> Not necessarily. You can incorporate in a country like Estonia, for example.
But not with Stripe, which always gives you a Delaware C corp as far as I understand. And if there's a Stripe equivalent from Estonia I have yet to find it, despite all the promotion their government does around "e-residency".
> And if there's a Stripe equivalent from Estonia I have yet to find it, despite all the promotion their government does around "e-residency".
That would be Xolo.io - but you really don't need a Stripe equivalent in Estonia or most places to incorporate. Registering a company is not that hard most places. I wouldn't recommend Estonia because you still need to open a business bank account for your new entity, that's the hard part.
You don't need a C corp for a project like OP. He would want a bog standard LLC which is fiscally transparent for U.S. tax purposes. It gets more conveluted if he himself is not from the US as it would be treated differently by different countries.
But it isn't hard, it is just boring to get going.
I've been to Estonia twice. It's a great country with great people. I can assure you 99.8% of Estonians have negative interest in having ties to Putin's Russia. Putin is a thug - pardon the harsh opinion -, he wants to loot Ukraine riches. Estonia is a member of NATO and offers nothing for looting, as they have close to zero natural resources.
But not with Stripe, which always gives you a Delaware C corp as far as I understand. And if there's a Stripe equivalent from Estonia I have yet to find it, despite all the promotion their government does around "e-residency".
Edit: oh nevermind https://support.stripe.com/questions/supporting-companies-th...
(anyhow, Estonia borders Russia, invest at your own peril)