Are there any companies that will provide an address we can use instead of an address we will only have temporarily?
Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
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Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#2Get a PO box.
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#3And if you need to incorporate in another state, get a registered agent -- they're cheap and give your company the required official address in that state.
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#4Regus offers 'Virtual Offices' from very prestigious addresses - they also have other services other than providing just an address (Office Space, Mail Forwarding, Phone Answering, Office Equipment, etc).
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#5You can use your house and change it later. Probably better than wasting money on a virtual office.
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#6Get a PO box.
Better yet: http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/earthclassmail/
I use it and it works pretty well - in many ways it's better than a PO box. Actual physical address, no paper to deal with, and you don't have to drive anywhere to get your mail. The interface is a little sluggish, though (ASP & MSFT Servers...) - but they say they're working on that.
It's great if you don't want to change your address every time you move.
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#7Get a PO box.
Wouldn't it make the company looks shady?
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#8Go to the UPS store and get a mailbox. Your Mailbox has a real street address. It will look something like 1845 Blank Street Suite #ofmailbox
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#9Use your parents' address. I did it for my first two companies, never had a problem.
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#10Use your parents' address. I did it for my first two companies, never had a problem.
Agreed. There's no law as far as I know that requires you to have an official office address. It just has to be somewhere that people can send mail to so you can receive it.
The only downside was that my business credit card offers got mixed in with my regular credit card offers.