01 / The verdict
The short answer
Yes - and safe to buy from. Every security check we ran comes back clean: no danger signals on record. Checkmate.com pairs a working security setup with a visible, reachable operator.
In short: LegitVerdict rates Checkmate (checkmate.com) 67/100 - the evidence supports it as legitimate. The score breaks down into risk 35/100 (lower is safer), trust 69/100 and buyer-safety 68/100 (higher is safer to transact), at 73% confidence, computed from published, weighted signals.
The analysis examined an online store operating from US. Valid HTTPS from a trusted authority, published contact details, a multi-year domain history and payment options without buyer protection are on record. That combination is exactly the kind of transparency a trustworthy operation provides and a throwaway site usually hides.
LegitVerdict scores three things separately so the verdict is easy to read: risk (is it dangerous), trust (how strong is the track record), and buyer-safety (how safe it is to transact). This online store scores well across the board, and every flagged item below is an owner-side improvement, not a safety concern.
As with any retailer, this report vouches for the operation, not the merchandise: product quality and fitness claims sit outside what domain signals can measure.
Analysed 5 Jul 2026 5 days ago
Re-check this domain02 / The three scores
Risk, trust & buyer-safety
Three separate scores, each from its own evidence, so it is always clear what is being measured. Here is how checkmate.com performs on each - and the signal breakdown that rolls up into them.
Closer to safe than not. Set against a scam template, checkmate.com is missing the alarming parts; what keeps the needle off the floor is a handful of minor, fixable signals rather than any red flag.
Most of what a careful buyer would want on record is on record: who runs checkmate.com, how to reach them, where they operate. A few secondary marks keep it shy of the top band.
Where it counts for a shopper, the store checks out: protected payment, visible contact and policy detail, an operator who can be reached if an order goes wrong.
Signal breakdown
The three scores above roll up these signal groups - each a grouped level from the live evidence, not the individual weights.
- Domain & registration
- 81/100
- Technical & server
- 69/100
- Reputation & reviews
- 50/100
- Business & transparency
- 55/100
- Social & content
- 76/100
Higher is stronger. Grouped from the live signals in the itemised evidence below - the exact weights are public on the methodology page.
03 / At a glance
Highlights & points to note
The fastest read on the domain: what is working in its favour, and the items worth attention. The full evidence for each is further down the report.
04 / The full record
Every detail, on file
The raw data behind the scores, grouped by area - registration, security, hosting, performance, reputation. Open any tab to inspect the evidence yourself.
05 / The evidence, itemised
Every signal, explained
Open any signal to read what it means for checkmate.com and why it scores the way it does. Each one is tagged with the score it feeds.
Payment methodswire transfer onlyWatch - risk
Checkmate.com accepts wire transfer only - methods with no dispute path.
Wire-style payments are final; when they are the only option on a commercial site, that is the highest-correlation scam marker we track.
Domain age27 years oldClean - risk
27 years old of continuous existence is on record for checkmate.com - a track record that predates most scam domain lifecycles many times over.
Age is hard to fake and expensive to wait out, which is exactly why scoring systems weight it heavily.
Registration periodregistered for 31 yearsClean - trust
The operator paid ahead: registered for 31 years. That is money spent on a future, which disposable sites never spend.
Registration length is a small bet the owner places on their own business - longer bets correlate with real operations.
WHOIS privacyregistrant details publicClean - risk
Checkmate.com publishes its registration identity rather than hiding behind a proxy service.
An identifiable owner shortens the distance between a problem and a person accountable for it.
TLD risk profilestandard TLD (.com)Clean - risk
Checkmate.com lives on a standard, well-policed extension (standard TLD (.com)).
Mainstream TLDs cost more and verify more, which filters out the bulk-registration crowd.
Server locationhosted in USClean - risk
Checkmate.com resolves to real infrastructure: hosted in US.
Where a site is hosted matters less than how stably it is hosted - both look normal for this online store.
SSL certificatevalid DV certificate (Let's Encrypt)Clean - risk
Checkmate.com serves a valid DV certificate (Let's Encrypt) - the certificate chain, hostname and validity window all check out.
Valid HTTPS protects payment and login data in transit; its absence would be disqualifying for any commercial site.
Response speedresponds in 467 msClean - ai
Response times are healthy - responds in 467 ms on our last measurement.
Speed is a proxy for operational care; neglected sites drift slow.
Search engine blockingopen to search enginesClean - risk
Checkmate.com is fully open to search engines (open to search engines).
Visibility is accountability: a site that wants to be found accepts being examined.
Mail infrastructureoperational mail server (MX)Clean - risk
This data point was unavailable when checkmate.com was last analysed.
