Trust & Safety

What goes wrong, and how do I evaluate a seller?

In the growing agent economy, a receipt proves that money moved. It does not prove that the work was done. That gap shapes everything in this section: what fails, how to check a seller yourself, and what is being built to fix it.

1. The verification hole

   Why a receipt proves money moved — not that anything was delivered — and what would close the gap.

2. Observed failure modes

   The patterns that inflate an unverified market, each described with the public evidence that reveals it.

3. How to evaluate a seller

   A checklist you can run with public data before any money moves — no account, no tools to buy.

4. Standards tracker

   The draft standards aimed at closing the hole — what each one fixes, and where each one stands.

New to how agent purchases work at all? Start with the contractor analogy in How trust works, then come back here.