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Domain Age
14 Years
Established
Location
Germany
Verified
Social
Not found
Security
3/4
passed
Reviews
Clean
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93/100Trust Score

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Best Cheap Merchant Account Services Comparison UK

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14 Years, 273 Days

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0
322 reviews
5 stars 227 (70.5%)
4 stars 64 (19.9%)
3 stars 16 (5.0%)
2 stars 9 (2.8%)
1 star 6 (1.9%)
0 stars 0 (0.0%)
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Text Sentiment Analysis: positive

Overall Text Sentiment Analysis

Based on written review content

0.68
POSITIVE
Flag of Germany
Germany
Server Location
0views
0
/ 100

Highly Trusted

Strong trust signals across all analysis dimensions. Established presence with verified credentials.

Domain Age
14 Years, 273 Days
Security
No SSL
Rating
5.0★
Country
DE

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14 Years, 273 Days

Executive Summary

93%
Trust Score
14 Years, 273 Days
Domain Age
Online
Status
de
Server Location
Established

Domain Information

Registered2012-02-06
Domain Age14 Years, 273 Days
CountryGermany
Status ● Active

Trust Verdict

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Domain Age
14 Years
Established
Location
Germany
Verified
Social
Not found
Security
3/4
passed
Reviews
Clean
No issues
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Website Details & Business Information

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Site Information

Title:Best Cheap Merchant Account Services Comparison UK
Description:Get an independent, and unbiased view of the UK's leading PDQ Machine, Merchant services and Merchant Accounts providers from Independent Merchant Services
Favicon: favicon
Categories:
Unknown

Key Statistics

Domain Age:14 Years, 273 Days
Domain Expires:Feb 6, 2016
Estimated Value:$540.12
Global Rank:6609671
Site Visitors:Low
Site Speed:Slow
Traffic Level:Moderate

Geographic Information

🇩🇪
Germany
0%
🇳🇱Netherlands0%
Based on numerous geographical data fragments

Business & Website Contact Information

OrganizationIndependent Merchant Services

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Phone
Business Address
Carlyle House, 78 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Bolton, BL1 4BY, GB
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Security Analysis

SSL & Certificates

SSL & Certificates

No SSL information available
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Trust Flags

Trust Analysis Flags

Risk Indicators
2
No Reviews
low
No Social Media Detected
low
Trust Indicators
0

No trust indicators found

Site hasn't accumulated trust signals yet

Reputation & Reviews

User Reviews & Ratings

322 reviews

Sentiment Metrics

Combined
Overall sentiment score (-1 to +1). Negative values indicate critical reviews, positive values indicate favorable reviews.
0.684
Negative
Average negative sentiment intensity. Higher values indicate more strongly negative reviews.
0.010
0.0%
Neutral
Average neutral sentiment. Reviews that are neither strongly positive nor negative.
0.668
Common
Positive
Average positive sentiment intensity. Higher values indicate more strongly positive reviews.
0.323
100.0%
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Keywords Analysis

PAYMENT ISSUES
Frequency3
3
Negative

Per-Source Sentiment Analysis

Trustpilot
322 reviews • 5.0 stars
0.68
Source-specific sentiment (-1 to +1). Calculated from 322 reviews with 5 average stars.
PAYMENT ISSUES (3) 
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Trustpilot
Trustpilot

322 reviews

The 322 reviews of independentmerchantservices.co.uk look mainly positive. If you want to read more about independentmerchantservices.co.uk then please headover to the Trustpilot website.
Text Sentiment Analysis positive
TrustpilotTrustpilot
5.0
Technical Analysis

Technology Stack

No Technologies Detected

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DNS & Hosting

Server Information

Server IP Address:217.160.0.60
Server Location:
Germany
Coordinates:51.0000, 9.0000
Server Location:
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Network Infrastructure

Performance Metrics
Site Speed:Slow
Server Status:Online
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Domain Registration (WHOIS)

Domain Details

Domain Extension:.co.uk
Domain's Age:14 Years, 273 Days
Created Date:Feb 6, 2012 12:00 AM
Expires On:Feb 6, 2016 12:00 AM

Domain Registrar

Domain Registrar:
1 & 1 Internet AG
[Germany]
Registrar's Address:https://www.1and1.co.uk
Registrar's IP:217.160.86.46
Registrar's Whois:whois.nic.uk

Domain WHOIS Information

Privacy Protection Notice

Most modern domain registrations use privacy protection services. Contact details may be redacted or replaced with privacy service information to protect registrant identity.

Name:Roger Milne

Administrative contact information is not available or protected by privacy services

Technical contact information is not available or protected by privacy services

Domain's Name Servers 4 servers

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ns-uk.1and1-dns.org
217.160.83.3
Germany
"1&1 Internet AG"
ns-uk.1and1-dns.biz
217.160.81.3
Germany
"1&1 Internet AG"
ns-uk.1and1-dns.co.uk
217.160.80.3
Germany
"1&1 Internet AG"
ns-uk.1and1-dns.com
217.160.82.3
Germany
"1&1 Internet AG"
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Advanced Analysis

No Advanced Data Found

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Data & Analytics

Web Presence & SEO

Rankings & Traffic

Current Global Rank:#6,609,671
Low
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    "pageRank": "0",
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Website Key Dates & Timeline

Event Categories

Domain & Core
2
Social & Reviews
2
Technical Events
2

Interactive Timeline

Domain Created

February 6, 2012

Domain
Domain Expires

February 6, 2016

Domain
First Review

December 6, 2024

Social
Latest Review

August 11, 2025

Social
Last Updated

October 20, 2025

Technical
First Analyzed

December 30, 2025

Technical
Total Events
2
Domain
0
Archive
2
Social

Website Changes (Wayback Machine)

No Historical Data Available

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