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Cough cough http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/pages/CCRSearch.jsp http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/pages/CCRSearch.jsp sputter sputter ahem free one business day cough
by onetwothreefour 14y ago
Cough cough http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/pages/CCRSearch.jsp http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/pages/CCRSearch.jsp sputter sputter ahem free one business day cough do this before submitting to Apple cough D&B is basically extortion
For what it's worth, I was sent the URL above on a wink wink hush hush basis by a large EV SSL certificate issuer. We needed a cert for our non-US company, but they wanted a DUNS number. Nobody outside the US actually uses DUNS numbers (I don't care what D&B says). So yeah, that URL gives you a DUNS number for free within 1 business day, paid for by the US Government.
- mortenjorck 14y agoThe above link pitches its offer as being for companies that do business with the US government. Does your business actually have to be engaged in a government contract, or can it be on a "we might respond to an RFQ someday" basis?
- onetwothreefour 14y agoThe latter. :)
- coob 14y ago> Nobody outside the US actually uses DUNS numbers As far as I can recall I think all UK Ltd's get a DUNs number automatically?
- onetwothreefour 14y agoThat's only because D&B have to look like their existence is necessary. So they just trawl for new entries at companies house and auto-generate the entry in their DB. They're not the only ones though.