hey what's up guys this video is going
to be really helpful to you if you have
had your selling privileges revoked by
Etsy I actually put together a one-page
PDF it is right there at the top of the
description and it's got the
step-by-step exact actions you need to
take to get a new Etsy Shop launched I
recently went through these exact steps
myself so I just wanted to let you know
right up front that I put that together
for you forming a new LLC is involved
and in the rest of this video I'm going
to talk you through how we can go about
getting that new LLC formed with a
business address and all the stuff that
we need to get back onto Etsy and get
back to selling so let's get into it
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hey guys thank you for joining me for a
new video today I am joined by Robert
Goldberg of fast Biz law and he is an
attorney that specializes in helping us
uh in the case of the thumbnail of this
video helps us get back onto Etsy by
forming an LLC uh on our behalf is that
phrasing it correctly uh can you let me
know Robert that's right so I'm the
owner of Fast Biz law uh the primary
focus of the firm is we help uh
individuals mostly e-commerce
individuals I'm also an e-commerce
seller but we help them register llc's
and corporations in the U.S I also help
a lot of international entrepreneurs
that don't live in the US register llc's
here so they can sell on Amazon and in
your case Etsy
yeah I really I mean we definitely have
our a ton of Amazon sellers Etsy sellers
eBay
um all the major e-commerce marketplaces
are really where I prefer to be selling
on all at the same time simultaneously
it's a big part of what we talk about on
this channel and when you reached out to
me with your service of helping us form
llc's it resonated right away because
it's definitely let's just say not
uncommon to cross paths with people that
were selling on Etsy were successful
myself included and then one day for for
literally any it's like I wish we had
like a little wheel we could just spin
the wheel and then pick a reason why
you're gonna get kicked off Etsy
um you know you're you're done and then
you want to get back on Etsy and uh you
know you we need a new we need a new tax
ID we need a new LLC I just recently
went through this process and I was
hoping that you could just kind of
explain what's really going on because
I'm not gonna lie when I got my new Etsy
Shop launched I didn't know what the
heck was actually happening behind the
scenes you know I just paid and the next
thing you know I've got a new tax ID new
company and that's what I input into
Etsy to register the new shop and it all
worked magically so do you mind like
elaborating on what's really going on
yeah so I mean it's a coincidence a lot
of my Amazon sellers they get banned
from Amazon for violating the terms of
service
Etsy I've had a couple Etsy people as
well who uh get shut down for whatever
reason I would need more information
from the specific client to know the
reasoning but it could be as simple as
not as violating their terms of service
you know Etsy and Amazon both are pretty
strict it could be also that they didn't
have the LLC or Ein and maybe Etsy you
know noticed that there was something
sketchy going on with with the account
and so obviously you know
the right way to start a business would
be to form the LLC get an EIN number
open up a separate business bank account
and have a business address the business
address can be your home address or it
can be your you know virtual business
address that's a very common thing that
we use for the Etsy sellers but um you
know that is the proper way to get
started so I think that the chances of
getting shut down from Etsy when you
actually set it up properly with the LLC
and or a corporation and get the Ein and
really form it as a proper business from
the get-go I think your chances of ever
getting shut you know shut down would be
much less
yeah I appreciate that and then just for
everybody watching uh fast Biz law your
Law Firm like it's not a uh a help Etsy
sellers get back on Etsy but I told you
I was gonna frame the video this way
because I knew it would draw a lot of
interest um I've done some videos in the
past that have gotten tens of thousands
of views to the point where people
created YouTube comment Bots
specifically to advertise services that
you know probably don't work I've never
tried to use them but just to help you
get back on Etsy that's a very very
common thing honestly I mean because I'm
an e-commerce seller I'm in a unique
position where it's like people find out
that I do that and so they want to use
me to get them set up properly but it
does turn out that like a ton of my
callers are individuals that are facing
this issue
um not so much with Etsy but I've had a
few Etsy sellers uh and primarily with
Amazon so um I definitely do not say
that I can help you get your Amazon
account back or your Etsy account back
but when you're forming a new business
you can create a new Etsy account under
your business's name it's not really
under your name it's a separate entity
apart from yourself so Etsy shouldn't
have a problem with
opening up the account
yeah and Etsy is pretty well known to
have a robust matching algorithm I I
mean I've never been like a developer on
etsy's payroll so I can't speak with 100
certainty of exactly what they look at
but since I just went through this
process I know that um for instance you
want to change your credit card you want
to change your business address I think
like again I'm not 100 but I'm pretty
sure as many of these things you can
um for sure you want to change your tax
ID so I actually went and uh your social
