India, March 23 -- Something unusual is happening in India's export economy. Thousands of sellers-first-generation entrepreneurs from Jaipur, Surat, Panipat, places with no historical connection to American corporate law-are registering Limited Liability Companies in US states they have never visited. Not because it sounds impressive. Because a US LLC can open the door to Amazon's domestic marketplace, Stripe's payment processing, and the American banking infrastructure that cross-border e-commerce runs on.

The numbers back this up. Amazon reported that its Global Selling programme surpassed $20 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports from India between 2015 and 2025, with over two lakh sellers now registered across 18 international mar...