OUR RESPONSE:
• Firstly, it is extremely fast and you can become owner of an international company within several hours.
• Secondly, you do not need to decide on anything or select anything (this is of greater importance if you are not that experienced in conducting any business in foreign countries), everything is ready and done for you, you can just start running and operating your company.
• Thirdly, such companies will have some certain history (with no transactions) and your partners will feel more comfortable to deal with you.
On the other hand, to purchase an offshore company means to get some finished product with no opportunities to choose its most critical and essential details. If you register a company from scratch you can choose the amount of the charter capital, methods of shares distribution among shareholders, as well as you can specify key aspects of your business in the charter documents. A shelf company can be changed but it will involve additional expenses and time.