Is makerhunt.io safe?
http://makerhunt.io/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 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
MakerHunt is a young paid product-launch platform with a strict no-refund policy and no independent reputation yet.
MakerHunt presents itself as a weekly competition and launch platform for AI and digital projects, with free and paid tiers and a contact address on its own domain. The technical picture is clean: a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed warning. The concerns are commercial rather than malicious: the domain is only 212 days old, the terms state that payment is non-refundable except in specific circumstances, and the only saved antivirus observation is a stale, isolated suspicious mark. Nothing in the evidence shows phishing, malware, or a fake-shop operation, so this is a low-to-moderate risk site rather than a dangerous one.
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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 72/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 3 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe site's own terms state that payment is non-refundable except under specific circumstances, and that a change of mind about a launch date can be rescheduled but not refunded.
- 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.
- MinorThe registrable domain is only 212 days old, so the platform has little operating history behind its paid tiers.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site publishes a contact email on its own domain, hi@makerhunt.io, and links to an X account, @praneetbrar.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
MakerHunt presents itself as a weekly competition and launch platform for AI and digital projects, with free and paid tiers and a contact address on its own domain. The technical picture is clean: a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed warning. The concerns are commercial rather than malicious: the domain is only 212 days old, the terms state that payment is non-refundable except in specific circumstances, and the only saved antivirus observation is a stale, isolated suspicious mark. Nothing in the evidence shows phishing, malware, or a fake-shop operation, so this is a low-to-moderate risk site rather than a dangerous one.
What the site sells and how money moves
MakerHunt runs a launch and competition model with several pricing labels visible on its own pages: Free, Freemium, and Paid. A Pricing page is linked from the site, and the paid tier is the part that carries real financial exposure for a visitor.
The terms are explicit that payment is non-refundable except under the specific circumstances outlined in the Refund Policy, and that a change of mind about a scheduled launch date can be rescheduled but not refunded. That is a normal commercial term for many platforms, but it means a buyer should treat the fee as committed once paid.
The site also carries advertising and partner placements. Its pages show sponsored entries for third-party services such as Posting Dude and DR Booster, and a link to a Best Launch Platforms page. These are cross-site commercial links, not evidence of fraud, but they show the site monetizes attention as well as launch fees.
Technical checks are clean, but the operator record is thin
The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning. Those are positive technical signals, but they only mean no active threat was detected at scan time; they do not vouch for the operator or the refund terms.
One antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious, from a saved observation rather than a fresh submission. The detection is real but stale and isolated, so it should be treated as a caution flag rather than proof of current malicious activity.
The registrable domain is 212 days old, which is young for a platform asking for paid launch fees. The site does publish a contact email on its own domain, hi@makerhunt.io, and links to an X account, @praneetbrar, which gives some accountability, but there is no long operating history to fall back on.
Why the score is 72
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
1/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 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 - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Googletechnology
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
MakerHunt Launch your project
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
MakerHunt
- 02
Launch your project
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
MakerHunt — AI Launch Platform & Weekly Product Hunts | MakerHunt
- Meta description
Weekly AI launch platform for makers and founders. Submit your product, collect votes, earn backlinks, and reach early adopters—Product Hunt-style hunts every Monday.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/termsRead
- Contact page/contactRead
- Pricing/pricingRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
MakerHunt — AI Launch Platform & Weekly Product Hunts | MakerHunt
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
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
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Saas
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is only 212 days old, so the platform has little operating history behind its paid tiers.
- 02The site publishes a contact email on its own domain, hi@makerhunt.io, and links to an X account, @praneetbrar.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
Web research findings
Independent findings for makerhunt.io, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for makerhunt.io. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
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.
- Domainmakerhunt.io
- Redirects tomakerhunt.io
- Hosted byHostinger Operations UAB
- Referencestxmhk1zrnc.ufs.sh · frontrunners.io
Domain Timeline
- Apr 3, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 7 months old when this review was saved.
- Nov 2, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
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 (hi@makerhunt.io).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for makerhunt.io.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
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
- 1302http://makerhunt.io/
- 2200https://makerhunt.io/
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's own terms state that payment is non-refundable except under specific circumstances, and that a change of mind about a launch date can be rescheduled but not refunded. · The registrable domain is only 212 days old, so the platform has little operating history behind its paid tiers.
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 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 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 makerhunt.io a scam or is it safe?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
MakerHunt is a young paid product-launch platform with a strict no-refund policy and no independent reputation yet.
MakerHunt presents itself as a weekly competition and launch platform for AI and digital projects, with free and paid tiers and a contact address on its own domain. The technical picture is clean: a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed warning. The concerns are commercial rather than malicious: the domain is only 212 days old, the terms state that payment is non-refundable except in specific circumstances, and the only saved antivirus observation is a stale, isolated suspicious mark. Nothing in the evidence shows phishing, malware, or a fake-shop operation, so this is a low-to-moderate risk site rather than a dangerous one.
09 · Community
Community
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