To open a Stripe account from Turkey, you must first form an LLC company in Usa and obtain an EIN number.
Many entrepreneurs have previously opened and verified their Stripe accounts by applying the methods in this guide. Stripe continues to allow Turkish LLC company owners to open approved accounts, details are in our guide.
However, over time, Stripe has made some visual changes in the account opening steps and registration forms, so instead of changing the last part of this article, we wanted to share the most up-to-date account opening method on a clean page.
The requirements and pre-requisites are still the same and there are no changes, only some changes are made at the registration stage.
That's why we didn't transfer the requirements section from our previous article here. the requirements in the old guide , but let's give a brief summary as follows and at least see what is required:
Requirements
- An LLC company established in America: You can establish an LLC company in the state of Wyoming at an affordable price in 2 business days with Northwest, see here.
- EIN: Apply for an EIN as soon as your company is established and wait for it to be finalized. For details and application method, see here.
- A phone number with a USA area code: You can get it at a very affordable price from Zadarma. After you get your number, you can turn on the SMS feature if you want, so you can receive SMS from your virtual number. for details .
- Website: Having it in English during the preliminary phase is a bit of an advantage, but you need a website anyway. Your site must be finished and fully active. Apply with a site that complies with the policies. that are not approved in the link here , do not apply with such sites.
- A bank account opened for your company: the Wise corporate or Mercurybank options.
Once you complete the above requirements, you can open your Stripe account online from Turkey, have it approved, and start receiving payments in about 15 minutes, without the need to use a VPN or VPS.
Steps to Open a Stripe Account from Turkey
By following the steps below, first open your account and then we will talk about the steps you need to take to instantly confirm your account online.
Go to https://dashboard.stripe.com/register and choose your Email (in Gmail, it can also be your corporate email), name and surname, country, United States, and finally set a password and create the account.
By clicking the Start button, you can proceed with the steps to activate your account.
First of all, you need to verify your e-mail by clicking on the verification link sent to your e-mail.
After verifying your email, click the Activate account link at the top of the dashboard.
It should be Registered Business, United States, then enter your company's address. Continue by selecting Company in the Type of business section and Single-member LLC at the bottom.
In this step, you are asked to enter company details. Enter all information completely. Also, don't forget to enter your EIN number correctly because it is automatically verified from the IRS's database.
Choose your business category (e.g. education, e-commerce, toys, online course, etc.) and write your website address. Finally, enter a descriptive text in English about your work and products.
In this step, your personal information, that is, the company owner, is requested. Name and Surname, E-mail may be the same, date of birth, your home address (they want to know where you live, not your US business address) A telephone with a TR area code or a US area code.
Note: This part is important because it can change constantly. Sometimes you are asked to enter your SSN, sometimes there is a field where you can select your country and you reach the field where you can select TR and enter your TR ID number.
If the TR selection field appears, enter your TR number. If it does not appear and SSN is requested, enter the last four digits of your company's EIN number. (In our conversation with Stripe, it was confirmed that this could be done and this information was confirmed by them)
Select the Fulfillment section as one day and continue.
In the Support details section, write your company name, description, phone number with USA area code (phone number with USA area code is required for this section) and finally the mailing address of your company in the USA and continue.
Enter your bank account information as shown below. Enter the account and routing information of any of your Mercurybank, Relay or Wise corporate accounts and continue.
Set up two-factor login via SMS or the Google Authenticator app. Do not skip this step because you cannot end the process without doing this at the last stage. Follow one of the two methods and continue.
You can skip this option by selecting Not right now.
In the last step, you are asked to review the information you entered. If there is an area you need to make final checks and correct, correct it and click on the submit button to send the application.
Approval Process
When you log in to your Stripe panel again approximately 5 to 15 minutes after submitting the application, you will see a warning at the top of the panel that you need to confirm the credentials of the account owner.
If you do not see this warning, wait a while, you will definitely see it because since you have not yet uploaded your credentials, the account is not fully approved until you do this.
