I want to try some side hustles and am looking for advice where and how to set up a company to sell goods in the EU and US markets.
But I would like to stay anonymous from the general public.
Some basic privacy would be enough though, i.e. I only want to be anonymous from the general public, customers, website visitors, etc. I am not planning to do anything illegal, and I also don't want to evade any taxes. I simply don't want this side business (especially since I'd try different ones to see if any of them flies) to interfere with my actual career and life. Authorities, banks, suppliers etc. may find me if they have to. So similar to a domain registration that has WHOIS protection.
Does something like that exist, ideally without breaking the bank while trying this out to see if it actually can generate money?
Own research:
It seems a US LLC in Delaware could check almost all boxes, except that I probably couldn't use it for the EU market, right? Even if the US LLC would sell in the EU market, it would then lead to import duties (US > EU), right?
I couldn't really find anything for the EU. It seems Ireland and Cyprus are popular, but neither one seems to provide some privacy, and Ireland seems to require physical presence or substance there. Not sure if it would be possible to register a US LLC in Delaware and then have the US LLC own a company in the EU (e.g., Cyprus)? So the EU company would sell on the EU market but I would stay anonymous since it's owned by the US LLC?
Additional information:
But I would like to stay anonymous from the general public.
Some basic privacy would be enough though, i.e. I only want to be anonymous from the general public, customers, website visitors, etc. I am not planning to do anything illegal, and I also don't want to evade any taxes. I simply don't want this side business (especially since I'd try different ones to see if any of them flies) to interfere with my actual career and life. Authorities, banks, suppliers etc. may find me if they have to. So similar to a domain registration that has WHOIS protection.
Does something like that exist, ideally without breaking the bank while trying this out to see if it actually can generate money?
Own research:
It seems a US LLC in Delaware could check almost all boxes, except that I probably couldn't use it for the EU market, right? Even if the US LLC would sell in the EU market, it would then lead to import duties (US > EU), right?
I couldn't really find anything for the EU. It seems Ireland and Cyprus are popular, but neither one seems to provide some privacy, and Ireland seems to require physical presence or substance there. Not sure if it would be possible to register a US LLC in Delaware and then have the US LLC own a company in the EU (e.g., Cyprus)? So the EU company would sell on the EU market but I would stay anonymous since it's owned by the US LLC?
Additional information:
- I am European and living in Thailand. (The latter is part of the reason why I want to stay anonymous --- I am not allowed to work here and I could risk losing my actual work here)
- I figured I would need a company/business and a business bank account.
- I am not sure yet what the business would be, but it would likely be some dropshopping type of business or selling own digital products.
- I would have to do the whole business formation remotely --- I don't wanna travel to e.g. Europe or wherever to setup the company.
- I really only need basic privacy --- once that can (hopefully) be achieved I would like the setup to be as compliant, simple, and cost-efficient as possible. Ideally I would like to avoid (cost for) nominees, having a physical presence or substance somewhere, Darks etc.
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