No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is jenkinsgroupinc.com legit or a scam?
Legitimate 22-year-old book publishing company with clean scans but mixed service reviews on forums and review sites.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as Jenkins Group, Inc., a Traverse City book publisher with matching Wikipedia and association records. The domain is over 22 years old and shows zero detections across our antivirus network and blocklists. Hosting IP carries no abuse history and the SSL certificate is valid. Our research found two older complaints about unresponsive service and one unresolved BBB matter, balanced by positive testimonials on the company site and LinkedIn. No evidence of cloning, credential harvesting, or scam infrastructure appears in the scan or evidence package.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for jenkinsgroupinc.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain jenkinsgroupinc.com has been active for 8097 days (~22 years).
- Company operates as Jenkins Group, Inc., a custom book publishing and marketing firm established in 1988 in Traverse City, Michigan.
- Has an official Wikipedia page confirming founding details and services.
- Member of ABPA (American Book Producers Association) since 2018 with listed address 1129 Woodmere Ave., Suite B, Traverse City, MI 49686.
- BBB profile exists for the Traverse City book publisher (not accredited); one forum mention of an unresolved complaint.
- Multiple positive customer testimonials on company site and LinkedIn; no widespread scam reports found.
- No evidence of being a typosquat or clone of any major brand.
- Yelpopen
"Jenkins Group pretended like they were going to help me market my book and I sent them a list of specific suggestions for them to follow up on."
- AbsoluteWrite Forumsopen
"BBB Complaint I see Jenkins Group has an unresolved Better Business Bureau complaint where they failed to respond to a complaint."
- Jenkins Group Testimonialsopen
"What a pleasure it is doing business with folks the way I do business. I’m always wary because I’ve been taken advantage of before... finding an awesome legitimate business partners is a big win."
- LinkedInopen
"Jenkins Group is flawless. In a world spinning with pop-up experts... They brought genuine caring, joy, and excellence to the entire process."
Our research located two service complaints on Yelp and AbsoluteWrite forums mentioning poor marketing follow-up and an unresolved BBB complaint. Two positive reviews appear on the company testimonials page and LinkedIn praising the publishing process. Company records confirm establishment in 1988 with ABPA membership and a physical Michigan address; no widespread scam reports were found.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
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.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (0357285).
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
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 jenkinsgroupinc.com and not a lookalike like j-enkinsgroupinc.com.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.
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 jenkinsgroupinc.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- jenkinsgroupinc.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 83/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. jenkinsgroupinc.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 59 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- jenkinsgroupinc.com is 22.2 years old, registered on 3/22/2004 through Cloudflare, Inc.. 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 jenkinsgroupinc.com as clean.
- No. jenkinsgroupinc.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- jenkinsgroupinc.com 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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
Final Verdict
Jenkins Group is a real custom book publishing company established in 1988. Our analysis finds a clean technical profile and a 22-year-old domain with no malware or phishing flags. Some customer complaints exist about service quality, so review recent feedback before sending money or manuscripts.
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