How do you know if a website is safe to make purchases?

How do you know if a website is really safe? Some criteria are necessary in order to reach a final verdict!

There are many ways to know if a website is safe:

Digital SSL certificate: It guarantees to the clients that there is a safe exchange of informations, showing that the website is authentic.

Market time: Websites with a lot of time on the market are safer and cases of shopping complications are much smaller.

Service channels: Give preference to websites that contain many ways of contact, e.g. telephone, email,online chat service, and test them whenever you can.

Check feedback from other buyers

Before making the purchase, get your attention to the comments concerning the product and the website - A good tip is to use the online service of “store complaints” to check possible complaints and complications involving the store.

Use secure payment methods

Avoid making deposits or bank transferences directly to the shopper, for scammers use fake accounts to receive amounts of money and then disappear. 

The best options we have in the market are:

- Buying with PagSeguro (a brazilian online payment service)

- Buying with Paypal

- Credit cards (when you are paying with a credit card, make sure that your computer has a good antivirus and is free from malwares).

Obs: In addition to this, it’s always good to use the virtual keyboard (that is available in any operational system) when you need to provide your credit card number or safety code.

Translated from: https://www.perallis.com/news/como-saber-se-um-site-e-seguro-para-realizar-compras