SiteScano visited sellvia.com the way a first-time visitor would: the landing page, the sign-up form, the pricing page, the contact page, the footer and the full Terms of Use. Sellvia is a registered US business with a published address, a working support desk and a genuine listing on a well-known growth ranking, and nothing below suggests the service does not exist. What the walk shows is a gap between how the offer is presented and how it is priced, and a marketing layer that asks for a lot of attention before a visitor has read anything. Each step is illustrated with what was on screen.
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1
Arrival
Five overlays before the page itself
The first thing on screen is not the website but a full-screen modal with a promo video and a "Claim my free store" button. Close it and three more elements stay fixed over the page: a sticky bottom banner with a presenter photo and a "Claim my store for $0" link, a promo card in the corner with a spinning dollar counter labelled "business value" and the message "Buyers in your store 24/7", and a chat bubble. A thin bar above the header adds a fifth prompt. Inner pages such as the pricing and terms pages open with the same modal and then show a slide-in panel repeating the offer. None of this is deceptive on its own; it does mean a visitor has to dismiss several things before reading, and the corner card's counter (which reads "$74,969" and keeps rolling) is a number without a stated basis.
OVERLAY 1Full-screen modal with videoOVERLAY 2Sticky bottom bannerOVERLAY 3Corner card with rolling counterOVERLAY 4Top bar above the headerOVERLAY 5Chat bubble
What loads first: a modal covering the whole page, before any content is visible. 
After closing the modal: the bottom banner, the corner card and the chat bubble remain fixed over the page. -
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The "free" store
"$0 your price today" is a 14-day trial of a $39-a-month plan
The homepage sets a "$1,199 store value" beside "$0 your price today" and repeats "free" in the header, the modal, the banner and the buttons. The pricing page, linked only from the footer, explains what that means: the store comes with a Sellvia PRO subscription, Basic at $39 a month, which starts billing automatically when the 14-day trial ends and renews monthly until cancelled. A card is required at sign-up for that reason. The two higher plans, $99 and $299, cannot be chosen at all until three consecutive months have been paid, which sits oddly beside "no contracts and no long-term commitment". The terms add that cancelling the subscription also removes the free store. So the offer is real, but the accurate description is a free trial, and the $1,199 figure is the seller's own valuation with no basis shown.
Homepage: the "store value" and the "price today" side by side. 
Pricing page: the subscription behind the free store, and the three-month gate on the higher plans. -
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Pricing page
A long fee schedule, on a page hidden from search engines
Below the plan table, under "Fees and charges", the pricing page lists what is charged on top of the subscription once a store starts selling: a 9% processing fee and a 19% service fee on transactions, an 8% adjustment for orders from outside the United States, a product cost of 40 to 60% of the catalogue retail price on physical goods, an order service fee of 10 to 18%, a 15% fee for automatic order approval, a 28% fee on advertising credits, and a $4.50 identity-verification charge per attempt that is not refunded even if the check fails. The page says it is a convenience summary and that the Terms of Use prevail where they differ. Its code also carries a
noindex, nofollowinstruction, so the one page that prices the service will not surface in a search for Sellvia pricing. All of this is disclosed, but it is not the impression created by "you need no money to start".
The fee schedule as published on the pricing page, 25 September 2026. Highlights added by SiteScano. -
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Sign-up form
Phone number first, and both consent boxes already ticked
"Get your free store now" is a two-step form. Step one asks for an email address and a phone number; the phone field is marked as required before anything about the service has been shown. Beneath the button, two checkboxes are pre-ticked: one agreeing to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, the other agreeing to receive automated texts and emails about deals and promotions. Consent that is on by default is legal in some places and not in others, and it is a design choice a visitor should notice, because the number they enter here is the one the marketing messages go to.
Step 1 of 2 as it loads: phone required, marketing consent pre-selected. -
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Social proof
Big numbers and big logos that do not quite say what they seem to
The homepage states that Sellvia has helped 1,500,000+ people start a business, with no source, and shows three review scores from platforms the company has chosen to display. Below that, a "Featured on" strip carries the logos of Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., AP, Benzinga and Yahoo. Following the links behind them: the Forbes logo opens a paid-membership council profile for the company's marketing director, the Entrepreneur logo opens a contributor author page, and the AP and Yahoo items are press releases distributed through a newswire. The Inc. placement is different: the company does appear on that magazine's 2026 list of fast-growing US firms, which is a real, checkable ranking. An awards section adds a gold trophy from a creative-awards competition that businesses enter for a fee. None of this is fabricated; it is the difference between coverage and self-published material, which the logo wall does not draw.
The headline figure and the review scores the company chooses to show. 
