Rugs Made by People NOT Machines

As you may have noticed, we got approved by Rug Rag as a Verified Seller. You can see the new seal logo from Rug Rag – on the left menu of our website CarpetView.com – and on the right side of this blog.

I am really not a “Seal addict” person. Most websites pay to get some sort of Seal from “trusted large organization” simply to increase their sales. There are plenty of providers that check your website (in terms of security or basic technology) and provide you with an “expensive seal”. I think these seals don’t mean much – But the one from Rug Rag is different!

Let me first introduce RugRag – quoting from their About Us page:

RugRag.com was created in 2007 by brothers Matthew and David Dilmaghani in an effort to provide accurate information on and about hand made Oriental Rugs.  It’s all too often that shoppers find incorrect or misleading information all across the Internet from eBay auctions to online stores to classifieds and even news sources.  The goal of Rug Rag is to create market transparency in what has traditionally been a “buyer beware” marketplace.

This is exactly our aim with our online website (check our values in About page). So we had something in common

Why does this Seal matter to me?

1. It is specific to the rug industry – Rug Rag know what they are speaking about – so what they say has more value (at least to me) than those common seals you get from Verisign or others.
2. We got it totally free of charge – and you can’t get it simply by paying. I think this is another sign of quality and fair approval.
3. Before approving CarpetView, Rug Rag did a detailed review of the site and asked many questions to clarify. For example, they wanted to know how our return policy work, or what we decide to call Antique or Semi-antique rugs, etc…
4. At the end of this review, Rug Rag provided some recommendations on what to change or clarify on our website. These were very accurate and helped us in making the website more transparent and open.

So the bottom line: I am very happy that we got approved as a trusted and verified seller by Rug Rag. This somehow is to me the equivalent to get approved as Eco-Friendly from Green Peace but applied to the rug industry.

Thank you Rug Rag for your effort and this certification!