Verdict
homeexchange.fr 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 | HomeExchange is an established travel marketplace enabling members to exchange homes across 155 countries using direct exchanges or GuestPoints. The page presents membership pricing, guarantees, destinations, reviews, premium offerings, and legal information. |
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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 | 8.1 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Amazon RSA 2048 M01 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: 3 to 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
HomeExchange is an established paid travel marketplace that enables members to arrange home-exchange stays internationally through a structured membership model, with the apparent purpose of facilitating trusted accommodation sharing and travel.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions, phishing indicators, brand-impersonation signals, or confirmed malicious reputation findings were observed. The homepage presents a coherent marketplace proposition, identifiable membership mechanics, guarantees, user reviews, and legal information; its content is consistent with a genuine travel service rather than a deceptive acquisition funnel.
- The homepage describes home exchange across 155 countries, direct exchanges, and GuestPoints, with membership pricing and guarantees.
- The homepage contains no detected phishing, impersonation, hidden-form, or deceptive-behavior indicators.
- The domain was registered in 2018 and is approximately 8.12 years old.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site provides legal information and clearly presents its commercial model as a travel marketplace rather than a financial or regulated investment service. No third-party broker association was identified. Licensing is not presented as a central business claim; for institutional use, the applicable operating entity and consumer-law obligations should therefore be confirmed through the site’s legal materials and relevant jurisdictional registers.
- The homepage links to legal information and explains paid membership, guarantees, and premium offerings.
- Hosted on AS16509 (AMAZON-02 — Amazon.com, Inc., US).
- TLS certificate issued by Amazon RSA 2048 M01, domain-validated, valid to 2026-11-04.
What to Verify Next
For procurement, partnership, or other material commercial engagement, confirm the operating legal entity, applicable travel-service obligations, and current membership terms through the site’s legal pages and independent jurisdictional registers. Standard users may proceed with normal account and platform use.
- The homepage provides membership pricing, guarantees, reviews, and links to legal information.
- The stated service model and user-facing terms are presented directly within the marketplace experience.
Summary Verdict
The website presents a legitimate, established, and high-trust posture with no observed scam or impersonation contradictions. Normal interaction, including account login and standard use, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site uses mainstream Amazon hosting infrastructure and a valid domain-validated TLS certificate. This provides a sound transport-security and hosting baseline, while remaining a mitigating technical signal rather than proof of business legitimacy.
- Served from AS16509 (Amazon Technologies Inc., US).
- TLS issuer: Amazon RSA 2048 M01; validation level: DV; expiry: 2026-11-04.
Closing Assessment
Normal account login and standard platform use are appropriate; commercial users should retain ordinary review of contractual and membership terms before material 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 homeexchange.fr.
- The request stayed on homeexchange.fr. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under KEY-SYSTEMS GmbH. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by awsdns-46.org, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2031-06-21. Clear
- It is hosted on AMAZON-02, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | KEY-SYSTEMS GmbH |
|---|---|
| Hosting | AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 3.164.206.100 |
| Name servers | ns-1392.awsdns-46.org, ns-1591.awsdns-06.co.uk, ns-402.awsdns-50.com, ns-860.awsdns-43.net |
| SSL issuer | Amazon RSA 2048 M01 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-04 |
| Domain age | 8.1 years |
| Domain expiry | 2031-06-21 |
| 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 homeexchange.fr 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.