ShopCheckr: Scam Shop Checker

Saw a deal in an Instagram, Facebook or TikTok ad that looks too good to be true? Check the shop before you pay.

Paste a link, or share it straight from the ad, and ShopCheckr gives the shop a grade from A to F, a Trust Score out of 100 and a plain-English list of the red flags it found. Copied a link? ShopCheckr offers to check it as soon as you open the app. No account needed.

WORKS WITH LINKS FROM ADS Links copied from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other ads are unwrapped for you, as are short links and redirects, so you see the shop you'd really land on. If the shop grades D or F, ShopCheckr tells you how to report the ad.

WHAT SHOPCHECKR LOOKS FOR • Brand-new domains and freshly issued security certificates • Fake or mismatched business addresses • Free email addresses used for customer support, and domains that can't receive email • Dead social media links and leftover template text • Fake countdown timers and "selling fast" pressure tactics • Prices discounted too deeply to be real, and fake closing-down sales • Copies of shops already identified as scams • Web addresses that imitate well-known brands • Shops selling "1:1" replicas of famous brands • New stores running on older, recycled domains • Sites on Google's Web Risk threat list • Registrars often tied to scam networks • Product photos made with AI

It also looks for signs of a real, established business, and shows them in green.

DEEP SCAN (PRO) Want a closer look? Deep Scan visits the shop in a real browser, reads its pages and product photos, and shows you a screenshot of what it saw.

SHOP SOMEWHERE SAFER When a shop gets a D or F, ShopCheckr shows trusted shops that sell the same kind of thing, ranked by Trust Score. Shops can't pay to be listed.

ALREADY PAID? Risky results include clear first steps for getting your money back: who to contact and what to keep.

WATCHLIST AND FAMILY LINK Save shops you're thinking about or waiting on. ShopCheckr re-checks them every day and alerts you if a grade drops. Link up to 6 phones with a short code to share one watchlist, so the whole family is warned. Great for parents and grandparents. No accounts, and you can leave anytime.

POWERED BY THE COMMUNITY Every scan adds to a shared database. Rate a shop, report scams, stolen photos or misleading ads, and help classify what a shop sells. Community ratings appear once a shop has 10 votes, and each device gets one vote per shop. Shops reviewed by the ShopCheckr team are marked as verified legitimate or known scams.

MARKETPLACE SHOPS ShopCheckr also checks Etsy and Amazon storefront links, and reminds you that individual marketplace sellers can't be verified, so rely on the platform's buyer protection.

FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PRO ShopCheckr is free and supported by ads, with 3 new shop scans a day. Opening shops from your history, the live feed or your watchlist never counts. Ads are never shown next to a D or F result.

ShopCheckr Pro is a one-time purchase that adds: • Unlimited scans • Every finding behind a grade, unlocked • 3 Deep Scans a day • A bigger watchlist: 25 shops instead of 3 • Dispute kit: a dated PDF report of the scan plus step-by-step guides for disputing a payment with your card issuer or bank, PayPal or a Shopify store • Full technical report: domain age, registrar, country, certificate date and payment providers behind every grade • Full scan history, with search • No ads Pro is restored automatically when you reinstall.

ShopCheckr uses automated checks and community feedback. It can't catch every scam, so use it as one part of your decision before you buy. Shop owners can request a review from any result.

ShopCheckr by Magus Labs.

Recent changes:
Added in settings menu; moved in-app privacy links to settings.