Is creative.lighting safe?
http://creative.lighting/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Creative.Lighting presents itself as a Swedish lighting shop, but customer reports describe a China-based return path and refund difficulties.
Creative.Lighting is an online lighting store that describes itself as a Swedish company based in Stockholm and sells through a same-site cart and sale flow. Independent research found customer complaints about product quality, shipping delays and refund problems, and one report says a return was only accepted to an address in China despite the Swedish claim. A security listing also flags the domain as a suspicious shop. The site has a valid encrypted connection and no Safe Browsing warning, but the operator and customer-safety evidence keeps this in the High Risk band.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 34/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 4 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe site claims to be a Swedish company based in Stockholm, while a customer report says it is a Chinese company and that returns were only accepted to an address in China.
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Creative.Lighting is a Chinese company claiming to be a Swedish company. I purchased a projector from them and then asked to return it within the 30 day return…"
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Creative.lighting is listed as a suspicious shop. Reports in this class often describe payment accepted first, delivery issues later."
- Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Creative.Lighting is an online lighting store that describes itself as a Swedish company based in Stockholm and sells through a same-site cart and sale flow. Independent research found customer complaints about product quality, shipping delays and refund problems, and one report says a return was only accepted to an address in China despite the Swedish claim. A security listing also flags the domain as a suspicious shop. The site has a valid encrypted connection and no Safe Browsing warning, but the operator and customer-safety evidence keeps this in the High Risk band.
Swedish branding, China return address
The site's own text says it is a Swedish company based in Stockholm with a passion for creative lighting and an international customer base. That is the identity the storefront presents to shoppers.
A customer report directly contradicts that framing: the buyer says Creative.Lighting is a Chinese company claiming to be Swedish, and that after requesting a return within the 30-day window the store would only provide a return address in China.
A second research finding describes frequent complaints about poor product quality, items that felt cheap or broke easily, items that did not match the online descriptions and photos, unhelpful automated customer service, long shipping delays and severe difficulties with refunds.
Same-site sale flow with clean technical checks
The commercial path is entirely on creative.lighting: a SHOP SALE call-to-action and a Cart checkout, with a Track Order link. There is no cross-domain commercial redirect in the evidence.
Technically, the saved checks are clean: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those results mean no detections, not that the store is safe to buy from.
A saved antivirus observation marked the URL as suspicious, and a security listing describes Creative.Lighting as a suspicious shop where reports in this class often describe payment accepted first and delivery issues later.
Why the score is 34
The site claims to be a Swedish company based in Stockholm, while a customer report says it is a Chinese company and that returns were only accepted to an address in China. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 25, 2026 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiShopping
- BitDefenderonlineshop
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googleshopping
- Sophosonline shopping
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Black Month Sale Save up to 50% Our Biggest Sale Ever is here! Get exclusive Black Month offers and save up to 50% on selected lighting designs.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Black Month Sale Save up to 50% Our Biggest Sale Ever is here! Get exclusive Black Month offers and save up to 50% on selected lighting designs.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Creative.Lighting | Unique Lighting & Home Decor
- Meta description
Discover unique lighting and home decor from a Swedish company based in Stockholm — from statement lamps and outdoor lights to creative gifts and Scandinavian-inspired designs.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/pages/about-usRead
- Terms/policies/terms-of-serviceRead
- Refund / returns policy/policies/refund-policyRead
- Shipping policy/policies/shipping-policyRead
- Contact page/pages/contact-usRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Creative.Lighting | Unique Lighting & Home Decor
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The site claims to be a Swedish company based in Stockholm, while a customer report says it is a Chinese company and that returns were only accepted to an address in China.
- 02The sale and checkout flow stays on creative.lighting, with a SHOP SALE call-to-action, a Cart and a Track Order link.
- 032 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Creative.Lighting is a Chinese company claiming to be a Swedish company. I purchased a projector from them and then asked to return it within the 30 day return…"
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a buyer can expect after paying
A visitor who buys through the Cart and then tries to return an item within the stated 30-day period is told, according to the customer report, that the return address is in China, which makes returning low-value goods impractical.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
The same research describes buyers receiving items that felt cheap, broke down easily or did not match the online descriptions and photos, and then facing unhelpful automated responses, long shipping delays and severe difficulties obtaining refunds.
Do not treat Creative.Lighting as a normal Swedish lighting shop. If you are considering a purchase, expect the possibility of low-quality goods, long shipping delays and a return process that may require shipping to China, and be aware that refunds have been reported as difficult. Prefer a retailer with a verifiable local address and a return policy you can enforce.
Web research findings
Independent findings for creative.lighting, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- Trustpilotopen
"Creative.Lighting is a Chinese company claiming to be a Swedish company. I purchased a projector from them and then asked to return it within the 30 day return period. They agreed to the return but would only provide a return address in China."
- Trustpilotopen
"Consumers frequently complained about poor product quality, receiving items that felt cheap, broke down easily, or did not match the online descriptions and photos. Buyers also experienced frustrating customer service i nteractions, noting unhelpful automated responses, long shipping delays, and severe difficulties with processing returns and securing refunds."
- Gridinsoftopen
"Creative.lighting is listed as a suspicious shop. Reports in this class often describe payment accepted first, delivery issues later."
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domaincreative.lighting
- Redirects tocreative.lighting
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · shop.app
Domain Timeline
- Jan 15, 2021Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 3, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
creative.lighting is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (nfo@creative.lighting).
Domain & Encryption
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for creative.lighting.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Chat, reviews and email
- Klaviyo
Payment providers the page loads
- Shop Pay
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://creative.lighting/
- 2200https://creative.lighting/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The site claims to be a Swedish company based in Stockholm, while a customer report says it is a Chinese company and that returns were only accepted to an address in China. · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Creative.Lighting is a Chinese company claiming to be a Swedish company. I purchased a projector from them and then asked to return it within the 30 day return…"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 25, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Independent research | 3 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 25, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Independent research
- Result3 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is creative.lighting a scam or a legit online store?
Is creative.lighting safe to use?
I already paid or entered my details on creative.lighting — what should I do?
Can I get my money back from creative.lighting?
I ordered from creative.lighting but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report creative.lighting?
creative.lighting looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Has creative.lighting been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is creative.lighting on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the creative.lighting domain?
Does creative.lighting have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Creative.Lighting presents itself as a Swedish lighting shop, but customer reports describe a China-based return path and refund difficulties.
Creative.Lighting is an online lighting store that describes itself as a Swedish company based in Stockholm and sells through a same-site cart and sale flow. Independent research found customer complaints about product quality, shipping delays and refund problems, and one report says a return was only accepted to an address in China despite the Swedish claim. A security listing also flags the domain as a suspicious shop. The site has a valid encrypted connection and no Safe Browsing warning, but the operator and customer-safety evidence keeps this in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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