D&B is a good start to building credit/credability to a new startup business. I`ve personally spoken to a D&B agent who suggested I apply for a gasoline credit card in the business name and providing the D&B #. Use the card a couple of times and pay it off each month. This will definately take time and concur with the others. One thing that many of us can`t stand to hear is that its going to take time!. Hope this helps
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Thanks for the information about the gas cards I never through of them.
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Did anyone of you guys used a credit building services or did you take the steps on your own?
I did it on my own
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“Impossible” is just the degree of difficulty where most people stop trying.
I found this from another forum that I think can help many people.
Establishing business credit is tough, especially for a new business. But remember: It CAN be done, and it`s easier than you think. Follow these steps, and you`ll be on your way to an excellent credit profile.
Here is what I have learned:
~Set up a Corp business. Smart to protect yourself and the only type of business that allows you to keep your business credit and personal credit seperate. LLCs and Sole are okay for contract work or property investment, but you still should get a Corp to manage them.
~Once you get your EIN, through registrastion, set up your business phone. You will need to make sure it is at an address not the same as your home (because it is not looked upon favorably by the lending world) and the phone will need to be registered in the 411 directory. Quite a few have had success with calling the local phone company and getting a call forwarding number. It is a business number that automatically forwards to any desired phone. Make sure it will list with 411 before signing up however.
~After receiving your first phone bill, go to www.staples.com and fax in copy of application along with copy of phone bill to apply for business credit. Use professional letterhead for coversheet. You should receive the standard $750 credit line with no personal guarentee (herein referred to as "PG").
~Also during this time go to www.dnb.com and register your business to receive a D&B number. It will take 30-40 days to receive it in the mail. If you want to establish business credit sooner, you can pay for the credit builder ($399), but it`s not required. After you have at least 5 business accounts reporting, you`ll receive a paydex rating (similiar to FICO for personal credit).
*REMEMBER - a paydex score will only take into account your payment history. Unlike personal credit, this is counted in days. For example, if you pay your invoices 14 days late, it will be reported as such. If you pay your account off before the statement or invoice comes, it will be reported as such. The bottom line: Pay your invoices on time, and you will get a better paydex score.
~Set up the following business accounts, and make at least one purchase, you want to pay this off BEFORE the first statement hits:
*1. UPS - www.ups.com
2. FedEx CONTACT Revenue Services Department 1-800-622-1147 press 4 then 1
3. Barnes & Noble CONTACT Purchase order department 1-212-414-6000
4. Quill Corporation 100 So Schelter Lincolnshire, IL 60069 CONTACT Credit Department 1-800-634-3090
*5. Viking 8200 East 32nd St No. Wichitas, KS 67226 CONTACT Credit Department 1-888-454-5457
6. Rapid Forms 301 Grove Rd Thorofare, NJ 08086 CONTACT Billing Departement 1-800-257-5287
*7. Nebs - www.nebs.com
*11. Office Depot www.officedepot.com Apply online
(*- Really easy to get)
~Need a cell phone? Once you have a EIN and D&B# apply for a business account. Usually T-Mobile is the easiest to get credit with, but I`ve heard that Sprint, cingular, and Verizon are easy to get as well. Nextel? Good phone, but you have to jump through a lot of hoops, and you usually have to put down a deposit.
~If you have at least 30-45 days to use, the following companies automatically report to D&B creating your business file:
-FedEx
-UPS
-Staples
-Viking
-Nebs
-Office Depot
~Once you have a paydex score of 75+, you can apply for Lines of Credit (herein referred to as "LOC") or business Credit Cards without any sort of PG. The cards/accounts desired are:
Enterprise Rent a Car (Corp. Rental) www.enterprise.com
Wells Fargo Bank (Visa/Mastercard) www.wellsfargo.com
Bank of America (Visa) www.bankofamerica.com
American Express (Green/Gold) www.americanexpress.com
Chevron www.chevron.com
Mobil www.mobil.com
MBNA Bank www.mbna.com
Wells Fargo (Line of Credit) www.wellsfargo.com
Bank of America (Line of Credit) www.bankofamerica.com
Union Bank (Line of Credit) www.unionbank.com
Cal Fed www.calfed.com
United California Bank www.unitedcalbank.com
Most companies will not ask to see financials for loans of 50k or less.