LegitVerdict treats absent measurements as unknowns, not negatives; they will fill in on a future recompute.
Email authenticationemail authentication configured (SPF)Clean - risk
We could not obtain this measurement for checkmate.com during the latest check.
LegitVerdict treats absent measurements as unknowns, not negatives; they will fill in on a future recompute.
Security hardeningHSTS, nosniff, HTTPS-forcedClean - risk
We could not obtain this measurement for checkmate.com during the latest check.
LegitVerdict treats absent measurements as unknowns, not negatives; they will fill in on a future recompute.
Contact detailstwo of three contact channels publishedClean - risk
Checkmate.com publishes real contact routes - two of three contact channels published.
Published, working contacts are the cheapest honesty test there is: scams avoid reachability because reachability invites consequences.
Address specificityaddress details on the pageClean - risk
Checkmate.com shows location/address details to visitors.
A published address is a falsifiable claim - and falsifiable claims are what transparency is made of.
Product category riskonline storeClean - risk
The business falls in the online store category.
Category matters because some niches attract fraud disproportionately - this one does not.
Declared type vs evidencedeclared online_store corroborated by wix_storesClean - risk
We could not obtain this measurement for checkmate.com during the latest check.
LegitVerdict treats absent measurements as unknowns, not negatives; they will fill in on a future recompute.
Content quality1811 words, 3/4 legal pages linkedClean - trust
Checkmate.com publishes real substance - 1811 words, 3/4 legal pages linked, including the legal pages diligent operators maintain.
Content depth correlates with investment: thin sites are cheap to clone, substantial ones are not.
Technology stackmagento, react, wix, wix.comClean - ai
Under the hood checkmate.com uses magento, react, wix, wix.com - mainstream, maintained technology.
A standard platform implies updates, payment-module vetting and an ecosystem of accountability.
Registrar reputationAscio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USANeutral - risk
Checkmate.com is registered through Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA - neither a known-clean nor a known-problematic house.
Most registrars fall in this unremarkable middle; the signal stays neutral.
Contact email typethird-party business emailNeutral - risk
Checkmate.com publishes a working email, though not on its own domain.
The engine records the address type and moves on; no real weight applies.
Abuse-feed listingnot on any monitored abuse feedNeutral - risk
Checkmate.com is not on any monitored abuse or phishing feed we mirror.
A clear feed check clears one specific danger; it does not by itself vouch for the site.
Traffic popularity (Tranco)not in the global top-1M (normal for niche sites)Neutral - trust
No Tranco entry exists for checkmate.com.
Most small and local businesses live outside the top million; absence is normal, not negative.
Industry associationsno visible affiliationsNeutral - trust
No visible affiliations for checkmate.com.
Absence of affiliations is common for small operations and carries no penalty.
Trust sealsno trust seals displayedNeutral - trust
No trust seals displayed on the pages we analysed.
Most honest sites display no seals at all; nothing is deducted here.
Company registration (BG registry)no company ID published (not all jurisdictions publish one)Neutral - risk
No company ID published (not all jurisdictions publish one).
Many jurisdictions do not require publishing one, so absence is treated gently.
Review independenceno on-site testimonialsNeutral - risk
On-site testimonials for checkmate.com are counted as marketing, not as evidence.
Only independent, third-party review footprints move this part of the analysis.
Social presenceno linked social profilesNeutral - trust
No linked social profiles on the analysed pages.
Plenty of legitimate businesses skip social media; this is a faint note, nothing more.
06 / The AI-readiness lens
How AI search reads checkmate.com
A secondary, owner-facing lens - it does not affect the safety verdict above. Users increasingly ask an assistant before a search box, so these checks measure whether the models can actually read, understand and cite checkmate.com. AI-readiness scores 8.5/10.
Users asking AI assistants about checkmate.com get answers grounded in a crawlable, structured source rather than guesswork - the position every business wants to be in, and the shop is close.
LegitVerdict reads the live page the way a browser and an AI crawler do - these checks reflect what models actually see. Accuracy is the entire product.
07 / Staying safe
How to protect yourself
Practical, evidence-based steps for this domain - whether you are about to transact or want to be sure.
Nothing in the record suggests checkmate.com is unsafe. Standard online-shopping hygiene still applies:
- Pay with a method that offers buyer protection - a card or PayPal lets you dispute a charge if an order goes wrong.
- Keep the order confirmation and any correspondence until the goods arrive as described.
- Check that prices and delivery terms match elsewhere - a clean trust profile does not guarantee the best price or product.
- If something feels off during checkout, stop and contact the operator using the published details before paying.
