About HasTrust
HasTrust answers the two questions every shopper has right before paying: is this seller or product trustworthy, and is there a better or cheaper option?
Online shopping is full of fake reviews, lookalike scam stores, and inflated “was” prices. HasTrust gives a fast, evidence-backed second opinion so you can buy with confidence — or walk away.
How we stay fair
Every assessment links the public sources it draws from, so you can check the evidence yourself. We describe the warning signals we find — we never accuse a business of wrongdoing.
Independent
HasTrust isn’t owned by any retailer or marketplace. Some outbound links may be affiliate links that earn us a small commission at no cost to you; that never changes an assessment. See our disclaimer.
Who runs HasTrust
HasTrust is built and run by Brian Wijnandts, an independent developer in the Netherlands. It started as a way to answer one question before paying an unfamiliar web shop, and grew into a free checker anyone can use, as a website and as a browser extension.
Questions, corrections or press enquiries: [email protected]
What a check is based on
Every check starts with measurements we take ourselves: how long the domain has been registered, whether its HTTPS certificate is valid, whether the business appears in company registers such as the Dutch KvK and the French SIRENE, whether the name imitates a known brand, and whether the site is on a blocklist. Those measured signals drive the trust score. We also read what independent public sources say, and cite each one on the page.
How we use AI
The written summary on each page is produced with AI from the cited sources and checked against our own measurements. A claim from the web that we could not verify is labelled as such and does not count against a shop. When the evidence is too thin to call either way, the page says “Not enough evidence” instead of guessing.
How HasTrust is funded
HasTrust is free and needs no account. It is paid for by affiliate commissions on some outbound links and by advertising. Neither can change a score: no shop can pay to be rated higher or to have a warning removed.