Is darlin.com.au a scam?

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

Is darlin.com.au safe to use?

darlin.com.au passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 84/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does darlin.com.au have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. darlin.com.au presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 32 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the darlin.com.au domain?

darlin.com.au is unknown age through Domain Directors Pty Ltd trading as Instra. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has darlin.com.au been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report darlin.com.au as clean.

Is darlin.com.au on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. darlin.com.au is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is darlin.com.au hosted?

darlin.com.au resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

How often is the darlin.com.au report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 15, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around darlin.com.au have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is darlin.com.au legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 84/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Legitimate Australian family-owned wholesale homeware supplier with 17+ years trading history, active ABN registration, and industry awards.

Why we trust it

Registered Australian business (ABN 38 244 748 974) active since 2009 with verifiable ownership.Zero malware detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklists.Hosting IP has zero abuse reports and clean reputation.

darlin.com.auScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 87·MT 82

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

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

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LIVE RENDER

darlin.com.au

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

Darlin operates as a registered Australian business (DARLIN (AUST) PTY LTD, ABN 38 244 748 974) based in Brendale, Queensland, with verifiable ownership by Phil and Michelle Lawson since 2009. Our antivirus network and browser blocklists show no malicious flags, and the hosting IP carries zero abuse reports. The website displays consistent contact details across multiple sources, participates in legitimate trade events like Reed Gift Fairs, and maintains active social-media presence. Independent web research found no scam complaints or fraud mentions, while multiple industry sources confirm the business as a long-standing Australian wholesaler. The domain's SSL certificate is valid, and the page structure matches a genuine B2B wholesale operation with product categories, retailer-focused navigation, and transparent business information.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site presents a professional wholesale homeware and giftware storefront with detailed product categories (coastal, country, garden, home décor, entertaining), retailer-focused navigation (shop by store type: florists, garden centres, gift stores, hospitality), and a promotional campaign offering a $1,000 travel voucher. The page title and meta description accurately reflect the business offering.

Infrastructure

Hosting IP 104.21.24.190 has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score. SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services is valid with 32 days remaining. No malicious redirects, homoglyphs, or internationalized domain names detected. External domains loaded are legitimate: Google Analytics, Google Fonts, Instagram, and Reed Gift Fairs (a known Australian trade-show platform).

Domain History

Domain registered with Domain Directors Pty Ltd (trading as Instra), a legitimate Australian registrar. WHOIS privacy is not enabled, allowing transparent ownership verification. The business itself has been operating since 2009 with continuous ABN registration.

Web Reputation

Zero scam reports found across web searches. Business registration confirms DARLIN (AUST) PTY LTD as active since 2009 with family ownership. Multiple independent sources (LivingStyles.com.au, AGHA, industry directories) cite the business as Australia's leading homeware wholesaler with 15+ years of trading and customer-voted awards. No complaints, negative reviews, or fraud mentions detected.

Positive Signals

Registered Australian business (ABN 38 244 748 974) active since 2009 with verifiable ownership.
Zero malware detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklists.
Hosting IP has zero abuse reports and clean reputation.
Valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services.
Transparent contact details: phone, email, and physical address in Brendale, QLD confirmed across multiple sources.

AI Recommendation

This is a legitimate Australian wholesale business. It is safe to contact, request quotes, or place orders through the website. Verify the ABN (38 244 748 974) and phone number (+61 7 3205 7007) if you wish to confirm business details independently.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

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

Business registration

Active · Australia

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

3 positive

Key findings

6 headline facts from open-web research

DARLIN (Aust) Pty Ltd is a legitimate Australian family-owned wholesale business (ABN 38 244 748 974) operating since 2009 from Brendale, QLD, specializing in homeware, giftware and woodware.
Website claims 'Voted Australian Best Wholesaler for Home & Gift four years running (2023-2026)' by customers and has been trading 17+ years.
Active presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram (@darlinaustralia), Reed Gift Fairs exhibitor, and listed on Fieldfolio with 1660 buyers.
No scam reports, complaints, negative reviews or fraud mentions found across web searches including Reddit, review sites and targeted scam queries.
Directors listed as Phil & Michelle Lawson; company participates in trade events, acacia re-forestry program, and supplies retailers across Australia with no minimum order.
Site footer and multiple sources confirm physical address at 8/348 South Pine Road, Brendale QLD 4500, phone +61 7 3205 7007, email sales@darlin.com.au.

Positive reviews (3)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

darlin.com.auopen
"Voted Australian Best Wholesaler for Home & Gift four years running by our loyal customers."
LivingStyles.com.auopen
"For 15 years Darlin has been Australia's leading supplier of bespoke, handmade and unique homeware, giftware and woodware as voted by the customers."
AGHAopen
"Darlin Hits a Home Run With AGHA"

Business registration

Status: active · Australia

DARLIN (AUST) PTY LTD, ABN 38 244 748 974 (also linked to ABN 49 135 370 857), active since 2009, family-owned wholesaler based in Brendale QLD, operated by Phil & Michelle Lawson for 17+ years.

Research summary

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

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for darlin.com.au and found zero scam reports, complaints, or fraud mentions. Instead, we found three independent positive references: LivingStyles.com.au confirms Darlin as Australia's leading homeware wholesaler with 15+ years of trading; AGHA (Australian Gift & Homeware Association) published a positive feature titled 'Darlin Hits a Home Run With AGHA'; and the business is listed on Fieldfolio with 1,660 registered buyers. Business registration confirms DARLIN (AUST) PTY LTD (ABN 38 244 748 974) as active since 2009, family-owned and operated by Phil and Michelle Lawson from Brendale, Queensland.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

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 numbers(07) 3205 7007

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles4

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed ((07) 3205 7007).
Links to 10 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

AgeUnknown

RegistrarDomain Directors Pty Ltd trading as Instra

RegisteredUnknown

ExpiresUnknown

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresJul 17, 2026 (32d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://darlin.com.au/
2200https://darlin.com.au/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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 darlin.com.au and not a lookalike like d-arlin.com.au.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

gmpg.org google.com fonts.googleapis.com googletagmanager.com reedgiftfairs.com.au instagram.com scontent.cdninstagram.com

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on darlin.com.au. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
darlin.com.au passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 84/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. darlin.com.au presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 32 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
darlin.com.au is unknown age through Domain Directors Pty Ltd trading as Instra. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report darlin.com.au as clean.
No. darlin.com.au is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
darlin.com.au resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 15, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around darlin.com.au have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·darlin.com.au

SAFE

Darlin is an established Australian wholesale homeware and giftware business operating since 2009 with active business registration, clean security scans, and consistent positive industry recognition. No scam indicators detected.

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