[yurka]

A couple years ago I wanted to publish an iPhone app under a business name but I was a solo developer with no clue about the legal aspects of starting a business. In the end what worked best for me was registering a DBA / Fictitious Business Name, which for a modest fee and a trip to downtown allowed me to pick a business name to use in the app store.

If you go the single member LLC route (which I found in my case was overkill), note that California has an $800 minimum tax. If you register in Delaware and want to do business in your local state (e.g. open a bank account), you'll probably have to register as a foreign corporation and pay any applicable local taxes in addition to Delaware's fees.

[iaw]

Thank you. I think a fictitious business name may be the best route for me, I don't know if I want to throw the cash at creating an entity if there isn't a clearly defined benefit.