Costoma

Safety tips for customer/client

Important: Costoma does not provide any payment gateway or credit method/facility yet. Therefore, we strongly advice our users to meet in a safe physical location for purchase and payment.

• Shop with reputable retailers/sellers.
• Try not to invite a seller to your house. But if you must, remove from view, all items of high value that could be stolen at the time of the visit, or that the seller might come back to steal. If you have family photos on display, you may put those away as well.
• Have a concrete and provable refund and return policy with the seller. After you make the purchase, keep the details and receipt in a safe place.
• Meet Publicly: Never meet with a seller at night, alone, in a secret or lonely place. Also, ensure you do so in a public place you are familiar with, where you can get help easily if need be.
• If possible, ask for any legitimate means of identification from the seller.
• Do not send your bank details to the seller or anyone else.
• Check the item very well and ask questions. Be sure the item is not stolen.
• Do not make payment without having the item in sure custody under your control.

Note: Costoma will not be held responsible for events that follow your contact on this platform. Read our Terms and Conditions.

Safety tips for vendor

Important: Costoma does not provide any payment gateway or credit method/facility yet. Therefore, we strongly advice our users to meet in a safe physical location for purchase and payment.

• Do not deliver item(s) on trust.
• Do not accept part/installmental payment.
• Try not to invite a buyer to your house. But if you must, remove from view, all items of high value that could be stolen at the time of the visit, or that the potential buyer might come back to steal. If you have family photos on display, you may put those away as well.
• Make sure the item photos do not show your house or family. Your house provides many clues about you, your income level, your family, and so on.
• If possible, ask for any legitimate means of identification.
• Meet Publicly: Never meet with a buyer at night, alone, in a secret or lonely place. Also, ensure you do so in a public place you are familiar with, where you can get help easily if need be.
• If the item being sold has huge value, meet inside a bank where you can deposit the money before leaving.

Note: Costoma will not be held responsible for events that follow your contact on this platform. Read our Terms and Conditions.

Safety tips for employer

Important: Costoma does not provide any payment gateway, credit facility/method or direct recruitment assistance yet. Therefore, we strongly advice our users to meet in a safe physical location for face-to-face assessment.

• Try not to invite an employee to your house.
• If possible, ask for a legitimate means of identification from the employee.
• Meet Publicly: Never meet with an employee at night, alone or in a secret and lonely place. Make sure someone close to you knows about your appointment.

Note: Costoma will not be held responsible for events that follow your contact on this platform. Read our Terms and Conditions.

Safety tips for employee

Important: Costoma does not provide any payment gateway, credit facility/method or direct recruitment assistance yet. Therefore, we strongly advice our users to meet in a safe physical location for face-to-face assessment.

• Try not to invite an employer to your house.
• Never share confidential information. Of course, you have to provide personal information such as the important details of your CV or the specifics of your hiring needs, but you’ll never need to provide banking details or other sensitive data to apply for a job.
• Never share social media or other personal account passwords or credentials.
• Meet Publicly: Never meet with an employer at night, alone, or in a secret and lonely place. Make sure someone close to you knows about your appointment.
• Never pay for recruitment service, such as background checks or review of your qualifications and experience from your possible employer or anyone claiming to be affiliated to your prospective organization.

A lot of this will hopefully come as common sense to you, but it’s worth reminding yourself to be vigilant and careful. It’s easy for one to be tricked into feeling secure and in control when online. Practice safe job searching online by sticking to the above advice and, if you need more information on recruitment industry processes or protocol, then please feel free to contact Us. Thank you.

Note: Costoma will not be held responsible for events that follow your contact on this platform. Read our Terms and Conditions.

Badges

Important: Costoma does not provide any payment gateway, credit facility/method or direct recruitment assistance yet. Therefore, we strongly advice our users to meet in a safe physical location for face-to-face assessment.

Verified

This presence of this badge means the business/company has been verified by Costoma - its existence, business location and services.

Send us a message to apply.

Certified

Posts having this badge have been verified to be registered under Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and has the required license(s) to carry out its services.

Send us a message to apply.

Endorsed

Costoma makes a background check on businesses and can endorse the ones that meet its authenticity requirements to attract trust.

Send us a message to apply.

Note: The badges are subject to review from time to time. That means they can be removed from posts that no longer meet the requirements for them at the discretion of this website's management. Costoma will not be held responsible for events that follow your contact on this platform. Read our Terms and Conditions.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Important: Costoma does not provide any payment gateway, credit facility/method or direct recruitment assistance yet. Therefore, we strongly advice our users to meet in a safe physical location for face-to-face assessment.

Who joins Costoma?

• Businesses ranging from small to large corporations, LLCs, religious organizations and non-profit organizations, startups, artisans, skilled people, professionals, practitioners, etc.

Does Costoma charge for advert posting?

• Costoma does not charge for regular advert posts, except sponsored adverts. All other adverts are free. However, if you wish to increase your listing visibility within your category, you may be interested in upgrading to a sponsored advert.

Can I put my listing on the front page/homepage of Costoma?

• Curently, Costoma does not put sponsored contents on its homepage for various important reasons. Refer to our sponsored contents page for possible alternatives you may be interested in.

I can't see the appropriate place to register my business on this website.

• Go to Post item.

My business or service is unique and you don’t have my category. Can you create one for me?

• Please contact us if you require a new category for your business or service. If we see that your business could be listed under a new category, it may be possible to grant your request.

The contents of my posts were altered. Why?

• When you place a listing on Costoma, the content is always checked for grammar, offensive or sensitive content and punctuation. We ensure that, regardless of the applicant's details, we run through the information provided, make adjustments where necessary so as to ensure the information is presentable, consistent, has a professional look and does not violate any public content consumption rules and regulations, either by law or as stipulated by Costoma Terms and Conditions.

How often am I able to update my listing content?

• The Costoma my profile dashboard is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can update contents as much as or as little as you like as long as the contents do not go contrary to our policy. Every content is subject to review.

I have more photos to add to the post. How do I do it?

• If you created an account/signed up or logged in before the creation of the post, then go to my profile and select the appropriate option from the menu to list the posts tied to your account. Click on 'edit' and make the necessary changes; then enter your password and submit.

How do I make a suggestion or complaint?

• Send us a suggestion or complaint mail here.

How do I remove my listing?

Note: You need to have an account with us in order to delete your posts, and your password is required for this purpose. If someone posted your content without your consent and you wish to remove it, or you do not have an account, create one and send us a mail here.

• If you have an account with us and you were logged in when you created the post, go to my profile and log in with your email. Then click on the options menu to see your posts. Click on 'Delete'; enter your password and submit.
• If you do not have an account with us but you provided an email for the post during its registration, create an account and send us a complaint mail with the post's ID (e.g: 2025dx7er5...). We will send a confirmation mail to your mail box (not your Costoma account mail box).

How do I recover my forgotten account password?

• Click on login to open the login dialogue box; enter your email in the email section and click on forgot password. A password recovery email will be sent to your inbox (not your Costoma account mail box, but your main mail box [Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail, etc.]).

Why should I choose Costoma to list my business?

• Because you want your business to succeed.

Do you only list businesses or are there other services you offer as well?

• We offer many other services. Visit our home page or click on the main menu to view our various services.

Note: Costoma will not be held responsible for events that follow your contact on this platform. Read our Terms and Conditions.