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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-08-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001096934</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SITESTAR CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SYTE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001548841</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Arquitos Capital Partners, LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1865 PALMER AVE., SUITE 108</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LARCHMONT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10538</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-08-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>62500000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.048</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>67080260</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Notes</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <remarks>This Form 4 is being filed with respect to shares of the Issuer's Common Stock held by Arquitos Capital Partners, LP and Santa Monica Partners, L.P. Arquitos Capital Partners, LP acquired 20,833,333 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock in the Reported Transaction and following the Reported Transaction owns 25,413,593 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock. Santa Monica Partners, L.P. acquired 41,666,667 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock in the Reported Transaction and following the Reported Transaction owns 41,666,667 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock. Arquitos Capital Management, LLC acts as the general partner of Arquitos Capital Partners, LP, and Steven L. Kiel is the Managing Member of Arquitos Capital Management, LLC and is deemed to have beneficial ownership over the Issuer's Common Stock owned by Arquitos Capital Partners, LP. SMP Asset Management, LLC is the general partner of Santa Monica Partners, L.P., and Steven L. Kiel is an advisor of SMP Asset Management, LLC, and co-portfolio manager of Santa Monica Partners, L.P. and is deemed to have beneficial ownership over the Issuer's Common Stock owned by Santa Monica Partners, L.P. The address for both Arquitos Capital Partners, LP and Santa Monica Partners, L.P. is 1865 Palmer Ave., Suite 108, Larchmont, NY 10538.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Steven L. Kiel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-08-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
