Verdict
heyhairsalons.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 | A South African directory and map for finding hairdressers and hair salons by location, listing thousands of businesses and city areas. The page also contains unrelated hotel-related links. |
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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.
| 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 | 11 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by WE1 | 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
Heyhairsalons.co.za is a South African directory and map service for locating hairdressers, hair salons, and related beauty providers by city and area, with its apparent purpose being local discovery, listings, and referral traffic.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent informational directory, identifies thousands of salon listings across South African cities, contains no investment or payment solicitation, and shows no phishing, impersonation, or malicious-content indicators. Unrelated hotel links suggest limited content curation or SEO residue, but do not establish deceptive intent.
- Homepage identifies the service as “Hair salons & Hairdressers in South Africa” and describes location-based discovery.
- Homepage reports 5,243 hairdressers and lists coverage across Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban, and other cities.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious or suspicious detections and no blacklist result.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site’s stated model is a local business directory rather than a financial, investment, or other clearly regulated service. Its identity signals are consistent with an established operating website, including a long-established registration associated with Ted Valentin Holding AB and registration through Gandi. The reviewed content does not present a regulatory license claim requiring validation.
- Domain registered on 2015-05-26 and associated with Ted Valentin Holding AB through Gandi.
- Domain registration is valid through 2027-05-26 and is approximately 11.19 years old.
- Hosting is provided through AS13335, Cloudflare; the TLS certificate is issued by WE1 at DV validation level and is valid to 2026-09-08.
- The homepage categorizes the service as a directory/search platform with no direct payment or investment activity evident.
What to Verify Next
For ordinary use, listing details and appointment information should be confirmed directly with the relevant salon, particularly where information may have been submitted by businesses or users. Any commercial arrangement should be completed through the provider’s independently confirmed contact or booking channel.
- Homepage provides salon counts and geographic listings as the primary service content.
- No sensitive form or payment workflow was observed on the reviewed homepage.
- The site includes a login option but no login form was presented in the captured page content.
Summary Verdict
The website presents as an established, legitimate, and trustworthy local-information service. Its identity, stated business model, technical posture, and clean external reputation converge on a low-risk assessment, and normal interaction—including account login and standard use—is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The website is protected by Cloudflare CDN/WAF infrastructure, with observed traffic terminating on Cloudflare edge servers and no origin candidate identified. This provides meaningful exposure mitigation, although protective hosting alone is not proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
The site is suitable for normal directory use, with routine confirmation of individual business details appropriate before appointments or commercial commitments.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-02 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 |
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| 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 heyhairsalons.co.za.
- The request stayed on heyhairsalons.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Gandi. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by cloudflare.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-05-26. Noted
- It is hosted on CLOUDFLARENET, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Gandi |
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| Hosting | CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2606:4700:3031::6815:3ed5 |
| Name servers | andy.ns.cloudflare.com, rita.ns.cloudflare.com |
| SSL issuer | WE1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-09-08 |
| Domain age | 11.2 years |
| Domain expiry | 2027-05-26 |
| 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 heyhairsalons.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.