Bizee forms your LLC for $0 plus state fees. CorpNet charges $99 plus a 3 percent fee for the same filing. Both include a free first year of registered agent service on the right package, and both then charge $149 a year.
So the question is what the $99 buys, and whether it buys anything you need. I run Ecommerce Paradise, and I recommend both of these to different people, so this is the honest split rather than a case for whichever pays better.
Over three years, Bizee costs $298 and CorpNet Deluxe costs $517. That $219 gap is the whole decision. Prices verified against both companies’ own pages in September 2026.
Form Your LLC for $0 Plus State Fees
Bizee includes a free first year of registered agent service, coming to $298 over three years against CorpNet’s $517.
The Prices, Side by Side
CorpNet’s figures come from its published pricing page. Both companies quote before state filing fees, which are identical whichever you use.
| CorpNet | Bizee | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry formation | $99 Basic | $0 |
| Mid package | $219 Deluxe | Paid tiers above free |
| Top package | $269 Complete | Paid tiers above free |
| Registered agent | $149 a year | $149 a year |
| Free agent year | Deluxe and Complete | Included with packages |
| EIN included | Deluxe and above | Paid add-on |
| Checkout fee | 3 percent | None published |
| 3-year total | $517 on Deluxe | $298 |
Two details in that table do most of the work.
The registered agent renewal is the same on both at $149. That is unusual in this category, where the free-formation companies typically recover their margin through a higher agent price. Bizee does not, which is why its three-year number is genuinely the lowest here rather than just the lowest on day one.
CorpNet’s 3 percent convenience fee is small in absolute terms and it is the kind of charge that shapes how a company feels. On Deluxe it adds $6.57. Bizee does not publish an equivalent.
Where the $219 Actually Goes
Three things, and only one of them is likely to matter to you.
Support Depth
This is the real difference. CorpNet is staffed by people who have been filing in all fifty states for years and who answer the phone. Bizee is a high-volume operation where support runs mostly through email and tickets.
For a standard single-member LLC in a common state, that difference is theoretical, because nothing goes wrong. For a filing that gets rejected, an unusual state requirement, or a formation that involves multiple members and a custom structure, having someone competent pick up the phone is worth real money.
The EIN
CorpNet includes it from Deluxe up. Bizee sells it as an add-on.
Before you weight this heavily: the EIN is free from the IRS and takes about fifteen minutes online if you have a Social Security number. Paying either company for it is buying convenience. If you are a non-resident without an SSN, the process runs through paper filing, it genuinely takes weeks, and paying someone is reasonable.
The Upsell Experience
Bizee’s checkout flow is aggressive. You will decline several add-ons on the way through, including an EIN charge for that free IRS form. CorpNet’s flow is calmer, and the trade is that its starting price is higher.
Some people would rather pay $219 than say no six times. That is a legitimate preference and it is worth naming, because it is the actual reason a lot of people choose the more expensive service.
Where Bizee Wins Outright
Price, obviously, and by more than the formation fee suggests. Two hundred and nineteen dollars over three years is not a rounding error for a store that has not made money yet.
The free tier is also genuinely free rather than a trial. Your LLC gets filed for the state fee alone, and the filing is competent. This is a company that has processed a very large number of formations and a routine one is not going to trip it up.
And the registered agent price matches CorpNet’s exactly, so the saving is not clawed back in year two the way it is with ZenBusiness at $199. The same is true against LegalZoom, which charges $249.
Want Someone Who Picks Up the Phone?
CorpNet Deluxe is $219 with your EIN and a free first year of registered agent, backed by staff who file in all fifty states.
Where CorpNet Wins Outright
Multi-entity and multi-state work. CorpNet’s registered agent pricing drops to $49 a year at volume, which tells you the company is built around a professional channel of accountants and attorneys filing on behalf of clients. If you are forming several entities, or operating across states, that operational depth is real.
Complicated formations. Multiple members, unusual structures, states with non-obvious requirements. This is where phone support stops being a comfort feature and starts saving you a rejected filing.
Compliance alerting on every tier. Annual report deadlines vary by state and missing one can administratively dissolve your LLC. CorpNet includes the alert tool on all three packages rather than as an upsell.
