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Eventually, I'd like to branch out within my industry and be a broker. I'm not there yet and I'm waiting for a certain industry to really start taking off where I can form a niche. With that said, I've decided on a name for the business, a website, etc. I'd like to lock in the name with an LLC before someone comes up with it as it is pretty catchy. I'm just looking for the cheapest way to lock in an LLC for now. I did one through Legalzoom a few years ago but think it was like $400 then.
Check with your state on the process and do it yourself. In many states, there are a just a few forms to complete. If you're not going to use the name now, just use some boilerplate articles and/or bylaws and revise them as needed when you are ready to go.
Check with your state on the process and do it yourself. In many states, there are a just a few forms to complete. If you're not going to use the name now, just use some boilerplate articles and/or bylaws and revise them as needed when you are ready to go.
I'm cool with spending $100 or whatever if there is an easy walk through way. But I don't want to drop $400 and a year from now I get promoted and decide to call everything off, just need a placeholder for now.
With that said, I've decided on a name for the business, a website, etc. I'd like to lock in the name with an LLC before someone comes up with it as it is pretty catchy.
Just know that with an LLC, your trade name protection is only within that State. If you want or need national name protection, you need to go the USPTO route.
Check with your state on the process and do it yourself. In many states, there are a just a few forms to complete. If you're not going to use the name now, just use some boilerplate articles and/or bylaws and revise them as needed when you are ready to go.
Just know that with an LLC, your trade name protection is only within that State. If you want or need national name protection, you need to go the USPTO route.
I would say just get the website and don't register the LLC yet. You can always do business under any similarly named LLC, but the website is the thing that there is only one of. As another poster mentioned- there can be 50 LLCs in the US operating under exactly the same name, but there can only be one website (ignoring .net, .biz, and all other less-good versions of .com).
It's a hassle to maintain an LLC if you're not actively using it, but you can register a website for 10 years in a single transaction.
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