You can never be too careful when it comes to whom you accept bookings from. So, guest screening is an essential part of protecting your business. But how should you go about it?
Authenticate, our newest integration partner, takes guest screening off your hands so you can rest easy.
What is Authenticate?
Authenticate grants hosts and property managers unmatched peace of mind via meticulous guest screening. With Authenticate’s solutions, you can swiftly screen guests against national and international databases and verify over 7,500 types of government IDs in under 30 seconds. And because Authenticate’s identity verification technology is built on cutting-edge AI, you can expect the highest accuracy possible.
What’s more, users in the U.S. can take advantage of Authenticate’s real-time criminal background checks, which involve a thorough review of guests’ criminal history. These checks search for felonies, misdemeanors, sex offenses, and more within the past seven years.
The result? You prevent identity fraud, protect your property against problematic guests, and have the evidence necessary to fight chargebacks.
What benefits does Authenticate offer?
Easily customize your workflows
No two vacation rentals are the same, and verification processes shouldn’t be, either.
Authenticate enables you to customize your verification workflow according to your business’s unique needs. Choose whether you want guests to verify themselves using knowledge quizzes, government-issued photo ID, their bank account, facial recognition, or liveness detection. You can also decide whether you want to verify guests using links (no code necessary), API, or a hybrid model.
What’s more, you can start verifying identities from the Authenticate dashboard with just one click, and create or change workflows with just a few clicks.
Prevent identity fraud
As cyberthreats continue to evolve, it’s more important than ever to have reliable identity verification for your guests. Authenticate goes the extra mile by using iBeta Level 2-compliant liveness detection, sophisticated facial recognition, proofing technologies, and risk scoring models to identify AI-driven fraud and deepfakes.
As a result, you can rest assured that your guests are who they say they are.
Protect against problematic guests and parties
So, your guests are who they say they are…but do you want to host them?
Authenticate helps you protect against problem guests (and thus theft, property damage, and unauthorized parties) with instant risk scoring. It identifies red flags and provides confidence scores for guests’ names, emails, and phone numbers with all related social profiles. Empowered with this information, you can decide whom you want to rent your property to.
Fight chargebacks
Chargebacks aren’t only frustrating to process—they also eat into your revenue.
Fortunately, with Authenticate’s guest verification serving as proof of the transaction’s validity, you can easily fight chargebacks and retain your revenue.
How much does Authenticate cost?
Authenticate costs between $1 to $5+ per check depending on the services you need.
Integrating Lodgify with Authenticate
Want to make guest verification even easier? Integrate Authenticate with Lodgify to instantly generate verification links whenever a booking is made!
To get started, head over to Authenticate’s site and click Get Started to register. There’s an easy self-onboarding process to follow, or reach out to support@authenticate.com if you need help setting anything up.
Once you’re onboarded, simply log in to your Authenticate account, navigate to the Integrations tab, select Lodgify, and enter your Lodgify API key to activate your integration! (To find your Lodgify API key, open Lodgify, navigate to Settings, and select Public API in the menu.)
Before you know it, you’ll be screening and verifying guests without adding anything to your workload, and protecting your business from problematic guests, scams, and chargebacks. What’s not to like?