What information is checked during the verification process?
- Security Check: fTLD will verify the Registrant Contact and Registrant Organization against government and restricted lists/blacklists.
- Registrant Organization Eligibility: fTLD will verify the Registrant Organization is eligible as defined in the Registrant Eligibility Policy. New Registrants should be prepared to provide applicable copies of confirming documentation such as Charters, Articles of Incorporation or Certifications of Formation, Licenses, and other forms of Regulatory Authorization, if requested.
- Registrant Organization Address: fTLD will verify the address is valid for the Registrant Organization. This is performed using government/regulatory authority resources or other qualified third-party references (e.g., Dun and Bradstreet).
- Registrant Contact Email Address: fTLD will verify the email address is valid for the Registrant Organization. This is performed using government/regulatory authority resources or other qualified third-party references (e.g., Dun and Bradstreet, Bloomberg).
- Name Selection: fTLD will verify the domain name(s) complies with the Name Selection Policy.
- Registrant Contact Employment and Authority: fTLD will verify the Registrant Contact is a full-time, non-contracting employee of the Registrant Organization and is authorized to request domain name(s) on its behalf. This confirmation, via email and/or telephone, must be made by a C-Suite employee (i.e., President, Chairman, CEO, CFO, CIO, CISO, CMO, COO or CTO) of the Registrant Organization.