security number in the United States
counts as a tax ID so I had used that
with the very first Etsy shop I had ever
opened and uh that was probably like
2015 you know way before I was doing
anything e-commerce related that I talk
about today and I got shut down for no
reason even though the one listing I had
was handmade and that was that you know
and then I opened up a new one and
immediately got that shut down right
because the matching algorithm so right
yeah it's just been a long story a long
road yeah so I mean when you get
of course because you use your social
security number Etsy is going to know
that that was your social security
number and they're not going to let you
open up another account right
um they might be able to match if you
use your home address they might be able
to match your home address to the new
account you're trying to create because
it's connected to your home address they
do I use my mom's social uh social
security number and match the address
and um yeah that immediately down so
yeah so I'm not advocating for sketchy
Behavior but um you know when when you
form a new LLC
um you get a new EIN number so that's
what replaces the social security number
essentially so when you operate a
business and start an LLC you don't
really operate it using your social you
operate using like the business's social
security number
um and also as far as I know if you used
your home address originally and now you
want to create a new anti account
um
it's not going to work most likely
because they already have the previous
address so what a lot of clients do
um is get a virtual business address
even if they were never banned from Etsy
I think it's a good idea to have a
virtual business address because you're
selling
ideally a high volume of products right
eventually you're going to get a client
that's upset or whatever and you don't
really want your home address to be
listed on your Etsy account and you
don't want your home address to be
listed on the state's website so Etsy is
going to clearly show the name of your
LLC
and if someone's upset they're going to
search your LLC and it's going to take
them to the Secretary of State website
and it's going to show the home address
so usually for businesses that I start
for my clients that aren't online
businesses I give them the option you
can use your home address keep in mind
it will be listed on the Secretary of
State website alternatively if you don't
want to use your home address I
recommend a virtual business address and
I've got a couple companies that charge
around like ten dollars a month so it's
worked out pretty well but Amazon good
luck Amazon's super strict right now so
Amazon probably won't accept the virtual
business address as of recently they've
gotten pretty strict so you will need to
use your home address or actually rent
an office address or a warehouse yeah
that makes sense for Amazon I think
because of the like a lot of people
prefer to like have the automated
removals sent back to them and then if
it all goes to some location where it
gets returned to Sender Amazon's getting
all this stuff sent back that's right
yeah yeah that would make a lot of sense
but um you make a great Point too like
we do have a lot of people uh watching
the channel That so there's this program
like lesser-known a way to sell on
Amazon called Amazon merch or Amazon
merch on demand where you can sell
print-on-demand t-shirts and stuff and
uh they have an application process that
is a pain to get accepted I don't know
why um even if you're living in the
United States like a lot of people have
to apply more than once myself included
um for people that live outside the US I
think a lot of it boils down to who you
bank with you know it's it's weird right
you would think it would matter it would
be something else other than that but I
think who you bank with can almost like
instantly disqualify you so I think well
do what are your thoughts like do you
think they're a good kid and that's the
for international people that's the
biggest challenge is the bank account
um they're online banks now and that
that's what you most of the e-commerce
sellers use who don't want to physically
come to the US and open up a bank
account in person because that's what's
required it's a kyc process so even if
you have an LLC and all that stuff you
still have to come to the US to open up
the account but now there are these
online banks one of them is called
Mercury Bank it is FDIC insured so it's
a legitimate online bank and when you do
it that way you don't have to come to
the US to open up the account you can do
it all online they're going to ask you
for the LLC documents
um and they'll open it up remotely
I hear good things about them it really
solves a problem and it just makes your
life a lot easier yeah it's certainly
from an ease of use perspective very
easy to use and um they send you like
the the virtual card and then they'll
mail you a real debit too so but the big
the hardest thing really is getting that
address like Amazon knows when an
address is a virtual address like that
they've gotten pretty smart
um so that's the toughest part for the
international people
um and even the US people who don't want
to use their home address so that's a
challenge but there are some companies
that are like trying to figure out how
to get that to work where you actually
rent an office space from an actual
office but those are more expensive not
a bad business idea actually um for what
it's worth I use a virtual address for
the new Etsy shop and uh working like a
charm so at least in the context of etsy
that's working really well but so this
has been great so far and as I'm talking
to you I'm realizing like I'm gonna put
