What the Verified Business badge means
When you see this badge on a profile, someone here has checked that the business is registered and that the person running the listing owns it.
What we check
- A company registration document — the business is really registered.
- An identity document for the owner — the person behind the listing is really them.
What we don't check
- Qualifications, licences or professional registrations
- Insurance
- The quality of anyone's work
- Prices, availability or anything a business says about itself
What does the Verified Business badge mean?
What does it not mean?
Are businesses without the badge suspicious?
Can a business pay to get the badge without being checked?
Getting the badge for your business
Send us your company registration document and the owner's ID, either from the list your business form or at any time afterwards from manage your profile. We review them, usually within two working days.
What the badge adds
- A checked badge on your profile and beside your name in every search result you appear in — so someone deciding between you and a listing with no badge can see we have checked who you are.
- Your team, by name. List up to 12 people with a photo, their position, their qualifications and what each of them handles — so a customer who was referred to a person, not a business, lands in the right place.
- Your other branches. Add up to 6 more locations, each with its own address and phone number, instead of one address for a business that has several.
- More searches find you. Once your team is listed, a search for one of your people by name — or for something only one of them does — brings up your business too.
R29.99 a month, and nothing to pay now. We review your documents first and only ask for payment if they check out. Cancel any time. Your listing itself is free either way, and stays free.
Your documents are stored privately, never appear on your profile, and are only seen by our review team — see our privacy policy for how long we keep them.
Think a badge is wrong?
Tell us and we will look into it. We would rather remove a badge than leave a bad one up.
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