How GoFindPart verifies industrial parts suppliers
What GoFindPart checks before a seller can trade, why unverified sellers cannot be paid, and how anonymity works alongside verification.
Trust on GoFindPart is not a badge — it is a set of checks that happen before a seller can trade at all, backed by controls that continue on every order.
What is checked before a seller can trade
Before a seller is allowed to quote and fulfil, GoFindPart verifies:
- Company identity — the registered company number, validated against Companies House.
- Contact identity — the seller’s email and phone, verified before they can quote.
- Payout identity — bank details and director identity, verified during payout onboarding.
- VAT status — declared up front and applied to the self-billed invoicing (VAT-registered and non-registered sellers are both supported).
These are checked before listing, so the first quote you ever receive from a seller comes from an already-verified business. Public liability insurance is a standing condition of the seller terms, and sellers fulfilling critical orders face additional checks.
Why unverified sellers cannot be paid
Verification is not just a formality — it is wired into the money. Unverified sellers cannot receive payouts. A seller’s payout is held until verification is complete, which means there is a hard financial gate: no one can quietly trade and extract funds without passing the checks. It aligns everyone’s incentives around getting verified properly.
Anonymity and accountability are not opposites
GoFindPart keeps buyer and seller identities off the request — you transact through GoFindPart as merchant of record, and communication runs by handle, not by exposing contact details. That anonymity protects both sides from being disintermediated.
It does not weaken accountability. Behind every anonymous handle is a verified business with a rating built from completed orders and a tier that reflects its track record. Add proof of delivery on every handover and a dispute window on every order, and you have a system where you can buy with confidence from a seller you have never met — because GoFindPart has done the diligence and stands behind the transaction.
To see how a verified seller actually gets paid, read how and when you get paid.