Cost vs reward ratio of multiple accounts?
Hello. I'm just curious about something.
Amazon requires tax information from most sellers when they reach just 50 sales (or earlier). Many individuals run dozens of accounts at a time. Because you need a different ein number for each account (and thus a different licensed business for each ein), are people really paying several hundred dollars per account to establish separate llc's (or similar designations) per year? Is that cost factor (plus all of the other associated costs/investments of being Ghost) really worth it, especially when the maxim for new accounts is to sell as slowly as possible? Additionally, if one of your accounts goes down after you've entered the tax information, that's that entire business's fees down the drain.
I am not entirely clear on this side of the Ghost equation, and am very curious/concerned.
Also, does Amazon suspend your account immediately if you reach 50 sales and have not entered tax information yet? That is their claim. I did see that one forum member claimed that he was able to continue to sell for a while, but that is a very small experiential group.
It would be nice if you could delay entering tax info until the end of the year so that you could be certain your account would survive until then.
Thank you to anyone for their insight in advance. I appreciate it very much.
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