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Re: Stripe Atlas

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Post by Keats »

pentae wrote: post #63

This is huge. As someone who is involved in the digital nomad community here in Chiang Mai, Thailand - getting incorporation and processing set up for a lot of people here is very difficult. Although places like Thailand are a great place for independent bootstrapping and there’s a solid network of entrepreneurs - one of the biggest hurdles is incorporation, banking and acquiring. This is taken for granted when you’r…

Unrelated but i'll be in Chiang Mai next month for a couple of days, could you give some names of interesting cafe/coworking space there? I'll be with my gf (a designer) that is also interested in digital nomadism so would be great to meet people doing that

Re: Stripe Atlas

#102

Post by jjoe »

amalag wrote: post #99
kiloreux wrote: post #52

I live in Algeria, and we can't use credit cards here, my bank account doesn't support debit cards transfer and if I veer receive 10$ from outside the country, then I'm in for 1 day of questioning the resources for those money, This is a great use case for my country and great initiative from Stripe, Thank you.

How would you receive the money from the US bank account then?

The only way I can think of is Western Union. But the fees are ridiculously high. Even then, the sender is the receiver. I'm not sure how that would work.

Re: Stripe Atlas

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Post by michaelschade »

soneca wrote: post #75

Wow! This solve so many problems that our startup (www.worldpackers.com in Brazil) have! We are a global marketplace, so we have to charge people from everywhere, and stripe still doesn't cover Brazil. Opening a Delaware company is a must have as we are starting a series A fundraising. And the network, wow! BUT... I wonder how achievable is the direct application as a way for getting in the beta. We are not part of a…

Hey! I work at Stripe. Worldpackers looks pretty cool -- nice job!

We kicked off a private beta in Brazil not too long ago that might interest you. You can sign up here: https://stripe.com/global#br. (Once you have a Stripe account, you can accept payments from anyone, no matter where they're based.)

If you end up deciding to incorporate in the US (say, if it helps with your fundraising), the best approach during the beta is a referral through the Atlas network. We're eager to expand this as we learn more from entrepreneurs like yourself.

Re: Stripe Atlas

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Post by dataker »

In the prohibited items, it lists:

>Personal computer technical support

Is there any reason for that? Also, are freelancers in that category?

Re: Stripe Atlas

#105

Post by onewaystreet »

glossyscr wrote: post #82

I just checked the prohibited businesses https://stripe.com/de/prohibited-businesses I am fine with most of them being prohibited but at some points it's getting quite restricted: 1. Virtual currency that can be monetized, re-sold or converted to physical or digital products or services or otherwise exit the virtual world 4. Sexually-oriented or pornographic products or services 9. Engaging in deceptive marketing pra…

This is standard boilerplate for most payment services.

Re: Stripe Atlas

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Post by michaelschade »

glossyscr wrote: post #89
michaelschade wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> - Can I decide about the administration location (eg also Delaware or does it have to be my actual location)? > - Can I get some virtual office with address, mail forwarding, etc, sometimes offered by registry? After incorporation, you’ll have a registered agent in Delaware with a corresponding address. We’re looking at adding support for incorporation in other geographies as we expand Atlas. > - Is Stripe a full s…

Michael, Thanks for your quick answers! Highly appreciated! > Not at the moment, though we're looking at more locations as we continue to expand Stripe Atlas So, it would be Delaware as the administration location, right? (which I would prefer) >> - I Striped stated as the registrant in the Delaware corp database? > Nope. So the 3rd party registry would appear there, right? And it's correct that the customer doesn't…

Yeah, the registered agent address would be in Delaware. The third party facilitating the incorporation won't show up in the Delaware filings, though there will be a registered agent and address on file. (You don't need to do anything to fill that out beyond signing up for Atlas.)

No need to come to the US for the bank account or any other part of the process.

Re: Stripe Atlas

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Post by soneca »

michaelschade wrote: post #103
soneca wrote: post #75

Wow! This solve so many problems that our startup (www.worldpackers.com in Brazil) have! We are a global marketplace, so we have to charge people from everywhere, and stripe still doesn't cover Brazil. Opening a Delaware company is a must have as we are starting a series A fundraising. And the network, wow! BUT... I wonder how achievable is the direct application as a way for getting in the beta. We are not part of a…

Hey! I work at Stripe. Worldpackers looks pretty cool -- nice job! We kicked off a private beta in Brazil not too long ago that might interest you. You can sign up here: https://stripe.com/global#br . (Once you have a Stripe account, you can accept payments from anyone, no matter where they're based.) If you end up deciding to incorporate in the US (say, if it helps with your fundraising), the best approach during th…

thanks for answering, Michael!

I will see if our CEO can hustle out a referral! :)

And I didn't know about the private beta here also, thanks!

Re: Stripe Atlas

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Post by cookiecaper »

Fede_V wrote: post #91
glossyscr wrote: post #82

I just checked the prohibited businesses https://stripe.com/de/prohibited-businesses I am fine with most of them being prohibited but at some points it's getting quite restricted: 1. Virtual currency that can be monetized, re-sold or converted to physical or digital products or services or otherwise exit the virtual world 4. Sexually-oriented or pornographic products or services 9. Engaging in deceptive marketing pra…

If something can be described as 'maybe' deceptive, than it probably is deceptive. I don't mean this flippantly - playing cute with being deceptive is not really helpful to customers.

Sure, but any business with a marketing department is "maybe deceptive", so it really just becomes a question of "how deceptive is too deceptive".

Re: Stripe Atlas

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Post by yeahrightfam »

This means nothing for me (and should also mean nothing for the targeted audience of the post).

I've been constantly ignored from Stripe since they launched their beta in Mexico (actually way before that, I subscribed years before, when Stripe launched in the US). I can't do business with them because I'm not part of their secret club, while at the same many businesses here somehow get access and start using them. That feels like some kind of unfair competition.

I know, you are going to say, they are not obliged to provide service with you, but then, after reading the kind of PR they publish (like this one) you would feel like it, at least they should be morally obliged to stand by their word.

"Stripe Atlas is invite-only to start. ... You can apply directly or get a referral from one of our partners."

Oh ok, so another secret club, and this time the gatekeepers in Mexico are some guys named Antoni and Lelo de Larrea , which for you outside of Mexico, the Larrea family are a powerful group in Mexico that came to be through corruption, government favors and pretty much all the things you usually hate from Mexico. Remember when the miners in Chile were trapped and then rescued? The same thing happened at more or less the same time in Mexico, a lot of media coverage here in Mexico, the mining company owned by them, it was relatively cheap to rescue them but they decided not to do it, they let them die because it was not worth the money. And now I have to do business with those people if I want to process my payments?

Yeah, thanks Stripe, but no thanks.

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