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Shark Patrol is a powerful online information-sharing network that brings businesses together to benefit everyone - except sharks. The online network that beats bad debt.

  • Credit check potential customers

    Check their company structure
    Check their payment behaviour
    Check their insolvency

    Before you do business...


  • Prevent bad debt by monitoring your customers continuously and be alerted immediately to any changes that increase the risk of you not being paid.

    Monitor your customers continuously

    Be alerted to changes in payment behaviour
    and company structure

    Reduce overdue payments by 60%!


  • FREE payment resolution assistance!

    Get paid quickly, usually within 10 days.

    Get 100% of your money paid directly to you

    No contracts, commissions or collection fees.


  • Becoming a Shark Patrol member is fast and simple.

    And for a limited time there is NO JOINING FEE!

    Join today - Help break the cycle of bad debts by ensuring that the companies and individuals who deliberately hurt you cannot go on to hurt others.

Credit Check New Customers

Shark Patrol gives you in-depth information in one place so you can make informed decisions about who do business with, and avoid bad debt. Find out before you do business if your new customer has a habit of not paying.
Read more about Shark Check

Continuous Monitoring

Prevent bad debt sneaking up on you. We can monitor your customers / commercial tenants / suppliers and alert you immediately to any changes that increase the risk of you not being paid.
Read more about Shark Watch

What would you like to do ...

Find out how Shark Patrol works
Search on a company or director
How to get your name off the website
Reward my Customers for prompt payment
Apply for payment resolution assistance.

Join Shark Patrol

Persuading Customers to Pay

Deceptively simple, simply powerful. Shark Patrol Membership entitles you to use our logo, pay on demand stickers or simply add "We are members of sharkpatrol.co.nz and report all problem payers" to invoices, statements etc.
Read more about preventing bad debt

Report Problem Payers

You don't make promises you can't keep, right! So if your customer says they are going to pay and don't - report them.
Warn other members this customer is unable to pay their bills as they fall due.
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Debt Collection

If you already have a payment problem, or even a debt you had written off, try our Payment Resolution Service - for a limited time the first one is free! (and you don't even need to be a member)
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"Shark Patrol is a brilliant service that has significantly improved our debtor days and made collection of our overdues much easier."

"We explain to non-paying customers that if they do not promptly pay their outstanding account they'll be listed on Shark Patrol, and in almost every case they then fall over themselves to pay promptly."

"For those who still hold out Shark Patrol will go into bat with collection letters that achieve excellent results. Shark Patrol has become a valued part of our standard business and operating procedures, and merit our highest recommendation for the quality of their service!"

Paul Royse: Managing Director

"...it just leaves one small issue for my accountant, because we had written the debt off last year. Never thought he'd pay"
T Fowler - Painter

"Thank you, thank you, thank you they paid 3 days after your letter. They even had it in their hand when they paid. "
Megan Jefferies

"...I have to admit it sounded to good to be true, but it wasn't. Just like you said they paid within 10 days, thnx"
Robert Lee

Motorweb

Vehicle Information Reports
One in three vehicles for sale in New Zealand have money owing, a wound odometer or are reported stolen. Search now or read more ...


Insolvency Watch

Shark Patrol's Insolvency Watch monitors the world wide web in New Zealand for liquidations, receiverships and bankruptcy news. Click here for recent listings


Fair Go video

Tips to protect yourself before going into business with a company that's in trouble.
Fair Go TVNZ 23 March 2011

Failed or Collapsed Finance Companies

Over $8.5 billion in investor funds affected by 62 finance companies that have collapsed or defaulted since 2006.
View the receivers updates and media coverage.

Articles of interest

Fraud price tag doubles...
the typical fraudster is a 38 year old male employee. Read online
KPMG Media Release: Nov 8 2010
or download 48 page PDF report

The corporate shield: What happens to directors when companies fail? University of Auckland Business Review

How does a company get placed into liquidation
Business.govt.nz

Abusing the Corporate Form: Limited Liability, Phoenix Companies, and a Misguided Response
A dissertation

Do Limited Liability Companies REALLY protect you?
scoop.co.nz