Safe online shopping

E-shop reliability check

For security purposes, before buying online, you should:

NOTE: A website address ending with “.pl” does not necessarily mean that the website belongs to a shop registered in Poland.

How to check shop reliability?

First, look for full contact details of the trader. Absence of basic information about the e-shop (i.e. registry data, address, phone number, e-mail) affects its credibility.

It is worthwhile to use on-line national registers of economic operators. To check a Polish entity, go to:

NOTE: A common practice for entities from outside the European Union is to state a Polish address which in fact is only a virtual office. A Polish mailing address does not necessarily mean that the trader is registered in Poland.

If you suspect you are dealing with a scam, you may want to use SCAM search engines such as https://www.scamwarners.com/.

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