Editorial standard
How verification works
Verification on this marketplace is a semantic distinction, not a marketing badge. The words mean specific things and we do not let them collapse into each other.
The one rule
- Publicly visible does not mean independently confirmed.
- Desk review is not an inspection, an audit or an endorsement.
- Unknown stays unknown — it is never filled with a plausible number.
Publication standard
A provider may be published after editorial approval when its official website is accessible, its identity and country, region and city are sufficiently established, and at least one core service has operator-site evidence. At least one valid official source URL is required, with no unresolved identity conflict or material attribution error.
Exact street addresses, postal codes, FCL/LCL capabilities, receiving instructions, integrations, capacity and pricing are optional details. Missing information is labelled “Not publicly confirmed” and does not independently block publication or imply that a service is unavailable.
Publication and individual assertion reviews are separate decisions. Inclusion does not establish certification, endorsement, partnership or live availability.
The five states
| State | What it means | How it is established |
|---|---|---|
| Unverified | No public confirmation on record. | No source on record |
| Provider supplied | Operator-supplied. Not independently corroborated. | Material submitted by the operator |
| Reviewed | Desk review of published sources only. Not a facility inspection, a capacity confirmation, a certification audit or a commercial endorsement. | Human desk review of a cited public page |
| Verified | Corroborated against an independent record. Not a capacity confirmation or endorsement. | Match against an independent or primary record |
| Stale | Past its review window and due for re-check. | Past its review window — due for re-check |
Source review is desk research. It is not a facility inspection, a capacity confirmation, a certification audit or a commercial endorsement.
Source kinds
| Kind | Note |
|---|---|
| Operator published | A public page the operator controls. Evidence of a claim, not proof of it. |
| Provider supplied | Sent to us directly by the operator. Not corroborated by default. |
| Third-party directory | A listing we do not control. Treated as a lead, never as confirmation. |
| Registry record | Government or commercial registry record. The only kind that can back “verified”. |
What we record per assertion
Verification is stored per assertion, not per provider. A profile can have verified identity, reviewed services and unconfirmed capacity at the same time — and the UI shows all three.
Register last reviewed 2026-10-26. A register review date is not a claim that every profile was re-checked on it.
Operators can claim a profile and request corrections with evidence. Everything is reviewed before publication.