Hi, I am from Sweden and want to use shopify. But I don’t want to start a registered business yet, can I still sell on spotify without a company? And how do I do it? When I tried to activate shopfiy payments it asked me for my Business ID number but I do not have one. How can this be solved?
Topic summary
Main issue: A user in Sweden wants to sell on Shopify without registering a company. When activating Shopify Payments (Shopify’s built-in payment processor), they were prompted for a Business ID, which they don’t have.
Current guidance: Another participant states it should be possible to open a Shopify store and use Shopify Payments without a business license. If the activation flow requires a Business ID, the user should contact Shopify Support for instructions on proceeding without one.
Actions/next steps: Reach out to Shopify Support via help.shopify.com to clarify how to activate Shopify Payments without a Business ID.
Status: Unresolved within the thread; confirmation and specific steps depend on Shopify Support’s response. No conflicting viewpoints presented.
It should be possible to open a Shopify store, and use Shopify Payments, without having a business license.
If it’s forcing you to put in a business ID number, when activating Shopify Payments, then you’d want to reach out to Shopify’s support team directly (https://help.shopify.com/en), to find out how to continue without putting in the business ID.