Is alibaba.com safe?

Very Likely Safe

No major red flags found. This looks like a legitimate, established website.

Popular site · #316 worldwideChecked Nov 13, 2026

Trust score

Why: Main reasons: domain registered 28+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #316 worldwide. Minor issues: no privacy policy found; no terms of service found.

Identity & Age100/100

Impersonation Risk100/100

Red Flags100/100

Transparency49/100

Security97/100

Email100/100

Positive highlights

Domain registered 28+ years agoLong-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
Not flagged by Google Safe BrowsingNo malware, phishing, or unwanted-software match in Google's live threat database.
HTTPS is enforcedAll redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
Popular website — ranked #316 worldwideListed in the Tranco top 1 million websites. Scam sites are almost never this popular.
Site responded with 200Final URL: https://www.alibaba.com/. Response time 1477ms.
HTTPS works with a valid certificateA secure connection was made on port 443. Certificate log details were unavailable at scan time.
No impersonation patterns detectedDomain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
Not listed on URLhaus malware blocklist
Not present in PhishStats phishing feed
HSTS is setTells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Negative highlights

No privacy policy foundLegally required in most jurisdictions. Its absence is a real red flag.
Missing Content Security PolicyRestricts which scripts and resources the page can load.
No terms of service foundReputable sites usually publish a terms of service.
No contact page foundReputable sites usually publish a contact page.
Large response served uncompressedEnable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

Note: Registered via Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd..

Note: 4 technologies detected. React, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Key facts about alibaba.com

Website: alibaba.com
Popularity: #316 worldwide (Tranco top 1M)
Domain created: Apr 15, 1999 (27.6 years old)
Domain expires: May 23, 2030
Registrar: Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Owner details: Public in WHOIS
IP address: 47.246.136.253
Hosting / CDN: Cloudflare
SSL certificate: HTTPS works (certificate details unavailable)
Email security: SPF ✓ · DMARC ✓ (reject)
Threat blocklists: Not listed (clean)
Technology: React, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Summary

91/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (27.6 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns.

No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled

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Domain Information

Registration timeline, age calculation, registrar details, and ICANN status.

Verified

Registrar Name: Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Creation Date: April 15, 1999 (27.6 years ago)
Last Updated: August 28, 2026
Registry Expiry Date: May 23, 2030
WHOIS Privacy Protection: Publicly Visible
Domain Status Codes: client transfer prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited

ICANN Status Badges

client transfer prohibitedserver delete prohibitedserver transfer prohibitedserver update prohibited

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Domain registered 28+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

HTTP Headers & Security

Full HTTP response headers, HSTS, Content Security Policy (CSP), and security baselines.

Warning

Security Header Baseline

Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing

Content-Security-PolicyMissing

X-Frame-Options Present

X-Content-Type-Options Present

Referrer-PolicyMissing

Permissions-PolicyMissing

Recommended Missing Headers

missing: Content Security Policymissing: Referrer Policymissing: Permissions Policy

All Response Headers (28)

alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000
cache-control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
cf-ray: a59ed981febcb86e-CMH
connection: close
content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:36:02 GMT
eagleeye-traceid: 2103070b17945841620816150e0df2
eagleid: 2103070b17945841620816150e0df2
edge-type: akamai
expires: 0
link: <https://s.alicdn.com>; rel=preconnect;
object-status: ttl=-1,age=0
pragma: no-cache
render-policy: crawler-refresh
s-brt: 10
s-rt: 11
server: cloudflare
server-timing: rt;dur=0.011,eagleid;desc=2103070b17945841620816150e0df2,brt;dur=10, akamai;dur=48;desc=cache-miss
set-cookie: JSESSIONID=686C0FD7680FEA5DD45C8F8382810686; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 ; includeSubDomains, max-age=31536000
timing-allow-origin: *
transfer-encoding: chunked
ups-target-key: haumea.alibaba.vipserver
vary: Accept-Encoding
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-frame-options: DENY
x-protocol: HTTP/1.1

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HSTS is set

Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Missing Content Security Policy

Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.

-4

X-Frame-Options is set

Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.

X-Content-Type-Options is set

Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.

Missing Referrer Policy

Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.

-2

Missing Permissions Policy

Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).

-2

DNS Records

Encrypted DoH resolution: A, AAAA, MX mail servers, authoritative NS, and TXT verification.

