Do I need to register a company or entity in the destination country to sell there?
The short answer
Usually no, not to start. You can sell into most markets as an Indian exporter of record: list on Amazon Global Selling or ship cross-border from India via a courier aggregator, with no foreign entity required. You typically only need a local entity (or an importer-of-record partner) when you want to hold inventory in-country, register for local VAT/sales tax, or run a fully localized D2C operation. Validate demand cross-border first; set up the entity when the volume justifies the cost and compliance.
A quick summary to orient you. The real value is below: the resources worth your time, from people who've actually done it, not us.
Here are the resources
Hand-picked from around the web, each with a note on why it earns your time. India-specific ones carry a badge.
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Why we picked it
A clean four-step walkthrough, register, list, ship via FBA or self-fulfil, get paid, that answers 'how does the mechanics actually work' better than any third-party blog.
Why we picked it
Goes a level deeper into the mechanics that trip brands up, customs, duties, multi-currency, and how Managed Markets can handle duties/taxes at checkout automatically.
Why we picked it
A grounded look at the two things that actually break Indian brands going global, logistics and payments, and the India-specific tooling that now solves them.
Why we picked it
The canonical India-facing starting point, lays out the 18+ marketplaces, the paperwork you need, and the fulfillment/payment flow in language written for an Indian seller, not a US one.
