Market Representation
Enter South Asian markets without opening a company
Establish a local presence in South Asia through dedicated business development managers, sales representatives, account managers, market researchers, and customer relationship professionals without setting up a local entity or physical office. Meteors is the legal employer. You direct the strategy.
Live in a new market in days Commission structured correctly Exit without wind-down
How we help companies entering new markets
Most companies decide whether a market works within the first year. Committing to incorporation before you have that answer is the wrong order.
Test before you commit
Place one commercial hire, run the market for a year, and decide with real revenue data instead of a projection. Incorporate later if the numbers justify it.
Live in days, not quarters
Registration timelines don’t set your go-to-market date. A representative can be employed, paid, and working while a competitor is still waiting on incorporation.
Commission handled properly
Variable pay, sales incentives, and bonus structures calculated for correct local tax treatment, so your offer competes locally and payouts stay clean.
Exit without a wind-down
If a market doesn’t perform, end the engagement through standard notice and settlement. No deregistration process, no dormant company, no trailing filing obligations.
A commercial presence, minus the overhead
Market entry usually stalls on structure rather than strategy. This is what changes when the structure stops being the bottleneck.
From signed offer to a representative working in market. Contract generation, authority registration, and benefits enrollment run in parallel, so your entry date is a business decision rather than an administrative one.
Incorporation cost. No registered office, local director, share capital, statutory audit, or annual filing obligation while you evaluate the market.
Compliance violations to date. Our Meteors Corporate Compliance Architecture keeps employment contracts, filings, and payroll records complete in every market we operate in.
Prove the market before you incorporate
Incorporation is a commitment made before you have evidence. Employing a representative reverses that order and gives you a year of real commercial data first.
- ✓Start with one hire, expand across markets as results justify it
- ✓No share capital, registered office, or local directorship required
- ✓Convert to your own entity later, with the team transferring across
Structured with permanent establishment in mind
Commercial roles carry more tax exposure than any other function, because authority to negotiate or conclude contracts can create a taxable presence for your company. How the role is defined matters as much as who fills it.
- ✓Role scope and contracting authority reviewed before the offer is drafted
- ✓Employment terms written to reflect the arrangement you intend
- ✓Coordination with your tax advisors on where the line sits in each market
Commission and incentives that work locally
Sales compensation is mostly variable, and variable pay is where local tax treatment gets complicated. A competitive offer means little if the take-home is wrong.
- ✓Commission, bonus, and incentive structures calculated for local tax treatment
- ✓Payouts processed within the standard payroll cycle, verified before release
- ✓Benchmark guidance so your package competes against local employers
We’ve got your market entry covered
Commercially structured contracts
Employment agreements drafted under local labor law with role scope, confidentiality, non-solicitation, and post-employment terms defined.
Payroll in local currency
Base salary, commission, and incentives calculated each cycle and paid on schedule. One consolidated invoice in your reporting currency.
Benefits administration
Health insurance, retirement contributions, gratuity, transport and travel allowances, and statutory leave managed end to end.
Expense and travel handling
Client entertainment, travel, and business expense reimbursement structured for correct local tax treatment.
Dedicated account management
A named account manager who knows your market strategy, your team, and your expansion timeline.
Clean exit or transition
Wind down cleanly, or transfer employees to your own entity when you incorporate. Both handled to local requirements.
Roles we hire and manage
South Asia holds strong commercial talent with regional market knowledge, established buyer relationships, and local language capability.
Sales & Business Development
Account & Client Management
Market Research & Strategy
Marketing & Communications
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Straight answers on permanent establishment, commission, and exit.
Ask us directly →It depends on what the role does, not only on how it’s employed. Tax authorities in most markets look at whether an individual habitually negotiates or concludes contracts on your behalf. We review role scope and contracting authority before drafting the offer and work alongside your tax advisors, since the threshold and the consequences differ by market and by treaty.
Yes. Meteors becomes the legal employer in each market. We register with local authorities, run payroll, file taxes, and carry the employment liability. Your company doesn’t incorporate, appoint a local director, or contribute share capital. See how our Employer of Record service works.
Commission, bonus, and incentive payments are calculated for correct local tax treatment and processed within the standard payroll cycle, with each cycle verified by licensed accountants before release. We also provide benchmark guidance so your package competes against what local employers offer.
Employees transfer from Meteors to your entity through a structured handover covering contract novation, statutory re-registration, benefits continuity, and preserved service length. Many clients use us to establish the market, then incorporate once the commercial case is proven and move the team across.
You end the engagement through standard notice periods and final settlements handled to local requirements. There is no deregistration process, no dormant company, and no trailing filing obligation. That downside protection is the main reason companies test markets this way rather than incorporating first.
Let’s talk about your market entry.
Tell us which markets you’re evaluating and what the commercial roles will do. We’ll walk you through role structure, tax considerations, and cost per hire.
No commitment. No sales pitch unless you ask.