The logo wall. Most links lead to press releases or contributor profiles; the Inc. listing is a genuine ranking. -
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Product claims
Three different catalogue sizes on one site
The products panel is headed "500,000+ products people search for", and its own statistics row, a few lines down, says "60+ Products". The navigation menu offers "access our 100K+ product base", and the pricing page caps the Basic plan at 5,000 products. The same panel promises 60 to 70% profit margins and an average product value of $32, while the Terms of Use state that any estimates or illustrative figures on the site do not guarantee that a partner will receive anything similar. The numbers may each be true of something, but a visitor cannot tell which applies to the store they are being offered.
One panel, two catalogue sizes. The menu and pricing page give two more. -
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Company and support
A named company and address; email and forms for support
The footer names the operator as Sunshine Ecommerce LLC, doing business as Sellvia LLC, with an office suite address in Irvine, California, and a support email. That is more than many sites in this category publish, and it is what makes the company traceable. Two things to note alongside it. The trading name and the legal name differ, so a card statement, a complaint or a company search needs the legal one. And despite "24/7 support" and a "dedicated manager" in the marketing, the only contact routes are the email address, an on-site form and the chat bubble; no phone number appears anywhere on the site. The footer disclaimer also states that products come from third-party suppliers and that Sellvia does not verify their intellectual-property status, which places that risk on the store owner.
Footer: the disclaimer and the legal entity behind the brand. 
Contact page: address and email. No phone line. -
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Terms of Use
About 25,800 words, with the important parts in the middle
The Terms of Use run to roughly 25,800 words across 30 numbered sections, which is longer than most novellas. The parts a new customer will care about: refunds cover only the most recent subscription payment and only if requested within 30 days, earlier months are not returned, and any extra services, including those ordered with the free store, cannot be refunded once started. The "commission" that the dashboard and marketing refer to is defined as a Sellvia-funded promotional incentive rather than earnings, with unredeemed balances forfeited after a notice period, and the document states plainly that projections and illustrative figures do not guarantee any result. The "bonus Amazon business" shown with an Amazon logo on the homepage is described in the terms as importing catalogue products into a seller account the customer opens with Amazon, inside a specific package. All of it is available to read; it is simply a long way from the headline.
What stands out in the Terms of Use, as published on 25 September 2026. Highlights added by SiteScano.
What the site says, and what we found
Each promise made to a visitor on the homepage, checked against the rest of the site and its own documents.
| The site says | What we found |
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| "Start your online business for FREE" · "$0 your price today" | !A 14-day trial of a $39-a-month subscription that renews automatically. A card is required at sign-up and the store is removed if the subscription stops. |
| "No risk, no contracts, and no long-term commitment" | !Monthly billing can be cancelled, but the two higher plans require three consecutive paid months first, and refunds cover only the latest payment within 30 days. |
| "You need no money to start" | !Once a store sells, platform fees of 9% and 19%, product costs of 40–60% of retail, order fees of 10–18% and further charges apply, listed on a pricing page marked not to be indexed. |
| "Bonus Amazon business" (with the Amazon logo) | !Described in the terms as importing products into an Amazon seller account the customer opens themselves, within a specific package. Not an Amazon partnership. |
| "We have helped 1,500,000+ people" | !No source or definition given anywhere on the site. |
| "Featured on" Forbes, Entrepreneur, AP, Yahoo | !Links lead to a paid council profile, a contributor page and newswire press releases. The Inc. ranking is genuine. |
| "500,000+ products" · "60–70% profit margins" | !The same panel says 60+ products; the menu says 100K+; the Basic plan allows 5,000. The terms state that figures are illustrative and not guaranteed. |
| "24/7 support" · "Dedicated manager" | !Email, web form and chat only. No phone number on any page. |
| Company details in the footer | ✓Legal entity, trading name, office address and support email are all published. |
| "Cancel anytime" | ✓Cancellation is available from the account area, and the terms promise a reminder email three days before the trial ends. |
| "SSL encrypted checkout built in" | ✓The site and its account pages load over a secure connection. |
Why this matters
Sellvia is not a phantom operation: there is a company, an address, a support desk and a product that people do use. The caution is about the distance between the front door and the price list. A visitor is asked to hand over a phone number and a card on the strength of "free", "$0" and "no money to start", while the subscription, the percentage fees, the three-month gate on upgrades, the narrow refund window and the definition of "commission" sit on a hidden pricing page and deep inside a 25,000-word document. Anyone considering the offer should read the fee schedule and the refund clause first, untick the marketing consent if they do not want texts, set a reminder for day 13 of the trial, and treat every figure on the homepage as a marketing claim until they have seen it in the terms.