Hokashoes.shop is an e-commerce footwear site. The HOKA Shoes Shop product line includes a variety of women’s and men’s shoes. Another website associated with the vendor is Hokashoes.com.
About HOKA
The About Us page does not provide significant information that could be utilized for validation purposes. The Contact Us page provides the address, 9608 South Oak Drive, Satellite Beach, FL 32937. According to Google Maps, there is no such address. A Google search connects the address to HOKA.
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If you look at the Google Maps image provided below, you will see there is no commercial or residential property for 9608 South Oak Drive in Satellite Beach, Florida.
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HOKA utilizes a Michigan area code – (313) 466-4965.
HOKA Return Address
HOKA utilizes a return in Texas – 10500 Fountain Lake Dr., Stafford, TX 77477. The address is an apartment complex known as the Reserve at Fountain Lake: Fountain Lake Apartments. (reserveatfountainlake.com)
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HOKA utilizes a Michigan area code, Texas return address, and Florida business address.
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Domain Information
The domain was registered on September 22, 2021. The second website was registered on October 22, 2009. The registrant is filed as Deckers Outdoor Corporation in California.
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Deckers Outdoor Corporation, DBA Deckers Brands, is a shoe designer in Goleta, California. The business was established by Karl F. Lopker and Dough Otto in 1973. Deckers Brands is a publically-traded company. The CEO is Dave Powers.
UGG, Teva, Sanuk, and KOOLABURRA By UGG are all HOKA brands.
Heavily Discounted Prices
Hokashoes.shop prices are heavily discounted. For example, the HOKA Women’s Clifton 8 is originally priced at $140. The HOKAshoes.shop price is $78, which equals a $62-discount.
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Favicon Uniqueness
The vendor has not done a very good job replicating the official HOKA favicon. Look at the images below and see if you can tell which is legit. The official HOKA favicon is a solid blue, the Hokashoes.shop favicon is a bit messy, an “H” surrounded by white.
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation Business Validation
A business search via the California Secretary of State website validates Deckers Outdoor Corporation as a Delaware Foreign Stock. The filing provides the business address as 250 Coromar Dr., Goleta, CA 93117.
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Hokashoes.shop Business Verification
A business search via the Florida Sunbiz.org website did not validate Hokashoes.shop as a registered business.
Afterword – hokashoes.shop scam
Is Hokashoes.shop a scam. Yes, the vendor did a poor job replicating the official HOKA website. The heavily discounted prices are a red flag, as well as the poorly replicated HOKA favicon. It is important to note these differences when conducting a comparison of official and unofficial websites.
The official domain is registered to Deckers Outdoor Corporation, a registered company in California. Hokashoes.shop is not a registered business in Texas or Florida.
The vendor utilizes a physical address that is not valid and a residential return shipping address. It is unclear why the vendor is utilizing an apartment complex as a return address and a fake physical address.
Jay Skelton is an independent crime journalist with a passion for covering the uncovered and the under covered.
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This site has the same address as the website you list.
I figured this was a fake site, as the prices are wayyyy too low. I will be calling the Hoka Shoe Co to give them a heads up. Thanks for your article one hokashoes shop.
Thanks for sharing!
Yep, the site is definitely a scam ! I did contact Hoka about the site. Also advised Paypal that they are using them for payments.
PayPal doesn’t care as long as it is making a profit! Thanks for sharing.
Paypal continues to be used as a form of payment for this scam. I notified them too 4.2.22
PayPal is out for money, not protecting consumers.
Anyone scammed can send a complaint to complaince @ domain com
wish i would;ve seen this before ipurchased on 4/9. And yes, PayPal has done nothing. I am so mad! Will paypal give me my money back??
If PayPal has denied your claim, go to BBB. The process of filing a BBB complaint takes 10 minutes, tops. PayPal generally doesn’t fight BBB complaints. Good luck!