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On AboutUs since 2006 · last checked Oct 23, 2026.
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AboutUs record
AboutUs wiki pageAboutUs wiki pageJun 19, 2006 – Mar 29, 2014An AboutUs wiki page described abebooks.de from Jun 19, 2006 to Mar 29, 2014 (11 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023Said about itself in 2006Jul 1, 2006“Abebooks Europe ist Teil des weltweit größten Internet-Marktplatzes für neue, gebrauchte, antiquarische und vergriffene Bücher. Das Unternehmen ist seit Oktober 2001 eine Tochter der kanadischen Plattform Abebooks.com (…”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006
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Certificate
AmazonAmazonJun 30, 2025 – Nov 7, 2026 (latest)Amazon issued 39 certificates for abebooks.de from Jun 30, 2025, the latest valid until May 22, 2027. Seen in use on Oct 23, 2026.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader); TLS check, Oct 23, 2026
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Jun 19, 2006 – Mar 29, 2014AboutUs record: An AboutUs wiki page described abebooks.de from Jun 19, 2006 to Mar 29, 2014 (11 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023
Jul 1, 2006AboutUs record: “Abebooks Europe ist Teil des weltweit größten Internet-Marktplatzes für neue, gebrauchte, antiquarische und vergriffene Bücher. Das Unternehmen ist seit Oktober 2001 eine Tochter der kanadischen Plattform Abebooks.com (…”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006
Jun 30, 2025 – Nov 7, 2026Certificate: Amazon issued 39 certificates for abebooks.de from Jun 30, 2025, the latest valid until May 22, 2027. Seen in use on Oct 23, 2026.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader); TLS check, Oct 23, 2026
Jun 19, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026AboutUs record: Authority and Safety last refreshed Aug 20, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Current AboutUs recordJun 19, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026 (latest)Authority and Safety last refreshed Aug 20, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
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AbeBooks.de sells books a wide range of books of all categories in Germany
AbeBooks.de is an online marketplace that sells new, used, antiquarian, and out-of-print books across all categories in Germany, offering approximately 110 million titles from thousands of independent sellers worldwide.
We withhold an authority number until independent evidence (global rank, link-graph presence) has accrued. The facts we do have about this site are shown below — we'd rather say “not enough signals yet” than invent a low score.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 78 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 78 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
What abebooks.de said about itself, 2006
Quoted from the site's AboutUs wiki page in each year it changed (1 version). These are the page's own words at the time, not AboutUs's assessment. New words · dropped words
2006
Abebooks Europe ist Teil des weltweit größten Internet-Marktplatzes für neue, gebrauchte, antiquarische und vergriffene Bücher. Das Unternehmen ist seit Oktober 2001 eine Tochter der kanadischen Plattform Abebooks.com (Abebooks Inc.) und wurde unter dem Namen JustBooks.de im September 1999 gegründet. Abebooks.com, der Online-Pionier im antiquarischen Buchhandel, ist seit 1996 im Internet aktiv.
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2014 record.
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 19, 2006); profile edited 11 times through 2014.
2014
Self-description at the time:
“AbeBooks.de sells books a wide range of books of all categories in Germany”