Central DBA

Outstanding service at a very reasonable price. For those of you complaining about receiving the bright orange letters, relax. You DO have to publish in a local newspaper for four weeks and you do have to pay. I have found that you can, 1. Call around to newspapers, find someone that knows what you are talking about, mail them a copy of your DBA with a check and hope everything proceeds according to plan. That will cost a few hours of time, a stamp and an envelope and cost you [from my experience] about $ 32 – 35. Or 2. You can go online to these folks type in your case number and they handle everything for $ 38. Come on, it is a no brainer.

I received a mailer about proof of publication from Central DBA after filling my fictitious business name for my recently-​launched business. It is a great service for proof of publication and much less expensive than doing it myself!

Spoke to Christine for help on my business fillings and she was more than helpful and courteous. Very professional. I have nothing but amazing things to say. She represents the company well. Thank you.

I have a total of 4 companies and all operational. I used different companies in the past to do my publication and I have done this so many times.
Here are your options:
1) Go to City Hall to register your company, there are people in the front offer this service for $ 80+.
2) Going to other newspaper, it should be over $ 100+. I think i paid like $ 175
3) Central DBA offers the same thing under $ 50 for 1 company and 1 owner.
If you are getting their advertisement letter, you must be the business owner writing the scam reviews. As a business owner, I guess you don’t read you other contract either?
This is my 6 times using them. This a good company

I’m not sure what everyone is so upset about. I saved a BUNCH of money with this company, they were responsive to my emails, they let me know the time frame for completion in advance, kept me posted during the whole process and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, delivered the product as promised on time. I now have a legal DBA and I paid way less than going directly through a print publication. What’s not to like? THESE GUYS ARE NOT SCAMMERS. QUITE THE OPPOSITE. DON’T BELIEVE THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS.

I got what I have been promised. They filed and published my DBA on a timely manner. For $ 89 that was great than going to line up at the County’s office and then doing the publication. I do not look for $ 20 cheaper here or there, but I look for result.

I did not think that this business is a scam after logging in to their website. With all the avenues for communication with their office printed on their flyer, common sense will tell you it’s not a «Scam!!! Scam!!! Scam!!!» I just placed my DBA Business Filing with them after receiving my DBA from LA County Clerk. No businesses would risk their name in exchange with the amount of $ 38.00.

8÷30÷15 I am pre-​posting based on most people’s reviews. I am a brand new business and when given the list of newspapers and contacted them, the amounts were quite high being $ 115.00 for the lowest one. Then I received in the mail Central DBA’s advertisement. Come on, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is an advertisement. Read the document (on the third line) they send: «Please disregard this notice if you have already arranged for legal publication.» It is not threatening you that you have not filed, it is not anything but advertising and the Red and black print is for the sole business of bringing your eye’s attention to different parts of the advertisement. I sure hope everyone who put a 1 star takes a look at their advertisement and if it is not aggressive, how much of your product or service will you sell?
Like I said, I am pre-​posting. I am giving this business a 5-​star rating based the cost and professionalism on the advertising. I have given them 5-​stars until my business with them is done. I will update once the 4-​week process is done and adjust if necessary.
8÷31÷15 Okay. So I received my rough draft of my notice. I spoke to them on the phone and they answered all my questions and helped me understand the process for my new business and the «publication» portion of my journey. Thank you, DBA.

I used this service 5 years ago with no issues. Everything was published and I received proof of publication with no problem. Just added another dba and used the service again. I made a mistake and called to fix my publication request. Phone was answered promptly (I was worried I wouldn’t reach a human) and my mistake was corrected quickly and courteously.

Are you serious???
Scam!!! Scam!!! Scam!!!
There should be a selection for zero stars for this sleazy act!!!
We already received many other «fake» official notices stating that we needed to file or publish for our new business after we have already finished filing and publishing. If you are making THREATS and asking for money IMMEDIATELY there is already a problem there. What is up with all the red color fonts??? It makes it even more suspicious. You Central DBA business people with your highly suspicious marketing ways. Shame on you!!!

I just used their services. Yes, the mailings were a bit misleading, but I kept their mailing just in case. As I priced out different publications in my area, the costs were a lot higher than I expected. I made a call, spoke to a helpful rep and spent $ 38 for a 4 week publication. I appreciated that they will also confirm my published DBA with the County. So, misleading advertising aside, this company helped me out and their price was much more reasonable.

What these people do ought to be illegal. I received a very official letter from them, dripping with red ink. Of course, it turns out that they are a business firm, fishing for a new customer, rather than an official organization.
Beware.

Yes, Central DBA does solicit business using semi-​government looking paperwork, but, unlike the vast majority of other companies doing the exact same thing, Central DBA does not charge a small fortune for their services. I used them to publish my FBS and it cost me a whole $ 35 and they filed the proof with the county which saved me the hassle of doing it myself.
I would gladly use them again and will do so when the opportunity presents itself again.

Lame, scam place. We purchased a full package, that included both filing paperwork, and publication, from a DIFFERENT company. Yet we keep getting these «official looking» marketing pieces from them, trying to get me to pay them to publish. I hate aggressive marketing stuff like this, that tries to mislead people to get you to do business with them.

This place is probably a scam! I sent them money to publish my Fictitious Business name in a publication, but I never received any proof that they actually did so. What a waste!!! This is one of the rare times I give a place a one star. Don’t do business with them. That 5 star review from «Christy» with no pic is probably the owner of DBA or someone paid off of Craiglist to give DBA a 5 star rating.

Enough said. Special place in hell for scammers like this

I just received a letter in the mail from Central DBA labeled, «Time Sensitive-​Open Immediately». When I opened the letter it looked very official and had my DBA filing number and filing date on the document. The letter stated that I need to start my legal publication as soon as possible or I’m not in compliance with the state of California. The letter was presented as though they’re the local government and you have to immediately send in your money or you’ll be out of compliance. Like the other reviewers stated, Central DBA uses shady marketing, trying to appear as an official government entity in order to get your money. There’s no way I’d ever do business with such an unscrupulous and dishonest company.

They are scammers that browse the new business names and try to steal your money by trying to get you to buy their service based on their letter and envelope. Don’t trust them. They should be shut down and reported.

This business seems very shady. First, I want to state that I have NOT done business with them. I registered a new business a few months ago and published my DBA listing in a local newspaper as is required.
Now I get a letter in the mail, looking very important «SECOND NOTICE» «OPEN IMMEDIATELY» I open it, hoping there isn’t a problem with my registration or publishing. The letter inside has the appearance of a formal and important reminder notice with lots of scary red ink saying that you better pay now or risk having your business registration not be in compliance with the law.
I don’t think that what these people are doing is illegal, but I do believe that their business and marketing tactics are sleazy and immoral, preying on the fears of people who are not well informed.
And … save a bundle? I don’t think so. There were half a dozen newspapers outside the courthouse where I registered my business offering their service for between $ 20 – 30, which is cheaper than «Central DBA» offers.
«Central DBA» sounds very official doesn’t it? That’s all a part of them presenting an image to people to whom they send these letters, so that they seem more like a government office than just a publishing business that focuses on sleazing money out of people. It reminds me of «Federal Reserve» which isn’t Federal at all.

Total cost to publish a fictitious business name statement in my local paper? $ 150.00
Total cost to publish a fictitious business name statement with Central DBA? $ 38.00
I was a little leery of this place and I thought it was too good to be true. When I got my final documents from the county, I knew everything was done correctly. This place saved me a bundle!