Ways to incorporate

There are only a couple of options when it comes to the ways you can approach incorporation.

Lawyers. Traditionally, companies turn to their lawyers to handle the incorporation process. Although it's ideal to have a lawyer walk you through the procedure for incorporating, this could be a time-consuming job, which will run up your legal bill.

To minimize this cost while ensuring that you have proper legal advice, consider using a lawyer for the major points of incorporating only. The rest you could handle either on your own or through an online incorporating service.

Online services. There are growing number of online sources that will take you step by step through the incorporating process and take care of preparing filing the necessary paperwork. It's as simple as filling in an order form. Just be sure that you've done the research beforehand.

And even though you don't have to rely on an attorney every step of the way, at minimum consult with one on the major points of incorporating just to make sure you're on the right track.