Click the Review business owner button to start the approval process.
If you remember the explanation we made at the beginning, we mentioned that sometimes there is no country selection in the ID information entry section. If it does not appear at that stage, you can enter your company's EIN number. Now you can select and enter the country TR in this field while verifying your TR ID number.
After entering your ID number, you will see that the ownership section is in pending verification status. Click on the pencil mark on the side and follow the steps below.
Press the Update button.
You should now come to the ID verification section. In this section, you will be asked to upload the front and back sides of your ID to the system separately.
Check the Upload file option. If you want, you can do this from your computer or phone camera, but high-quality photos are always approved faster.
Upload the faceplate of the ID
If the Looks good warning appears, it means that the photo will be accepted.
Install the back side in the same way.
After the upload process is completed, it will enter the pending verification status. At this stage, do nothing, wait for a while and update the page, then you will see that this warning has disappeared.
After the identity confirmation is completed, you will see that your account is fully approved on the stripe dashboard page. You will receive an e-mail within a few minutes stating that you can now receive payments.
This is how the Your account is now active message appears in the Dashboard. After this stage, you can start receiving payments.
Checking Company and EIN Approval Status
To check the approval status of your EIN number and company, go to https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/taxation.
On this page, you can see that your tax information (EIN) has been automatically verified by the IRS and the account has been verified.
Finally, what should be done? When Does Stripe Make Payments to the Bank Account?
Once your account is fully approved, you can now start receiving payments from your customers. After receiving the first payment, the process of transferring your balance on Stripe to your bank starts automatically.
In this process, your bank account is actually verified by Stripe and this process will take approximately 5-7 days.
Once your bank account is verified by Stripe, the money transfer to your bank account by Stripe will be completed.
In the next process, the payments you collect from your customers with Stripe are processed on the same day with default settings and transferred to your account the next day. If you want to transfer payments in bulk to your bank, you will need to wait for the 7-day verification process to be completed to make this setting.
To change the payment time, you can go to https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/payouts and make the following settings.
The every day option will automatically be selected, you can change it to every week or month if you wish.
Connect Your Stripe Account to Your Shopify Store
This process is quite simple. You can integrate Stripe in 2 minutes by changing the location in Shopify settings. Here is a clear video for details.
Conclusion
When you complete all these steps, you will have Stripe, the world's most used and safest payment solution. The steps and process may seem long, but as of now, this is the most accurate, legal and reliable method of receiving payments with Stripe. Don't waste your time and money with other alternative and illegal methods. As a result, you have a solution where you can set up your LLC in Usa and start your new venture and online business safely by allocating a low startup budget.
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Hello, is a USA phone number mandatory when opening stripe?
Hello, it is not mandatory
Hello, thank you for the content. Thanks to you, I benefited a lot, but I wanted to write down a point I was stuck on here so that friends like me can benefit from it. I have an llc in Usa, I have EIN and ITIN information. We opened our site via Shopify, and we had set up everything, but Shopify said that I could not use Shopify Payments and that we had to work with a warehouse or 3rd party logistics company, not a virtual address in Usa. Even though we said that we produced personalized products, they did not accept it and Shopify Payments closed our payment methods. What do you recommend we do? Now I will apply for stripe, but I am afraid that there will be a ban from here too. What other methods can we receive payment? For example, does Wise business support payment methods such as apple pay, google pay? I would be very happy if you could give me detailed information (NOTE: If I can apply for a Stripe account and connect it to Shopify, I will report the result here, whether there is a problem or not)
Hello,
Shopify payments hurts US-based people, so it seems normal that you can't use it. At this stage, it would be better to use Stripe. If you do not receive too many complaints and returns, if your business complies with its policies, your account will not be suspended and you can use it without any problems.
Hello, I formed my company with Northwest in the Usan state of Wyoming and received my EIN number. I want to do dropshipping, but I haven't selected the product yet and added it to my website, I just put a random product for now. In this case, what should I write in the Industry section?
