The World's Premier Home Paternity Testing Service

To conclude our blog feature on characteristics of strong DNA testing companies, this week, we are discussing affordability of DNA tests.

In searching for a DNA test, you may see paternity test costs vary greatly from company to company. In-home paternity tests are typically cheaper while legal paternity tests, such as those offered by DNA Diagnostics Center, are often more expensive. This is frequently due to the additional administration the legal tests require for ensuring chain of custody collection and court-defensible results. Because in-home tests do not require chain of custody, they can be offered at lower prices.

With the wide range of prices, it can be difficult to choose the best DNA test for a reasonable price. A good rule of thumb when looking for a reliable in-home paternity test is to seek a test that costs between $175 and $350.

Despite their appeal, you should be wary of tests that cost less than $175. Particularly with cheaper prices, the cost of the test is often directly related to the quality of the testing service and company, meaning that cheaper tests are often not high quality tests.

The companies that offer cheaper paternity tests often cannot afford more experienced personnel. Oftentimes a start-up or a lab staffed by inexperienced college students, these companies price their tests below experienced companies to attract more customers.

Results from these cheaper paternity testing companies can be less reliable than those from higher priced companies. If a company is unable to employ highly trained, experienced staffs or purchase state-of-the-art equipment, its DNA test results may be less reliable. Technology and expertise are necessary for accurate and reliable results, especially when the tests are complicated by mutations or other irregularities in the DNA.

Beta offers standard paternity tests for $235. This price, which falls in the “reasonable region,” ensures that your testing samples will be handled by a highly experienced laboratory staff who uses state-of-the-art DNA testing equipment. It also means that your samples will be tested twice to double-check the results and ensure reliable results.

Ultimately, you can rely on Beta’s excellent reputation and experience of more than 10 years to provide you with accurate, reliable, and timely results at a reasonable price. You can order a free kit by visiting our order form to start your test today.

Continuing with our theme of strong DNA testing company characteristics, this week we are focusing on fast turnaround times.

Receiving your results in a timely manner is important. You need to know the answers as soon as you can.

For a regular paternity test, the standard turnaround time is 5 days from the time the samples reach the laboratory. Some companies, however, advertise shorter turnaround times at cheaper prices.

To choose the best company for your needs, you should make sure that the company’s commitment to accurate and reliable DNA testing outweighs its devotion to fast turnaround times and cheaper prices. If a laboratory hurries through a DNA test, they may miss genetic mutations (which occur in approximately 2% of cases) or other variations that may affect the results of the test and could even lead to a false exclusion. This can be particularly true for companies that have much cheaper DNA testing services, as they may not be able to afford instruments that process samples quickly or expert staffs required for high quality DNA testing.

Other companies may fail to inform you that the turnaround time starts from the time that the laboratory receives the samples. If the company is not located with the laboratory, such as some online outlets, the turnaround time could be delayed by several days while the samples are being transferred from the company to the laboratory.

Beta offers paternity test results in a standard 5 days. We also provide expedited services of 3 days for paternity case results that are needed quickly.

We guarantee accurate results because we run every sample twice, which ensures that you receive reliable results. We use state-of-the-art equipment such as the Biomek® FX robotics systems and ABI PRISM® 3100, in addition to employing highly experienced DNA experts, to perform our tests.

We also guarantee our turnaround time because we work directly with our laboratory in the same complex, so there is no delay to transfer the samples to the laboratory.

You can trust the results from a Beta DNA test to be timely, reliable, and accurate.

Next week, we will be concluding our discussion of characteristics of strong companies by talking more about affordability and pricing of DNA test services.

This week we are going to discuss reliability as a characteristic of a strong DNA testing company.

As defined, to be “reliable” is to be “consistently good in quality or performance and able to be trusted.”

Many companies claim to be reliable, but there are several qualities you should identify before choosing a DNA testing company.

To avoid unreliable DNA testing companies, you need to determine if the company is a start-up web company, how much experience it has in DNA testing, and what type of technology it uses for testing. Start-up web companies often have little or no experience in the DNA testing industry and may not be directly associated with a laboratory where experienced staff may be. Also, if the company does not use state-of-the-art DNA testing technology, your results may not be accurate, which is a necessary attribute for a reliable DNA testing company.

A reliable company has a lot of DNA experience and provides excellent service. You can rely on the DNA tests offered by Beta because of our vast experience and unmatched service. Beta was established over 10 years ago and employs laboratory experts with more than 150 years of combined DNA testing experience. Serving thousands of clients each year, our customer service staff works closely with our lab to gain a vast knowledge of DNA testing to answer any questions you may have. Our expertise, in combination with our state-of-the-art technology and commitment to accuracy, establishes us as a very reliable DNA testing company. You can trust Beta for your DNA testing.