No Subscription. No Minimum Spend. Pay Only for the Checks You Actually Run.

Most supplier verification tools in Australia are sold as subscriptions. For teams that verify dozens of suppliers a month, that works. For everyone else, it means paying for capacity you do not use.

The free tier: eight checks at no cost

Eight of Gumshoe ten checks are completely free: ABN status, GST registration, web presence, WHOIS/domain history, email domain health, physical address cross-check, social and registry cross-reference, and trust/reputation signals. These run simultaneously against government registers and web signals in seconds. No account required to run them; a saved audit trail requires a free account.

Premium checks: pay per use

• Phone Verify - A$2.00: Gumshoe calls the registered phone number and confirms an authorised person is reachable.
• Street View - A$1.00: Classifies the registered address as commercial, residential, or vacant.

You purchase a pack of checks and draw from that balance as you use them. No subscription, no monthly commitment, no minimum spend.

What happens to unused checks: account credits

Purchased checks not used within 30 days convert automatically to account credits. Credits have no expiry. They sit in your account and apply automatically at your next checkout. Buying 10 phone verifies and using 7 leaves A$6.00 in your account indefinitely.

The cost comparison

Verifying 5 new suppliers per month with a phone verify on each costs A$10.00. A $50/month subscription for the same task costs five times as much and charges you regardless of volume. The pay-per-check model matches how verification actually works in practice.

Uncommon Insights

Under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), specifically section 588G, company directors have a duty to prevent insolvent trading, which includes verifying the legitimacy of suppliers to mitigate the risk of dealing with phoenix companies. By using a pay-per-check model, companies can ensure they have adequate verification processes in place without incurring unnecessary costs, thereby demonstrating a proactive approach to risk management and compliance.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has identified supplier verification as a key aspect of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) compliance. By using a tool like Gumshoe, which offers a range of verification checks, including ABN status and GST registration, companies can help meet their AML/CTF obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), specifically section 32.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has emphasized the importance of verifying the identity of suppliers to prevent false billing scams and other types of tax fraud. By using a pay-per-check model, companies can ensure they have verified the identity of their suppliers without incurring unnecessary costs, thereby reducing the risk of tax fraud and potential penalties under the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth), specifically section 284-75.

ASIC's enforcement patterns suggest that companies that demonstrate a proactive approach to risk management and compliance are less likely to be subject to regulatory action. By using a pay-per-check model for supplier verification, companies can demonstrate their commitment to compliance and risk management, which may help mitigate the risk of regulatory action and potential penalties under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), specifically section 1317E.