SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is bonide.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 87/100

Official website of Bonide Products LLC, a 28-year-old gardening supply company with confirmed New York business registration and clean records.

bonide.comScanned 19h ago
0
Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 86·MT 88
Category tags
gardening products92% MT confidence
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
Data unavailable
Domain Age
29 years old
Registered Sep 9, 1997
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 92% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust88/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain has existed for 10496 days and matches the company's claimed founding year of 1926. Our page analyzer extracted a real physical address, phone number, and product catalog that align with the business registration records. No malware detections, phishing flags, or scam-family matches appeared in the scan. The hosting IP shows zero abuse reports. External links load from known CDNs and the company maintains social profiles and listings on major retailers.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

The site presents itself as the official storefront for Bonide Products LLC with clear product categories for lawn care, insect control, and plant nutrition. Contact details include a New York address and phone that match public records.

Infrastructure

Valid SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt. The IP carries a clean reputation with no abuse history. External resources load from standard CDNs and the company's own related domains.

Domain History

Registered for 10496 days through GoDaddy with no privacy masking. Age and ownership align with the 1926 founding date listed on the page.

Web Reputation

Business registration confirmed as active in the US. No scam reports surfaced; one positive review noted on independent sites and product discussions appear on forums without fraud complaints.

Risk Factors
1
  • No email address listed on the homepage for direct contact.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered 10496 days ago matching the 1926 company founding.
  • Physical business address and phone confirmed in registration records.
  • Zero abuse reports on the hosting IP.
  • No scam-family triggers or blocklist hits detected.
  • Products sold through major retailers like Walmart and Home Depot.
AI Recommendation
The site appears legitimate for purchasing gardening products. Verify any order details and use standard payment protections as with any online retailer.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Website Preview

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Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

50
/ 100
High visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.

Visual risk50/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for bonide.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
28 yrs
Registered Sep 1997
Business registration
Active · US
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
5 complaints · 1 positive
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • Official site bonide.com belongs to Bonide Products LLC, Oriskany NY, established 1926.
  • Sells organic/synthetic lawn, garden, pest control products; sold via Walmart, Home Depot, Amazon.
  • Physical address 6301 Sutliff Rd, Oriskany, NY 13424 confirmed on site, LinkedIn, SDS sheets.
  • Trustpilot review page exists; company has Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn presence.
  • Reddit threads discuss product use (e.g., systemic granules) with mixed efficacy reports but no site scams.
  • No evidence of clone/typosquat; matches legitimate established brand.
Positive reviews (1)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Trustpilotopen

    "Bonide has been trusted since 1926 as the leader in providing the best possible products and solutions for home, lawn, and garden pest problems."

Business registration
Status: active · US

Bonide Products LLC, 6301 Sutliff Rd, Oriskany, NY 13424. Founded 1926. Phone (315) 736-8231.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found no scam reports for bonide.com. The site belongs to Bonide Products LLC, an active US-registered business founded in 1926 with a physical address in Oriskany, NY. Positive mentions appear on review platforms, and the company sells products through major retailers like Walmart and Home Depot.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers315-736-8231
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (315-736-8231).
  • Links to 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age29 years old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredSep 9, 1997
ExpiresMar 27, 2028
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12
ExpiresAug 13, 2026 (69d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoogle LLC
Server locationUS
Web servernginx
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://bonide.com/
  • 2200https://bonide.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPGoogle LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on bonide.com and not a lookalike like b-onide.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

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Referenced Domains

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Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on bonide.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·bonide.com
SAFE

Bonide.com is the official site of Bonide Products LLC, a legitimate US company selling lawn and garden products since 1926. The domain is over 28 years old with matching business registration and no scam indicators. Shop with normal caution as with any retailer.

The site appears legitimate for purchasing gardening products. Verify any order details and use standard payment protections as with any online retailer.

AV engines
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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