Website reputation report

thecut.co

Last checked 1 hour ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

Public pages were observed on thecut.co, but their subject was not confidently classified. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include barbers, barber, barbershop.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

64/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History0 Infrastructure90 Website Security95 Security Hygiene60 Transparency55 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about thecut.co

Updated Oct 2, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on thecut.co. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: Empowering barbers since 2016. Building the world's largest barbershop platform at the intersection of style and grooming culture.

  • theCut | About UsEmpowering barbers since 2016. Building the world's largest barbershop platform at the intersection of style and grooming culture.
  • Shop Talk | The Blog for Barbers & Shop…Your go-to destination for barber trends, news, and culture. Grow your business, build your clientele, and master your…
  • theCut | Client FeaturesFind barbers, book appointments, and pay securely with theCut. Discover portfolios, earn rewards, and manage your cuts effortlessly,all…

Registrar and domain history

A reliable creation date was not returned by the registration lookup. The report leaves domain age unverified rather than guessing.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 13, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 64/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on thecut.co

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

theCut: Find & Book Barbers Near YouSearch barbers by service, photos, price & availability. Real ratings, real reviews from real people. Book haircuts in seconds. No long hours waiting. theCut | About UsEmpowering barbers since 2016. Building the world's largest barbershop platform at the intersection of style and grooming culture. Shop Talk | The Blog for Barbers & Shop OwnersYour go-to destination for barber trends, news, and culture. Grow your business, build your clientele, and master your craft with Shop Talk. theCut | Client FeaturesFind barbers, book appointments, and pay securely with theCut. Discover portfolios, earn rewards, and manage your cuts effortlessly—all in one app. theCut | Barber FeaturesManage your schedule, get paid with mobile pay, build client relationships, and grow your business. Discover all the features barbers need in one app. theCut | DownloadGet theCut app for iOS and Android. Book barbers, manage appointments, and grow your barbershop business. Download now via App Store or Google Play. theCut | CareersJoin theCut's team and help build the future of barbershop culture. Explore open positions with perks like unlimited PTO, tuition reimbursement, and more. theCut | ReviewsRead authentic reviews from 50,000+ barbers and clients using theCut. See real feedback from the App Store and Google Play about our barbershop management app. theCut | Brand Ambassador ProgramJoin theCut's Brand Ambassador Program. Represent craftsmanship, community leadership, and innovation in barbering culture. Apply or refer a barber today. theCut | New ReleasesDiscover the latest theCut features: personalized QR code booking links, barber reschedule tools, and a free tier with mobile payments and no-show protection.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on thecut.co

12 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

barbersTitle, H1, Meta description7 sampled pages
barberTitle, H1, Meta description6 sampled pages
barbershopH1, Meta description5 sampled pages
bookTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
featuresTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
cultureMeta description4 sampled pages
reviewsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
buildMeta description3 sampled pages
businessMeta description3 sampled pages
discoverMeta description3 sampled pages
growMeta description3 sampled pages
manageMeta description3 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

i

Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
0/100

Evidence is unavailable.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
90/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
60/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
55/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 15 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts15
Inline scripts17
Embedded frames1
External script hosts7

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainthecut.co
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address198.202.211.1
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNCloudflare
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://thecut.co/
Endpoint198.202.211.1
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFCloudflare · Not detected
DNS surface13 records · 2 nameservers · 5 mail exchangers
Protection signals3 security headers · 5 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size101,845 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observed1
Script resources15 · 7 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Google Trust Services, commonName=WE1
Valid fromSep 14, 2026
Valid untilDec 13, 2026
Certificate namesthecut.co

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A198.202.211.1TTL —
NSns61.domaincontrol.comTTL —
NSns62.domaincontrol.comTTL —
MX1 aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 aspmx2.googlemail.comTTL —
MX10 aspmx3.googlemail.comTTL —
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=DoXaCkA7iCh0_0yswuXC-JAkkK-XHgax1dTcFCvUP9kTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=PCRUPXS6_7sMnSSTfP0cX_TVIR2NsiL6bvgBWr_sJR0TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=vQn31B_CYrLZWphiRoXQbGig9ln1SZsCMjX-B5wO_hkTTL —
TXTklaviyo-site-verification=Sj3zCRTTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:spf.mailjet.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCMonitoring-only DMARC policy

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

3 observed
content-security-policypresent frame-ancestors 'self'
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed1
Missing Secure0
Missing HttpOnly0
Missing SameSite0

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Cloudflare 98% Google Analytics 94% Google Tag Manager 96% Intercom 94% jQuery 3.5.1 82%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

jQueryConfirm the observed jQuery version is supported by your application and update it through your normal dependency process.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Empowering barbers since 2016. Building the world's largest barbershop platform at the intersection of style and grooming culture.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailcareers@thecut.coSource: https://thecut.co/careers

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titletheCut: Find & Book Barbers Near You
First headingFind a barber near you.
DescriptionSearch barbers by service, photos, price & availability. Real ratings, real reviews from real people. Book haircuts in seconds. No long hours waiting.
Canonical URLhttps://thecut.co
Final URLhttps://thecut.co/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesFAQPage · Question · WebPage
Page page detectedhttps://thecut.co/blogAbout page detectedhttps://thecut.co/about-us
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
5100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
13100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing httponly100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing samesite100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing secure100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has default src100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has object src100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe eval100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe inline100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp wildcard sources100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts include subdomains100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

0 recorded hops

No redirect hop was recorded for the sampled homepage.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

A comparison will appear after the next completed scan.

Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
quiet-anchor-field-732

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for thecut.co

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of thecut.co
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about thecut.co

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Is thecut.co safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 64/100 with 70% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on thecut.co?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was thecut.co registered?

The registry lookup did not provide a reliable creation date in this scan.

Did thecut.co have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does thecut.co describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.