Do you want to save your money and nerves? Then you need to know how to authenticate an American online store.
When searching of the best prices, we often meet with online stores that cause mistrust: the cost of goods is indecently low, and there are practically no reviews dedicated to the Web site. In addition, the product range is not particularly wide. Before you trust of the Web site and start buying, you need to know if these stores are safe.
For the purpose:
- Look carefully at the main page of the Web site. In America, there are several services that provide online resources for the data protection systems. The most popular ones are McAfee, VeriSign and Comodo’s HackerProof Vulnerability. Can you see their logos (they can be found in Google)? You can trust the store!
- Today, every large online store has got a page on social networks. The links to official accounts are always located at the bottom of the main page of the Web site. After you click on the icon to go to a social network page, you will see a back link to the Web site in the profile header.
- Check the spelling of the brand name. Sometimes fake stores contain intentional “stupid” errors in the name.
- Look carefully at the product photo: the tags, stripes, labels, rivets, buttons, zippers of branded items should have logos or the manufacturer’s name.
- Sometimes prices are low. Sometimes they are very low. But within the feasibility limits. We think that you understand that shoes by Jimmy Choo cannot cost $30. This is definitely a fake.
- Before you pay for a purchase in an unfamiliar store, spend a little time to check its registration data. You can do it on the whois.com or scamadviser.com Web sites. You will find the domain address in the USA (if the store is really registered), contact details (address, phone, e-mail) and even the date of registration of the domain.
Believe us, if a store was registered in 2000, it has been working in the market for a long time and has got hundreds (or more) customers. But it would be better to escape a Web site with the registration period less than 6 months or check it more carefully.
Well, in addition, do not forget to study customers’ reviews about little-known stores. Sometimes, it helps to say your “Yes” or “No” to the store.
