does this site sell authentic beats http://www.cheapbeats-retailer.com/?

[Grace Malila]

[Jake]

I would bet the house on that shady name being a counterfeit site's.

The 7 month old site is registered to a Chinese address, evidence enough that you at best would get counterfeits.

FYI 95% of the sneaker sites people ask about on Answers turn out to be Chinese counterfeit sites, watch out...

he 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

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.

3) Search the web for complaints, try Googling: "thesite.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.


Here are some large respected shoe sites:
Zappos.com (has free shipping and return shipping) did have some bad publicity after their customer database was hacked.
6pm.com ( Zappos owned clearance store)
Onlineshoes.com
Shoebuy.com
Shoemetro.com
eastbay.com (shares facilities with Footlocker)


There are forums that are dedicated to sneakers, which can be educational.
http://solecollector.com/forums/
http://www.sneakerfreaker.com/forum/
http://niketalk.com