Multi-source safety check
No abuse listings were found for checkmate.com across 1 independent source. Absence from these lists is not a guarantee of safety - only that these sources have not listed it.
| Source | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| abuse.ch Feodo Tracker Licence: CC0 (abuse.ch) | The hosting IP address against known botnet command-and-control servers. | Source unavailable Could not be reached for this analysis. |
| abuse.ch SSL Blacklist Licence: CC0 (abuse.ch) | The hosting IP address against malicious-SSL and C2 fingerprints. | Source unavailable Could not be reached for this analysis. |
| Criminal / hijacked netblock list Licence: Free for commercial use (internal signal) | The hosting netblock against a list of criminal or hijacked IP ranges. | No listing found Checked - this source has not listed the domain. |
| Open phishing-domain blocklist Licence: MIT (Phishing.Database) | The domain name against an open-source phishing-domain blocklist. | Source unavailable Could not be reached for this analysis. |
Each row reflects only what that authoritative source publishes. A domain absent from a list is shown as “no listing found”, never as an endorsement - absence of a listing is not proof of safety, and a source we could not reach is not read as danger. Sources and their licences are documented on the methodology page.
08 / How LegitVerdict scores
Method & limits
Scoring methodology reviewed by The LegitVerdict Team, Search & AI-visibility engineering, technical SEO. This report was generated automatically on 5 Jul 2026 from live sources and states its own confidence (73%).
Registration and ownership records, security and hosting signals, reputation and popularity data, and the domain's own public pages - contacts, payments, content and structured data. Where a business is officially registered, we cross-check the public company record too.
Signals are sorted into risk, trust and buyer-safety and scored independently against a documented methodology - so a strong score in one area can never paper over a weakness in another, and every point is explainable. A secondary AI-readiness lens measures machine visibility only.
An automated assessment of a website and domain - not a legal finding, financial advice, or an endorsement of any product. A trust score is a probability signal stated with its confidence; owners can verify and correct the record for free.
Verifying takes a few minutes and the only condition is control of the domain. Verified owners can add details, respond on the record, and unlock the full AI-readiness fix list.
- 01 Add a DNS TXT record, or upload a small HTML file
- 02 We confirm you control the domain - that is the only condition
- 03 Verified badge goes live - a followed link is granted above the trust threshold
Verification proves control, not endorsement. Links are nofollow by default and only become followed for verified domains above the trust threshold.
Embed checkmate.com’s live LegitVerdict badge on your own site. The image is served from LegitVerdict and shows the current score straight from our record, so it cannot be faked; the link points back to this report. Verify ownership to upgrade it to the “Verified by LegitVerdict” badge.
09 / Questions
People also ask
Is checkmate.com legit?
Yes, on the data we verified. Valid HTTPS from a trusted authority, published contact details, a multi-year domain history and payment options without buyer protection are on record. Nothing in the profile matches the patterns fraud systems are trained to catch.
What do reviews say about checkmate.com?
Instead of user reviews anyone can manufacture, the verdict here is built from verifiable signals. On that evidence the shop looks solid: Valid HTTPS from a trusted authority, published contact details, a multi-year domain history and payment options without buyer protection are on record. Treat on-page testimonials as promotion, not proof.
Is checkmate.com safe to buy from?
Yes, with the usual care: the security record is clean and the operator is reachable. Use a protected payment method as you would anywhere.
Is checkmate.com a scam?
No scam markers were found. Valid HTTPS from a trusted authority, published contact details, a multi-year domain history and payment options without buyer protection are on record. The signals look like an established business rather than a throwaway site built to vanish.
Is checkmate.com trustworthy?
On the evidence, yes. Valid HTTPS from a trusted authority, published contact details, a multi-year domain history and payment options without buyer protection are on record. Those are the marks of a trustworthy operator, and every one is open for inspection in the record below.
What is checkmate.com's LegitVerdict Trust Score?
The LegitVerdict Trust Score for checkmate.com is 67/100 (3.4 out of 5) - an algorithmic rating of the domain's trustworthiness. It breaks down into risk 35/100 (lower is safer), trust 69/100 and buyer-safety 68/100 (higher is safer to transact), at 73% confidence, from 27 live signals. The methodology and weights are public.
Who is behind checkmate.com?
For checkmate.com, the public record shows an operation based in US and an email address and address details published openly. The operator can verify ownership to attach full company details to this report.
How is this different from other scam checkers?
Transparency is the difference. The methodology and weights are public, every signal on this page shows its evidence and its contribution, and the verdict is an explainable algorithmic score - not an opaque grade with a paid appeal process.