The Package Trap on Both Sides
Each company has a tier you should not buy, and in both cases it is the cheapest one.
CorpNet Basic at $99 includes only 60 days of registered agent, no EIN and no operating agreement. Over three years it costs $546, which is more than Deluxe at $517. Buying the cheapest CorpNet package makes you pay more.
Bizee’s free tier is the right buy, but only if you decline the add-ons. The formation itself at $0 plus state fees with a free agent year is excellent value. Adding the EIN charge and two or three other upsells at checkout can take you past $200, at which point you have paid CorpNet money for a Bizee experience.
So the honest comparison is CorpNet Deluxe at $219 against Bizee free with everything declined. Anything else is comparing a well-configured version of one against a badly configured version of the other.
The Three-Year Arithmetic, Shown
Worth writing out, because the headline prices point the wrong way and people talk themselves into the more expensive option without checking.
Bizee: $0 formation, first year of registered agent included, then $149 in year two and $149 in year three. Total $298.
CorpNet Deluxe: $219 formation, first year of registered agent included, then $149 in year two and $149 in year three. Total $517, plus the 3 percent checkout fee of $6.57, so call it $524.
CorpNet Basic: $99 formation with only 60 days of agent included, so three full years at $149. Total $546, plus the fee. This is the tier that looks cheapest and is not.
The gap between the two sensible options is $226 over three years. That is roughly one month of a modest ad budget, or a decent set of product photographs, or nothing at all depending on where you are in building the business.
If $226 is a number you have to think about, you are not yet at the stage where CorpNet’s support depth pays for itself. That is not a criticism, it is just where the line sits.
What Both Companies Handle the Same Way
It is worth being clear about how much of this is identical, because comparison articles tend to imply more difference than exists.
The filing itself is the same document. Articles of Organization prepared and submitted to your Secretary of State, with a name availability check first. Neither company has a faster relationship with the state than the other, because state processing times are set by the state.
Both offer expedited processing for a fee, and in both cases it moves your paperwork to the front of their internal queue rather than the state’s. If the state takes two weeks, it takes two weeks.
Both will act as your registered agent at $149 a year, and both will file a change of agent later if you leave. Neither locks you in beyond the term you have paid for.
And both will try to sell you an EIN. Neither should, because it is free from the IRS, and the fact that both do is a reasonable reminder that these are sales operations as much as filing services.
The Decision
| If this is you | Buy | Because |
|---|---|---|
| First LLC, single member, common state | Bizee | Same filing, $219 less over three years |
| Store has not made money yet | Bizee | Nothing about $219 helps you sell |
| Comfortable getting your own EIN | Bizee | That is most of what the gap buys |
| Multiple members or unusual structure | CorpNet Deluxe | Phone support that knows the rules |
| Forming across several states | CorpNet Deluxe | Built for multi-entity filing |
| Non-resident without an SSN | CorpNet Deluxe | EIN handling is worth paying for |
| Home address is the concern | Northwest | Neither of these hides your address |
That last row matters and neither company solves it. Both put your address on the public filing unless you buy something extra. Northwest Registered Agent uses its own address on your public filings by default. Its published rate is $125 a year, and for a home-based store owner that is often the deciding factor over either of these.
Choosing a State Matters More Than Choosing Between These Two
This decides more money than the $226 gap, and almost nobody raises it in a formation comparison.
Form in the state where you actually live and operate. The Wyoming and Delaware advice that circulates in ecommerce groups is aimed mostly at companies raising outside investment. If you live in California and form in Wyoming, you will generally have to register as a foreign entity in California as well, which means two filing fees, two annual reports and two registered agents.
Two agents at $149 each is $298 a year, permanently, to solve a problem you did not have. That dwarfs the difference between these two companies.
The exception is a genuine non-resident with no US state of operation, where Wyoming or Delaware is a reasonable default because there is no home state to register in.
State filing fees also vary far more than service fees, running from roughly $50 to $500, with some states adding annual franchise taxes. Look yours up before you get attached to either package price, because it may be the largest single number in the exercise.
