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Pricing system at Detective agency

Here you can get information about our fee system including the breakdown, notes, retainer fee of total payment cost.

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Flat fee of hiring us
Cost breakdown
Notes on payment
The details of investigation fee
Pricing system at Detective agency
Flat fee list for retainer fee
Terms description

Flat fee of hiring us

In general, each detective company has own flat fee, which is defined as based on how long the term of investigation would be, how many investigators your case will need, and if your case needs any professional equipments.

Cost breakdown

These are the considerable items to cost;

Examples

Retainer fee : Basic charge for investigation
Preparation fee for investigation
Additional fee : Occurs when we find unexpected facts. We will not charge you without your permission, but also we cannot continue investigation till your conduct.
Deposit
Contingency fee
Actual expense fee

The total cost can be simplyfied “basic flat fee + optional fee”.

Notes on payment

Notice

It is difficult to categorize the problems if the information or evidence can be gathered by individuals or only by professionals. At the end of investigation, some people may confuse why they need to make a payment for the result they may be able to obtain by themselves. We strongly recommend to consider well if your case needs professional skills and acknowledge before hiring a private investigation, because the payment will happen once the contract occurs, even if the result was not what you expect.

The details of investigation fee

We understand you may be behind of contact with a private agency because of the cost problem, but it is not always high cost to hire an investigator if you choose a correct plan with having properly knowledge. We can offer multiple plans which fits your budget.

Cheaper is not always the best. The proper plan is the one you should choose.

Pricing system at Detective agency

Pricing system

We have two systems for pricing. The consultation for details of pricing systems is also no charge so please feel free to contact us.

1, Deposit + other fee plan

Once we receive a deposit, we start an investigation. When all processes are completed and report about information and evidence to clients, the rest of payment will occur.

2, Guarantee plan

If you still hesitate to hire a private investigation, this is the best plan for you. In general, agencies charge for processes, not outcomes. On the other hand, the point clients are worried about is if the outcome they expect surely occurs. Due to filling this gap, we offer the Guarantee plan, which is we promise a certain outcome at the contract. The total cost would vary depending on your situation, so please feel free to contact us and ask questions.

Flat fee list for retainer fee

The fee in the list below is the minimum cost in limited terms. The total cost would vary depending on your case, for example, how many investigators your case necessarily hires, how long the investigation would be, and if other equipment will be needed by investigators. Also, this list is just for retainer fee, and we don’t accept the request with only retainer fee. Please make sure that there are other costs you will be charged.

Behavior investigation	12,000JPY/h〜　(The number of days, hours, investigators, other equipment will affect on the total cost)

Missing person	50,000JPY/case〜 (Information content will affect on the total cost.)

Personal or private investigation	50,000JPY/case〜 (Information content will affect on the total cost.)

Evidence acquisition	12,000JPY/case〜 (Reputation acquisition : 20,000JPY/case〜)

Corporate investigation	12,000JPY/h〜 (Reputation acquisition : 20,000JPY/case〜)

Real estate investigation	12,000JPY/h〜 (Reputation acquisition : 20,000JPY/case〜)

Finance related investigation	12,000JPY/H〜 (Reputation acquisition : 20,000JPY/case〜)

Counter Surveillance	12,000JPY/h〜 (Reputation acquisition : 20,000JPY/case〜)

Terms description

Flat fee list for retainer fee

A number of day term

A number of day term: minimum 3 days

A number of hourly term

A number of hourly term: minimum 5 hours

A number of investigators

A number of investigators: average 1-2 people, but it varies depending on the difficulty of cases

Equipments

Equipments: Depends on necessity and a number of GPS, photograph equipments, other specialized equipments

Vehicles

Vehicles: Depends on necessity and a number of bikes, motorcycles, cars, others

Data

Data: Depends on type and amount of data

Reputation acquisition

Reputation acquisition: Depends on type and amount of reputation

Oversea/travel fee

Oversea/travel fee: In the case the target country is not included in our business alliance

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This page is created by experts from the Investigative Association under the supervision of a detective with 22 years of experience in the investigation business. The content of the article is created based on past cases in order to provide information related to the survey, such as basic knowledge of the survey, request method, request fee, etc., by experts with survey knowledge.