Resolved

IPv4 Addresses (A): 47.246.136.253, 47.246.137.105, 47.246.131.198, 47.246.136.52
IPv6 Addresses (AAAA): None
Mail Servers (MX): mx01.mail.alibaba.com (Priority: 10), mx02.mail.alibaba.com (Priority: 20)
Authoritative Nameservers (NS): ns2.alibabadns.com, ns1.alibabadns.com
TXT Records Found: 11 TXT verification records

A Records (IPv4)

47.246.136.25347.246.137.10547.246.131.19847.246.136.52

TXT Verification Records

_globalsign-domain-verification=IFGeXwDYyE372q7vTM6z6YPSbPiKWvZjJASy4UgZt7

_5jdb2j5kq8y3825udjgp3f1uzk8hrqo

v=spf1 include:spf1.alibaba.mail.aliyun.com -all

b6fg4708z2kz3t8pp41wmftlf4vvh84p

yandex-verification: 25a76ba8e4443bb3

google-site-verification=_3PunMeGHgyqSjuZyyBHl5AlmIBpz7bWqtyhQ2iAexw

515fw5jqjc7dcdpnkwvd96k0rg9vt605

ZOOM_verify_nroBN4oZjyaVOxAXxm4ETC

DNS TXT Entry TXT entry on either alibaba.com or _dnsauth.alibaba.com Random Value qxnv219nx770qvjxc9sx8rsltflgkb5r

google-site-verification=zM241DesPos00zDW19NyGCSt2wfn1EsIhCoEgBmDMIk

pinterest-site-verification=061dafc1e5f70bd298e76bed9e718dfe

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4 address record(s) resolved

2 authoritative nameservers

WHOIS & Identity Lookup

Domain ownership status, registry lifecycle, nameservers, and privacy redaction.

Found

Registrable Domain: alibaba.com
Registrar Organization: Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
WHOIS Privacy Status: Public Registration Data
Registry Status Codes: client transfer prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited
Delegated Authoritative Nameservers: ns1.alibabadns.cn, ns1.alibabadns.com, ns2.alibabadns.cn, ns2.alibabadns.com
Registration Lifecycle: Registered: 1999 → Expires: 2030

Nameservers (NS)

ns1.alibabadns.cnns1.alibabadns.comns2.alibabadns.cnns2.alibabadns.com

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Domain registered 28+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

Email Security & Deliverability

SPF record validation, DMARC policy enforcement, DKIM selectors, and MX reputation.

Protected

SPF Record: v=spf1 include:spf1.alibaba.mail.aliyun.com -all
DMARC Policy Mode: Policy: REJECT
DMARC Raw Record: v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc-ap@service.alibaba.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc-ap@service.alibaba.com
DKIM Selectors Detected: None detected

Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.

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SPF record published

DMARC published (reject)

Threat Intelligence & Blocklists

Multi-source malware feeds (URLhaus), phishing checks (PhishStats, Safe Browsing), and typosquats.

Clean

URLhaus Malware

Clean / Not Listed

PhishStats Feed

Clean / Not Listed

Google Safe Browsing

Clean / Verified

Root Domain Label: alibaba
Top-Level Domain (TLD): .com (Standard TLD)
Punycode Obfuscation: No (Standard ASCII)
Homoglyph / Lookalike Script: No mixed scripts
Brand Match Analysis: No recognized brand impersonation
Typosquatting Risk: Clean

No impersonation patterns detected

Domain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.

Technology Stack & Metadata

Detected CMS, JavaScript frameworks, analytics tags, CDN providers, and page metadata.

Detected

Detected Technologies by Category

ReactSvelte

analytics

Google Analytics

cdn

Cloudflare

Page Metadata & Fingerprint

HTML Title: Alibaba.com: Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters & Importers from the world's largest online B2B marketplace
Meta Description: Find quality Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters, Importers, Buyers, Wholesalers, Products and Trade Leads from our award-winning International Trade Site. Import & Export on alibaba.com
Document Language: en
Character Encoding: utf-8
Viewport Setting: viewport-fit=cover
Generator Software: —

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4 technologies detected

React, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Mobile viewport configured

Page Performance & Compression

Server response time, content payload size, Brotli/Gzip compression, and caching rules.

1477ms

Items to Fix & Optimize

Text compression (Brotli/Gzip)

MUCH NEEDEDEnable on server or CDN

Modern image formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)

OPTIONALConvert heavy images to WebP/AVIF

Protocol

HTTP/3

QUIC-based, multiplexed

Compression

NONE

No compression detected

Optimization Signals (From Detectable Headers & Assets)

Image Formats

Legacy / Unchecked

Transfer

Uncompressed

Transport

QUIC/H3

These are server-side signals. Actual Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) require real-user measurement via PageSpeed Insights.

