Verdict
sharedata.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 | ShareData Online is a South African financial market information portal offering delayed JSE prices, indices, company results, SENS announcements, market news, portfolio tools, watchlists, and subscription access. |
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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 | 28 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 1999387 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by RapidSSL TLS RSA CA G1 | 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).
- Public web-archive history exists since 1999.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
ShareData Online is a South African financial market information portal presenting delayed JSE prices, indices, company results, SENS announcements, market news, portfolio tools, watchlists, and subscription access for market-information users.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent financial-information service with consistent JSE-related functionality, while technical behavior showed no phishing, cloaking, hidden-form, wallet-drainer, or brand-impersonation indicators. External reputation checks were clean, and the site's long operating history supports continuity rather than opportunistic impersonation.
- Domain registration: 1998-11-17; approximately 27.72 years old.
- Web archive: 387 snapshots spanning 1999–2026, covering 28 years.
- Homepage: no red-flag content, suspicious forms, or impersonation indicators detected.
- External reputation checks: 0 malicious detections, 0 suspicious detections, and 0 abuse reports.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site operates as an informational market-data and subscription portal rather than presenting a claimed regulated investment-service status in the supplied pages. Its legal and subscription terms should therefore be read to establish the precise service scope and any limitations on reliance. This is a transparency matter for regulatory verification, not evidence of deception. No matching third-party broker warning was identified.
- Hosting records: AS16637, MTN SA - MTN SA, ZA.
- TLS certificate: RapidSSL TLS RSA CA G1, domain validation (DV), valid through 2026-11-04.
- Terms and Conditions and About pages: available as dedicated site sections for reviewing service identity and contractual scope.
- Page authority: mid-range authority classification.
What to Verify Next
For institutional or investment-related use, confirm the service's legal entity and applicable authorization requirements through the relevant South African registry, and review the Terms and Conditions before entering a paid subscription. Contact details should be validated through the site's published contact page and an independent business record before resolving any material account or billing issue.
- Contact Us page: designated channel for validating service communications.
- Terms and Conditions page: designated source for subscription obligations and permitted use.
- About ShareData Online page: designated source for confirming the site's stated business identity.
Summary Verdict
The site presents as a legitimate, established, and trustworthy financial-information service with a coherent operating model and no observed scam or impersonation indicators. Normal interaction, including account login and standard use, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is hosted on AS16637 operated by MTN SA - MTN SA, ZA, with no CDN or WAF identified in the supplied infrastructure records. The resolved infrastructure is stable and provides a mitigating technical signal, although hosting protection alone is not proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Standard browsing, login, subscription, and account activity are appropriate, subject to ordinary review of contractual terms and applicable regulatory requirements for the intended use.
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 sharedata.co.za.
- The request stayed on sharedata.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Raphus Ltd. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by mtnbusiness.net, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-11-17. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 1999-05-08. Clear
- It is hosted on MTN SA, from a server in ZA. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Raphus Ltd |
|---|---|
| Hosting | MTN SA - MTN SA, ZA |
| Country | ZA |
| Server IP | 196.30.126.229 |
| Name servers | ns1.mtnbusiness.net, ns2.mtnbusiness.net |
| SSL issuer | RapidSSL TLS RSA CA G1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-04 |
| Domain age | 27.7 years |
| Domain expiry | 2026-11-17 |
| Archive first seen | 1999-05-08 |
| Archive snapshots | 387 |
| 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 sharedata.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.