Cluster 24 of 28. Ideas 451 to 465
Proof and trust, as a business
The mechanism
The one thing. Proof that the rules hold can be made by private people, one published record at a time.
The 15 ideas
- 451A verified-review platform for Sri Lankan businesses where the reviewer is real and the review cannot be bought
- 452Escrow services for transactions between strangers, so that the money moves when the goods do
- 453Published price lists at the tourist sites and in the taxis, with a complaints line that answers
- 454A landlord and tenant rating service, since neither can currently check the other
- 455Contractor registries with completed jobs photographed and clients named
- 456Independent building inspection, so that a buyer abroad knows what was actually built
- 457Court-record and land-registry search services for the buyer abroad
- 458Supplier-audit services that a foreign buyer can commission before the first order
- 459A marketplace for used machinery where every machine is inspected and its working hours certified, so a small factory can buy second-hand with confidence
- 460A code on every pack of Ceylon tea, cinnamon and spice sold abroad, scanned by the buyer's phone to prove it is genuine, sold to the exporters as a service
- 461Mystery-shopping services that sell the report to the business and publish the score
- 462Notary and document-checking services for Sri Lankans abroad in their dealings at home
- 463A used-vehicle history check: the owners, the mileage and the accident record of any car, searchable by its number plate
- 464Consumer testing of products against their claims, from cinnamon grade to solar-panel output
- 465A public register of every trade certificate issued, checkable online by an employer abroad