2- Currently, I only have my EIN number and Turkish passport. I don't have an SSN number to add to Stripe. Will adding something different instead of SSN cause problems in the future?
3- Where do you recommend me to get an Usan phone number? Also, is this number shared with users? If they call, I cannot answer because my English is not sufficient.
4- I decided to open Wise bank as a bank. Since Wise has temporarily stopped issuing cards to companies in Usa, I am considering adding my Türkiye card to Wise. How do I add it to Stripe and will I have problems in the future?
First, determine the products you will sell and add the products. An empty website may be a problem.
There is no need for SSN. You can look at our stripe article and enter Tckn in the relevant field. The home address section must be your Turkey address.
A phone is not necessary, but if you find it necessary, you can get it from zadarma.
There is no need to connect a card for Stripe. Add your wise USD account to Stripe. Payments are transferred to your wise account via money transfer. There is no card anymore, yes you can get your money from wise by transfer to tr.
My site is completely ready and professionally designed. I'm considering using Winning Hunter to choose items to sell, but it costs $80. So, will it cause any problems if I add a random product by category for now?
I also plan to work with a freelancer from Fiverr to create legal pages (Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, etc.). This costs $85 and I'll have to postpone it a bit. Is it a problem if legal pages are blank?
If I temporarily create these pages from ChatGPT and change the contents later, will there be a problem with the Stripe approval process?
Add the products you will sell and send them for approval. You need to create the necessary pages and content
Thank you sir for sharing very valuable information.
I founded the company in the USA, EIN Mercury, okay, thank God. Now it's Stripe's turn.
Actually, you said that it is possible to open a Stripe account from Turkey without using a VPN, but some people said that it is definitely not possible, you will get banned, so I was afraid. Is there anyone who opened an account without using a VPN around 20.08.2024 and did not experience any problems? Or, I wanted to ask you whether it would be more convenient to log in from Opera's free USA VPN in the future.
Thank you in advance.
Hello, there are hundreds of accounts that have been using VPN for about 5-6 years and it works without any problems. VPN is unnecessary because these systems already take your ID number and address and know where you logged in from. In summary, US company owners residing in TR are already accepted by Stripe and it is clearly stated on their website, so do not waste your time with unnecessary transactions by logging in with a VPN. People who say this are probably commentators who haven't even traded 1 USD on Stripe.
Sir, thank you very much for your quick answer. It seemed illogical to me, but I wanted to consult someone who knows. Good evening
Hello, what are the requirements for the website? I will show my shopify store as the website. Is there something I should do about this?
Hello,
The content must be full, all necessary pages must be completed and most importantly, it must be in a content/category that complies with the policies. You can look: https://stripe.com/legal/restricted-businesses
First of all, thank you for such golden information.
What I'm wondering is, I formed my LLC company, I did everything, I live in Turkey and I will sell from China to Turkey through my LLC company. Since the payment infrastructure is stripe, will there be a problem for Turkish users to pay with Turkish credit cards here? Will those whose cards are closed for international payments face any problems or can they make payments regardless of whether they are open or closed?
Thanks
Hello,
If their cards are closed abroad, of course, they cannot complete the transaction by receiving a warning that the bank has refused the payment. Some banks automatically leave the cards open for overseas purchases, while others close them. In this case, the user must open his card for overseas shopping from the bank application.
Using the guide, I applied to Stripe in about 20 minutes and after the last step, the account was approved instantly. For the US phone, I used the number I got using Tollfreeforwarding's free trial period service. I activated Google Authenticator for the verification method. Thanks to your guide, it was a smooth and easy application process. I would like to thank the startupsole team for the valuable information.
Congratulations. It's actually that simple a process when you follow the right steps. We wish you success.
Sir, this is off topic, but I want to do dropshipping in the USA via Shopify. Should I open my company from Turkey or from the USA, or are both possible? And can't we connect the Stripe account directly to a bank in Turkey?
