Funding
How we make money
Payment can fund an assessment. Passing requires meeting the published requirements.
Last updated · How assessment works
Where the money comes from
Assessment fees
Businesses that apply pay for the checks. Same fee, pass or fail.
Enhanced profiles
Optional extra photos and project details, labelled "Enhanced profile · paid".
Quote requests
A fee per request a business receives through us, only from homeowners who picked it.
What money never does
- Buy a pass, or a faster decision.
- Change list order. Lists are A to Z.
- Hide a result, a removed status or a correction.
- Change what a standard requires.
Sponsored placements
If a business ever pays for a placement, it is labelled Sponsored and shown outside the register, never inside a list of businesses that meet a standard.
Questions about funding
- Does the assessment fee change the result?
- No. The fee is the same pass or fail, and the result depends only on the published requirements and the evidence on the check date.
- Why do businesses pay for assessment at all?
- The checks take time: record lookups, test calls and review counts. Fees from businesses that apply pay for that work, so homeowners never pay to use the site.
- Are paid profiles marked?
- Yes. Enhanced profiles carry the label “Enhanced profile · paid” on every listing, and they never change status or the A to Z order.