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Ben Tossell

Stripe Atlas - The best way to start an internet business

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Stripe Atlas is a tool to handle everything involved in establishing an internet business, available to entrepreneurs everywhere. It's the easiest way to incorporate in the U.S. and setup a bank account.

The Product Hunt community has special instant access to Stripe Atlas—hit the website link above to get started right away.

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Dre Durr💡
WTF! Does Stripe has the world best designers. Every page could win an Awwwward. Very Dope🚬🚬🚬🚬
Fred Rivett
@dredurr Agree the design is nice. That said, if you're watching Stripe peeps, your carousel scroll rate is faster than any human has ever been known to read. Small detail, but quite a frustrating UX either way.
Layal Jebran
@fredrivett @dredurr agreed. I'm always fascinated by their pages!!!
Mark Zajac
@dredurr Wonderful design for sure ~ kinda wondering if they forgot about the title ~ just stripe. Ooops.
Ben Tossell
Hunter
EDIT: Product Hunters who hit the GET IT link, get to skip the queue and get into Stripe Atlas straight away!!! Stripe Atlas is back! It released a pre-launch last year with over 3.5k upvotes! Updates include now allowing US peeps sign up! A wealth of knowledge, resources and tools. And as all Stripe products, the pages look slick AF. I went through the process of it all (although i wasnt setting everything up) a few weeks ago so its awesome to see the update! PLUS we have @patio11 on for a LIVE tomorrow!! Sign Up Here
Patrick McKenzie
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Maker
@bentossell Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Mac Connolly
@bentossell @patio11 Still seems restricted to me? Tried to sign up and was told that I'd get an email within two weeks with their decision. Thoughts?
Ben Tossell
Hunter
@macconnollyco @patio11 yeh you're right, it is still request access but they get back really quick... what I meant was that last time the people allowed in was very limited. Request access though, its worth it!
Muloka
@macconnollyco @bentossell @patio11 As a test I filled out the form from Bermuda last year and they got back to me pretty quickly. Hoping to get a local Bermuda charity signed up to it soon to facilitate local fundraising efforts.
Edwin Arbus
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Maker
We're making it even easier to start an internet business with Stripe Atlas: faster access to your bank account, more ways to get invited, open to U.S. entrepreneurs, and a forum for founders. Let us know if you have any questions, or if you're thinking of getting started!
Adham Badr
@edwinwee looks amazing! not doing the annoying investor thing but because we were just about to use Clerky before seeing Atlas, next to the the network whats the main differentiator ?
Edwin Arbus
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Maker
@adhambad Atlas is focused on making it easy to start an internet business: along with incorporation and a Tax ID, you'll get a business bank account with SVB (and can request a US debit card too), a Stripe account so you can start accepting payments around the world, up to $15,000 in AWS credits, and access to legal and tax advice.
Analytify
@edwinwee @adhambad Can we have PayPal based on SVB Bank account ?
Sebastian Dobrincu
Just started our Atlas journey 4 days ago with Storyheap.com. Really excited to see how it goes! So far I'm pretty impressed.
Sebastian Dobrincu
@asmrbar Happy to hear that! If you want to speed that up, drop me an email: sebastian at storyheap dot com. 🤗
Victor Bustillos
@sebyddd Where are you guys located?. Amazing site. Gives inspiration as to what is possible with an online business. Greetings from Mexico :D.
Kevin Natanzon
Amazing how much time/energy/money they've saved us! We've had an awesome experience establishing our company in the U.S. with them. Thank you!
Shashank Kumar
I got my incorporation confirmation an hour back. It took less than 10 hours after I signed the documents, to get my bank account opened and the company incorporation was done. In India, it would at least take a month to complete the entire process. Wish I could upvote this 10 times :)
Alex Circei
I'm one of the founders who use Stripe Atlas, the process is very simple and easy to understand 👏 .
Mac Connolly
@alex_circei Do you have an invite code you're willing to share with us?
Edwin Arbus
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Maker
Abhi Nayar

Stripe Atlas was a godsend.

My startup, tonebase, incorporated using Stripe Atlas. It was both easier, faster and MUCH cheaper than using lawyers. Our lawyers were quoting upwards of a few thousand dollars to file the incorporation forms whereas Stripe Atlas was just $500 + some other small fees.

In addition they give you AWS credits and some other perks (that I don't particularly remember). Stripe also provides some really awesome documents courtesy of their legal partner that really walk you through the options you have regarding equity splitting, C-corp benefits, and all sorts of legal items most people are ignorant to.

