---
title: "Is gunbroker.com Legit? Trust Score 100/100"
source: TrustSniffer
type: Website trust & fraud report
subject: "gunbroker.com"
verdict: "High Trust"
title: "Is gunbroker.com Legit? Trust Score 100/100"
trust_score: 100
classification_confidence: 55
canonical_url: https://trustsniffer.com/report/gunbroker.com
assessed: 2026-08-10
---

# Is gunbroker.com legit? TrustSniffer's high-trust assessment: 100/100

## Verdict


**Verdict: High Trust, trust score 100/100.** gunbroker.com appears legitimate.

Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.

Labels: Not Scam, Safe for Login, Low Risk

Assessed 2026-08-10 by automated analysis. Classification confidence 55%.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| What this site appears to be | Large, category-rich online marketplace for firearms and related gear with auction and buy-now flows, resources for buyers and sellers, and dealer/FFL services. |

## Evidence status and limitations


Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN

- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.

## At a glance

The checks that decide most of this verdict.

| Check | Result | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Malware engines | None flagged it (VirusTotal) | Clear |
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listed (Google) | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reports (AbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count) | Noted |
| Domain age | 28 years old (Registered history) | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archived (No public history of this site) | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connection (Issued by DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 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

GunBroker is a large online marketplace for firearms, ammunition, parts, accessories, and related outdoor equipment, connecting buyers with sellers through an established commercial platform that supports listings, auctions, purchases, and dealer services.


### Scam/Impersonation Risk

No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent marketplace identity, with extensive category coverage, buyer and seller resources, auction and buy-now functions, and sign-in and registration flows consistent with the stated business model. External reputation checks found no malicious or suspicious detections, no blacklist result, no abuse reports, and no indication of brand impersonation or phishing. The domain’s long registration history and strong global traffic footprint further support continuity of the observed identity.


Evidence:
- Homepage content identifies GunBroker as a firearms and related-goods marketplace with substantial category depth and buyer/seller functionality.
- Homepage analysis recorded no phishing, impersonation, hidden-form, or other content red flags.
- Domain registration telemetry: created 1999-02-19; approximately 27.49 years old.
- External reputation telemetry: malicious detections 0, suspicious detections 0, abuse reports 0, and traffic rank 7149.

### Regulatory Verification Notes

The site’s business model involves firearms and related products, and its content refers to licensed sellers and dealer/FFL services. That is consistent with a marketplace intermediary model, but the supplied page evidence does not show a platform license, registration number, or named licensing authority. This is a regulatory-disclosure matter requiring confirmation rather than an indication of deception. No conflicting legal identities or third-party broker match were identified.


Evidence:
- Homepage content lists dealer/FFL services and buyer and seller resources.
- The available business-model analysis records no claimed license, licensing authority, or license number for the platform.
- Hosting telemetry: served from AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.).
- Transport telemetry: OV TLS certificate issued by DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1 for Outdoors Online, LLC, valid through 2027-01-15.

### What to Verify Next

Confirm any platform-level licensing or registration requirements with the relevant federal, state, or other applicable regulatory registry, and confirm that seller-specific FFL and transaction controls are applied as described in the marketplace’s current policies. Independent confirmation of official support and contact channels is also appropriate before resolving account or payment issues.


Evidence:
- The homepage identifies licensed sellers and dealer/FFL services but does not provide a platform license number or licensing authority in the supplied content.
- The homepage exposes standard sign-in, registration, search, buying, selling, and support functions.
- The available behavioral testing recorded two successful runs, no hidden forms, no external password forms, and no wallet-related activity.

### Summary Verdict

GunBroker presents a legitimate, established, and trustworthy online marketplace with a coherent commercial identity and no observed scam or impersonation contradictions. The convergence of its long operating history, clean external reputation, substantial site content, and sound technical controls supports normal interaction, including account login and standard use.


### Infrastructure Integrity

The site is protected by Cloudflare’s CDN and WAF, with observed traffic terminating on Cloudflare edge infrastructure in the United States; the observed addresses were 104.18.35.222 and 172.64.152.34 on AS13335, and no origin candidate was identified. This infrastructure reduces direct exposure of the underlying service and is a mitigating security control, though it is not by itself proof of legitimacy.


### Closing Assessment

Normal account login and standard marketplace use are appropriate; regulated transactions should proceed through the site’s ordinary compliance and seller-verification processes.


_Written analysis generated 2026-08-10 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report._

## What the analysis found


No rule findings contributed to this verdict.

## Identity verification


| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 25% |

- 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 gunbroker.com.

- The request stayed on gunbroker.com. It was not redirected to another domain. (Clear)
- Registration is published under NAMECHEAP INC. (Clear)
- DNS for this domain is served by nsone.net, across 4 name servers. (Noted)
- The registration is paid up to 2027-02-19. (Noted)
- It is hosted on CLOUDFLARENET, from a server in US. (Noted)

## Domain intelligence


| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Registrar | NAMECHEAP INC |
| Hosting | CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 172.64.152.34 |
| Name servers | DNS1.P05.NSONE.NET, DNS2.P05.NSONE.NET, DNS3.P05.NSONE.NET, DNS4.P05.NSONE.NET |
| SSL issuer | DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-01-15 |
| Domain age | 27.5 years |
| Domain expiry | 2027-02-19 |
| 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 gunbroker.com 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.

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*Source: [TrustSniffer](https://trustsniffer.com/report/gunbroker.com) — independent automated trust & fraud analysis. Cite as https://trustsniffer.com/report/gunbroker.com · assessed 2026-08-10.*