I hope this helps, and I wish the best of luck to you in your pursuit of credit
Best Buy - Status; 1-800-811-7276
Borders (734) 477-1039 - Fax Application (877) 254-9229 - Status Update
BP/Amoco Status Update (800)365-6204
Chevron/Texaco Business Card Status Update (888) 243-8358
Citgo Fleet; (734) 477-1039 - Fax Application (877) 254-9229 - Status Update
Citi AA: 888-662-7759
Citibank Status:800-645-7240, 800-288-4653, 800-750-7453
Conoco - Status Line, automated 1-866-289-5622
Experian Business:888-211-0728
ExxonMobil Business Card(800) 903-9966
HD Commercial800-685-6691
HDMC Sondee 877-969-9030.
Home Depot MC:877-969-9039 (Sondee/Sedonia?)
Key Bank:800-254-2737
Lowes - Status; 1-800-445-6937
Lowes - Underwriter;1-866-232-7443
Lowes Fraud/UW: 800-444-1408
MBNA - 1-800-673-1044
Meijers MC (801) 517-5560
Office Depot - Staus Line, automated 1-800-767-1358
Office Depot;800-767-1358, 800-729-7744 automated line to check status.
Office Max - Status Line, atomated 1-800-283-7674
OFFICEMAX STATUS: (800) 283-7674
Philips 66: 866-289-5630, 800-610-1961
Phillips 801-779-7369
Radio Shack;1-800-442-7221
Sam`s UW:800-301-5546, 866-246-4282
Sears - Status; 1-800-599-9710
Shell Fleet Card Status Update(800) 223-3296
Shell: 800-223-3296, 866-438-7435
Shell; 800-377-5150
Staples - Status Line, automated 1-800-767-1275
Staples: 800-767-1291, 800-282-5316
Sunoco Corporate Card(800) 935-3387,(800) 278-6626
Sunoco: 800-310-4773
Target: 800-440-5317
Tiffany:800-770-0800
VALERO (800)324-8464 ACCOUNT STATUS
Valero;1-877-882-5376
Walmart;800-301-5546, underwriting 877-294-7548
Wright Express; 888-743-3893
These links will take you to the application page, or a page that has the application link on it.
• Amazon.com - www.amazon.com
• Best Buy - www.bestbuy.com - www.bestbuybusiness.com
• Citgo Fleet - www.citgo.com
• Conoco / Phillips 66 / 76 - www.conoco.com
• Dell Computers - www.dell.com
• FedEx / Kinkos - www.fedexkinkos.com
• Home Depot - www.homedepot.com
• HD Expo - www.expo.com
• Home Depot Master Card - www.homedepot.com
• Lowes Commercial - www.lowes.com
• Nebs.com - www.nebs.com
• Office Depot - www.officedepot.com
• Office Max - www.officemax.com
• Quill.com - www.quill.com
• Rapid Fuel - www.rapidfuel.com
• Shell Fleet - www.shell.com
• Staples - www.staples.com
• Sunoco Corporate - www.sunoco.com
• TechDepot - www.tectdepot.com
• TigerDirect - www.tigerdirect.com
• Uline - www.uline.com
• Wright Express - www.wrightexpress.com
Here is what I have learned:
~Set up a Corp business. Smart to protect yourself and the only type of business that allows you to keep your business credit and personal credit seperate. LLCs and Sole are okay for contract work or property investment, but you still should get a Corp to manage them.
~Once you get your EIN, through registrastion, set up your business phone. You will need to make sure it is at an address not the same as your home (because it is not looked upon favorably by the lending world) and the phone will need to be registered in the 411 directory. Quite a few have had success with calling the local phone company and getting a call forwarding number. It is a business number that automatically forwards to any desired phone. Make sure it will list with 411 before signing up however.
~After receiving your first phone bill, go to www.staples.com and fax in copy of application along with copy of phone bill to apply for business credit. Use professional letterhead for coversheet. You should receive the standard $750 credit line with no personal guarentee (herein referred to as "PG").
~Also during this time go to www.dnb.com and register your business to receive a D&B number. It will take 30-40 days to receive it in the mail. If you want to establish business credit sooner, you can pay for the credit builder ($399), but it`s not required. After you have at least 5 business accounts reporting, you`ll receive a paydex rating (similiar to FICO for personal credit).
