Hello,
We’re looking at going into FBA USA. I have created a little mind map of all the setup for this.
I was wondering if anyone can comment on this, is there things im missing… etc?
Thanks alot!
Hello,
your research is actually very solid and you are already looking at many of the correct issues that most UK sellers completely miss before expanding into Amazon USA. The biggest thing I would say is that selling into the US from the UK is absolutely possible, but it becomes much more operationally complex once you move beyond simply opening the account and start dealing with compliance, taxes, freight, customs, and state-level obligations. Your diagram is accurate in showing that the real costs are often not the LLC itself, but the ongoing compliance ecosystem around it such as IRS filings, sales tax, customs bonds, freight forwarding, EPR-type obligations, and maintaining clean account infrastructure.
For most smaller or mid-sized UK sellers, the safest and simplest route initially is usually operating under the existing UK entity directly into Amazon USA rather than immediately building a fully isolated US LLC structure with separate infrastructure. The fully isolated US route can absolutely work and gives stronger separation, but it also introduces much higher complexity, accounting costs, and compliance risk if not managed correctly. A lot of sellers underestimate how quickly annual obligations accumulate once they have a US LLC, EIN, customs activity, and inventory physically stored in multiple US states.
One of the most important practical points is that Amazon USA itself is often the easy part. The difficult part is maintaining consistency across everything else: LLC records, IRS filings, banking, customs importer information, addresses, and account verification data. Once inconsistencies appear, that is where sellers tend to run into problems with banks, Amazon verification, or compliance reviews.
Your notes about linked infrastructure are also very important. Amazon’s systems look at far more than just account ownership, including cards, IPs, devices, addresses, and banking relationships, so sellers who want true separation between entities usually need genuinely separate operational infrastructure rather than just a second company name.
Overall, your approach is much more realistic than the typical “just open a US LLC and start selling” advice online. The US market is very attractive, but long-term success there usually depends more on compliance discipline and operational structure than simply getting products listed.