Verdict
airbnb.co.za appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Airbnb homepage showing search/navigation, featured listings across cities, and links to hosting and support resources. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 16 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
- The operator behind the site could not be independently connected to a real-world brand or person.
Full analysis
Overview
Airbnb.co.za presents an Airbnb-branded travel marketplace where visitors can search short-term accommodation, explore experiences and services, view host listings, and access support resources; its apparent business model connects hosts with guests and generates revenue through booking-related fees and commissions.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No scam, phishing, blacklist, malware, or confirmed impersonation contradictions were observed. The homepage content is materially consistent with the Airbnb travel-marketplace proposition, including accommodation search, host participation, city listings, prices, and guest ratings. The domain is long-established, has an established traffic footprint, and external reputation checks recorded no malicious or suspicious detections. The available evidence therefore supports an apparently legitimate, low-risk website, while independently verifying the real-world operator remains appropriate because identity verification is not conclusive.
- Domain registration records show creation on 2010-06-21, with an age of 16.15 years.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious detections and 0 suspicious detections for the site.
- The homepage has a Tranco traffic rank of 59284 and is within the top 1 million.
- The homepage capture contains no red-flag findings, hidden forms, or suspected phishing behavior.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site presents a conventional accommodation marketplace rather than a financial-services offering. The available material does not independently establish a specific licensing authority, registration number, or real-world operator identity; this is a verification and disclosure consideration, not evidence of fraudulent conduct. The apparent Airbnb branding is reinforced by the page content, but on-site branding alone should not be treated as proof of legal ownership. No adverse broker-reputation match was identified in the available third-party context.
- The homepage title and visible content identify an accommodation marketplace with hosting, listings, search, and support functions.
- The available site evidence contains no stated licensing authority or license number.
- DNS and transport telemetry identified AS20940, AKAMAI-ASN1 – Akamai International B.V., NL.
- The site’s TLS certificate is OV-validated, issued by DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1, names Airbnb, Inc. as the subject organization, and is valid to 2027-01-26.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, an organization should independently confirm the merchant or contracting entity, review the applicable cancellation and refund terms, and ensure that payment protections are available for the proposed transaction. Where a regulated activity or jurisdiction-specific obligation is relevant, the applicable registry should be checked directly; official support and contact channels should also be confirmed through an independent route.
- The homepage exposes accommodation search, host participation, pricing, and booking-related functionality.
- The supplied analysis records the operator identity as unverified despite the site’s established presentation.
- The available regulatory material does not identify a licensing authority or registration number for independent registry comparison.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is high trust and low risk, and the available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website. The conclusion supports normal browsing and ordinary marketplace interaction, but does not independently prove the real-world operator identity.
Infrastructure Integrity
The website is protected by CDN/WAF infrastructure, with observed edge addresses hosted on AS16509 (Amazon.com, Inc., US); the origin server IP was not observable in this analysis. This configuration limits direct origin exposure and is a mitigating infrastructure signal, not proof of legitimacy.
- Hosting telemetry identifies AS16509, Amazon.com, Inc., US, with 2 observed CDN edge IPs and 0 origin candidates.
- The site’s transport layer is protected by an OV TLS certificate issued by DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1.
- The verified server telemetry separately identifies AS20940, AKAMAI-ASN1 – Akamai International B.V., NL.
Closing Assessment
Proceed with ordinary use proportionate to the intended booking or account activity, while completing independent merchant-identity, policy, and payment-protection checks before submitting credentials or payment details.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-13 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of airbnb.co.za.
- The request stayed on airbnb.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under MarkMonitor. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by awsdns-11.com, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-06-21. Noted
- It is hosted on AKAMAI-ASN1, from a server in NL. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | MarkMonitor |
|---|---|
| Hosting | AKAMAI-ASN1 - Akamai International B.V., NL |
| Country | NL |
| Server IP | 2.20.142.187 |
| Name servers | ns-88.awsdns-11.com, ns-817.awsdns-38.net, ns-1773.awsdns-29.co.uk, ns-1423.awsdns-49.org |
| SSL issuer | DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-01-26 |
| Domain age | 16.15 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-06-21 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about airbnb.co.za at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.