Detected Asset & Image Formats

WebPAVIFSVGJPEGPNG

HTTP Response Time: 1477 ms
Payload Body Size: 209.7 KB
Compression Status: Uncompressed
Cache Directives: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate

Large response served uncompressed

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-3

AI Content Safety & Red Flags

High-pressure language, payment gateway safety, disposable domain analysis, and deceptive tactics.

Safe

AI Content Evaluation

91/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (27.6 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Main reasons: domain registered 28+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #316 worldwide. Minor issues: no privacy policy found; no terms of service found.

Payment Red Flags: None (No suspicious payment requests)
High-Pressure Language: None (No artificial urgency detected)
Disposable Domain Risk: No (Established infrastructure)
Text Scanned Depth: 121,284 characters verified

No scam-correlated language found on the home page

No crypto-only / gift-card / wire-only payment demands, and no obvious urgency tactics.

Server & Hosting Infrastructure

Primary IP address, web server software, CDN edge network, and redirect hop chain.

cloudflare

Primary Web Server: cloudflare
CDN / Cloud Provider: Cloudflare
Primary IP Address: 47.246.136.253
HTTP Status Code: 200 OK
Final Landing Destination: https://www.alibaba.com/
Redirect Hop Count: 1 hop

Redirect Hop Chain

1.https://alibaba.com/ → https://www.alibaba.com/

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Site responded with 200

Final URL: https://www.alibaba.com/. Response time 1477ms.

HTTPS is enforced

All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.

+10

Served through Cloudflare

Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.

SSL / TLS Certificate

Active Certificate Authority, Common Name, validity period, expiration countdown, and SANs.

Secure

Certificate Authority (Issuer): Not available (certificate logs did not respond)
Subject Common Name (CN): —
Validity Period: Not available
Subject Alternative Names (SANs): 1 domain protected
Certificates Logged (CT): Verified in live TLS

Subject Alternative Names (Sample)

alibaba.com

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HTTPS works with a valid certificate

A secure connection was made on port 443. Certificate log details were unavailable at scan time.

Content & Transparency Policies

Linked privacy policy, terms of service, about page, social channels, and published contacts.

Warning

Key Legal & Transparency Pages

privacy PageNot linked

terms PageNot linked

contact PageNot linked

about PageFound

refund PageNot linked

shipping PageNot linked

cookies PageNot linked

Published Phone Numbers: 6000000005324-0, 6000000003507-0, 100002227819697, 124207444332529, 22437985072, 927587826

No privacy policy found

Legally required in most jurisdictions. Its absence is a real red flag.

-4

No terms of service found

Reputable sites usually publish a terms of service.

-4

No contact page found

Reputable sites usually publish a contact page.

-4

About page linked from home page

No refund/return policy found

Reputable sites usually publish a refund/return policy.

-3

No cookie policy found

Reputable sites usually publish a cookie policy.

-2

Phone number published

Robots.txt & Sitemap Discoverability

Search engine crawler directives, indexability, and declared XML sitemaps.

Present

Robots.txt Directives: Present & Configured
Sitemaps Declared: None in robots.txt
Disallow Rules Count: 164 rules

View Raw robots.txt

User-agent: *
Allow: /lp/*?
Allow: /*s=p
Allow: /*?_escaped_fragment_
Allow: /*src=sem_ggl
Allow: *?src=sem_ggl
Allow: /catalog/*?
Allow: /product-detail/
Allow: /showroom/
Allow: *?spm=
Allow: *?mark=google_shopping
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /apps/
Disallow: /buy/
Disallow: /memberhome/
Disallow: /minisite/
Disallow: /corporations/
Disallow: /buyers/
Disallow: /trade/
Disallow: /product/
Disallow: /supplier/guide/
Disallow: /catalogs/corporations/
Disallow: /rss/*/*.rss
Disallow: /activities/
Disallow: /productshowimg/
Disallow: /member/*/contactinfo.html
Disallow: /member/*/company_profile.html
Disallow: /member/*/productlist.html
Disallow: /searchweb/*.html
Disallow: /magellan/*.html
Disallow: /newsuppliers/
Disallow: /wholesalecheckout/
Disallow: /buyofferdetail/
Disallow: /industry-promotion/
Disallow: /city/
Disallow: /countrysearch/*/*-importer.html
Disallow: /countrysearch/*/*/importers/*.html
Disallow: /search/buyeroffers/*.html 
Disallow: /search/buyeroffers/*/*.html 
Disallow: /buyeroffers/*/*.html
Disallow: /buyeroffers/*/*/*.html
Disallow: /detail/ajax/
Disallow: /ajax/seoRequest/
Disallow: /event/
Disallow: /cache/
Disallow: /catalogs/products/
Disallow: /products/
Disallow: /https:/www.alibaba.com/
Disallow: /compass/
Disallow: /product-detail/m.alibaba.com/trade/
Disallow: /messages/
Disallow: /supplier-report/
Disallow: /amp/
Disallow: /showroom/https:/s.alicdn.com/

