--- title: Ask HN: Founders of estonian e-businesses – is it worth it? description: A German developer considering Estonian e-residency for a small SaaS project asks for real-world experiences. A respondent confirms the program delivers on its... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ask-hn-founders-of-estonian-e-businesses-is-it-worth-it--z2hlw2zi0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ask HN: Founders of estonian e-businesses – is it worth it? | daily.dev og:description: A German developer considering Estonian e-residency for a small SaaS project asks for real-world experiences. A respondent confirms the program delivers on its... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ask-hn-founders-of-estonian-e-businesses-is-it-worth-it--z2hlw2zi0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Z2HLw2zi0.png og:image:alt: Ask HN: Founders of estonian e-businesses – is it worth it? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ask HN: Founders of estonian e-businesses – is it worth it? **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A German developer considering Estonian e-residency for a small SaaS project asks for real-world experiences. A respondent confirms the program delivers on its promises, recommends Xolo as a service agent, notes banking is straightforward via Revolut or Wise, and warns that publishing your email on the public register leads to spam. The e-residency program is praised as more integrated and less complex than forming a U.S. company. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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