Domain Reputation Check: Research a Domain Before You Trust It

A vendor sends you a new invoicing portal. A "new IT policy" email links to a document site you've never heard of. Before you enter any information, paste the domain into TrustCan and get a real read on how established and trustworthy it actually looks.

Impersonation scams often stand up a domain for a short window, use it, then abandon it — so the age and reputation of a domain matters as much as what's currently on the page.

Attackers can make a single page look convincing in minutes. What's harder to fake is a track record — a domain with real registration history, a valid certificate, and no abuse reports behind it. Checking the domain itself, not just the page, catches scams that a quick visual glance would miss.

• Registration age via RDAP — how long the domain has existed.
• TLS certificate status — whether the certificate is currently valid, expired, or untrusted.
• Reputation data from VirusTotal and AbuseIPDB tied to the domain's hosting infrastructure.
• Lookalike-brand detection — flags domains that mimic a well-known brand through character substitution, typosquatting, or mixed-alphabet homograph tricks.

• Before wiring money or changing payment details for a "new" vendor.
• Before entering credentials on an unfamiliar login portal.
• When a domain just looks slightly "off" — an extra hyphen, a different TLD than usual, unfamiliar branding.