Can I Trust You?

I know that shopping online can be hard. Who do you trust? I got an email once where someone was checking to see if I was a "real" business. My reply was that even a "fake" business would answer their email. So how can you check to see if a business is legit?

1. See how long they have been in business. You should be able to find some where on their site how long they have been in business. We have been around since 2005. I finally added that info to the home page of the site.

2. Check to see if they have a blog and when it was started. My blog started in 2005 so it matches when I say I started the business.

3. Do they have regular postings on their blog? I try to be regularly posting here.

4. Check their press page. Do they have regular press features? Again here is another place to see if they have been around as long as they say. Here is a good place because press is another organization so it wouldn't something a "fake" business could put up.

5. Check to see if they have customer comments and how many comments do they have? Again this is a place where you might be able to see how long they have been around (if they put dates next to their comment, we don't).

6. Do they have an address or mailing address? Do they have a phone number? You can google the address or phone number. You can even give a call. We don't answer the phone (due to all the telemarketing calls but if you leave a message, I will promise to call you back!) but you can leave us a message.