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Start an online business in Thailand
The steps the government of Thailand sets for a new business that sells online, each linked to the official page that runs it, then the steps to open your store. Read from the official sources on October 14, 2026.
Set up your business in Thailand
The steps in the order most new sellers take them. Each is read from the official page linked under it.
1. Choose a legal form
DBD covers the single owner business (บุคคลธรรมดา, กิจการเจ้าของคนเดียว) under commercial registration, the partnership (ห้างหุ้นส่วน) and the company limited (บริษัทจำกัด).
2. Register the business
The Department of Business Development (DBD), Ministry of Commerce, handles commercial registration and registers companies and partnerships through DBD Biz Regist.
3. Get your tax number
The Revenue Department issues the taxpayer identification number, and individuals with a civil registration personal identification number may use it instead (page updated 14.03.2014).
4. Check when you must register for VAT
The Revenue Department states VAT applies to a business with annual turnover exceeding 1.8 million baht, registering on Form VAT 01 within 30 days (page updated 23.11.2020).
5. Follow the rules for selling online
DBD states an individual who buys or sells goods or services through electronic media over the internet must hold commercial registration, filed within 30 days of starting.
Open your store in Thailand
What Tanqory sets up for a store based in Thailand. You change any of it in Settings.
- Tax
Your store starts with a VAT entry for Thailand, pre-filled at 7%, with collecting off until you switch it on.
VAT in Thailand- Card payments
Through your own Stripe account, which Stripe opens for businesses in Thailand. Tanqory adds no transaction fee; Stripe charges its own rate.
- Shipping labels
DHL Express and Easyship, bought in your admin, with the customs declaration sent with each label for parcels that cross a border.
What stays with you
- Registering the business and choosing its legal form. Tanqory does not register a business for you.
- Registering for VAT, filing returns and paying the tax authority.
- Licences or permits your products need in Thailand.
- Legal or tax advice. This page points to the official sources; an adviser in Thailand can apply them to your business.
Questions about starting a business in Thailand
Which legal form should I choose in Thailand?
The official page in step 1 lists the forms a business in Thailand can take. Your choice decides how you register, how you are taxed and whether your own money is kept apart from the business, so an adviser in Thailand is worth asking before you decide.
What does Tanqory set up for a store in Thailand?
A tax entry for Thailand with collecting off, card payments through your own Stripe account, and DHL Express and Easyship labels you buy in your admin. You change any of it in Settings.
Does Tanqory file my VAT return?
No. Your store works out and charges VAT at checkout and keeps a record of every order. You register, file and pay the tax authority yourself, or through your accountant.
What do I have to tell buyers when I sell online in Thailand?
The official page in step 5 lists the information and rights a buyer in Thailand must get before and after they order. Put that information on your store before your first sale.
How current are these steps?
Each was read from its official page on October 14, 2026. Rules change; the official page is the authority, so open it before you act.
How we checked
Each step on this page was read from its official page on October 14, 2026. The store facts come from Tanqory's tax settings, payments and shipping setup.
- Tanqory's tax settings, payments and shipping setup
- edbr.dbd.go.th
- dbdregcom.dbd.go.th
- www.rd.go.th
- www.rd.go.th
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