Is selfpublishing.ie safe?
http://selfpublishing.ie/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 66 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records · not available: did not fully complete
- web research: completed
Self-publishing service site with listed contact details and no detected security threats.
SelfPublishing.ie presents itself as a Dublin-based publishing service offering editing, formatting, cover design, ISBN registration and distribution assistance. The site lists an on-domain email and Irish phone number, uses valid TLS, and shows no malware or phishing detections. The main commercial CTA is a 'PUBLISH MY BOOK' button leading to a free consultation.
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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 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. No adverse finding was saved; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsOn-domain email and listed Irish phone number.
- SupportsValid TLS, no Safe Browsing warnings, clean hosting IP reputation.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
SelfPublishing.ie presents itself as a Dublin-based publishing service offering editing, formatting, cover design, ISBN registration and distribution assistance. The site lists an on-domain email and Irish phone number, uses valid TLS, and shows no malware or phishing detections. The main commercial CTA is a 'PUBLISH MY BOOK' button leading to a free consultation.
Service claims and disclaimers
The site describes itself as 'Europe's largest independent book publishing house in Dublin' and states it helps authors publish on 50+ platforms with no royalties or rejections.
Its terms note that 'final publishing success depends on multiple factors beyond our control,' indicating the operator does not guarantee outcomes.
Contact details and technical checks
The site provides an on-domain contact email (info@selfpublishing.ie) and an Irish phone number (+353 1531 4056).
The browser threat feed reports no threat warning, the TLS certificate is valid, and the hosting IP shows an abuse confidence score of 0/100.
Why the score is 78
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
0/ 66
No detectionsSaved analysis from December 5, 2018 - stale
No detections across 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 9 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 66
All 66 engine results
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Avira - Clean
- Baidu-International - Clean
- BitDefender - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- C-SIRT - Clean
- Certly - Clean
- CLEAN MX - Clean
- Comodo Site Inspector - Clean
- CyberCrime - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- ESET - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- FraudScore - Clean
- FraudSense - Clean
- G-Data - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Clean
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- Lionic - Clean
- Malc0de Database - Clean
- Malekal - Clean
- Malware Domain Blocklist - Clean
- Malwarebytes hpHosts - Clean
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwareDomainList - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- Netcraft - Unrated
- NotMining - Unrated
- Nucleon - Clean
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Opera - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- SecureBrain - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Sophos - Unrated
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopBadware - Unrated
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Tencent - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Virusdie External Site Scan - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Web Security Guard - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZCloudsec - Clean
- ZDB Zeus - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- Zerofox - Clean
- ZeusTracker - Clean
- zvelo - Clean
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekeruncategorized
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
SelfPublishing.ie is Europe's largest independent book publishing house in Dublin. It helps you publish on 50+ platforms hassle-free, with no royalties or rejections.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
SelfPublishing.ie is Europe's largest independent book publishing house in Dublin. It helps you publish on 50+ platforms hassle-free, with no royalties or rejections.
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
Ireland's Top-Rated Self-Publishing Support For Your Book
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-usRead
- Terms/terms-conditionsRead
- Contact page/contact-usRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Ireland's Top-Rated Self-Publishing Support For Your Book
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 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
- 01On-domain email and listed Irish phone number.
- 02Terms state final publishing success is outside the provider's control.
- 03Valid TLS, no Safe Browsing warnings, clean hosting IP reputation.
Web research findings
Independent findings for selfpublishing.ie, 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 selfpublishing.ie. 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.
- Domainselfpublishing.ie
- Redirects towww.selfpublishing.ie
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · facebook.com
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 (info@selfpublishing.ie).
- Phone number listed (+353 1531 4056).
- Links to 16 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for selfpublishing.ie.
A shared Cloudflare 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
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Chat, reviews and email
- LiveChat
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
- 1301http://selfpublishing.ie/
- 2301https://selfpublishing.ie/
- 3206https://www.selfpublishing.ie/
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.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 66 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Dec 5, 2018 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 66 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Dec 5, 2018
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Self-publishing service site with listed contact details and no detected security threats.
SelfPublishing.ie presents itself as a Dublin-based publishing service offering editing, formatting, cover design, ISBN registration and distribution assistance. The site lists an on-domain email and Irish phone number, uses valid TLS, and shows no malware or phishing detections. The main commercial CTA is a 'PUBLISH MY BOOK' button leading to a free consultation.
09 · Community
Community
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