Buyers do not just need to find you. They need to know who you are, whether you are compliant, and whether anyone has actually traded with you. Trusted Supplier answers all three.
80,000+
Businesses on the network
10,000+
Actively trading
4
Business Trust Levels
Free
To be listed
Buyers carry real risk when they onboard an unknown supplier, and a PDF of your own claims about yourself does not reduce it.
Anyone can put a registration number in a document. Buyers increasingly need it checked against the source registry.
A tax clearance certificate that was valid at onboarding may be months out of date when the order is placed.
Checked paperwork tells a buyer you exist. It does not tell them whether anyone has traded with you.
A progressive ladder. Each level adds evidence, and the badge on your profile reflects what you have actually passed. Businesses pay for checks; they earn their trust level.
Essential business profile and document checks passed: profile completeness, a bank statement match, and VAT and B-BBEE certificates. Core checks are free.
Company, director and core compliance checks passed: CIPC company and director records plus sanctions screening, checked against the source, not accepted on trust.
Additional checks passed, supported by evidence of trading on the network: a commercial score, bank account verification and ongoing sanctions monitoring.
Enhanced due diligence and manual review completed: AML, PEP and adverse media screening, a full credit report and High Court trust verification.
Verification is not paperwork for its own sake. It changes how you appear to buyers searching the network.
Your trust level appears on your profile and in search results, so buyers can see your standing before they click.
The Trusted level is only awarded to businesses that transact on M2North, so buyers see evidence of trading activity, not just paperwork.
Buyers running know-your-supplier checks can see your verified data directly instead of emailing you for documents.
At the Trusted level, sanctions screening continues after onboarding, so a change in status does not go unnoticed.
Verify once on the network rather than completing a separate onboarding pack for every buyer who asks.
Verified identity and trading history are the same evidence supply-chain finance providers need to assess you.
Creating your M2North account costs nothing. Each level you earn puts you in front of buyers who filter on it.