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Background Checks Review
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Editor's Verdict: Kudos to Backgroundchecks.com for choosing a sensible, explanatory name rather than something hi-tech or pretentious. Actually, the name doesn't really do the site justice because, as well as various levels of background checks, they also offer a fair range of other people-searching, reverse phone-finding and criminal-checking options too. Backgroundchecks.com is a friendly and accessible website that goes some way to making you feel that checking up on people you meet is as normal and everyday as shopping for groceries. Background checking websites often tend to be either Spartan and impersonal or overly cluttered with hundreds and hundreds of searching options, but Backgroundchecks.com manages to find a nice middle ground between the two. Using it feels like shopping at one of the better-designed online retail sites and the range of choices on offer never threatens information overload. A major plus point of Backgroundchecks.com is that they tell you the prices you can expect to pay for each type of search up-front. A lot of otherwise excellent background-checking sites refuse to quote you any prices until you've already input your initial search parameters and got a list of possible "hits", at which point they tell you what you'll have to pay to see fuller reports on any of the targets. Not so here. As with any product you order and pay for online, quoting prices for background checks up-front should be standard practice. This is only fair on customers and, moreover, allows them to compare prices and options much more effectively. This pleasing level of transparency is maintained when it comes to the reports themselves. You can view sample reports for any kind of search before you make your choice, so you know precisely what information will be included and exactly what you'll be paying for. Again, there's no reason why all background-checking websites shouldn't offer this level of transparency. Whilst not as comprehensive in terms of searching options as some of the other sites in our top 10, Backgroundchecks.com offers a decent choice of searches, certainly enough to satisfy most general users. In addition to tracking people down or checking out their backgrounds, you can also purchase driving records, perform criminal record searches, find out how many sex offenders live in your neighborhood or discover who's been calling you on the phone without leaving their number. For business users, Backgroundchecks.com also offers a range of "streamlined business solutions", which basically means that they can find out if a potential employee is a crook really quickly. Another popular use for Backgroundchecks.com is to find out what other people will see if they do a background search on you. This is often a good idea, even if you have led a blameless life, because more and more information about everyone is being kept in public records these days and it's surprising how often errors and distortions can creep in that may give readers the wrong impression and possibly damage your chances of securing a job or loan. Backgroundchecks.com's new Instant Driving Record Reports are a nice innovation, and one you don't find on many rival sites. On the other hand, there are areas you will find covered on other background checking websites that don't feature here, such as Identity theft reports and social networking identity searches (to make sure the people you or your family connect with online are who they claim to be). A common omission amongst even the best background-checking sites is a lack of international searches, and in this respect Backgroundchecks.com fare no better than most. Whilst users in most countries will be able to search using this website, they'll only be able to find people who either live in the United States or Canada or are registered as having died there. The prices Backgroundchecks.com charge are reasonable and they're usually running one or more promotional offers at any one time, so it's always worth checking what discounts are currently being featured before you buy . If you're worried about missing out on special offers and promotions you can subscribe to an email bulletin which will keep you up to date (although presumably checking out someone's background is something you tend to do when the need arises rather than wait for a tempting special offer to come up - e.g. "Look, there's 10% off this week, maybe now's the ideal time to finally check whether my nanny has a criminal record"). This is also not a site that rests on its laurels and seems to be constantly evolving with the addition of new checks and searches, which is always a good sign. Another plus is that Backgroundchecks.com offers customer service phone contact numbers as well as email, something a lot of rival sites don't bother with to cut down on costs. It's refreshing that, unlike other sites which often exclude or discourage phone contact, Backgroundchecks.com actually encourage this and take pride in offering accessible customer contact. In terms of online help, Backgroundchecks.com features a helpful FAQ which can be found by clicking on the "About" link at the foot of the page and then clicking on "background checks 101". This is good, if rather brief, and should perhaps be featured more prominently so new users can find it. Searches are generally very fast, although speed will depend on whether you choose an "instant" search, which is cheaper and, obviously, faster but might not pick up on the most current information available, or a "real-time" search. Real-time searches take longer because they go direct to the individual agency involved, rather than simply querying generic records databases, to bring you the most up-to-date information possible. Backgroundchecks.com offers a decent range of basic searches at very reasonable prices and also boasts a nice level of transparency - it's always made very clear how much you can expect to pay and what you can expect for your money. For more complex or wide-ranging searches you may need to try one of the websites higher up our top 10, but otherwise Backgroundchecks.com should certainly be sufficient for most searchers' needs.
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