Your own company in Latin America for Mercado Libre
The company is registered in your name and stays your asset: your own seller reputation, your own sales history, tax recovery on imports.
Who it's for
- Sellers who have already tested the market and want an asset of their own.
- Manufacturers and brands for whom their own sales history and seller reputation matter.
- Sellers planning to enter several countries.
How it works
We set it up remotely
A consular power of attorney — you don't need to travel.
We register the company
Registration, tax ID, importer status.
We open the bank account
Bank account and Mercado Pago setup.
We connect the platform
Mercado Libre seller account and store configuration.
We run it until you have residency
Alexey acts as legal representative, personally. You don't need to be in the country.
What you get
- Your own seller reputation and sales history — the one thing that cannot be transferred from someone else's account.
- Imports with tax recovery: VAT and advance payments are recovered by the importing company.
- The company stays yours, even if you decide to continue without us.
- A base for entering neighboring countries and for building a network with a management company.
What it costs
We quote registration and monthly accounting support per project — it depends on the country and the type of activity. Taxes are paid by your company; we manage them in your absence and reflect everything in the reporting.
Taxes: taxes are paid by your company. We manage them and reflect them in the reporting.
Tax residency at home: when CFC obligations arise and when they don't
Worth settling before the contract, not after the first payout. The answer depends on the scheme.
Obligations do arise
Here the company is registered in your name or under your structure. If you remain a tax resident of your own country, a procedure appears that has to be followed: notifying the tax authority of your participation in a foreign organization, and from then on reporting under the controlled foreign company (CFC) rules. This is not a ban and not a catch — it simply follows from the fact that you now own a foreign asset. The exact rules depend on your country of residence, and we go through them with a tax adviser before the contract, not after.
All cross-border trade payments run through us: we pay for logistics and customs, collect and repatriate the revenue from the platform, and hand you the profit — in US dollars, SWIFT transfer or crypto (USDT), as agreed. Cross-border payments for goods, freight, and customs are on us: you do not open accounts abroad and do not deal with payment routing.
Disclaimer. This is not tax advice and we do not replace a tax adviser. The specific obligations, deadlines, and amounts are worked out for your situation — we introduce you to an adviser while you're choosing the scheme.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to fly to the country?
Who runs the company until I have residency?
What about tax recovery on imports?
How long does registration take?
Other schemes
Partnership
Subsidiary
Company network
Let us run the numbers for your product
Send us the category, purchase price, weight, and planned volume — within 24 hours we'll come back with the economics and the timeline.
What your own company in the country of sale gives you
Your own company in the country of sale is an asset that stays with you: the seller account, the reputation you build, the sales history, and the right to recover taxes on imports. Registration is done remotely, under a consular power of attorney — you don't need to travel to the country or obtain residency to start. Until you have residency, the legal representative is Latigo's founder personally, and his powers are limited by the contract.
What the work covers: registering the legal entity, obtaining the tax ID and registered importer status, opening the bank account, connecting the seller account on the platform, and setting up bookkeeping. The cost of registration and of ongoing accounting support is quoted for the specific country and type of activity — we send the quote before any work begins.
The main financial argument is tax recovery. In most countries of the region, a registered importer can offset the VAT paid on import against the VAT charged on the sale, whereas when you work through someone else's company that amount is simply a cost to you. From a few containers of volume upward, the difference outweighs the cost of maintaining the legal entity.
What we flag in advance: if you remain a tax resident of your own country, owning a foreign company triggers a notification of participation in a foreign organization and CFC reporting. This is a normal procedure, not a catch — we go through it together with a tax adviser before the contract is signed, so the obligations don't come as a surprise a year later.