*REMEMBER - a paydex score will only take into account your payment history. Unlike personal credit, this is counted in days. For example, if you pay your invoices 14 days late, it will be reported as such. If you pay your account off before the statement or invoice comes, it will be reported as such. The bottom line: Pay your invoices on time, and you will get a better paydex score.
~Set up the following business accounts, and make at least one purchase, you want to pay this off BEFORE the first statement hits:
*1. UPS - www.ups.com
2. FedEx CONTACT Revenue Services Department 1-800-622-1147 press 4 then 1
3. Barnes & Noble CONTACT Purchase order department 1-212-414-6000
4. Quill Corporation 100 So Schelter Lincolnshire, IL 60069 CONTACT Credit Department 1-800-634-3090
*5. Viking 8200 East 32nd St No. Wichitas, KS 67226 CONTACT Credit Department 1-888-454-5457
6. Rapid Forms 301 Grove Rd Thorofare, NJ 08086 CONTACT Billing Departement 1-800-257-5287
*7. Nebs - www.nebs.com
*11. Office Depot www.officedepot.com Apply online
(*- Really easy to get)
~Need a cell phone? Once you have a EIN and D&B# apply for a business account. Usually T-Mobile is the easiest to get credit with, but I`ve heard that Sprint, cingular, and Verizon are easy to get as well. Nextel? Good phone, but you have to jump through a lot of hoops, and you usually have to put down a deposit.
~If you have at least 30-45 days to use, the following companies automatically report to D&B creating your business file:
-FedEx
-UPS
-Staples
-Viking
-Nebs
-Office Depot
~Once you have a paydex score of 75+, you can apply for Lines of Credit (herein referred to as "LOC") or business Credit Cards without any sort of PG. The cards/accounts desired are:
Enterprise Rent a Car (Corp. Rental) www.enterprise.com
Wells Fargo Bank (Visa/Mastercard) www.wellsfargo.com
Bank of America (Visa) www.bankofamerica.com
American Express (Green/Gold) www.americanexpress.com
Chevron www.chevron.com
Mobil www.mobil.com
MBNA Bank www.mbna.com
Wells Fargo (Line of Credit) www.wellsfargo.com
Bank of America (Line of Credit) www.bankofamerica.com
Union Bank (Line of Credit) www.unionbank.com
Cal Fed www.calfed.com
United California Bank www.unitedcalbank.com
Most companies will not ask to see financials for loans of 50k or less.
I hope this helps, and I wish the best of luck to you in your pursuit of credit
Best Buy - Status; 1-800-811-7276
Borders (734) 477-1039 - Fax Application (877) 254-9229 - Status Update
BP/Amoco Status Update (800)365-6204
Chevron/Texaco Business Card Status Update (888) 243-8358
Citgo Fleet; (734) 477-1039 - Fax Application (877) 254-9229 - Status Update
Citi AA: 888-662-7759
Citibank Status:800-645-7240, 800-288-4653, 800-750-7453
Conoco - Status Line, automated 1-866-289-5622
Experian Business:888-211-0728
ExxonMobil Business Card(800) 903-9966
HD Commercial800-685-6691
HDMC Sondee 877-969-9030.
Home Depot MC:877-969-9039 (Sondee/Sedonia?)
Key Bank:800-254-2737
Lowes - Status; 1-800-445-6937
Lowes - Underwriter;1-866-232-7443
Lowes Fraud/UW: 800-444-1408
MBNA - 1-800-673-1044
Meijers MC (801) 517-5560
Office Depot - Staus Line, automated 1-800-767-1358
Office Depot;800-767-1358, 800-729-7744 automated line to check status.
