Domain email
You confirm an address on your organization’s domain with a six-digit code. It is immediate and it is the normal route. We do not accept personal addresses: a Gmail address says nothing about a company.
How verification works
Verified means one specific thing: we confirmed the organization controls its domain. It is not a judgment of quality.
Why it exists
Anyone can type a company name into a form. Without a check, somebody could register an organization that is not theirs, invite people to an address they do not own, and ask us to read pages they do not control. Verification is what separates a typed name from a real organization.
The two ways to prove it
DNS record
If your work address is on a different domain — which happens with groups, agencies and universities running separate mail — you can publish a TXT record we give you. It is slower and needs DNS access, which is exactly the proof.
What verifying opens
- Your organization appears in the public listing and in results.
- You can publish events.
- You can invite your team.
- If you authorized a page, that is when we begin reading it.
Before verifying you can register your organization and work on drafts. What you cannot do is put it in front of the public.
What it does NOT mean
- It is not a quality mark or a recommendation.
- It says nothing about whether somewhere is good to work or study.
- It does not verify certifications, figures or achievements you publish.
- It is not permanent: if an organization is suspended, it closes.
Verifying is not authorizing
These are two different things and we store them separately. Verifying proves you control the domain. Authorizing is telling us explicitly which pages we may read. We never read a page you have not pointed us at, even on your verified domain.