SEGES VERIFY · Independent Verification
In every industry, what you're really selling is trust.
You don't need a nicer star rating. You need a reason your next customer can trust you without asking a friend first.
Why now
Your customers have already learned not to just take your word for it.
01
Lemon market
When buyers can't tell good businesses from bad ones, price collapses to the average and honest sellers get dragged out by low-quality ones (Akerlof, 1970). Services like renovation and electrical work are classic cases — customers can rarely judge quality in advance.
02
Signal inflation
AI has driven the cost of fake reviews and fake identities toward zero. The old signals people used to judge trust — five-star ratings, a polished website — are being counterfeited at scale, and readers are finding it harder to tell which is which.
03
Agents choosing blind
More customers — and their AI assistants — now run a first round of screening before ever contacting you. Payment rails verify who the buyer is, but nothing verifies whether the merchant on the other side deserves trust.
75%
of consumers worry about fake reviews
73%
trust an independent third-party verification signal
81%
more likely to transact with a verified-badge business
Bazaarvoice / IDC (2026)
Taiwan fraud losses: NT$8.9B (2020) → NT$50.2B (2024) → past NT$56.5B by August 2025.
Taiwan's 165 Anti-Fraud Dashboard
The market education is already done — your next customer isn't indifferent, they've already learned to be skeptical. What they need isn't more marketing; it's evidence of trust that holds up to scrutiny.
What verified status actually gets you
A report that holds up in daylight — not a score you bought.
We check only what's checkable
We check registration, physical existence, and disciplinary record — things you can verify — and never endorse marketing claims. That means our verification can't be bought with a marketing budget: your customers see facts that hold up, not a score we made up.
A report your customers can read themselves
Every partner who passes gets a bilingual, public report with evidence and cited sources — not an internal score, but a document a customer can open and judge for themselves.
Visibility where AI and search actually look
Every published report is structured data, not just something for humans to read. When a customer's AI assistant is screening renovation or electrical companies for them, your verification record is real data it can read and cite.
One badge, linked to a report that holds up
A verified partner can embed the badge on their own site. It only ever shows an honest, current state — verified, expired, or not yet verified — we never let an expired or revoked verification still look green.
Interface preview · not any specific merchant
70+ Taiwanese renovation and electrical companies have already completed stage-one (T1, company registration) checks. A badge is issued once the full review is complete and the merchant has agreed to publish the report — which is why this is an interface preview, not a live badge for a company that has one issued yet.
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<!-- Embed on your own site — links to the full report --> <a href="https://verify.seges.ai/en/<report-slug>"> <img src="https://verify.seges.ai/api/badge/SGV-XXXXXXXX" alt="Seges Verify" /> </a>
Want to see where things stand today? Below is the live verified-merchant directory — including the space we're still filling.
Apply to get checked →SEGES VERIFY
Verified Business Directory
Every report is checked against a public standard, with a full evidence trail and last-verified date — not paid merchant content.
0 verified reports
No published verification reports yet.
Seges Verify is still expanding the businesses it checks — check back soon, or read the verification methodology below.
How long does it take?
T1 (company registration) is automated and fast. T2 needs a human reviewer to check documents and records, so timing depends on the industry and how quickly you can provide materials — we never skip a step to hit a deadline.
What if we don't pass?
Nothing gets published, and you won't be listed publicly. You're welcome to provide more documentation and reapply later.
How is this different from paying for good reviews?
We only check checkable facts — registration, physical existence, disciplinary record — never marketing claims, and we don't sell scores. That's the editorial-independence statement repeated on every report.
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Ready to let your customers judge for themselves?
Applying doesn't mean you pass — but nothing gets published until you agree to make it public.
Applications go through email for now — an online form is still in progress. We'll personally confirm next steps once you write in.