Every listed party is scored out of 100 across seven categories. The points are never shown as one number: they are split by who awarded them, because the two halves mean different things and adding them together is how a badge stops meaning anything.
The on-site points are awarded by an accredited third-party inspection firm that visited the premises. Sooqban does not award them, cannot award them, and the database refuses a staff account that tries. The documentary points are awarded by Sooqban from evidence it verified, registrations, licences, certificates, and are labelled as such wherever they appear.
The audit report behind the score is published in full, free, at its own address. It states what was checked, what was not, and the reason for every point not awarded. A partial result is published as a partial result: softening one would destroy the model the first time a buyer found out, and they do find out.
At a glance
- Who awards the on-site points
- An accredited inspection firm, named on the mark with its accreditation
- Who awards the documentary points
- Sooqban, from evidence it verified
- Where the report lives
- Its own public address, in full, free, no account needed
- How long a mark lasts
- Until the expiry date printed on it, and the date is visible from the day it is issued
- What a mark cannot be
- Bought, upgraded by spending, or awarded by Sooqban alone
How a supplier gets one
- Register and prove the addressNothing exists before the address is proven. No account, no company, no application.
- Declare what the business doesThe roles decide the claim: a trade audit for a trading company, a factory audit for a manufacturer. The two are different audits and the mark says which one it is.
- An accredited firm performs the auditIndependent of Sooqban, named on the result, and paid by the supplier to the firm rather than to us.
- The score and the report publish togetherBroken down, dated, and with every point not awarded explained. There is no version of this that is summarised.
Who this is for
- A buyer who has been burned by a directory badge and wants to read the evidence instead of trusting a word.
- A manufacturer whose quality is real and who has never had a way to prove it to someone three countries away.
- A trading company that is a trading company, and would rather be verified accurately than be mistaken for a factory.
Questions
Can a supplier pay for a higher score?
No. The audit fee is paid to the inspection firm for the work of auditing, and the result is whatever the firm found. No part of the score is for sale, and no account tier changes it.
What happens when a mark expires?
It stops being a current claim on the date printed on it, and the listing follows. An expired audit shown as current would be the single worst thing this platform could do.
Why publish the failures?
Because a score with the failures removed is a number nobody can check, which is the thing this platform exists to replace. A reader who can see what was not awarded can decide for themselves whether it matters to them.
Is a trade audit worth less than a factory audit?
It is a different audit, not a smaller one. A trading company audited as a trading company is verified accurately; the mark names the claim so that nobody reads one as the other.
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