Finally, an LLC made for creators

A creator-specific LLC setup with brand-ready paperwork and banking activation. It lets you contract as a business, keep personal and business separate, and get paid cleanly by brands and platforms.

Starter: LLC filing in your home state, EIN, business bank account opened after formation, invoice and W-9 templates, onboarding guide.

Business: Everything in Starter plus a creator-specific Operating Agreement and a Creator-LLC Content & IP License.

Business Plus: Everything in Business plus priority handling, expedited state option where available, and a live walkthrough after delivery.

Which should I choose?

• Choose Starter if you need an LLC, EIN, banking, and invoices for occasional brand payments.
• Choose Business if you expect recurring brand work, platform programs, or licensing.
• Choose Business Plus if you want faster submission and a live walkthrough.

Upgrade path: You can upgrade later without re-forming your LLC through our Standalone Operating Agreement and/or License Agreement products.

To stay focused on fast, creator-first formation, we don’t handle the longer-term or specialist items below. You’ll add these over time with your tax or legal pro as needed:

• Legal, tax, or accounting advice
• State filing fees (charged by your state), annual registered agent fees, state annual reports, franchise taxes, local licenses
• Ongoing bookkeeping and S-Corp filings

Yes. Use the standalone documents or the Bundle without re-forming. If you only need documents, we do not open a bank account. Your existing LLC remains valid; we supply the creator-specific OA and License so brands and platforms can contract with your company cleanly.

Built for individual creators forming or using a single-member (one owner) LLC. You must be 18+ with an SSN or ITIN and a U.S. mailing address. A registered agent with a physical street address in the formation state is required (we default sign you up with Capitol Services as registered agent for your first year at $130/year to make it easy, but you can opt out at sign-up if you have another provider). Your mailing address may be your home or a compliant virtual address.

Usually your home state. Out-of-state formations often require a second "foreign qualification" back home with duplicate fees and filings. If you later move, options include foreign qualification, statutory conversion or domestication where allowed, or dissolving and re-forming. Each path has cost, tax, and timing trade-offs.

• EIN: typically within 1 business day after submission.
• State filing: we submit within 3 business days of intake (1 business day for Business Plus). State approval timing depends on the state queue.
• Documents: delivered via a DocSend Space with downloads enabled for 30 days. We will re-send on request at no cost.
• Bank: we open a Relay business account after formation. You control it. Bank KYC may require uploads. If Relay declines, we refer an alternate bank. We never have access to your funds.

Yes. We set up and submit your Relay business account application after formation; you complete KYC. Once approved, the account is opened and you control it. We never have access. If Relay declines, we route you to an alternate bank. This removes typical banking friction and makes brand and platform payouts smoother.

• Update payout and tax settings on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, etc. to your LLC legal name and EIN.
• Activate your Relay business account and link payouts.
• Start using the invoice template and W-9 with the LLC’s legal name and EIN.
• Store your signed OA and License in your records folder.
• Calendar state annual report and registered-agent renewal reminders.

Once a state filing is submitted, formation fees are non-refundable. Minor corrections, such as typos, and EIN re-issue when eligible are included at no additional service charge. Additional state fees, if any, are billed at cost.

Email support during business hours (M–F, 9–5 ET). Business Plus includes a live walkthrough after delivery and priority same-day re-issues before 2 p.m. ET.

We deliver documents via DocSend with 30-day downloads and re-send on request. We collect only the info needed to form your LLC and provision templates. We never have access to your bank funds. For banking, the institution runs KYC and maintains its own security controls.

• Operating Agreement: proves how your LLC is run and who can sign. Supports separation of business and personal.
• Content & IP License: you keep ownership of your content, name, and likeness; your LLC receives the rights it needs to use and commercialize them for deals and platform programs.
• Invoice and W-9 templates: brand-ready paperwork so payouts do not stall.

Most states do not require an OA for a single-member LLC, but brands, banks, and platforms often ask for it. Ours is creator-specific: clear authority and signature language, single-member focus, and schedules aligned to banking and vendor onboarding. It supports corporate separateness and reduces back-and-forth with counterparties.

