How verification works on InspectorFind.com.au
Verified means our team has reviewed your listing against the requirements below at that point in time. It is not a government licence and does not replace your statutory obligations — it tells buyers your InspectorFind profile passed a structured, human-led consistency check.
Verification is a paid plan ($200/month) and is available by request only — there is no self-serve checkout. Our team reviews every application manually and arranges billing with you directly before the verified mark activates.
Verification never affects your position in search results. Rankings on InspectorFind are based on credentials, reviews, and profile quality — never on payment.
Requirements for verification
You can submit a request at any time — these are the things our team checks during review:
1. Qualifications
- Current licences and certifications relevant to the inspection services you advertise (e.g. VBA inspection licence, building diploma, timber pest qualification).
- Clear scans or PDFs; registry links where applicable.
2. Insurance
- Active cover appropriate to your work, including Professional Indemnity — plus any other relevant policies such as Public Liability.
- Readable uploads that match your trading name (or documented trading-as relationship) with current expiry dates.
3. Review score of 3 or above
- An average rating of at least 3 stars from your customer reviews on InspectorFind.
How to apply
- On Verification (
/business/verification), submit your request — you can apply at any time, and our queue is handled manually. - Our team reviews your business against the requirements above, then contacts you to arrange the $200/month billing. The verified mark activates once both are complete.
We may ask for clearer scans, updated expiry dates, or additional evidence. Fast replies keep your ticket moving. No payment is taken until our team contacts you to set up billing.
After approval
- Keep insurance and licences renewed in the dashboard.
- Keep your subscription active — lapsed billing ends verified status.
- Material changes (new services, legal entity changes) can trigger re-review.
If verification is declined
You will usually receive specific guidance: missing policy type, unreadable upload, scope mismatch, etc. Fix and reapply — most declines are procedural, not personal. You are never billed for a declined application.
How InspectorFind verifies inspectors (methodology)
Verification is performed by our staff, not by an unattended API scraping third-party databases.
Typical steps:
- Document review — legibility, dates, insured parties, and relevance to advertised services.
- Cross-check — profile narrative vs uploads vs your public business presence.
- Judgement calls — where paperwork is ambiguous we ask questions rather than guessing.
We cannot certify compliance with every rule in every Australian jurisdiction from a PDF alone. Buyers should still exercise normal diligence; the badge communicates InspectorFind platform readiness, not a statutory seal.