--- title: "Is trade.gov Legit? Trust Score 100/100" source: TrustSniffer type: Website trust & fraud report subject: "trade.gov" verdict: "High Trust" title: "Is trade.gov Legit? Trust Score 100/100" trust_score: 100 classification_confidence: 75 canonical_url: https://trustsniffer.com/report/trade.gov assessed: 2026-08-03 --- # Is trade.gov legit? TrustSniffer's high-trust assessment: 100/100 ## Verdict **Verdict: High Trust, trust score 100/100.** trade.gov appears legitimate. Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in. Labels: Not Scam, Low Risk Assessed 2026-08-03 by automated analysis. Classification confidence 75%. | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | What this site appears to be | Homepage for the International Trade Administration, a U.S. Department of Commerce agency offering export resources, trade data, regulations guidance, business services, events, and investment programs. It also includes information about an ITA Global Business Navigator chatbot. | ## 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 | 26 years old (Registered history) | Clear | | Web archive | Archived since 2000 (5000 snapshots) | Clear | | Certificate | Encrypted connection (Issued by Entrust DV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2) | 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 2000. - No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time. ## Full analysis ### Overview The website is the International Trade Administration, a U.S. Department of Commerce public-service portal presenting export assistance, trade data, market research, regulatory guidance, trade events, investment programs, and related business resources. ### Scam/Impersonation Risk No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a consistent government-agency identity, contains no phishing or deceptive financial indicators, and shows no login form, wallet interaction, hidden form, or suspicious script behavior. The site's long-running, continuously captured public presence further supports stable identity and provenance. Evidence: - Domain registered in 2000 and approximately 25.94 years old. - 5,000 archive snapshots spanning 2000–2025, covering 26 tracked years. - Homepage identifies the International Trade Administration and states that it is an official U.S. government website. - External checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections. ### Regulatory Verification Notes The site operates as an informational government service rather than a payment, investment, or financial-services platform. No financial license claim or registration number was presented on the reviewed homepage; this is a limited disclosure consideration, not evidence of deception. The registrar and transport-security evidence are consistent with an established institutional service. Evidence: - Registrar: get.gov. - Served on AS14618, Amazon-AES — Amazon.com, Inc., US. - TLS certificate issued by Entrust DV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2, validation level DV, valid to 2027-02-04. - No matching third-party broker profile was identified. ### What to Verify Next For formal procurement, export-program participation, or regulatory reliance, confirm the relevant program or agency details through the applicable U.S. government registry or an independently obtained Commerce Department contact channel. Evidence: - The homepage provides export-assistance, trade-data, regulations, and business-service navigation. - The site presents public-service resources rather than payment or investment onboarding. - The reviewed page contained no sensitive submission form. ### Summary Verdict The website has an established, legitimate, and trustworthy posture. Its institutional identity, stable provenance, clean reputation, and consistent public-service purpose support normal interaction, including account login where offered and standard use. ### Infrastructure Integrity The site is protected by AWS CDN/WAF infrastructure, with observed traffic served through AS14618 edge infrastructure in the United States; the origin server was not observable. This provides a meaningful exposure-mitigation benefit but is treated only as a supporting control. ### Closing Assessment Normal browsing and standard interaction are appropriate, with formal engagements handled through the agency’s published program and official government channels. _Written analysis generated 2026-08-03 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 | 55/100 | | Identity verification confidence | 60% | - Identity verified on page _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 trade.gov. - The request stayed on trade.gov. It was not redirected to another domain. (Clear) - Registration is published under get.gov. (Clear) - DNS for this domain is served by akam.net, across 6 name servers. (Noted) - The registration is paid up to 2026-08-18. (Noted) - The earliest public archive of this site is from 2000-10-24. (Clear) - It is hosted on AMAZON-AES, from a server in US. (Noted) ## Domain intelligence | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Registrar | get.gov | | Hosting | AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US | | Country | US | | Server IP | 34.204.255.176 | | Name servers | a1-109.akam.net, a12-66.akam.net, a13-67.akam.net, a4-64.akam.net, a5-65.akam.net, a8-66.akam.net | | SSL issuer | Entrust DV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2 | | SSL expiry | 2027-02-04 | | Domain age | 25.9 years | | Domain expiry | 2026-08-18 | | Archive first seen | 2000-10-24 | | Archive snapshots | 5000 | | 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 trade.gov 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. 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