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takealot.com

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96OF 100
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In its own wordsLooks like: Company or service siteTakealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online storeSouth Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty & more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.
PopularityTop 10KBuilt withNext.js, React, Tailwind CSS20 technologies foundTrust signalsCouldn’t check the pageDomain registered 15 years agoBuilt with AI? None foundNo traces found

takealot.com looks like a company or service site, is ranked in the top 10,000 sites and was registered in 2011. It is built with Next.js, React and Tailwind CSS; we found no traces of an AI site builder.

The page shows little text before its JavaScript runs, so we also read its own scripts (/517be7a04414f7b1283fc53052939f84a1ba8ffa/_next/static/chunks/1l8v8qujot3m5.js, /517be7a04414f7b1283fc53052939f84a1ba8ffa/_next/static/chunks/2s1y-_ioon9vw.js) for traces.

Popularity

Website Traffic Checker

Among the top 10K sites.

A popularity band, not a visit count.

Tranco: #5,792 · Chrome UX Report: Top 5,000 · Majestic Million: #26,856

Each list, with its date
SourceSaysAs of
TrancoA research ranking that combines several traffic and link sources, published daily.#5,792list of 7 Oct 2026
Chrome UX ReportRank buckets from Google’s real Chrome traffic, published monthly.Top 5,000Aug 2026
Majestic MillionRanks sites by how many separate networks link to them (links, not visits), published daily. CC BY 3.0#26,856list of 8 Oct 2026

Technology

Tech Stack Checker

Built with Next.js, React and Tailwind CSS and 1 more.

  • Next.jsFrameworkShow evidenceHide evidence
    Evidence · page source, line 1
    <script src="/517be7a04414f7b1283fc53052939f84a1ba8ffa/_next/static/chunks/1l8v8qujot3m5.js">
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    Evidence · script /517be7a04414f7b1283fc53052939f84a1ba8ffa/_next/static/chunks/2s1y-_ioon9vw.js
    ….client.reference"),G=Array.isArray,$=l.__CLIENT_INTERNALS_DO_NOT_USE_OR_WARN_USERS_THEY_CANNOT_UPGRADE,Y=i.__DOM_INTERNALS_DO_NOT_USE_OR_WARN_…
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  • Tailwind CSSCSS frameworkShow evidenceHide evidence
    Evidence · stylesheet /517be7a04414f7b1283fc53052939f84a1ba8ffa/_next/static/chunks/2vkzbgijjb2un.css
    …rgb(from red r g b)))){*,:before,:after{--tw-translate-x:0;--tw-translate-y:0;--tw-translate-z…
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    Evidence · response header
    x-envoy-upstream-service-time: 5
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Everything else it uses (16)

Around it: CDN, Security, DNS, Email and more.

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Trust signals

Website Trust Checker

We couldn’t read the page; outside records are below.

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

  • Domain registered1 Jun 2011, 15 years agoNoted
  • HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
  • Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNoted
Every signal we looked at

On the site

  • Contact pageThe page shows little text before its JavaScript runsCouldn’t check
  • About pageThe page shows little text before its JavaScript runsCouldn’t check
  • Privacy policyThe page shows little text before its JavaScript runsCouldn’t check
  • TermsThe page shows little text before its JavaScript runsCouldn’t check
  • Refund or returns policyThe page shows little text before its JavaScript runsCouldn’t check
  • Contact detailsThe page shows little text before its JavaScript runsCouldn’t check
  • Company detailsThe page shows little text before its JavaScript runsCouldn’t check
  • Payment providersThe page shows little text before its JavaScript runsCouldn’t check
  • TrackersThe page shows little text before its JavaScript runsCouldn’t check

Behind the site

  • Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNotedCloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filter
  • Domain registered1 Jun 2011, 15 years agoNoteddomain registry
  • HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
  • Protective settings3 of 6 in placePartly
  • Email protectionPartly protected against forged emailPartlyDNS records

A second opinion on its security setup: Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory grades the site when you open it. Ten checks before you buy · A signal looks wrong? Report it

What it is

Website Summary

Looks like: Company or service site.

In its own wordsTakealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online storeSouth Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty &amp; more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.

Our reading of the page, medium confidence.

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Exhibit 1 · Wikidata
Q54460012: Takealot.com, business
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Who is behind it

  • WikidataTakealot.com

Wikidata: Based in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Exhibit 1 · Wikidata
Q54460012: Takealot.com
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Each name is quoted from its source. A brand and the company that owns it often go by different names.

More about it: Wikidata, profiles, AI use, page facts

In Wikidata

  • Takealot.com: South African e-commerce company · business · since 2010

Wikidata, the free knowledge base behind Wikipedia, lists this domain as the official website of this item. Volunteers write it; each item shows its sources.

AI use

  • AI training: doesn’t ask AI training crawlers to stay away.
  • AI assistants: may read it for the people who ask them.

