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Qualification Standards
All Businesses
At Best In Town, we utilize the highest rating, vetting and qualification process. This process helps ensure professionalism, credibility, reliability and a high quality of product and service.
Home Improvement Business/Finance Services Retail Health Hospitality
1. ROO- Review of organization: Current license, State Standing & Better Business Bureau check.
2. IVC- Insurance Verification Check
3. RS- Resident/ Consumer Surveys: by industry and or category, to select area zip codes.
4. ISS- Inspectors/ Secret Shoppers: by industry to evaluate and review select businesses.
5. MR- Merchant Referrals: Use of local merchants for their insite and input
Required Screening Process:
(For Home Improvement & Home Service Businesses Only)
In addition to the above requirements all In-Home candidates/members must:
*In-home service businesses must be in business for at least 5 years.
* Best in Town home, participants must provide a total of 6 personal, trade and customer references.
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Verify Trade License
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The Best in Town checks to see if the business carries the appropriate state-level license.
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Verify Insurance
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We contact the insurance agent to confirm general liability insurance.
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Verification of State Business Filings
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We confirm that the business is in good standing in the state in which it is located.
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Criminal Records Search
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The Best in Town uses 3rd party data sources to conduct a criminal search for any relevant criminal activity associated with the owner/principal of the business.
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Sex Offender Search
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We confirm that the owner/principal is not listed on the official state Sex Offender web site in the state in which the owner/principal of the company is located.
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Identity Verification (SSN)
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The Best in Town verifies the social security number(s) of the owner/principal for identity check purposes. This check applies primarily to smaller business entities.
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Identity Verification (Reverse Phone Lookup)
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We conduct a reverse business phone lookup to confirm that the phone number provided matches the phone listing for the business.
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Search for Aliases
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The Best in Town searches state Doing Business As (DBA) records in the state in which the business is located to identify any aliases under which the business or owner is doing business.
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Legal Search for Civil Judgments
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We use 3rd party data sources to check the principal / owner of the business for state-level civil legal judgments entered against them and to check for bankruptcy filings by or against them.
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Better Business Bureau Check
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NOTE: Certified Member service professional information confirmed at the time of enrollment as described above may change or expire over time; while Best In Town attempts to maintain accurate and up-to-date information, and confirms changes when notified, we perform screening solely at the time the member applies for membership in the elite Best In Town network, and therefore, we cannot guarantee that profile and screening information is accurate. Therefore, we recommend that before working with a service professional you verify that information presented in the service professional's profile is still current and/or acceptable to you
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