Lightsite.ai - Not Recommended!
How this Israeli firm uses bait‑and‑switch email tactics, fake “free scans” that lead straight to a payment page, and Trustpilot reviews from brand‑new accounts.
At a glance
How this Israeli firm uses bait‑and‑switch email tactics, fake “free scans” that lead straight to a payment page, and Trustpilot reviews from brand‑new accounts.
BEWARE OF LIGHTSITE.AI PLEASE, THANK YOU
Original email received from LightSite AI — verbatim as sent to victims:
Trustpilot mirage: brand‑new accounts & suspicious patterns
Here are the TrustPilot reviews — of course they look legitimate at first glance, but unfortunately all the people who have reviewed it are new TrustPilot accounts with former 1 or 4 reviews. Dozens of 5‑star ratings come from profiles created on the exact same day the review was posted, with zero prior activity. That is a textbook fake‑review or incentivized‑review pattern.
Independent check of https://www.trustpilot.com/review/lightsite.ai shows unverified identities, generic templated praise (“LightSite AI has been the first platform we tried that really covers the full GEO picture”) and a striking absence of detailed, verifiable user experiences. Trustpilot itself warns about such behaviors, yet LightSite.ai’s page remains filled with these low‑credibility testimonials.
Israeli firm with hidden ownership & unfunded startup status
Corporate records and the Trustpilot page list the physical address as Hamesila 19, 4738499, Herzliya, Israel (+972-54-696-5535). The domain lightsite.ai was registered on January 1, 2025 through GoDaddy with privacy protection hiding the registrant. The company is described as an unfunded startup with 11–50 employees, no known VC backing, and a single founder figure (Stas Levitan).
The combination of hidden ownership, a brand‑new domain, zero outside funding, aggressive cold email campaigns, and a business model that gates “free scans” behind a paywall signals extremely high risk. Multiple third‑party complaint sites contain warnings from real users: “Stay away from this company as far as you can. It’s a scam. Their product is of poor quality and the customer service is even poorer. The return is impossible. Dreadful experience. Never again!”
The bait‑and‑switch funnel: no free value, only checkout
LightSite.ai’s website offers what appears to be a “Generative Engine Optimization Checker” and other supposedly free audit tools. However, the moment you try to use them without a paid account, you are redirected to a payment page. The email promise of “checks your live website for AI search issues” is a lie — no actionable insights are provided upfront. Instead, prospects are funneled directly into a pricing page, often with no way to review findings before payment. This is not legitimate marketing; it’s deceptive conversion manipulation.
The email itself includes the line “When the agent finds something” but then goes silent — because there is no agent. The only “something” found is your credit card details.
What you should do right now
- Do not enter payment information — users report impossible refunds and unresponsive support.
- Check the Trustpilot link yourself: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/lightsite.ai — pay attention to account creation dates and one‑review wonder profiles.
- If you received the same deceptive email, report it as phishing to your email provider and leave a factual, honest review on independent platforms (not just Trustpilot).
- Warn your professional network: the “free AI scan” is nothing but a payment page.
Disclaimer
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Original source reference: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/lightsite.ai — all observations detailed above. This article reproduces the exact email language, the redirect‑to‑payment discovery, and the analysis of brand‑new Trustpilot accounts associated with this start up
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