What its robots.txt and robots tags ask of AI crawlers. Each crawler chooses whether to follow it.

Site name
Takealot.com
Language
English (en)
What it tells search engines
None

Read from what the page says about itself; we haven’t checked whether it’s true.

Built with AI?

AI Website Detector

No AI builder traces found.

Coding tools such as Cursor leave no traces, so this doesn’t mean a person made it.

AI traces: None found

How we know

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Score breakdown

Site Score

96 of 100: strong trust signals.

How established and checkable it is; AI traces carry no weight.

96OF 100
Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines7 / 10

Scored on the parts we could check.

Why each part scored what it did
Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25domain registered 15 years ago
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20Top 10K in a popularity list
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15loads over HTTPS · sends visitors to HTTPS · always uses HTTPS · protective settings
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines7 / 10site name matches the domain · describes itself · doesn’t tell search engines what it is

A high score isn’t a promise that a business is honest. How the score works.

Domain history

Domain History

Registered in 2011; first archived in 2011.

  1. Domain registeredRDAP
  2. First certificate issuedCertificate Transparency
  3. First captured by the web archiveInternet Archive
  4. This scanCheckAnySite

In the web archive: captured in 16 of 16 years · see the first capture

  1. 2011: captured
  2. 2012: captured
  3. 2013: captured
  4. 2014: captured
  5. 2015: captured
  6. 2016: captured
  7. 2017: captured
  8. 2018: captured
  9. 2019: captured
  10. 2020: captured
  11. 2021: captured
  12. 2022: captured
  13. 2023: captured
  14. 2024: captured
  15. 2025: captured
  16. 2026: captured
Changes, earlier scans and alerts
Since our previous scan
This is our first scan of the site.

How we scanned it

Only from what anyone can see: the site’s public pages and public records.

  • Politely. Our scanner, CheckAnySiteBot, says who it is and follows the site’s robots.txt.
  • With sources. Every fact above says where it came from and when.
  • Without guessing. When we couldn’t check something, we say so.
This scan, in numbers

925 checks on 16 Oct 2026, with version 0.5.0 of our checks and version 1.1 of the score.

How we work · What each version changed · About our scanner

Quick look

Built with AI?

None foundWe found no AI builder traces.

“None found” never means “made by a person”: coding assistants leave no traces.

All the evidence →

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How popular is it?

Top 10KBy the best of 3 public lists.

  • Tranco#5,792list of 7 Oct 2026
  • Chrome UX ReportTop 5,000Aug 2026
  • Majestic Million#26,856list of 8 Oct 2026

A popularity band, never a visit count.

The popularity section →

Related

Quick look

What is it built with?

Framework
Next.js, React
CSS framework
Tailwind CSS
Web server
Envoy

And 16 more around it (CDN, Security, DNS, Email), in the section.

Each with its evidence →

Related

Quick look

Which trust signals does it show?

On the site

  • Contact pageCouldn’t check
  • About pageCouldn’t check
  • Privacy policyCouldn’t check
  • TermsCouldn’t check
  • Refund or returns policyCouldn’t check
  • Contact detailsCouldn’t check
  • Company detailsCouldn’t check
  • Payment providersCouldn’t check
  • TrackersCouldn’t check

Behind the site

  • Security filterNoted
  • Domain registeredNoted
  • HTTPSFound
  • Security headersPartly
  • Software versionsNoted
  • NetworkNoted
  • Email setupPartly
  • First certificateNoted
  • DNSSECNot found
  • Certificate authoritiesNot found
  • Security contactFound

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

Every signal with its source →

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How does it add up?

96OF 100

Strong trust signals. An open formula (v1.1): every point comes from a finding above. AI traces carry no weight.

Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines7 / 10
Why each part scored what it did →

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Questions about takealot.com

What is takealot.com?

takealot.com describes itself: “South Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty &amp;…” It looks like a company or service site. See the evidence

How old is takealot.com?

Its domain was registered on 1 Jun 2011, 15 years ago. See the evidence

What is takealot.com built with?

It is built with Next.js, React and Tailwind CSS; we found 20 technologies in all. See the evidence

How popular is takealot.com?

It is among the top 10,000 sites, by Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Majestic Million. See the evidence

Was takealot.com made with AI?

We found no traces of an AI site builder. That doesn’t prove a person built it: AI coding assistants leave no traces. See the evidence

Who is behind takealot.com?

Wikidata names Takealot.com. See the evidence

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Automated findings from the site’s public home page and public records, as of 16 Oct 2026. They describe what we found, not the people or business behind the site, and they may be incomplete or out of date. This is information, not advice. Terms · Report an error

What this scan can’t tell you
  • Whether the business is real, honest or delivers what it sells.
  • Whether a site was made with AI when no traces were left: coding assistants and hand edits leave none.
  • How many people visit: we show popularity bands from public lists, not visits.
  • Anything beyond the home page as it was at the time of the scan.

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