Since you will be receiving payment from abroad, security systems such as local virtual POS systems and 3D secure will be required, so there are problems during checkout. For this reason, you can get healthier payments by connecting to stripe.
Local virtual POS systems are not recommended in global trade. It would be wise to form an llc in the USA and integrate Stripe with Shopify to form a healthy system.
You have created too many document verification attempts for this account. Please contact us at https://support.stripe.com/
EVEN IF MY ACCOUNT HAS MADE EVERYTHING PROPERLY, I CANNOT GET APPROVAL AND NO MATTER WHAT I DO, THE ABOVE TEXT APPEARS. I CANNOT GET APPROVAL. CAN YOU HELP ME?
Hello,
It would be a good idea to contact Stripe support and ask for more details and information. If you can figure out where the error is or what's wrong, we can help faster.
Hello. I chose USA as my country when opening Stripe, but I cannot change that part now. It asks for your SSN, but when you enter tcno or ein there, it does not accept it. I wonder what should I do?
This seems to be the fastest method to open the account from scratch with a new email address.
Hello,
I opened my company in New Mexico with Northwest and I am trying to open Stripe with EIN, but the business owner does not accept the ID I sent in the identity verification section.
Upload a clearer version of your ID; all edges of the photo should be visible.
The second alternative is to log in to your stripe panel from your phone and read the ID from the camera in a bright environment.
If it still does not accept it, you can quickly confirm it online by connecting to Stripe support chat.
I connected to Stripe Support Chat, but it said that they did not accept the Turkish ID Card. Their answer:
Betty: Hey, thank you for providing me with the document
(08:57:09 PM) Betty: After carefully looking at the document, this is not an acceptable document for Stripe accounts set in the US
(08:57:23 PM) Betty: Acceptable forms of identification:
Passport
Passport card
Driver license
State issued ID card
Resident permit ID / US
Green Card
Border crossing card
Child ID card
NYC card
US visa card
You probably did not choose Turkey as your home address when opening the account. You should only select the company location as USA, read your residence address, select USA and enter your company address, they will ask for a USA ID. Open an account again with a new email and follow the steps in the guide.
My residence address was Türkiye from the very beginning, and I had only chosen the company address as USA. I think Stripe is making things harder day by day. 🙂
In fact, we opened an account just yesterday, they verified the identity online within a few minutes, there is no change. Have you selected Tr as the country and entered Tckn in the section related to ID?
After entering your ID number, you can verify it at the last stage by uploading a new type of ID or using your passport.
Did you mention in the online chat that you have an llc in the USA and that you are not a US citizen? It's like you were asked for a US ID.
In the TIN section, I selected TR and entered my TR ID number. Then I loaded my new type chip ID card. The funny thing is, I just asked if my driver's license was valid and they said it was. I uploaded my driver's license from Turkey, completed the necessary process and it was approved 😀 I opened my company by following the steps on your site from start to finish, and thank you again for the EIN. 🙂
Sometimes the system may not be able to read ID cards, which is probably what happened. There are hundreds of staff at Stripe support, you may have come across a newbie, maybe he/she may have asked for a USA ID, thinking you were a US citizen.
Anyway, it's nice to have it resolved, we wish you success in your new job.
Hello, when opening a stripe account, I uploaded my residence address from the e-government in the address verification section in the verification section. However, my address verification has still not been accepted. How can I solve it?
For stripe accounts opened with US LLC companies, if the company location is selected as USA, proof of residence address is not required. If you have opened an account with a UK company, we have no information about this and cannot provide support on what kind of verification method it is. If you are trying to open an account with your US LLC company, you may have selected the wrong country in the first application. Follow the steps in the guide on our website with a new e-mail and repeat your process.
I opened a stripe account for x content producer, but I gave my wife's information to the Iban address. Can I get payment? Is there any problem?
Do you have an llc in the USA? Have you opened an llc account? Normally, you need to enter account number instead of Iban for USD account.
Hello, when I opened my Stripe account, when I entered my information, USA could not be changed in the home address section, so I wrote my company's address and entered it, now they are asking for my SSN, but I do not have an SSN, what should I do?
