Verify your domain owner email so your domain is not suspended

What happens if you do not

A domain that is not verified within 15 days is suspended by the registrar. A suspended domain stops working: the website does not load and email to the domain does not arrive. It is still yours, and verifying it brings it back, but for a business that is a bad day to discover it.

What to look for

• The message is about verifying your contact details for the domain name, and goes to the owner email address you gave when you registered.
• The sender can be the registrar behind SKAVON rather than SKAVON itself.
• Check spam and promotions folders. If the owner address is on the domain you just registered, and email for that domain is not set up yet, the message cannot arrive: change the owner email to an address you can read now.

If you cannot find it

Open My domains in your dashboard. A domain that still needs verification shows a "Verify email" badge; open it and press "Send the email again". You can ask once every ten minutes.

If the email address is wrong

Update the owner contact on the domain's page in your dashboard. A changed owner email starts a new verification, so the link goes to the new address.

Do this early

SKAVON reads the state from the registrar and emails you when verification is pending, with reminders as the 15 days run down, and tells you at once if a domain is suspended. The simplest way to avoid all of it is to click the link on the day you register.

A different check for .in

.in domains also have the registry's identity verification through DigiLocker. It is a separate step; the guide on .in or .com explains it.