Preferred vendors
Get found by the people already building.
Owners on CoBuild are running live projects with budgets, schedules and open roles. A preferred vendor listing puts you in front of them at the moment they are filling the seat you sit in.
$99/month once you are approved. Nothing is charged while your application is in vetting.
How it works
Three steps, in this order.
Apply
Business details, the trade or profession you work under, the states you actually serve, your licence and insurance, and three client references.
Vetting
We verify your entity, licence, insurance and references at the source — the issuing board, the carrier, the client — and record what we checked and when.
Membership
$99 a month once approved. Billing starts when you start it, not when you apply.
Payment does not buy approval. Vetting and membership are separate. A paying applicant who fails vetting is never listed and is not charged; an approved vendor who stops paying is unlisted but stays approved.
What we verify
At the source, never from a copy you send us.
A scan of a licence proves someone owns a scanner. Every item below is checked against the body that issued it, dated, and attributed to the person who checked it — so the date on your listing means something.
Registered and active with the Secretary of State, name matching the application.
Current, in the applicant's own name or their firm's, and clear of restriction.
Certificate received from the carrier or broker, not from the applicant.
Required where the vendor has employees; sole operators may file an exemption.
Legal name and taxpayer identification number, signed.
At least one on a project completed more than two years ago — that is the one that reveals warranty behaviour.
Board discipline, judgments, liens and a pattern of payment disputes.
Including the obligation to notify CoBuild if a licence or policy lapses.
Who can apply
Every seat on a project.
Attorneys, engineers, lenders and brokers sit alongside the trades, because a project needs all of them and an owner should be able to find all of them in one place.
Legal and advisory
Design and engineering
Capital and risk
Construction trades
Specialty and compliance
Delivery and disposition
Basic membership
$99/month
A listed profile in the preferred vendor directory, in every market you serve.
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Straight answers
When am I charged?
Only when you start the membership yourself, from your vendor portal. Applying and being vetted costs nothing.
What if I fail vetting?
You get the specific reason in writing. Nothing is charged, and you can reapply once the issue is fixed.
What if my licence lapses?
CoBuild warns you before the expiry date on file. If it passes, the credential shows as expired and the listing is pulled until it is renewed.
Can I cancel?
Any time, from Stripe's billing portal. Your listing runs to the end of the period you have already paid for.
What "preferred" does and does not mean. A listing records that CoBuild checked specific things on a specific date and that the vendor holds a current membership. It is not a recommendation, a warranty of workmanship, or a substitute for your own diligence, references and contract. Owners should still check licences themselves before signing. See the vendor terms.