What Neither One Does
Three things people assume come with formation and do not.
Neither gets you a business bank account. That is a separate application requiring your EIN and filed documents, and for non-residents it is reliably the hardest step in the whole process.
Neither gets you a resale certificate. That is a state registration, separate from formation, and it is the document suppliers actually ask for when deciding whether to approve you as a dealer.
Neither does your taxes. The compliance tools track annual report deadlines, not tax filings, and a single-member LLC is taxed differently from a multi-member one. Have that conversation with an accountant in year one.
Why the Paperwork Comes First in High-Ticket
The reason to get this right early is not liability protection, it is supplier access.
Brand-authorized distributors will not approve a dealer without an EIN, a resale certificate and a registered entity. A sole proprietorship with a personal name on the application gets declined, and that approval is the gate that makes the high-ticket model work at all.
The sequence is entity, then EIN, then resale certificate, then outreach. Doing it in any other order wastes weeks, because the first serious distributor you contact will ask for documents you have not got. The full walkthrough is in the business formation guide.
Once that is in place, the actual work begins, and it is covered in the supplier outreach guide.
Do not form anything before you know what you are selling. Some categories carry licensing requirements that change which state and structure make sense, so if you are still deciding, the high-ticket niches list comes first.
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Common Questions
Is Bizee’s free formation actually free?
The formation service is $0. You still pay your state’s filing fee, which is unavoidable everywhere, and you will be offered several paid add-ons at checkout. Decline them and the service portion genuinely costs nothing.
Why does CorpNet charge $99 when competitors charge nothing?
Because it is built around a professional channel of accountants and attorneys filing on behalf of clients, with registered agent pricing that drops to $49 a year at volume. It has never needed to compete for the free-tier customer, and its retail price reflects that.
Can I start with Bizee and move to CorpNet later?
There is nothing to move. Once the LLC is formed, that job is complete. What you would be changing is your registered agent, which is a routine state filing and usually costs between $0 and $50.
Does either one keep my address private?
Not by default. Both put your address on the public filing unless you buy something additional. Northwest uses its own address as standard, which is the cleanest answer if that is your concern.
Which should I use if I am outside the US?
CorpNet Deluxe, mainly for the EIN handling. Without a Social Security number the application runs through paper filing and routinely takes weeks, so paying someone to manage it stops being a convenience charge. Expect the US bank account, not the formation, to be the hard part.
Do I need an operating agreement?
If there is more than one member, yes, and it is worth having drafted properly rather than pulled from a template. For a single-member LLC a free template covers it in most states, though a handful require you to have one on file.
The Verdict
For a first LLC, single member, in the state you live in, buy Bizee and decline the add-ons. The filing is the same, the registered agent price is identical, and you keep $219 over three years that does more good in ad spend or product photography.
Buy CorpNet Deluxe if you have a partner in the business, are forming in a state with unusual rules, are handling multiple entities, or are a non-resident who needs the EIN handled properly. In those cases the phone support is not a comfort purchase, it is the product.
Do not buy CorpNet Basic. At $99 it looks like the cheap entry and it costs more over three years than Deluxe does.
And if your home address on a public state database bothers you, neither of these is the answer. Look at Northwest instead, and treat the formation fee as the small part of a decision that is really about who your registered agent will be for the next several years.
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Trevor Fenner is an ecommerce entrepreneur and the founder of Ecommerce Paradise, a platform focused on helping entrepreneurs build and scale profitable high-ticket ecommerce and dropshipping businesses. With over a decade of hands-on experience, Trevor specializes in high-ticket dropshipping strategy, niche and product selection, supplier recruiting and onboarding, Google & Bing Shopping ads, ecommerce SEO, and systems-driven automation and scaling. Through Ecommerce Paradise, he provides free education via in-depth guides like How to Start High-Ticket Dropshipping, advanced training through the High-Ticket Dropshipping Masterclass, and fully done-for-you turnkey ecommerce services for entrepreneurs who want a faster, more hands-off path to growth. Trevor is known for emphasizing sustainable, real-world ecommerce models over hype-driven tactics, helping store owners build scalable, sellable, and location-independent brands.
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