Is hawink.com safe?
http://hawink.com/
Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
Established tattoo-supply shop with transparency and product-quality concerns
Hawink presents itself as a manufacturer and online seller of tattoo machines, needles, and accessories, with ordinary basket and add-to-cart functions. Its long-standing domain, own-domain support email, valid encrypted connection, and lack of a current browser threat warning support a Low Risk rating. However, a customer review raises a sterility-indicator concern, and the captured page displayed neither a phone number nor a postal address.
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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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Hawink presents itself as a manufacturer and online seller of tattoo machines, needles, and accessories, with ordinary basket and add-to-cart functions. Its long-standing domain, own-domain support email, valid encrypted connection, and lack of a current browser threat warning support a Low Risk rating. However, a customer review raises a sterility-indicator concern, and the captured page displayed neither a phone number nor a postal address.
A functioning retail storefront
The site sells tattoo equipment through standard “Basket,” “Add to cart,” and product-detail controls. It also identifies itself as a tattoo-equipment manufacturer and says the company was founded in 2008.
The domain has been registered for 3,196 days, and the site provides support@hawink.com. Its affiliate link leads to a separate hawink.goaffpro.com service, while the storefront states that it is powered by Shopify.
Customer risk matters more than current technical risk
One customer review reports that cartridge sterility dots appeared brownish-red rather than blue, despite packaging stating that a non-blue dot means the product is no longer sterile. This is a material product-quality warning, but one cited review does not establish a systematic pattern.
The captured page showed no phone number or operator postal address, limiting the contact and location information available to shoppers. An own-domain support email was visible.
The saved checks found valid encryption and no current browser threat warning. Two older antivirus results marked the URL suspicious, but their timing is stale, so they warrant caution rather than proving an active technical threat.
The About-page wording matches a template used by unrelated shops, but the supplied evidence labels that match as background only rather than proof of a fake-shop operation.
Why the score is 76
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 93
detectionsSaved result - stale
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 2
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | suspicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - suspicious - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - suspicious - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
- Abusix - clean - Clean
- Acronis - clean - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
- AlienVault - clean - Clean
- AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
- Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
- AutoShun - unrated - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
- BitDefender - clean - Clean
- Bkav - unrated - Clean
- BlockList - clean - Clean
- Blueliv - clean - Clean
- Certego - clean - Clean
- ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
- CINS Army - clean - Clean
- CRDF - clean - Clean
- Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
- CTX AI - clean - Clean
- Cyan - unrated - Clean
- Cyble - clean - Clean
- CyRadar - clean - Clean
- desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
- DNS8 - unrated - Clean
- Dr.Web - clean - Clean
- EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
- Emsisoft - clean - Clean
- Ermes - unrated - Clean
- ESET - clean - Clean
- ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
- Fortinet - clean - Clean
- Fortra - unrated - Clean
- G-Data - clean - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
- GreenSnow - clean - Clean
- GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
- Guardpot - unrated - Clean
- Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
- IPsum - clean - Clean
- Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
- Kaspersky - clean - Clean
- LevelBlue - clean - Clean
- Lionic - clean - Clean
- Lumu - unrated - Clean
- Malwared - clean - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
- MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
- Mimecast - unrated - Clean
- Netcraft - unrated - Clean
- OpenPhish - clean - Clean
- Orcapot - unrated - Clean
- PhishFort - unrated - Clean
- Phishing Database - clean - Clean
- Phishtank - clean - Clean
- PREBYTES - clean - Clean
- PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
- Quick Heal - clean - Clean
- Quttera - clean - Clean
- Rising - clean - Clean
- SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
- Sangfor - clean - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
- Scantitan - clean - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
- Seclookup - clean - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
- SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
- Sophos - clean - Clean
- StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
- Synthient - unrated - Clean
- ThreatHive - clean - Clean
- URLhaus - clean - Clean
- URLQuery - unrated - Clean
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
- VIPRE - unrated - Clean
- ViriBack - clean - Clean
- VX Vault - clean - Clean
- Webroot - clean - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
- ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
- ZeroFox - unrated - Clean
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
Sep. Sale 20%Off Sitewide
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Sep. Sale 20%Off Sitewide
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Precision Tattoo Machines, Tattoo Cartridges and Tattoo Supplies – Hawink
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded popups, cross domain landing.
What independent research found
1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 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
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The domain is 3,196 days old.
- 02The captured page lists support@hawink.com.
- 03No phone number or operator postal address was visible on the captured page.
Web research findings
Independent findings for hawink.com, 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
"one of the boxes has a blue dot on the box seal saying if the dot isn’t blue then it’s no longer sterile, I open the box and every single pack of cartridges have a dot that’s not blue there brown ish red"
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.
- Domainhawink.com
- Redirects tohawink.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencescdn.shopify.com · cdn.codeblackbelt.com
Domain Timeline
- Jan 6, 2018Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 8.8 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 7, 2026Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
hawink.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@hawink.com).
- Links to 3 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://hawink.com/
- 2429https://hawink.com/
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.
Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Additional evidence review
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · Oct 7, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding were saved | Completed | Adverse | Not available |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · Oct 7, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding were saved
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingAdverse
- FreshnessNot available
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 hawink.com a scam or is it safe?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Established tattoo-supply shop with transparency and product-quality concerns
Hawink presents itself as a manufacturer and online seller of tattoo machines, needles, and accessories, with ordinary basket and add-to-cart functions. Its long-standing domain, own-domain support email, valid encrypted connection, and lack of a current browser threat warning support a Low Risk rating. However, a customer review raises a sterility-indicator concern, and the captured page displayed neither a phone number nor a postal address.
09 · Community