A score is only worth reading if a stranger can re-run it. So this site scores sellers on seven things that can be checked from outside: who is behind the domain, whether its catalogue is a copy of another one, whether its delivery wording contradicts itself, whether it publishes readable terms, whether it answers a dispute, and how many disputes are recorded against it. Each dimension shows one of four states with the evidence and its date. There is no total score, because a total hides which of the seven is the problem, and no arrangement, paid or otherwise, changes any of them.
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What are the seven dimensions, and how is each checked?
| Dimension | What is looked at | What it is checked against |
|---|---|---|
| Who is behind the domain | Domain age, registrar privacy, whether an entity and address are published, and whether the domain shares a stack with other look-alike domains (same theme, same payment plugin, near-identical catalogue) | A registrar record and a catalogue comparison — both readable without an account |
| Catalogue integrity | How much of the catalogue is word-for-word identical to another domain's, whether placeholder prices appear ($0, or an implausible ceiling), whether review widgets carry text left over from another product category | Name and price comparison across catalogues, and the page's own markup |
| Delivery wording | Whether the site contradicts itself about where goods ship from, and whether it promises arrival windows or customs outcomes it cannot control | The site's own pages, quoted verbatim |
| Policy completeness | Whether returns, warranty and a dispute route are published in readable terms, and whether the stated contact channel actually resolves | The site's own pages, plus a delivery test if the channel is a mailbox |
| Responsiveness | Whether the domain has claimed its listing, and whether it answers a recorded dispute inside the stated window | The claim record and the dispute log on this site |
| Dispute record | How many unresolved disputes are recorded against the domain, each with the complainant's words and the seller's reply on the same page | Submissions through this site's complaints channel |
| Payment terms | Whether the payment terms appear in writing before payment — the total, who receives the money, and the rail — and whether any of it changes after it was agreed | The seller's own pages, quoted verbatim, plus what is recorded in its dispute log |
What are the four states?
| State | Means | Typical evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Clear | The check was run and found nothing notable | A registrar record, a page quoted verbatim |
| Mixed | The check found something a buyer should know before paying | A self-contradiction on the seller's own pages; a partly duplicated catalogue |
| Adverse | The check found something that would normally stop a careful buyer | A catalogue that is word-for-word another domain's; unresolved disputes left unanswered |
| Unverified | Not checked, or not checkable from outside. Stated, not filled in | Nothing — an empty slot is left empty |
What is not scored?
- How good the watch is. Judging the build means opening the case. That belongs to the factory pages, where published third-party tests are quoted with their caveats.
- Whether it is worth the money. A matter of what the buyer wants, not a fact.
- Anything a stranger could not check. Private correspondence, unverifiable claims about a competitor's motives, and anything that would have to be taken on trust.
- Single-number reputation. No stars, no out-of-ten, no letter grade for the shop as a whole.
How is a score kept from becoming a ranking?
Two structural rules rather than promises. Sellers are never ordered by the quality of their profile: the default order is alphabetical by domain, so a good profile cannot float to the top and a bad one cannot be buried. And no aggregate is published, so there is nothing to sort by even if someone wanted to. The only numbers shown next to a seller are counts of checkable things: how many dimensions were checked, and how many disputes are recorded and unresolved.
What can buyers add, and what does it not do?
A buyer can submit a transaction fact (date, amount, what was ordered, what happened) with whatever supports it. It is published as submitted by a buyer and marked as not verified by this site, in the seller's dispute record. It does not move any of the seven dimensions, because this site holds no funds and cannot confirm a payment happened. Sellers get the same space to answer, in the same block and the same length. Three or more unresolved disputes of the same kind put a disputed marker at the top of that seller's profile — a record, not a verdict, and never the word "scam".
Reviewed 2026-10-01. The framework above is published now, and the records themselves are in the seller directory. See complaints (how a state is challenged), advertising (why a paid slot cannot touch a score) and methodology.