I HIGHLY recommend Stripe Atlas for any startup, individual or company. Honestly the idea of starting a company is daunting WITHOUT the legal hassle, and Stripe makes it stupid simple.

Easy, fast application (the actual forms, etc.), great communicative team, relatively fast EIN numbers and paperwork/forms, and perhaps best of all $10,000 in AWS credits (which we have yet to scratch the surface of).

If there was ONE negative it would be that Stripe really does ask you to describe your business in detail. When we applied for incorporation our business model was in flux - subscription platform, FFS platform, etc. we weren't really sure. This caused a delay and some small amount of tension BUT it was honestly really helpful for US. My advice if you are in a similar situation would be to just pick a very straightforward, simple business model when you apply and then of course (like any good startup lol) pivot.

The reason they do this is for reporting/tax reasons (or so they say) which seems understandable and reasonable. Overall Stripe Atlas is AMAZING and I would highly highly recommend it.

Pros:

Easy Process, Great Communication, Cheap, Great Added Perks (AWS Credits),

Cons:

Need a slightly defined business model BEFORE you apply

Wesley Walser
Is it c-corp only? Any plans to support LLCs for the bootstrappers amongst us?
Edwin Arbus
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Maker
@wewals Currently, yes, but we're looking into supporting other incorporation types in the future.
Mark Pekel
@edwinwee Is it open to non US residents?
Abhishek Nandi
Is it possible to get an Apple dev organization a/c for Stripe Atlas companies? Since Apple asks for and validates phone number & billing address to be US one when applying? How do the current Stripe Atlas companies deal with this?
Patrick McKenzie
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Maker
@iwizardabhi A number of our companies have gotten set up on the App Store. Mostly it's a matter of submitting their documentation to D&B; we've heard reports that it was helpful to contact appdeveloper@dnb.com to explain your particular situation. You can attach your certificate of incorporation. Apparently, it’s quite a quick process after that. You may need a US phone number, but you can use a Skype or Google Voice number in this case. (One of the reasons we have forums is so that our companies can assist each other with this sort of thing and so we can help them on it.)
Cihan Bilir
We started our journey with Atlas at localguddy.com Awesome experience with the best support, thank you guys!
John Fowler
Stripe's UI design is so slick... I would make love to it if I could
Product Pearson
Nice concept. I'm in the UK so can't really use this, but the website is stunning.
Ben Tossell
Hunter
@theashtube Its available for UK people if they want to set up a company in the US
Product Pearson
@bentossell Wow, really? Are there no legal complications involved in doing that?
Edwin Arbus
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Maker
@theashtube @bentossell There are, but we want to help un-complicate it as much as possible: Atlas users will have access to services from PwC and Orrick, and a free convo with a lawyer and an accounting expert in the Atlas network.
Joshua Dance
How much does Atlas cost? Couldn't find pricing on the site.
Edwin Arbus
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Maker
@joshdance It's toward the bottom of the page: https://stripe.com/atlas After everything's set up, there's a one-time fee of $500.
Dainis Kanopa
I am already on Atlas. Best support! And amazing perks. @patio11 the best!
Ankur Jain
If there are people from India who have already joined Atlas, please connect. We already have a invite from Stripe, have some questions around India and US compliance.
Edwin Arbus
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Maker
@ajonit In today's update, we're launching a community of founders for members—we have a bunch of founders from India who have used Atlas to get started. Shoot me an email at edwin.wee@stripe.com and we'd be happy to help answer any questions!
Antonio Bustamante
I don't have enough praise for this. I tried it when it came out for foreign companies, I thought it was brilliant and I still do. Starting a company isn't trivial business and I'm glad someone is letting founders focus on value, rather than on bureaucracy. Congratulations!
Ferenc Brachmann

On my behalf of our entire team at Beeem I can only say positive thigs. Support feels like it's always on, you get answers to all of your questions pretty fast even during the process. Everithing was figured out by the time I encountered any challenges, like mailing the company credit card to us (as it by default can not be mailed outside the US).

Pros:

Everithing :)

Cons:

Maybe consider moving the post incorporation legal package offered by upcounsel.com into Atlas itself.

Jan Ver Eecke

They advertise 1 - 2 weeks In reality it looks like it will be at least 6 weeks if not more.

Pros:

Concept is good

Cons:

They are a huge pain in the ass

Yash Madhusudan
This is the best thing to happen to entrepreneurs! Love it!