This is an internal license from you to your LLC that allows you to keep ownership of your content, name, and likeness; your LLC receives the rights it needs to use and commercialize them for deals and platform programs. The License defines field of use, term, territory, approvals, attribution, an organic-content carve-out, routing and payee-of-record rules, and permission for the LLC to grant brand and platform sublicenses. With brand contracts, attach the License as an exhibit or incorporate it by reference. Confirm field, term, deliverables, usage, and attribution in the SOW. The contracting party granting rights to the brand is your LLC.

Practical note: Not required to issue invoices. It becomes valuable when you do repeat brand work, need clean chain of title for your content and IP with your LLC, or want your LLC to sublicense rights to brands and platforms.

A small creator-specific stack you get nowhere else:

• Brand Onboarding Guide: one-pager for vendor and platform intake with the correct legal name, EIN, payee-of-record, signature block, and "route everything through the LLC" instructions. Reduces back-and-forth.
• Invoice template: pre-filled structure that matches your W-9 and banking details so payouts don’t stall; includes remit info and standard terms.
• Pre-filled W-9 template: points to the LLC’s legal name on Line 1 and the EIN, not your SSN.
• Understanding your Creator LLC agreements: plain-language explainer for the OA and License and when to use each with counterparties.
• Maintenance & Best Practices Guide: practical checklist to keep the veil intact (separate banking, proper signatures, recordkeeping) and avoid common state compliance misses that delay payouts.

Limited liability means the LLC is a separate legal entity, and business debts and claims are pursued against the LLC’s assets, not your personal assets, if you run it separately from your personal affairs. It can be lost if you commingle funds, sign personally, ignore your Operating Agreement, or commit fraud or negligence.

Maintain a dedicated business bank account, do not put business funds in your personal account or vice versa, sign as "LLC Name, by Your Name, Member," keep books and receipts, file required state reports, and follow your Operating Agreement if you have one.

No protection for personal guarantees, trust-fund taxes, fraud or willful misconduct, or your own negligence.

You can do very small or occasional projects as an individual. An LLC becomes the clearer, more reliable path when you want:

• Clean separation: business income, payouts, and contracts running through a company rather than your personal accounts.
• Structure for recurring work: brands and platforms expect a consistent legal name, EIN, and W-9 when you do regular partnerships.
• Protection and professionalism: an LLC adds a layer between business activity and your personal assets when run properly.

If you’re starting to get consistent brand work, platform programs, or growing revenue, forming an LLC early reduces friction and keeps things clean as you scale.

Yes. Every LLC must maintain a registered agent with a physical street address in the formation state. We auto-appoint Capitol Services. They bill your LLC directly at 130 dollars per year (first year not included).

Use your stage name publicly; run contracts and payments through the LLC’s legal name. If you want checks or payouts addressed to your stage name, file a DBA in your state and update your bank and platforms. A DBA is not required for brand work if the legal name is on the contract and W-9.

For a single-member LLC taxed by default, you take owner draws from the business bank account. Track draws separately from expenses. Draws are not wages.

We run an availability check before filing. If a name is rejected, we file your next choice or a compliant variation per state rules. States do not always refund name search or filing fees. If a re-file adds state costs, we pass them through at cost.

You’ll amend the Operating Agreement to a multi-member version and update tax forms (new W-9; in some cases, the IRS may require a new EIN). We can supply the multi-member OA later.

• Default tax status: a single-member LLC is disregarded by the IRS. You report business income and expenses on your personal return. Money left in the LLC still counts as your income.
• Paying yourself: take owner draws from the business bank account. Draws are not wages and are tracked separately from expenses.
• 1099 reporting: brands usually issue a 1099-NEC to your LLC. Some platforms issue a 1099-K if thresholds are met.
• Sales tax: depends on what you sell and where. Digital goods, courses, merch, and events can trigger state and local sales taxes.
• S-Corp election: consider when consistent profits can support a reasonable salary plus distributions and when the admin cost is justified. Coordinate with a CPA or bookkeeper.