Hello,
Yes, if you choose USA, it will ask for your SSN. Get lost in a new e-mail, select your real residence, follow the steps in the article and enter your TR ID number. You can solve it this way, or try to change it if you can. SSN is a number given to US citizens.
Hello, since I have an SSN number, I have been able to receive payments from Stripe in Turkey for 3 years. However, since the numbers increased, I established a company in April 2023. As a result, there is profit visible in Stripe. Do I need to open a new Stripe account with a new EIN number for the new company? but the old stripe also shows the ssn and he sent the 1099k form to the stripe in December 2022. The accountant told me that 1099k is sent automatically, you do not have a company, you do not need to file a return.
What should I do? I would appreciate your help.
If you have received 1099K, it would be beneficial for you to go to an advisor and get support with this document.
First of all, thank you for the explanation.
Let's say I want to integrate Stripe Reader into my food and beverage vending machines across Türkiye. Thus, the system will be able to work by taking payments from credit cards.
And I have the electronic equipment to do it.
My question is: Can I connect all these vending machines to a company I will open via Stripe Atlas?
And can I withdraw my money from Turkey without overwhelming taxes and commissions?
Have a nice day!
-Serdar
It would be more economical to set up your company with Northwest instead of Stripe Atlas. The Atlas platform also operates through a registered agent like Northwest, which has higher prices and higher annual payments and recurring subscriptions. For a Stripe account, an LLC company and EIN number are sufficient.
Your tax varies depending on your turnover and income geography. You may not be able to form this type of system with zero tax, please consult a consultant and will Stripe approve this system you will form? Consult stripe about this from the very beginning.
It may be beneficial to get professional support on where your income will be taxed, because there may be taxes locally depending on the amount of income we will transfer to your country of residence. You can also investigate whether it will be within the scope of peace of existence.
Thank you for the quick reply. I will research these issues
Hello, I wish you a good day.
As far as I know, after a certain limit, stripe and similar platforms send 1099-K forms and after that we are subject to income tax. Is this true?
If true, what is this rate?
There is a platform called Wave. It provides both a pre-accounting program and a virtual POS service. You can receive payments for the invoices you create. There they wrote that they filled out the 1099K form after $600.
I wonder how many dollars it takes for Stripe to fill out 1099K?
If you have any information, I would appreciate it if you could share it.
Thanks.
If you earn domestic income, Stripe can send you 1099k when the total of your domestic income exceeds 20k USD
Hello,
Thank you very much for the information you provide on your site. There is a question on my mind. I plan to sell through Shopify. I am in the process of applying for a New Mexico LLC. According to this guide, after opening Stripe, will it be a problem if Türkiye is selected as the location on my Shopify site and it is stated that I ship products from Turkey? Or should Usa be chosen as the Shopify address?
You're welcome.
Want to use Shopify payments? If you plan to use Shopify Payments, this is normally impossible unless you are a citizen, even if you are a US LLC company. For this reason, you can open a Stripe account instead of Shopify Payments and receive payments this way. It would be better to do some research on choosing your store address and get support from someone who is an expert on Shopify. However, since these are technical issues, they do not prevent setting up an llc and having a Stripe payment gateway.
Hello again,
To receive payment I will use the Stripe account I applied for through New Mexico LLC. What I want to ask is, is there any possibility of a problem with Stripe since I will be shipping the products from Turkey?
Hello,
You won't have any problems with Stripe, they don't care where you send the products from. Dropshipping for US LLC companies is a structure allowed by Stripe
The most important point for Stripe is a website that complies with its policies and not too many returns/customer complaints.
Hello, even though I entered the information completely, I get the error "Your business does not meet our Terms of Service". What do you think is the reason for this?
Hello,
It seems that the problem you are experiencing is not related to entering incomplete information.
Your website probably does not comply with Stripe requirements. A word, site title or a product in your site address may not comply with the conditions.
