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Rating
4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Trustpilot3.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ on SmartCustomer4.7 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Reviews.io
Reviews
16,877 reviews
Years in business
12 years
Address
1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Suite 318A New York, New York 10001
Email address
support@booksrun.com
Phone number
Not found
Contact page
Not found
Website
booksrun.com
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Is booksrun.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 84 out of 100, high truth signals: 8 of 10 public checks clear, 2 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: mostly satisfied.

We read 2 of its pages: terms and privacy. Its website address was registered 12 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. It is on 5 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube), with its largest audience of 11,000 followers on Instagram. Customers have left 11,000 reviews on Trustpilot, averaging 4.5 stars out of 5. Customers have left 2,829 reviews on Reviews.io, averaging 4.7 stars out of 5. Google Safe Browsing shows no malware or phishing warnings for its website. We could not find a phone number.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is a scam.

Positives

  • We read 2 of its pages · terms and privacy.
  • Its website address was registered 12 years ago.
  • It is on 5 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube); the largest audience is 11,000 followers on Instagram.
  • Excellent independent reputation · 11,000 reviews on Trustpilot, rated 4.5 stars out of 5.
  • Great independent reputation · 2,829 reviews on Reviews.io, rated 4.7 stars out of 5.
  • Google Safe Browsing shows no malware or phishing warnings for its website.

Be cautious

Nothing to be cautious about in the 8 checks that answered: no malware or phishing warning, no known data breach, no poor rating at scale.

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  • Phone number information was not found from our checks.

How to check if booksrun.com is legit

8 clear · 2 for information

To check if booksrun.com is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews, visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about booksrun.com; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.

Who they are
Company detailsBased in the US; serves the US · BBB rating BFor information
  • The Better Business Bureau rates it B, and accredits it; 43 of its 180 complaints closed in three years were resolved to the customer's satisfaction
Country
Where the company is based
US
Why we believe that
its Better Business Bureau profile is a US listing
Which countries the company serves
US
Why we believe that
$ prices on its homepage
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau profile
Found
BBB rating
B
BBB accredited
Yes
BBB complaints closed in three years
180
BBB complaints closed in twelve months
53
BBB complaints resolved to the customer's satisfaction
43
BBB complaint types
Product Issues: 64, Service or Repair Issues: 53, Delivery Issues: 32, Sales and Advertising Issues: 18, Order Issues: 8, Billing Issues: 3, Customer Service Issues: 2
BBB customer reviews
701
BBB reasons for rating
180 complaint(s) filed against business
BBB business started
12 Aug 2016
BBB file opened
20 May 2016
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 12 years agoClear
  • Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else
Domain age
12 years
Domain transfer lock enabled
Yes
Website detailsWe read 2 of its pages: terms and privacyClear
  • Company contact email is available
Pages foundTermsPrivacy
HTTPS enabled
Yes
Contact email or contact form available
Email
Contact phone number found
Not found
Reputation and track record
Customer reviewsTrustpilot 4.5 stars from 11,000 reviews · SmartCustomer 3.5 stars from 3,048 reviews · Reviews.io 4.7 stars from 2,829 reviewsClear
  • Rated 4.7 stars out of 5 from 2,829 reviews on Reviews.io
  • Rated 3.5 stars out of 5 from 3,048 reviews on SmartCustomer
  • Rated 4.5 stars out of 5 from 11,000 reviews on Trustpilot
PlatformRatingReviews
Trustpilot4.5 out of 511,000
SmartCustomer3.5 out of 53,048
G2Not found
CapterraNot found
Reviews.io4.7 out of 52,829
FeefoNot found
Independent review platforms
3
Reviews.io rating
4.7 out of 5
Reviews.io review count
2,829
SmartCustomer rating
3.5 out of 5
SmartCustomer review count
3,048
Trustpilot rating
4.5 out of 5
Trustpilot review count
11,000
Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months (Google Chrome usage data)For information
  • Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
  • It is among the 100,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)
Google Chrome usage data
Popularity among Chrome users
top 500,000 sites
First known user traffic
Feb 2021 or earlier
Months with real traffic, of the last 24
24
Traffic pattern
sustained
Rank jump in the last 12 months
none
Rank drop in the last 12 months
none
Cloudflare Radar
Popularity across the internet
top 100,000 sites
Web history and authorityThe Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 12 years agoClear
Website archive history
12 years
Wikipedia page
no
Social presenceIt is on 5 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube); the largest audience is 11,000 followers on InstagramClear
  • Its YouTube channel has 240 subscribers and 314 videos, the latest uploaded 417 days ago
PlatformProfileAudience
FacebookProfile5,500 followers
InstagramProfile11,000 followers
XProfile230 followers
LinkedInProfile69 followers
YouTubeProfile240 subscribers
TikTokNot found
Social platforms with discovered profiles
facebook, instagram, linkedin, x, youtube
Social follower counts
17,039 followers in total
YouTube channel
314 videos, 240 subscribers, last upload 417 days ago
Safety
Malware and phishingGoogle Safe Browsing shows no malware or phishing warnings for its websiteClear
Malware or phishing threat status
None
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the companyClear
Known data breaches found
0
Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name goes to spamClear
Email
MX records
Yes
SPF record
Yes
DKIM key
Yes
DMARC record
Yes
DMARC policy
quarantine
Certificate
Certificate issuer
Google Trust Services
Certificate type
DV
Certificate expires
31 Dec 2026
Hosting
Nameservers
chance.ns.cloudflare.com
sydney.ns.cloudflare.com
Address
104.18.0.122
104.18.1.122

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