is mortrade a safe website.... are you familiar?

[WendyLovesPeter]

My son spied some "sweet" shoes for a bargain price. Seems to good to be true to me... anyone here with experience?

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Here is the result of a "whois" search

Visit AboutUs.org for more information about mortrade.com
<a href="http://www.aboutus.org/mortrade.com">AboutUs: mortrade.com</a>

Domain Name: mortrade.com
Registrar: Name.com LLC

Expiration Date: 2010-09-01 11:46:54
Creation Date: 2009-09-01 11:46:54

Name Servers:
NS1.NAME.COM
NS2.NAME.COM
NS3.NAME.COM
NS4.NAME.COM

REGISTRANT CONTACT INFO
chenchen
chen chen
fenghuansan
puitan
fujian
351100
CN
Phone: +1.008659426666666
Email Address: finenike@gmail.com

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT INFO
chenchen
chen chen
fenghuansan
puitan
fujian
351100
CN
Phone: +1.008659426666666
Email Address: finenike@gmail.com

TECHNICAL CONTACT INFO
chenchen
chen chen
fenghuansan
puitan
fujian
351100
CN
Phone: +1.008659426666666
Email Address: finenike@gmail.com

BILLING CONTACT INFO
chenchen
chen chen
fenghuansan
puitan
fujian
351100
CN
Phone: +1.008659426666666
Email Address: finenike@gmail.com

 

[WendyLovesPeter]

I don't understand....

 

[Octoberbride03]

I don't understand the PP either. I just went to the site and my Web Of Trust app has it flagged. 1 review only but review suggests being spammed by the site. Take that as you will.

Personally I use Zappos. Comparable prices to brick and mortar stores but their service and shipping policy is 100% worth it.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Eveerything about that web site is in China. And their email address is on gmail and/or hotmail. There is no privacy policy on the site. They do not show a phone number on the site. They do not show a street address on the site.

Would you trust them; based on all of the above I would not.

 

[WendyLovesPeter]

Eveerything about that web site is in China. And their email address is on gmail and/or hotmail. There is no privacy policy on the site. They do not show a phone number on the site. They do not show a street address on the site.

Would you trust them; based on all of the above I would not.

well, yeah, I get the China part is questionable, but I have never heard of "whois"

 

[peggster]

well, yeah, I get the China part is questionable, but I have never heard of "whois"

I'll take a stab at explaining. Whois is pretty well-known, and it's a way to check out who owns a domain (website address, basically) to see if it's legit. Most legitimate websites will have basic contact info, including an administrator name, address, and contact phone number. The whois info on this site screams "scam" to me: no address (except an indication it's in China), and a gmail address (meaning a free site like hotmail or yahoo) for contact. Bottom line: save your money and shop somewhere else.

At any rate, whois is a great tool when you're wondering whether a site is on the up-and-up. Hope that helps!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

If you go to www.networksolutions.com or any other domain registrar (such as www.godaddy.com) they will have a "Whois" search button. You put the name of the domain you are wondering about (in this instance mortrade.com) and press the submit button and you will be shown all sorts of information abut that domain, such as the information I posted above.

And it is pronounced as "who is", which means you are questioning who is this site really.

 

[WendyLovesPeter]

thank you for helping me. i did tell my sons if something seems to good to be true... it probably is. But, you know kids.... they were asking me to check it out with the "disney people" - they know where to go for help