It is important to know whether a website is authentic or not, mainly before purchasing an item or working with it. Here we are listing all the best methods to detect the genuine websites.
Unlike other fields, starting and running a website is easy. Everyday scam sites are created to target the innocent people. It is the responsibility of the users to be in the safer side when making purchase on the unknowing websites. We can able to predict the character of a website for 99% by following the bellow steps.
Check whether your E-Commerce website uses a valid SSL for the transactions and use the latest browsers such as the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. If you uses a latest browser then it will detect the fake SSL certificates and other tricks. Last but not least, if you uses a public PC then don't forget to log out from your account.
Unlike other fields, starting and running a website is easy. Everyday scam sites are created to target the innocent people. It is the responsibility of the users to be in the safer side when making purchase on the unknowing websites. We can able to predict the character of a website for 99% by following the bellow steps.
POPULAR WEBSITE
You can always trust the popular websites such as Amazon.com, Ebay.com, Godaddy.com etc.,. which are popular among the public. So, don't hesitate to shop or buy domains from the popular and well known websites on the internet. Make sure you are accessing the real website and not a phishing website which mimics like by checking the URL of the website. For example: The real web address of the Amazon website is www.Amazon.com and if you see a shopping site with the URL, www.Ama.zon.com then you are in a wrong website.MISSING 'ABOUT US' & 'PRIVACY POLICY'
Most spam websites miss the basic information about the website such as the 'About Us', 'Privacy Policy' and the 'Contact Us' pages. If there is no 'Contact Us' page then think about how can you contact them if you face any problem on that website. It is so important to read the privacy policy and the terms & conditions even in a legitimate website.SOCIAL NETWORK PRESENCE
Most of the fake websites are not active on the social networking websites like Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Even though if they present on a social networking website, they may not have the positive response for it. You must also needs to be careful with the spam websites which has good reputation in social network sites by black hat way.VERY NEW WEBSITE
Most fraud website are recently launched and doesn't have a good history. At the same time, we also needs to respect the new legit websites. If you are dealing with a new website then you must be cautious while buying or shopping from them. You can discuss about such sites with existing users of the website.CHECK WOT (WEB OF TRUST) REPUTATION
There is a service offered by the WOT (Web of Trust) to check the trustworthiness and vendor reliability for the websites. If a website has good vendor reliability and trustworthiness in the WOT then the website is safe to use.CHECK THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF A WEBSITE AUTOMATICALLY
There are few websites like the scamvoid.com and scamadviser.com which could predict about a website automatically. These are the good services which saves the time and efforts of the users but manual checking about the unknown website by the user is also needed to play a safe game.Check whether your E-Commerce website uses a valid SSL for the transactions and use the latest browsers such as the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. If you uses a latest browser then it will detect the fake SSL certificates and other tricks. Last but not least, if you uses a public PC then don't forget to log out from your account.