Please read the following faq's for answers to commonly asked questions. If you can't find the answer you looking for please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Is your service really free?
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Yes. Our basic business accounts are 100% FREE, forever. Free members have the option to become fully accredited members after sign up - for a very low cost of $49.99 per year, from the date of becoming accredited. Accredited members enjoy many added benefits and features. |
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How do I become a fully accredited member? |
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Very simple. Sign up for an account here. You will be prompted to create your business profile. After creation free members will see a "GET ACCREDITED" button. Click that button and follow the on screen instructions. You can pay with PayPal or your debit/credit card. You are then returned to the Internet Accredited member area and you are automatically a fully accredited member. |
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I cant seem to find where to pay with my credit card, rather than a PayPal account.
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In the members area, after clicking the "GET ACCREDITED" button, you then click the pay with credit card graphic. We still process your credit and debit payments through PayPal, however you do not need an account with PayPal to proceed. Once your at the PayPal screen scroll to the bottom and there is a button to pay with you credit/debit card. |
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How do you grade your members? |
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We have a complex algorithm that scores our members accordingly. We start by monitoring valid complaints against a member business. We also score based from how many satisfactory resolved complaints the member has. Yet another section scores based from website user reviews. Additionally the programs gathers information from our daily website scans for safe browsing guidelines. Our members score are updated in real time and the changes are automatically updated on the business website seal. |
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How do i get the trusted safe browsing website seal on my page? |
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First you need a free account. Sign up takes less than a minute. After sign up you will create a business profile. Once your profile is created you will be directed to your profile page, where below your profile you can find the code for your website trust seal. Simply copy the code by highlighting all the code in the field, for the color and style seal you want. You can copy the code by either pressing Ctrl+C, or right clicking on the highlighted text and selecting copy. You then paste the code into your website in the area you wish to display the code. |
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My website seal stopped working or not displaying? |
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Please login to your account and re-copy the code for your seal. The code can not be changed in anyway or it will not operate properly. If you still can not find a solution to your problem, after replacing the code on your site with the fresh code from the members area, you may contact us. We will do our best to aid you in the process. |
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What format of url do you accept for members? |
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We only accept root url's like: example.com. We also accept a valid url with one sub domain allowed like: subdomain.example.com |
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Can I use the trust seal on my Ebay store front?
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Yes. However we do require you have a url such as example.com for member sign up. If you do not have a url of your own, Internet Accredited also offers trusted website hosting and low cost top level domain names. |
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Why do you charge to become a fully accredited member? |
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We must charge to become a fully accredited member to off set the costs we have for employees, office space, and other daily operating expenses. We are in the business of making the web a more trusted, safe place to do business. Our fees are very small in comparison to the monopolized "big business" companies, charging hundreds to thousands of dollars per year for membership fees. |
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Do you require the business is a United States based business?
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No. We are located in the US, but our accreditation system is global. However, our trust and security seals are only published in English. The profile that the user will see when they click your seal is also only published in English. We encourage the use of our system to overseas and non US businesses to help create a safe web browsing experience for everyone, everywhere. |
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What is the benefit of becoming a fully accredited member?
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Fully accredited members enjoy a few very valuable added services. First you get a dedicated account representative for faster service and complaint resolutions. You also get everything a free account member gets, plus a once a month in depth website scan report. This report contains very valuable marketing and SEO information for your supplied business url. To see a sample report and all of its details click here. Finally you will get to display the "Fully Accredited Business" badge on you business profile page. This give your website users the added layer of trust and security, knowing you are accountable to Internet Accredited strict member guidelines and standards. |