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Security report for bigcartel.com

Big Cartel · E-commerce · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

69/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

Big Cartel is a specialized e-commerce platform designed to empower artists and small businesses to create and manage their online stores with ease. The platform offers a range of customizable templates, product management tools, and payment integrations to facilitate quick store setup and scaling. Positioned as a niche player in the e-commerce market, Big Cartel focuses on simplicity and community engagement, catering primarily to creative entrepreneurs. Technically, the website leverages modern web technologies including Next.js and React, ensuring fast performance, mobile responsiveness, and good SEO practices. The infrastructure appears robust with optimized images and efficient loading strategies. However, the absence of explicit privacy and cookie policies on the accessible content suggests room for improvement in compliance and transparency. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and modern frameworks, but lacks visible security headers and formal incident response contacts. The WHOIS data is notably absent, which raises questions about domain registration transparency despite the professional appearance and functionality of the site. Tracking and analytics are extensively used, indicating a moderate to extensive user tracking level. Overall, Big Cartel presents a professional and trustworthy front for its target audience but should enhance its privacy disclosures and domain registration transparency to improve trust and compliance. Strategic recommendations include publishing comprehensive privacy and cookie policies, adding security headers, and clarifying domain registration details.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

6 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
65
Security headers
30
Email security
88
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
69

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Big Cartel operates in the e-commerce sector with a focus on artists and small businesses, offering SaaS solutions for online store creation and management. Its competitive advantage lies in its niche targeting and ease of use, appealing to creatives who require minimal technical overhead. Revenue streams likely include subscription plans with tiered pricing, as indicated by the pricing section. The platform integrates with other marketplaces like Shopify and Etsy, enhancing its ecosystem. Growth indicators include a professional website with testimonials and a referral program. Partnerships with shops hosted on the platform demonstrate a community-driven approach. The business model emphasizes scalability from free to paid plans, supporting a wide range of store sizes.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and use of modern web frameworks. However, the lack of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options is a gap. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The absence of visible privacy policies and incident response contacts indicates compliance and readiness gaps. Extensive tracking scripts raise privacy considerations. The missing WHOIS data reduces domain trustworthiness. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a commercial website but could be improved by enhancing transparency, formalizing security policies, and implementing additional HTTP security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies prominently on the website.
  2. Implement and enforce security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Provide clear contact information for security incidents and data protection inquiries.
  4. Clarify domain registration details and ensure WHOIS data is accessible or justified if privacy protected.
  5. Review and minimize tracking scripts to enhance user privacy and compliance with GDPR.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Big Cartel
Description
Start your free online store & scale as you grow. Easily manage your e-commerce business. Join a community of artists & small businesses.
Key services
Online store setup, Product listing and management, Payment processing integration, Store customization templates
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Next.js, React, JavaScript, CSS, Web Fonts (woff2), Image optimization (Next.js Image component)
Frameworks
Next.js
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of modern JavaScript frameworks
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Microsoft Clarity, Google Analytics (via GTM), Amplitude
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Microsoft Clarity, Facebook Pixel, Reddit Pixel, Amplitude
Marketing tools
Amplitude, Referral Rock
Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Professional e-commerce platform targeting artists and small businesses
  2. Modern tech stack with Next.js and React
  3. Good mobile and SEO optimization
  4. Extensive use of tracking and analytics scripts
  5. No visible privacy or cookie policies in the provided content
  6. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content
  7. WHOIS data unavailable, raising some concerns about domain registration transparency
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using Next.js and React, indicating a modern and scalable front-end architecture. It uses optimized web fonts and image loading strategies for performance. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and good accessibility features. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and Open Graph data. No CMS was detected, suggesting a custom or headless approach. Hosting provider details are not explicit but likely cloud-based given the tech stack. Performance is fast with minimal blocking scripts. Technical risks include reliance on multiple third-party tracking and marketing scripts which could impact privacy and performance if not managed carefully.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 59/100Medium25 findingsView report
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