APA Approval
The APA Approval department was developed to meet many needs for Pet Owners
and Pet Businesses, as well as ensuring humane treatment of companion animals.
Pet Owner Benefits
- Knowing who to trust: One major problem in the
pet industry has been that pet owners have not known what pet businesses and
service providers they can trust with their pets. Pet business owners range
from fantastic seasoned professionals to dishonest, unethical and inhumane.
While the majority are in the first category, pet owners need to know how to
steer clear of the later.
- Everyone is an expert: Sure, Aunt Sue knows
pets. Everyone has pet advice. Some is great, and some is horrible, the
problem is that both usually sound just as convincing. APA Approval includes
being sure your professionals are reasonable and reliable so the advice you
get is proper or are referred appropriately.
- Consumer Feedback: Every pet owner has the
ability to leave feedback for any APA Approved Business. This feedback is
the heart of the ongoing approval process.
- Mediation: Any unresolved issue between an APA
Member and APA Approved business can receive non biased mediation.
Part of the success of APA Approval is consumer
involvement.
You can check the status of a current Approval or leave
feedback for a business or product that you use.
APA Approved Find A Business App for
Android and iPhone coming soon!
Pet Business Benefits
- Quickly relay your commitment to high standards:
Pet Owners know being APA Approved is not just a gimmick but a
solid commitment to high standards and customer service.
- Get more new customers: When someone is new to
your area, gets a new pet or just is looking for a new pet service provider,
the APA Approval makes the choice easy.
- Keep more of your existing customers: So you
are very busy, that's great. You've done 1/2 of your job. Keeping
those customers is just as tough as getting them in the first place.
Customers not only need to know you have an ongoing commitment to providing
the highest quality service, but validation that you are providing the
service behind the scenes that they hope you are. APA Approval provides
this.
- Receive indirect referrals from the APA: With
hundreds of new members every day, and thousands of visitors to our web
sites, pet owners look to us to refer reputable
businesses.
- Use the APA Approved Logo: You earn it, use
it! Increase the effectiveness of all of your advertising.
Have a pet business?
See if you can become APA Approved!
Pet Product Benefits
- Stand Out: There are thousands of pet products
but the APA will only consider and Approve the products that offer real
world value for pet owners.
- Better Distribution: Wholesalers appreciate
quality products and look for APA Approved products because they are higher
quality, sell easier and receive fewer complaints and returns.
- Higher Sales: Many pet owners have just
seconds when deciding what to buy, the APA Approval Logo makes for easy
decisions between similar approved and non approved products.
- Better Advertising Dollar: The APA Approval
Logo makes your advertising much more effective with better results, faster.
Have a pet product business?
See if you can become APA Approved!
Questions? You can always talk with a professional at the APA.
800-APA-PETS