WebScheduler Local

What the Verified Business badge means

When you see this badge on a profile, someone here has checked that the business is registered and that the person running the profile owns it.

What we check

  • A company registration document — the business is really registered.
  • An identity document for the owner — the person behind the profile is really them.

What we don't check

  • Qualifications, licences or professional registrations
  • Insurance
  • The quality of anyone's work
  • Prices, availability or anything a business says about itself
What does the Verified Business badge mean?
That a person at WebScheduler Local has seen two documents from the business: a company registration document, and an identity document for the owner. We checked that the business is really registered, and that whoever runs the profile is really its owner.
What does it not mean?
It is not a rating, a recommendation or a quality check. We do not verify qualifications, licences, insurance, or the standard of anyone's work, and a badge is not a reason to skip the checks you would normally make. It answers one question — is this business who it says it is — and nothing else.
Are businesses without the badge suspicious?
No. Most simply have not applied. Every business profile on WebScheduler Local has a confirmed email address behind it; the badge is an extra step a business can choose to take.
Can a business pay to get the badge without being checked?
No. The documents are reviewed first, and we only ask for payment once they have passed. If we cannot verify a business, nothing is charged — there is no way to buy the badge outright.

Get Verified

Send us your company registration document and the owner's ID, either from the create your business profile form or at any time afterwards from manage your profile. We review them, usually within two working days.

What the badge adds

  • A checked badge on your profile and beside your name in every search result you appear in — so someone deciding between you and a business with no badge can see we have checked who you are. Visitors who hover over or tap the badge are told exactly that: Documents checked by WebScheduler Local, your business registration document and your ID.
  • All your locations. Add up to 6 more branches or practices, each with its own address, phone number, map pin and opening hours, and each described to Google as a business location in its own right — so customers find the right business in the right place, instead of one address for a business that has several.
  • Your people. People want to know who they are dealing with. Show up to 12 team members with a photo, their role, their qualifications and their areas of expertise — so a customer who was referred to a person, not a business, lands in the right place.
  • More searches find you. Once your team is listed, a search for one of your people by name — or for something only one of them does — brings up your business too.
  • Post jobs. Advertise your vacancies on our Jobs board, set up so eligible vacancies can appear in Google's job search, and reply to customers who post a request for your kind of service.
  • First to hear about new work. When someone in your province asks for your kind of service on our Jobs board, verified businesses are the first we alert.

R29.99 a month, and nothing to pay now. We review your documents first and only ask for payment if they check out. Cancel any time. A South African business profile is free either way, and stays free.

Your documents are stored privately, never appear on your profile, and are only seen by our review team — see our privacy policy for how long we keep them.

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See which features are free and which need the badge, next to Google, LinkedIn and South African directories.

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