Astro Guide: Spotting Fake Retail Websites
Before you hand over your hard-earned money online, it’s critical to do your due diligence. Fake retail websites are becoming more sophisticated, often mimicking real brands to steal payments and personal information. A few minutes of checking legitimacy can save you from financial loss, identity theft, and endless frustration.
At Astro, we understand how vital trust and data are to online sellers and shoppers alike—our mission is to give Amazon resellers the tools to research smarter, spot risks faster, and make confident decisions in every transaction.
Recommended Website Checkers
Here are some trusted tools to help verify if a website is legitimate:
- F Secure Online Shopping Checker – A free tool where you enter a shopping site URL and receive a safety score based on a vast database of analyzed websites.
- ScamAdviser – Uses algorithms to analyze trust signals like domain information, reviews, and potential malware. Offers browser extensions and a ranking of site legitimacy.
- Scam Detector (Website Validator) – Checks domain age, SSL certificates, blacklisting, privacy policy presence, traffic data, and more.
- Scamvoid – Evaluates website reputation via blocklist engines, popularity, comments, and other trust metrics powered by MyWOT.
- URLVoid – Scans a site against 30+ reputation and threat databases, providing detailed reports including domain registration and IP information.
- VerifyTools (Check Store) – Focuses on technical indicators to assess online store reliability.
- IsLegitSite – Provides blocklist status, HTTPS/SSL details, Alexa ranking, and user comments.
- CheckItLegit – Maintains a massive database of 38 million+ scanned sites, marking those reported as scams.
- ScamDoc – Uses AI (ScamPredictor) to classify websites or emails and assigns a trust score. Free and unlimited use.
- LegitPit – AI-powered fraud and phishing detector with high accuracy, trusted by millions globally.
- Fraud Detector (EU based) – Offers an AI-driven website checker, with a focus on privacy and Europe. Provides browser extensions, mobile apps, and even plants trees as part of its business model.
Why Astro Advanced Analytics is a Game-Changer for Amazon Sellers
Astro Advanced Analytics is built for serious Amazon resellers who want real-time clarity in product research. Instead of juggling multiple tools, Astro isn’t just another Amazon tool. It’s a product analysis engine built to handle what no other platform can—analyzing tens of thousands of ASINs in one sitting.
But the real magic isn’t just the bulk upload—it’s what happens after. When you scan your supplier’s price lists, Astro pulls every detail you’d normally have to check manually on each listing, and lays it out in one place. No more clicking through products one by one—your productivity multiplies instantly.
Astro doesn’t just save time – it protects your margins. With features like the AI Vendor Finder, advanced filters, and variation sales breakdowns, sellers can cut through market noise and zero in on high-opportunity products. Whether you’re in online arbitrage, wholesale, or private label, Astro gives you the edge to scale profitably and sustainably.
Astro is an advanced tool, and here’s the truth: the sellers who learn it first gain a serious edge. If you don’t understand how to use it, your competitors who do will leave you behind. This tutorial is your shortcut to mastering Astro, so you can turn it into your secret weapon and unlock its full power.
Yes, Astro is a premium product, but the payoff is unmatched. It helps you cut through the noise, spot the real winners, and uncover diamonds in the rough faster and more accurately than anything else out there.