Checked by Us gives customers more information about your business before they even make contact.
We independently check key business details, qualifications, insurance and other relevant information, then show those completed checks on your MyTradeSearch listing.
Before choosing who to contact, people look at websites, reviews, qualifications, social media, insurance and how long a business has been around.
Checked by Us brings more of that information together in one place and gives your listing another layer of reassurance.
Show customers that additional business checks have been carried out.
Customers can see the checks completed rather than being asked to trust a badge alone.
Give customers more useful information before they decide who to contact.
Add context around qualifications, registrations, insurance and business history.
Help reduce some of the basic questions customers may otherwise need to ask.
If you've invested in doing things properly, Checked by Us helps make some of that visible.
Not every check applies to every trade. We only look at information that's relevant to your business and the work you advertise.
Complete the application form and tell us about your business.
We may ask for supporting information such as insurance, qualifications or registration details.
We review the information provided and check relevant public and professional sources where appropriate.
If anything is missing or unclear, we'll contact you before completing the process.
Approved businesses receive the Checked by Us badge and the completed checks are shown on the listing.
Some information expires or changes, so we'll ask you to keep relevant details up to date.
Participating businesses are expected to commit to some simple standards around quality, professionalism, communication, pricing, agreeing the scope of work and dealing with complaints.
Nothing complicated. Just the sort of basics customers reasonably expect when dealing with a professional business.
You don't need to have been trading for decades and we don't limit applications by trade category simply to make the scheme look exclusive. What matters is whether we can complete the relevant checks.
Checked by Us is not a guarantee of future workmanship and does not make MyTradeSearch responsible for work carried out by your business.
It simply means we've carried out the checks shown on your listing using the information available to us at the time.
Complete the application and we'll take it from there.