Check the business structures in the link below, Steipe does not allow this type of work.
https://stripe.com/legal/restricted-businesses
Judging by the error you receive, a warning appears exactly like this.
If this is the case, change your website or open a ticket with Stripe and try to get a solution and special permission for the error.
Thank you for the information you provided.
We are happy if your problem has been solved!
We kindly ask and wish you good luck.
Hello, what I don't understand is that I live in Turkey and I formed an llc in the USA. Everything is fine. When I open a stripe account, what should I write the address of the company? I live in Turkey and I don't have an address in the USA. How should I write my address in Turkey?
Write your US business address in the company address section and your home address in the home address section. You don't have to live in the USA, do you?
“On average, how long after paying will your customers typically receive their goods or services?” Wouldn't saying "within one day" put me in trouble because I think my products will reach customers within 2 weeks?
Then specify it as 2 weeks. This is the nature of the dropshipping business, unfortunately, when you send products from the Far East to the USA, delivery times will sometimes take more than two weeks. Sometimes customers complain about long waiting times, sometimes they don't. If there are too many returns or complaints, you may receive a warning from Stripe, but everyone who drops experiences these risks and troubles.
Stripe is the most flexible payment gateway when it comes to approval and account suspension. It is very difficult to get approval from other payment solutions and they are more strict. Despite these risks, you do not have the luxury of being too selective anyway.
Of course, you are free to research stripe alternatives. If you can find a better solution, you can proceed with that solution, but during the registration phase, they ask you for many documents such as ITIN Number, Passport, state-approved, wet-signed copies of company documents, EIN approval letter, proof of US business address with invoice. You may not be able to complete all of these.
You have provided very good information, thank you. I formed my LLC company in the USA and received my EIN number. I will apply after receiving +1 on Skype. What I'm curious about is the bank part. You may have a bank account opened for your company, you may have said Wise corporate, Mercurybank or BankRelay, but I want to use my payooner account. Is this possible?
Yes this is possible. You can integrate your Payoneer account with stripe. We did not write about Payoneer because it is not a method we use very often, but it is supported by Stripe.
Hello,
we want to add Stripe virtual POS to our site. How can we do it?
If you have an LLC company and an EIN, you can follow the step-by-step processes in this guide and get your account approved. If you want us to perform these transactions for you, register in the system https://secure.startupsole.com/authentication/register We will send you an invoice. After the order, let's start the process and confirm your account.
Hello. Thank you for your detailed explanation. I will set up the website with shopift. Is there a detail I should pay attention to? I will add 10 types of products. And can you also inform me about PayPal opening in Usa?
Hello,
You cannot use Shopify payment, instead you will have to open a Stripe account and receive payments with Stripe because Shopify Payments does not support Turkey. Even if you have a US company, it will ask you for a social security number (SSN) and other than that, there is nothing extra.
For Paypal, this article will be useful: https://startupsole.com/paypal-vps/
I had one more question. I will sell to European countries. When you select a European country from Shopify, Stripe is not added to the payment methods. Is there any problem if I change the Shopify country to Usa and sell products to Europe?
You can make a test purchase with a VPN for $1, which I don't think will happen.
Hello. We are forming an llc in Usa, but I ship my product from Turkey. In this process, it seems that I have not received the payment for the product in terms of Turkish tax law. It is unknown whether I will pay tax on a product that is not sent from there in the USA. Is there an article about this?
Your consultant in Turkey knows this better, after all, you are exporting. A consultant with foreign trade experience can solve this issue very easily because the work done is no different from export.
Thanks for the detailed explanation. Is the TR ID number mandatory now? I remember that I had previously opened it with my USAn LLC using the EIN number...
There is no need to do anything for accounts that have been opened and approved before. This is valid for new account openings.
If there is no field to enter your ID number when opening a new account and the SSN field appears (enter your EIN in the field where you are asked to enter your SSN and skip this step), it already appears at the ID verification stage. Once entered, the account is confirmed without any problems.