Nowadays online shopping has become a very popular phenomenon. To shop online you don’t need to leave your home if you don’t feel like it, there are often discounts and offers, you can compare with other stores, you can track prices and, most importantly, you save time.
However, the following question always arises: Is this website safe to buy?
It is very common to find ourselves in this type of situation where the security of an online store is questioned. How do we know if the online store is safe?
It is worth noting that nowadays there are many fake websites that try to defraud users who are looking for a product.
Tips to know if a website is safe to buy from
Getting to know the website better: First of all, before buying on a website, let’s analyze the site a little.
Browse the site, through its different pages, such as «about us», «the company», «contact us», among others.
Let’s say that looking at the information on the website can give us an idea to know if a web page is safe to buy.
If you do not find clear information, or something does not convince you… Flee!
Legality of the site to know if a web page is safe to buy
This point is linked to the previous one, when we are reviewing the information on the website, if you have no references of it, that is, no one you know has bought from it, do not find opinions on the Internet.
Check that it has a page of:
Legal Notice
Conditions of purchase and return policy
All ecommerce must, without exception, comply with regulations such as the RGPD, the LSSI or the LOPD.
Safe web browsing
Another indicator to know if a web page is safe to buy is to check if it has secure navigation. That is to say, SSL security certificate.
How can you check it?
It is very simple, if in the url of the web you see that it starts with https and has the green symbol or «padlock», this means that the information is encrypted and your data in a certain way, protected.
The website has impossible discounts
Many times we get carried away by discounts, but one of the keys to know if a website is safe to buy is to check if the discounts are «real».
What you can do to find out if that discount is possible, is to check how much the same product costs on another website, for example.
Then, if on both sites the price is similar, then it is likely to be real.
But if you check that on one site the price is 95% lower than on the other sites, then it is most likely a fake site.
Suspicious information
When we are looking for a product, we are often hypnotized by the price and do not read the rest of the information of the offer.
Many of the promotions have flaws that give us a hint that we are facing a scam:
- Poorly translated texts, mixing languages, unconnected sentences
- Very little known payment methods, BTC, Western Union, etc.
- Suspicious domain
- Poor usability of the website, pages that do not load and a web design that looks like spam.
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