processing risk profile, and what the bank asks for. Pick your model below.
Ecommerce
- Best structure for an online bookstore
- Best structure for a dropshipping store
- Best structure for a print-on-demand store
- Best structure for a Shopify store
- Best structure for an Amazon FBA business
- Best structure for an Etsy shop
- Best structure for an eBay reselling business
- Best structure for a subscription box business
- Best structure for a supplements store
- Best structure for a skincare brand
- Best structure for a coffee subscription brand
- Best structure for a pet products store
- Best structure for a baby products store
- Best structure for a home decor store
- Best structure for a jewellery ecommerce brand
- Best structure for a watch reselling business
- Best structure for a sneaker resale business
- Best structure for a vintage clothing store
- Best structure for a streetwear brand
- Best structure for a fitness equipment store
- Best structure for an outdoor gear store
- Best structure for an electronics accessories store
- Best structure for a 3D printed products store
- Best structure for a candle and home fragrance brand
- Best structure for a kitchenware brand
- Best structure for a furniture ecommerce store
- Best structure for an automotive parts store
- Best structure for a board games and hobby store
- Best structure for an art print shop
- Best structure for a stationery brand
- Best structure for a bicycle parts store
- Best structure for a cosmetics private label brand
- Best structure for a phone cases brand
- Best structure for a gardening supplies store
- Best structure for a toys ecommerce brand
Digital products
- Best structure for an online course business
- Best structure for an ebook publishing business
- Best structure for a stock photography business
- Best structure for a digital templates shop
- Best structure for a presets and LUTs store
- Best structure for a music production samples store
- Best structure for a font foundry
- Best structure for a printables shop
- Best structure for a mobile app business
- Best structure for a game development studio
- Best structure for a WordPress plugin business
- Best structure for a Chrome extension business
- Best structure for a Notion templates business
- Best structure for an AI prompt marketplace
- Best structure for a digital planner brand
Services & agencies
- Best structure for a marketing agency
- Best structure for an SEO agency
- Best structure for a web design studio
- Best structure for a software development agency
- Best structure for a video editing agency
- Best structure for a copywriting business
- Best structure for a virtual assistant agency
- Best structure for a bookkeeping services business
- Best structure for a recruitment agency
- Best structure for a translation services business
- Best structure for a UX design consultancy
- Best structure for a paid ads agency
- Best structure for an email marketing agency
- Best structure for a social media management agency
- Best structure for a branding studio
- Best structure for an IT support business
- Best structure for a cybersecurity consultancy
- Best structure for a data analytics consultancy
- Best structure for an online tutoring business
- Best structure for a business coaching practice
- Best structure for a fitness coaching business
- Best structure for a nutrition coaching business
- Best structure for a photography business
- Best structure for an architecture visualisation studio
- Best structure for an ecommerce consulting business
- Best structure for an Amazon agency
- Best structure for a lead generation business
- Best structure for a SaaS implementation consultancy
Content & creator
- Best structure for a YouTube channel business
- Best structure for a newsletter business
- Best structure for a podcast business
- Best structure for an affiliate marketing business
- Best structure for a niche blog network
- Best structure for a faceless content brand
- Best structure for a Twitch streaming business
- Best structure for an influencer brand business
- Best structure for a stock video business
- Best structure for a membership community business
Software & SaaS
- Best structure for a SaaS startup
- Best structure for a micro-SaaS business
- Best structure for an API business
- Best structure for an AI tool startup
- Best structure for a no-code tool business
- Best structure for a mobile game studio
- Best structure for a browser-based tool business
- Best structure for a data scraping service
- Best structure for a developer tools business
- Best structure for a white-label software business
Marketplaces & platforms
Not sure which one you are?
Tell us how the business actually earns and where you are resident. We will tell you the structure that fits, and whether US banking and card processing will realistically open for it.