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He claims to want to keep his design closed-source initially. That I can understand.
But to stay quiet about his identity, location, and company, when that information will soon be required anyways, is a huge red flag.

Hi. He will set up an order page.

German laws considering company information on commercial websites is EXTREME. You have from tax numbers, owners, adresses, phone numbers, bank details, people responsible for design and content and registration numbers, everything on there.It costs you about 5000 every time a malicious lawyer sees a site that does not have these, it is very dangerous and one of the most dangerous things about having a webshop in Germany: People hunting your "Impressum." They hunt you down like it is a sport and make you pay. I know some lawyers that do nothing else than that. If you want some stories, google "Abmahnanwälte."

From the moment Burnin registers his company, I will be able to file a search with the registry in Hamburg. It costs about 20 bucks and will list all company information necessary to make an informed decision. If people here want, we can also ask for several registries, like Identscores from Schufa, Creditreform or other institutions. These are used between parties to ensure that no fraud allegations or nonpayments have been recorded with these institutions. In Germany, having an entry with these companies basically ruins your life until the dispute is solved. No mobile contracts anymore, no bank account opening, general refusal of everyone who has a postpaid contract with you to work with you. No line of credit, refusal of credit cards.

I hate these institutions with a vengeance, because they cause a lot of damage. But if it is necessary, we can agree that Burnin simply gets so called "letter for business partners" from one of these institutions. That is normal business practice between first time business partners in Germany.

Having an online company over here is an incredible pain in the ass i have went through myself, so once the page is up, I can help. And I will be the first to tell him if there are any impressum problems.