A. Average turn around times for most searches on our site have been between 1-3 business days, with some of the more in-depth dossiers and packages taking up to 2 weeks or more. When you place an order at Classified3.com, our team of information analysts begins researching your request as soon as it is received. The C3 team sifts through thousands of massive databases, hunting down accurate and reliable intelligence while cross referencing your subject information with billions of currrent records. Some searches are simple, and some are extremely complex, dealing with unknown variables that add more time than can be estimated. We understand that information has a fundamental characteristic of being useful at the moment you request it, yet information is worthless if it is wrong. After intelligence is gathered and verified for accuracy, your research report is returned to you via email. If you desire a faxed or mailed copy of your report, please let us know at the time of your order.

Q. Why the name Classified3.com?

A. We don't disagree that a company called Classified3.com, on first read, can stir instant images of people operating in a cloak-and-dagger netherworld of spies and government spooks to develop information. But that is far from reality. We offer professional researchers, investigators, Certified Fraud Examiners, and former law enforcement personnel cooperating globally to deliver your information. While the company name may cause concern for some prospective clients, its inception was part tongue-in-cheek and part sentimental. The name Classified3.com also underscores our company's commitment to being different from our mainstream competitors without sacrificing accuracy, professionalism and effectiveness.

Q. Online databases vs. Classified3.com?

A. There are inherent and troubling accuracy problems with online databases that provide instant "results" to the user. We like to call these sources "fast-food providers". Classified3.com is not an online database provider because it is impossible to provide accurate, true and timely information in this manner. We understand that information has a fundamental characteristic of being useful at the moment you request it. Yet information is worthless if it is wrong. Most online public information companies update their data on an annual or quarterly basis. Regardless, the data used to update the systems is outdated in many cases. What does all this mean to you? It means that the records and information you seek through "fast-food" sources could be incorrect, false, and misleading to your purposes.

This creates a confusing landscape for the consumer

Classified3.com operates quite differently. Every search involves the human intelligence factor. Simplified, this means a person, or team depending upon the request, conducts research on your request. Each search is custom made and tailored around the client's needs so to speak, compared to assembly-line and mass produced information that is built around the database company's needs. Data requests submitted to an online company involves no human interaction, as you pay a machine for its limited intelligence capabilities. Likewise, the human intelligence factor is absent from information brokers who resell the data from the online companies. While computer databases are employed at Classified3.com, real people are behind the keyboard using analytical investigative skills to piece together your request. That real person is not a college student on Christmas vacation, but a trained professional. Many of the databases we use are in-house custom databases that are not resold or redistributed to online brokers or would-be competitors. In many cases database searches are not conducted because depending on the specialized information, no database exists to chronicle the data. In such cases, Classified3.com analysts conduct hand searches of public records and tap proprietary sources in the government and elsewhere to develop accurate and true intelligence for your needs. By using these information gathering tools and skills, the results of your searches are accurate as of the day the research was completed -and not as of six months or a year ago. Moreover, the human intelligence factor often develops additional details and intelligence outside the scope of your search request, yet clearly are important to your case. And when additional intelligence is secured, Classified3.com notifies you of the details and provides you with an opportunity to commission extra research to enhance your case.

Advanced Methodology Enhances Results

Search criterion and methodology is one of the most important, yet overlooked areas of public-record research. Classified3.com analysts search its vast systems and data by using any portion of the information included with the research request. Most research companies offer searches by individual name or company name only ~ or by the information you ALREADY know about the case. Classified3.com searches full text of its databases, covering all possible data matches based on the information you already know while also searching the unknown information. Perhaps you only know a person's last name and the name of their street. Or perhaps you have a last name but only a partial first name, partial SSN, or you have forgotten the first name. Based on even limited information, we can still pinpoint results.