<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve earned your trust when it comes to selecting an Arizona registered agent because I have a lot of business experience, and I doubt anyone has done as much research in this field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I started my first company, I knew that I was required<\/em> to have a registered agent, but I didn\u2019t know how much I needed<\/em> a registered agent service until I made a costly filing mistake that the right agent could have prevented.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTo avoid such mistakes in the future and keep the Arizona Corporation Commission off my back, I spent countless hours learning about the industry and identifying the major players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once I knew who was who, I went through the marketing materials of every Arizona registered agent service I could find in order to discern which companies offered real value and which just offered splashy promotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also leaped into the thousands of online reviews available, and finally made the rarified step of actually picking up the phone and calling the better companies individually. I talked to customer service reps, sales reps, secretaries and waited out more than a few automated answering services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of this is to say that I\u2019ve done the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talking to friends in Arizona who are small business owners made me realize how many others were also baffled by the array of offerings and pricing schemes in the registered agent space. I initially just shared my findings with them, but I soon realized the research I\u2019d done could be a huge help to the Arizona business community at large. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This realization led to this website, which has already helped thousands of Arizona business owners save themselves a tremendous amount of work. I can help YOU as well, and give you back the single most valuable resource you have\u2014your time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>How I Selected the Best Registered Agent<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nI used a four-step process to select the best registered agent in Arizona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Stage 1: Reviews<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIn order to whittle down the enormous field of Arizona registered agent services into something I could wrap my head around, I started with online review sites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After reading reviews on Google Business, Facebook, TrustPilot, and the Better Business Bureau, amongst others, I was able to get a sense of which companies were legitimate and which companies were essentially scams. In this way, I was able to eliminate almost 50 Arizona statutory agents that were using an underhanded, deceitful pricing structure (more on that below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Stage 2: Website Analysis<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\nAfter I\u2019d eliminated the less-than-honest agents, I was left with only 13 registered agent services in Arizona. I went through every page of these reputable remainder\u2019s websites and talked to their customer service teams to see exactly what they were offering with their subscriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I then came up with 24 features a good registered agent in Arizona should offer and listed them in a simple spreadsheet next to the names of the 13 agents. If a registered agent service offered that particular service, I simply checked the box. It gave me an efficient visual representation of who offered what. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Stage 3: Speaking with Real Customers<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIn order to judge how effectively these companies were executing the services they provide, I wanted to actually speak to customers. Online reviews could answer some of my questions but they usually offer only the perspectives of customers with extreme opinions one way or the other. Online reviews can also occasionally be manipulated by the companies themselves, so I wanted to go directly to the source. Actual customers were also able to answer my more in-depth questions rather than just provide general overviews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since I had already helped some fellow Arizona business owners find statutory agents, I was able to ask them directly about their experiences with the statutory agents that they chose. And now that my website is live and I\u2019m helping so many others choose the right Arizona statutory agent, I\u2019ve heard directly from an even larger group of consumers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Stage 4: Speaking with Their Sales Team