User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /*s=p
Allow: /*?_escaped_fragment_
Allow: *?src=sem_ggl
Allow: /catalog/*?
Allow: *?mark=google_shopping
Disallow: /catalogs/products/
Disallow: /products/
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /apps/
Disallow: /buy/
Disallow: /memberhome/
Disallow: /minisite/
Disallow: /corporations/
Disallow: /buyers/
Disallow: /trade/
Disallow: /product/
Disallow: /catalogs/corporations/
Disallow: /rss/*/*.rss
Disallow: /activities/
Disallow: /productshowimg/
Disallow: /member/*/contactinfo.html
Disallow: /member/*/company_profile.html
Disallow: /member/*/productlist.html
Disallow: /searchweb/*.html
Disallow: /magellan/*.html
Disallow: /newsuppliers/
Disallow: /wholesalecheckout/
Disallow: /buyofferdetail/
Disallow: /industry-promotion/
Disallow: /city/
Disallow: /countrysearch/*/*-importer.html
Disallow: /countrysearch/*/*/importers/*.html
Disallow: /search/buyeroffers/*.html 
Disallow: /search/buyeroffers/*/*.html 
Disallow: /buyeroffers/*/*.html
Disallow: /buyeroffers/*/*/*.html
Disallow: /detail/ajax/
Disallow: /ajax/seoRequest/
Disallow: /event/
Disallow: /cache/
Disallow: /catalogs/products/
Disallow: /products/
Disallow: /https:/www.alibaba.com/
Disallow:/compass/
Disallow: /product-detail/alisite-mobile.alibaba.com/
Disallow:/product-detail/m.alibaba.com/trade/

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /*s=p
Allow: /*?_escaped_fragment_
Allow: *?src=sem_ggl
Allow: /catalog/*?
Allow: /product-detail/
Allow: /showroom/
Allow: *?spm=
Allow: *?mark=google_shopping
Allow: /lp/*?
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /apps/
Disallow: /buy/
Disallow: /memberhome/
Disallow: /minisite/
Disallow: /corporations/
Disallow: /buyers/
Disallow: /trade/
Disallow: /product/
Disallow: /catalogs/corporations/
Disallow: /rss/*/*.rss
Disallow: /activities/
Disallow: /productshowimg/
Disallow: /member/*/contactinfo.html
Disallow: /member/*/company_profile.html
Disallow: /member/*/productlist.html
Disallow: /searchweb/*.html
Disallow: /magellan/*.html
Disallow: /newsuppliers/
Disallow: /wholesalecheckout/
Disallow: /buyofferdetail/
Disallow: /industry-promotion/
Disallow: /city/
Disallow: /countrysearch/*/*-importer.html
Disallow: /countrysearch/*/*/importers/*.html
Disallow: /search/buyeroffers/*.html 
Disallow: /search/buyeroffers/*/*.html 
Disallow: /buyeroffers/*/*.html
Disallow: /buyeroffers/*/*/*.html
Disallow: /detail/ajax/
Disallow: /ajax/seoRequest/
Disallow: /event/
Disallow: /cache/
Disallow: /catalogs/products/
Disallow: /products/
Disallow: /https:/www.alibaba.com/
Disallow:/compass/
Disallow: /product-detail/alisite-mobile.alibaba.com/
Disallow: /product-insights/

User-

robots.txt published

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Scan Engine Performance

Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline

v5.1.0 Engine

Signals Analyzed

This scan

Sources Checked

Live security feeds

Scan Duration

3.62s

Full live scan

Last Scan

11/13/2026

Live timestamp

Overall Risk

Low Risk

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