Is this a legit website?

[Brandon]

Shoepalace.com
I'm thinking about buying a shoe from there but don't know if the site is real or not, Are the shoes aall real too?

[Jake]

All looks good in this case, the 3 basic tests you can make of an online store.

1) Check the domain name whois owner information, many of the Chinese counterfeit sites will be immediately exposed, (anything from China would be fakes.)
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

In this case it was registered some 5 years ago, and was just renewed until 2023, typically only serious businesses pay that far ahead. The San Jose address looks legit, entering it into Google Maps shows a large mall or industrial complex building.

2) Test 2: check the Contact Us page, if there is no identifying phone# or address forget it, imagine how easily an email alone can be ignored. This store has a local and toll free phone#.

3) Search the web for complaints, try Googling: "Shoepalace.com" scam to see if it's been submitted to fraud site registries, a site under 3 months old will not have to to be included even it deserving.