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Public records first. Paid reviews kept separate.

BestWeedSuppliers.com is a California licence-record directory for buyers doing supplier diligence. Free entity and trading-name pages summarize active public records and carry no score. A supplier can separately pay for an evidence review against five published criteria.

Free records are unscored Primary-source preference Correction path published

1. Evidence hierarchy

Free directory pages start with the California Department of Cannabis Control register. They report the legal entity, active licence identifiers, licence categories, locations, and trading names present in that record. They do not infer ownership, operating history, product quality, or safety.

Paid reviews use the register plus batch documents, regulator actions, and supplier-provided evidence. Marketing copy and retail-menu visibility are not treated as proof.

2. How page types work

Guides and explainers

These pages explain how to interpret testing, recalls, COAs, and diligence signals. They are the foundation layer for the site.

Licence-record directory

Entity, trading-name, category, and county pages organize active California supply-side licences. These free pages are not reviews.

Paid evidence reviews

One licensed California supplier is checked against five criteria. The written result and sources are published for 12 months.

Corrections

Public-record errors and review findings can be challenged with evidence. Payment is never required to correct an error.

3. Review criteria

A supplier is scored only after submitting, and only against the five published criteria. Where a criterion cannot be checked it is marked unverified rather than guessed, and the reason is published with it.

Working rule: a public record is never presented as a recommendation, and an unverified review criterion is never guessed.

4. What this site will not do

  • We do not sell undisclosed rank boosts.
  • We do not label a placement “editorial” if compensation shaped it.
  • We do not infer product safety from branding alone.
  • We do not use a single retail menu or a single brand page as proof of broad legitimacy.
  • We do not collapse federal, state, and local cannabis rules into a fake universal standard.

5. Where commercial relationships sit

The $49 review fee is the only money this site takes. It buys one evidence review, a written result, and publication for 12 months. We request evidence within two business days after confirmed payment and publish within ten business days after receiving it. If we cannot start within five business days, the supplier can request a refund. Missing or weak evidence may produce unverified or weak findings and does not earn a refund.