A small business website builder made for selling in the USA

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   There’s no national sales tax

   The US has no federal sales tax. 45 states and Washington, DC charge a statewide sales tax, cities and counties can add their own, and Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon have no statewide sales tax (Alaska allows local ones). Rates often depend on the delivery address, down to the city.

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   Know where you have nexus

   You collect sales tax where you have nexus: a physical presence such as your home, studio or stock, or enough sales into a state. Since the Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair decision in 2018, every state with a sales tax sets an economic nexus threshold, most often $100,000 of sales a year, and higher in a few, such as California’s $500,000.

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   Register before you collect

   Get a sales tax permit from each state where you have nexus before you charge tax, starting with your home state, and file returns on the schedule it gives you. Many cities and counties also ask for a general business license. Your state’s revenue department lists what applies to you.

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   Let Stripe Tax do the math

   On any paid plan, Stripe Tax can work out the sales tax for each order at checkout from the delivery address, in the states where you’ve added your registration. Its threshold monitoring shows where your sales are getting close to a state’s limit. Deciding where to register is still yours, ideally with an accountant.

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   Ship when you say you will

   The FTC’s Mail Order Rule asks you to ship within the time you state, or within 30 days if you state none. If you can’t, tell the customer and let them cancel for a full refund. Put your processing times on your shipping page and on made-to-order products.

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   Post a privacy policy and a refund policy

   There’s no single federal privacy law, but California’s online privacy law (CalOPPA) expects any website that collects personal information from California residents to post a privacy policy, and several states have broader privacy laws for larger businesses. Returns follow your own written policy. Cornerrr’s AI drafts both pages for you to review.

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   Make the site easy for everyone to use

   Accessibility lawsuits over business websites are common in the US, and the WCAG guidelines are the usual yardstick. Write alt text for every photo (the AI can draft it), use clear headings and strong color contrast, and never put key details only inside an image. That’s good practice, not a legal sign-off.

General information, current as of October 2026, not legal or tax advice. Rules and rates change, so check them with an accountant or adviser, or the official sources, before you rely on them.

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   Step 1: Describe your business

   A sentence or two is enough: what you do, who it’s for and how people buy from you.

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   Step 2: We build it while you watch

   Cornerrr writes your pages, adds your products or services, and picks the colours, fonts and look. It takes about a minute.

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   Step 3: Connect payments

   Link a Stripe account, or create one in a few minutes. Your customers pay you directly.

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   Step 4: You’re live

   Publish on your free Cornerrr web address, or use your own. Change anything later by asking.