Choosing a Debt Recovery Agency for Your Business

by Lyn Lomasi, Staff Writer

If your company has one or more clients with an outstanding debt, you may be considering hiring a debt recovery agency. Doing so could be beneficial to your company. Before choosing one, there are some things you should know about using a debt recovery agent for your business.

What is Debt Recovery?

Debt recovery is the process of collecting monies owed from clients for goods or services. Debt recovery collections are used when a client either refuses to pay monies owed or cannot pay due to financial constraints.

What is a Debt Recovery Agency Used For?

A debt recovery agency is used by businesses (and sometimes private parties) to recover debts owed by clients. These debts might be for services performed or for goods sold to the client. The debt recovery agency takes over correspondence with delinquent account holders. It is their job to get these clients to pay the debt. Debt recovery agencies provide services such as billing and invoicing, legal services, recovery, collection services and judgment recovery.

How to Choose the Right Debt Recovery Agency

The first thing to remember in choosing a debt recovery agency to work with your business is to look into multiple agencies. A simple way to find multiple sources is by using a company that provides matching services for business-to-business transactions. By researching the practices, services and prices of multiple companies, you can better ensure that your company has made a good choice and is getting a fair deal. If you simply go with the first debt recovery agency you see, you might not be getting a fair price or full potential in services, but you won't know if you haven't looked into other debt recovery collection companies.

Ask questions of each debt recovery collections company and observe their debt recovery in action if possible. Are they fair and ethical with clients? Do they or are they willing to practice business in the same manner as your company when handling your clients? Are they following the law in their debt recovery process? Do not be afraid to examine each debt recovery agency. This will help you determine which one is right for your company and its needs. If you go with business-to-business matching services, this process will be much smoother, as companies will be matched to yours, based on specific criteria.


*I originally published a version of this via Yahoo Contributor Network

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