Do you have to register your online business, in your home country? Well, in my home country, all businesses, including online businesses, are required to register. The government is even formulating laws that require individual sellers on social media platforms and online marketplaces to register their businesses. Registering your business is essential for legal status, customer trust, and tax compliance. You will have to register your business in order to scale it in the future.
Are You Required to Register Your Online Business
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If you have an online business with an office where you have staff to work, you certainly need to register your business, but I was mainly interesting in knowing about online business that we operate form our home
Yes that's what am talking about, you still need to register it. My sister has an online business and she is currently working from home, she has already registered the business last year. Working from home or not as long as you are representing a brand and not just yourself, it's a separate identity that still needs to be recognized. Then in a situation where you do not have a business name, you are simply a freelancer carrying out different gigs, then I don't think it's a must to register it.
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How does your sister do online business? Does she have her own online store, or is she selling from online marketplace? If you are operating business through your own store or ecommerce marketplace, you need toi be a registered business, but how about selling individually through your social pages?
She first started by selling online through Whatsapp and Instagram. Then after she registered her business, she opened an online store. Though she still mostly sells on social media. As long as you have a business name and you consider yourself a brand, it's best you register the business name even when you do not have an online store. This would prevent issues like someone else using the business name later on and coming to sue you for copyright or something. But if there is no business name and you are not creating a brand identity for yourself, and you just sell individually, then there is no need.
