How to check a website's legitimacy

duncanc

another good one, that gives a bit more information than most Whois lookups, is:
http://www.whois.sc/

just stick the domain name you're interested in onto the end of that url, e.g.:
http://www.whois.sc/moneysavingexpert.com

BLACK_PANTHER_3

thanks guys for the tips on this issue. i have previously used amazon buying stuff but when searching thru kelkoo some h850 moto bluetooth. got some sites that were even cheaper than amazon. the problem is the sites seemed so unfamiliar that i have given up. i guess someone knows genuine sites for this.

monty_don

hi

Was wondering about the legitimacy of discountonflights.co.uk Can any one say anything please I want to book flights on it it is 30%off sounds too good to be true

monty don

klb_3

monty_don wrote: »

hi

Was wondering about the legitimacy of discountonflights.co.uk Can any one say anything please I want to book flights on it it is 30%off sounds too good to be true

monty don

Hope this helps. http://whois.domaintools.com/discountonflights.co.uk

Whois Record

Domain name:
discountonflights.co.uk

Registrant:
JENNI REDFORD

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
42 SHANCOOLE BALLE
BALLYMEN
ANTRIM
BT42 6DU
GB

Registrar:
One.com A/S t/a One.com A/S [Tag = TJNF-DK]
URL: http://www.one.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 26-Nov-2008
Renewal date: 26-Nov-2010

Registration status:
Registration request being processed.

Name servers:
ns1.b-one.nu
ns2.b-one.nu
ns3.b-one.nu

Majoinery

Hi
Has anyone heard of the above site or is registered member, unsure if I trust it and not sure how to find out
Cheers

PDC

Looks rather cheap and spammy to me but I've never used it.

Terms state its owned/run by liquidfusion.co.uk which looks even more spammy. I wouldn't touch either myself.

Whats the supposed deal, do you have to pay to sign up and they send you information?

Majoinery

Yes that's it £3 for a years subscription!!! Thank for yr advice will definitely avoid

PDC

Would imagine whatever information they may send is out there for free, just a matter of finding the source they are copying it from.

I recall a thread about this subject this week with some links to some official websites. Might be worth searching the forum.

Thekeith1

Re: rugby-lions-tickets.com

Hi there,

Wondering if someone could help me with the above website.

I have called the number provided and they said they are not affiliated with any other company and said they source tickets to the matches themselves.
I followed the above advice and it says the company was registered in March.

Can somebody slightly more technical analyse it any further?
Or has anyone else used them?

I understand the tickets are overpriced but that is mot the problem as such. I just want to make sure they are a legitimate company.

Regards,

Keith

JAG

Thekeith1 wrote: »

Re: rugby-lions-tickets.com

The first question would be why are they hiding behind the Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc. so you cannot see who registered the website.

Why would a legit company feel the need to do this?