BARO is your US operating team — the General Manager role and the entire stack beneath it. Your headquarters keeps full ownership and control, while we run everything between your product and your first American sale.
Operating a US business as a foreign brand means stitching together an expensive middle layer — expat operators, agencies, consultants — plus a sprawl of third-party vendors for entity, tax, customs, fulfillment and more. Each is wired up separately, and the seams break constantly.
2. The standard
One layer. We call it BARO.
We replace that middle layer with a single operating layer. Your brand stays exactly where it is — we swap the expats and vendor sprawl for clean, accountable functions, run as one.
3. Strategic leverage
The best vendor, for your goal.
Zoom into any function — say fulfillment. BARO benchmarks the real vendors and, based on your goal, routes you to the best one. Change the objective and the pick changes. You approve; we run it.
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1. The status quo
A fragmented web of middlemen.
Operating a US business as a foreign brand means stitching together an expensive middle layer — expat operators, agencies, consultants — plus a sprawl of third-party vendors for entity, tax, customs, fulfillment and more. Each is wired up separately, and the seams break constantly.
2. The standard
One layer. We call it BARO.
We replace that middle layer with a single operating layer. Your brand stays exactly where it is — we swap the expats and vendor sprawl for clean, accountable functions, run as one.
With BARO
Foreign HQ
Your Brand
One operating layer
BARO
You make the decisionsWe execute for you
Entity & Banking
Compliance
Tax & MoR
Fulfillment
3PL
Marketing
Support
3. Strategic leverage
The best vendor, for your goal.
Zoom into any function — say fulfillment. BARO benchmarks the real vendors and, based on your goal, routes you to the best one. Change the objective and the pick changes. You approve; we run it.
Function · Fulfillment (3PL)
Objective
Lowest landed cost
BARO benchmarks vendors and routes to the best fit. Change the goal — the pick changes.
BARO PICK
Regional 3PL
Cost-optimized · East + Central
Cost
Speed
CX quality
Founder load
National 3PL
Fast · nationwide 2-day
Cost
Speed
CX quality
Founder load
Premium 3PL
White-glove · best CX
Cost
Speed
CX quality
Founder load
Managed 3PL
Hands-off · BARO-run SLAs
Cost
Speed
CX quality
Founder load
Illustrative — example vendor profiles; BARO benchmarks the live market.
Distributor vs. BARO
You own what makes it yours. We run what makes it hard.
Your margin
A distributor
Takes 40–60%
BARO
Yours — a flat fee
Brand control
A distributor
Theirs to dictate
BARO
100% yours
The customer
A distributor
They own it
BARO
Stays yours, direct
Customer data
A distributor
Locked in their systems
BARO
Yours, in your stack
Channel & pricing
A distributor
They set both
BARO
You decide, we execute
US operations
A distributor
A black box
BARO
Run for you, transparently
A distributor
BARO
Your margin
Takes 40–60%
Yours — a flat fee
Brand control
Theirs to dictate
100% yours
The customer
They own it
Stays yours, direct
Customer data
Locked in their systems
Yours, in your stack
Channel & pricing
They set both
You decide, we execute
US operations
A black box
Run for you, transparently
Proven success
From a $9K to a $143K quarter — profitably.
Switchkraft came to BARO in early 2025. Quarter over quarter, revenue compounded from ~$9K to over $140K — while operating margin swung from -5% to +25%. Same US launch playbook we run for every brand: into the black by Q2, then profitable growth from there.
Revenue growth
16×
$9K → $143K per quarter
Operating margin
-5% → 25%
Into the black by Q2
Switchkraft
Quarterly revenue & operating margin · 2025
Quarterly revenueOperating margin
BARO Operator Footprint
Built from real U.S. launch experience.
BARO is built by operators who have launched, scaled, funded, acquired, and supported companies across software, hardware, and CPG — with hands-on work in commerce, logistics, compliance, and growth.
$40M+
US GMV operated
20+
Companies launched in the US
5
Sectors
100%
Founder ownership retained
FAQ
The questions that decide a US launch.
Everything founders ask before handing us the GM seat — what we run, what you keep, and how fast you go live.
We operate your US business on your behalf. Think of us as your US general manager and the operating team underneath it — we run entity, compliance, storefront, payments and tax as Merchant of Record, fulfillment, marketing, and support, all on one data layer and one dashboard. We are not a tool you log into and use. We are the operator who runs the day-to-day so your team back home doesn't have to rebuild a US company from scratch.
The full path from incorporation to first sale, then ongoing operations: US entity and EIN, registered agent, FDA/MoCRA registration and US Agent designation where applicable, import classification, a storefront on your own domain, payment and multi-state tax automation as Merchant of Record, 3PL onboarding and fulfillment, marketing execution, customer support, and continuous compliance monitoring. One team coordinates all of it instead of you stitching a dozen vendors together.
Yes — fully. You own the brand, the IP, the products, your US bank account, the customer relationships, and your ad accounts (in your name, on your card). BARO operates the rails; you keep everything that defines the business. We are not a distributor and we never take your margin or your brand. If you ever leave, your accounts and customer data come with you.
It's the hardest version of the problem, so solving it first makes everything else easier. A Korea-to-US brand carries every workflow a US-domestic brand has, plus FDA/MoCRA, import classification, US Agent designation, FX, and multi-state tax. Korea is also the number-one cosmetics exporter to the US and the corridor is structurally uncontested today. We start here on purpose; the same operating model extends corridor by corridor.
For a focused catalog, weeks rather than months — our first merchant was selling in the US three weeks after kickoff and profitable within three months. Timelines stretch with larger SKU counts and tighter compliance categories, and we'd rather set the real expectation than oversell it. We'll give you an honest timeline for your specific catalog before you commit.
A distributor buys your product and takes the margin and the customer; a 3PL only moves boxes. BARO does neither. We operate the whole US business while you keep the brand, the margin, and the customer relationship — and a 3PL is just one of the rails we coordinate, alongside payments, tax, compliance, and marketing. One operator across all of it, not a single point solution you still have to manage around.
It's deliberately aligned with the value you receive: a one-time launch setup, a share of sales only on the storefront we operate as Merchant of Record, and channel-specific terms elsewhere — we don't take a cut on channels where we don't run the rails, so the model stays fair as you scale. We'll walk through the exact numbers for your situation on a call. The fastest way to see if BARO fits is to book one — tell us about your brand and we'll map your US launch.