Curated, not crowdsourced.
Vensho is a vendor marketplace with a gate. Here's exactly how we admit vendors, what verification means, and why the bar moves up — not down — as we scale.
Liquidity-first marketplaces
"Anyone with a service or asset can list." Bigger catalogs win attention; screening is your problem.
- • Maximize vendor count for SEO
- • Self-reported credentials
- • Buyer-side filtering does the work
- • Race-to-bottom pricing pressure
Vensho — curated marketplace
We screen so your time goes to comparing real candidates. Smaller catalog, higher signal.
- • Document gate (license + insurance + reviews)
- • Annual re-verification
- • Quality bar moves up with scale
- • Escrow-protected bookings end-to-end
The state of the marketplace
Updated from the live Vensho database. No vanity numbers — what you see is what exists.
9,667
Active vendors
0
Verified
0
Claimed profiles
9,667
Sourced from public records
Sourced-from-public-records vendors are real businesses with verifiable Google profiles and reviews. They're shown so you can find them; the unclaimed badge tells you the vendor hasn't engaged with Vensho yet.
The verification gate
1. Business identity
Active business license verified against state Secretary of State records. EIN cross-referenced where applicable. DBA aliases documented.
2. Insurance
Current general-liability policy: $1M per-occurrence minimum, $2M aggregate recommended. Vendor uploads COI; we verify with carrier where the policy permits.
3. Reviews & social proof
Google Business profile with ≥10 reviews and ≥4.3 average. Yelp/Facebook supplemental where industry-standard. Negative-pattern review check on dispute frequency.
4. Operating history
Either a successful first booking on Vensho or 2+ verifiable bookings off-platform within the past 12 months. New vendors get conditional verification with elevated escrow protection.
5. Annual re-check
License + insurance re-verified every 12 months. Vendors with insurance lapses are flagged immediately and may be temporarily delisted until current.
The trade-off, said out loud
Curation is a constraint, not a marketing line. Vensho will always have a smaller vendor catalog than liquidity-first marketplaces. We accept that trade. The reason we'll never compete on raw vendor count: every uncurated vendor in your search results is a hidden tax on your decision-making time.
We also commit to honest accounting: the counters above include sourced-from-public-records vendors that haven't claimed their profile yet. We don't hide them, don't fabricate "featured" profiles, and don't pad the number. What you see is what exists in the marketplace today.
If a vendor falls below the bar after admission — sustained reviews below 4.0, booking-completion rate below 90%, dispute frequency above category baseline — they get a 90-day improvement window with named issues. After that they're delisted. The bar moves up with scale, not down.
Common questions
Why curate instead of just listing every vendor?+
Liquidity-first marketplaces (Eventors, GigSalad, The Bash) maximize listings — anyone with a service or asset. That puts the screening work on you. Vensho inverts the model: we screen so your time goes to comparing real candidates, not filtering noise. Trade-off is honest: smaller catalog, higher signal.
What does the green Verified badge actually mean?+
A Verified vendor has cleared the full document gate: active business license in their operating state, current general-liability insurance ($1M minimum, $2M recommended), Google/Yelp profile with ≥10 reviews and ≥4.3 average, and a successful first booking on Vensho or a verifiable equivalent off-platform. Verification is re-checked annually.
What about vendors who don't have the Verified badge yet?+
Most of our marketplace right now is sourced from public business records — real businesses with real Google reviews — but they haven't claimed their Vensho profile yet. They're shown so you can still find them; the unclaimed badge tells you a vendor hasn't actively engaged with Vensho yet. We don't fabricate, hide, or pad — what you see is what is.
How do you handle disputes if something goes wrong?+
Every Vensho booking is escrow-protected. Your payment is held until 48 hours after your event. If a vendor no-shows or fails to deliver, you can request a refund or replacement through Vensho support. The 5% buyer service fee covers this protection plus dispute resolution.
What happens to vendors who don't meet the bar?+
They get a written deficiency report and a path back: most issues are insurance lapses, missing license documentation, or a reviews gap that resolves within a quarter. We don't ghost rejected applicants. The bar is a quality gate, not a moat against good-faith businesses.
Will this change as Vensho scales?+
The bar moves up, not down. As organizer reviews accumulate, vendors falling below 4.0 average across 5+ Vensho bookings get a 90-day improvement window before delisting. The promise to organizers is curation — and that promise gets stricter, not looser, with scale.
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