Office Max - Status Line, atomated 1-800-283-7674
OFFICEMAX STATUS: (800) 283-7674
Philips 66: 866-289-5630, 800-610-1961
Phillips 801-779-7369
Radio Shack;1-800-442-7221
Sam`s UW:800-301-5546, 866-246-4282
Sears - Status; 1-800-599-9710
Shell Fleet Card Status Update(800) 223-3296
Shell: 800-223-3296, 866-438-7435
Shell; 800-377-5150
Staples - Status Line, automated 1-800-767-1275
Staples: 800-767-1291, 800-282-5316
Sunoco Corporate Card(800) 935-3387,(800) 278-6626
Sunoco: 800-310-4773
Target: 800-440-5317
Tiffany:800-770-0800
VALERO (800)324-8464 ACCOUNT STATUS
Valero;1-877-882-5376
Walmart;800-301-5546, underwriting 877-294-7548
Wright Express; 888-743-3893
These links will take you to the application page, or a page that has the application link on it.
• Amazon.com - www.amazon.com
• Best Buy - www.bestbuy.com - www.bestbuybusiness.com
• Citgo Fleet - www.citgo.com
• Conoco / Phillips 66 / 76 - www.conoco.com
• Dell Computers - www.dell.com
• FedEx / Kinkos - www.fedexkinkos.com
• Home Depot - www.homedepot.com
• HD Expo - www.expo.com
• Home Depot Master Card - www.homedepot.com
• Lowes Commercial - www.lowes.com
• Nebs.com - www.nebs.com
• Office Depot - www.officedepot.com
• Office Max - www.officemax.com
• Quill.com - www.quill.com
• Rapid Fuel - www.rapidfuel.com
• Shell Fleet - www.shell.com
• Staples - www.staples.com
• Sunoco Corporate - www.sunoco.com
• TechDepot - www.tectdepot.com
• TigerDirect - www.tigerdirect.com
• Uline - www.uline.com
• Wright Express - www.wrightexpress.com
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Raise Capital in 90 Days Online Learn How This Works Bedzzz Inn, Inc Raised $92,867 with this system!
Thank you that info was helpful
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VKO Productions LLC (408) 739-1720 www.myspace.com/1jlee vkoproductions@sbcglobal.net www.vkoproductions.unimwebcenter.com
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VKO Productions LLC (408) 739-1720 www.myspace.com/1jlee vkoproductions@sbcglobal.net www.vkoproductions.unimwebcenter.com
Helpful...Very HelpFul Information!
From my understanding is that by doing it yourself, unless you know the ins-and outs, it takes time and much longer to establish corporate credit, whereas, I am paying Corporate Credit Concept, to establish a 70 D&B score for me by connecting me with their connections with banks and other businesses. I hope everything goes well. I am paying the 800 upfront, and 3k at the end if I can get 75-100k cash credit lines in 45-60 days with a personal garauntee. In about 6 months if all goes well, I should be able to apply and receive cash credit lines in the 200+k with no personal garauntees throught their private lending connections. CCC felt pretty confident that they will be able to do this for me, if not, they garauntee a full refund of my initial 800. We`ll have to see how it goes, I`ll keep everyone inform. I`ll be the guineapig. 
Good Luck
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VKO Productions LLC (408) 739-1720 www.myspace.com/1jlee vkoproductions@sbcglobal.net www.vkoproductions.unimwebcenter.com
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VKO Productions LLC (408) 739-1720 www.myspace.com/1jlee vkoproductions@sbcglobal.net www.vkoproductions.unimwebcenter.com
I hope you`ll keep us updated on what CCC does for you. I`m all for spending the money for professionals to do their job freeing up my time to do my job, but with all the scams I`ve run into over the years regarding credit, that $800 upfront fee is a little scary to me, especially wishy-washy claims of "We feel confident that we can do this for you"! Please keep us updated.
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Raise Capital in 90 Days Online Learn How This Works Bedzzz Inn, Inc Raised $92,867 with this system!
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Raise Capital in 90 Days Online Learn How This Works Bedzzz Inn, Inc Raised $92,867 with this system!
Me and my business partner spoke to CCC today my biz partner liked what they have to offer She feels like it should not take 3 plus yrs to build credit when they may be able to get it accomplished in 12 months or less or your money back. As for me I ve been burned so many times I`m always thinking it could be a scam but we both agreed that the risk of $3,500 is worth it .
Also I checked the BBB and they had 2 complaints both were resolved so at least I`m comforted in the fact that this business doesn`t up and run away with the money.
One question I do have is how come we are paying $2,000 and than the difference and not $800 may we can get some info on that.
Another guineapig just entered the race .......will keep all updated
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