together a like one page PDF with your
contact uh just kind of like a one two
three four five outline maybe and maybe
some like little best practices for
anybody looking to get back onto Etsy
and I'll just link that at the very top
of the description for everybody to like
go download bookmark sounds good yeah we
offer um we offer like a consultation we
would sit down you know if someone was
interested we would sit down kind of
analyze whether they should do an LLC at
all
um which they really should because it
provides you with liability protection
you're selling products
um eventually
it's possible at least depending on the
product that that product could cause
harm to somebody or injure them or
whatever and you're going to want the
LLC to provide you with liability
protection so the benefit of the LLC
really is so that if let's say a product
injures somebody the injured person is
going to go after the LLC they're not
going to go after you personally so the
main benefit by the way of the LLC is
not just to open up an Etsy account or
Amazon account it's really to provide
you with liability protection against
your personal assets
you know what I mean yeah absolutely man
I was actually I was just about to segue
you into basically answering what an LLC
is right it's a limited liability
company that's right
yeah added benefit to having your LLC
Beyond just uh getting past the
ridiculous
Etsy algorithm that tries to prevent
people from Ever selling on their
platform ever again if they were not
doing anything wrong like myself I still
to this day I'm willing to defend myself
like I had a bunch of people that I was
competing with on certain you know high
value print-on-demand niches just say
hey I can remove my competition by
hitting the report button yeah it's not
fair I just got to fix that and I'm sure
they will eventually but uh you know
what are you gonna do you can't really
fight with these big companies until
that small fish until that day exactly
yeah you know even the big fish too I
have a couple stories like until that
day guys uh definitely check out fast
Biz law Robert is here to help and you
mentioned they can book a call and talk
to you right is there a cost associated
with uh speaking to you or one of your
team members uh as of now no uh you know
ideally I would like the individual to
actually be pretty interested prior to
scheduling a call
um you know interested in proceeding
with an LLC package and having us help
them get set up um but no there's no
call during the call we would discuss
whether an LLC is beneficial or a
corporation those are two common
questions or what state to register your
LLC in we would analyze that a lot of
people hear about Wyoming and Delaware
and all sorts of things a lot of the
times that's not really something that
should be done for various reasons there
are benefits but there are also cons so
we would just analyze during the call
your particular situation
and kind of uh give you our yeah go from
there yeah that's extremely valuable
because man it's like yeah I hear the
same things you just referenced but I
don't know you know I don't have a solid
footing in the legality and tax benefits
or whatever it is behind that so it's
great that you're making yourself and
your team accessible and um can we just
mention really quickly like if you guys
do end up booking a call um you know
just be respectful please like it's not
that's the expert that's going to tell
you how to open a new Etsy account he's
a lawyer that's going to help you form
an LLC so yeah and if you do schedule a
call please try to actually attend the
call I get a lot of people who uh take
advantage of the free consultation
aspect and they'll they'll schedule the
call and they'll say they'll be there on
time and then they never show up I never
hear from them so you know I do set
aside that time frame of 30 minutes for
that call so be courteous that'd be cool
cool hey Robert thank you so much for
being here man anything you would like
to add before we sign off
I think that's it if you guys are you
know interested or have any questions
let me know and I appreciate being here
no I really appreciate it man and I'm
gonna put your contact in the
description and like I said guys I'll
put together like a one-page PDF that
you can either download or bookmark and
it'll have everything you need to know
in the context of like Etsy um I can't
say Amazon because I'm not 100 sure
about the virtual address thing but at
least Etsy we'll we'll have the like
step by step what you need to follow to
get back on the platform since I just
went through the process yeah and and by
the way I'm also an e-commerce seller I
do sell on Etsy not nearly as much as I
do on Amazon but I transferred my Amazon
products over to Etsy and it's trust me
a lot of my clients are in e-commerce
it's a real thing you can make a real
living it's not just people on YouTube
you know telling you that it's like a
get rich quick thing it really I have a
lot of young clients that seriously make
a killing on these on these e-commerce
websites so definitely uh take it
seriously it's a real business I love
hearing that that's what we're all about
here on this channel man it's just like
creating that extra source of passive
income and then hopefully like either
creating multiple sources like go from
Amazon to Amazon and Etsy or if just
Amazon wants to grow so big that it
replaces is your full time I mean hey
why not yeah these are these are real
businesses side hustles turning into
real businesses or whatever whatever it
may be but it's legit
cool hey Robert thanks for being here
man thank you bye-bye
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