I have a registered agent as my office (they provide a "physical" address for use) with D&B for D-U-N-S with no issues, and same address on Google Play and Apple App Store.
replyNever used this TruePic Vision app either, is this a new requirement?
I was going to suggest this too. I use my registered agent's address on all official business stuff.
replyI guess it is, I just applied last month. When did you get your D-U-N-S number?
replyLast year, but as another poster mentioned, I'm not in the US either.
replyThe whole process was extremely easy, I must say. I was not looking forward to jumping through the hoops, but a few emails and it was done -- very smooth, no issues for me at all.
Is this Truepic Vision thing a US requirement?
replyI signed up for a virtual office here in Sydney, and obtained a DUNS number using that address with no issue. This was last year.
You can pay a small fee to have a "registered agent" service and that can include an address you can use.
replyI do have a registered agent but D-U-N-S does not accept registered agent or P.O. addresses. Plus, I have to physically take a picture of the office/address using the TrueVision app.
replyJust as a small bit of information, Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS) does this because they are called upon to assess risk and prevent fraud - it's about 10 times more likely with virtual addresses or registered agents.
replyI guess it raises the cost of fraud a bit (e.g. having to be physically present in the US during the DUNS application). But I'm wondering what kind of fraud the Play Store is trying to prevent with that requirement. Malware?
replyWe tried to verify our online only e-commerce store on google, they have since said that since we have no physical store they won’t verify us and deleted our 50+ 5 star reviews. Meanwhile our competitors and defunct businesses I registered a decade ago and operated for a year still show as verified.
replyJoke of a process, good luck