What is a verified account or badged collection?

Account verification brings greater trust to the NFT ecosystem by helping the community identify authentic creators and content.

A blue checkmark badge on an account means that account has been verified for authenticity by OpenSea. 

A blue checkmark badge on a collection means the collection belongs to a verified account and has significant interest or sales.

You can learn more about account verification and collection badge eligibility below, and how to apply. 

 

Account Verification Eligibility

Since the goal of verification is to support a healthy ecosystem on OpenSea, not all accounts are eligible for verification.

Accounts that own collections with at least 100 ETH of volume sold (or equivalent in SOL) are eligible to apply for verification. We will be expanding eligible accounts soon. These accounts will see a banner on their account page directing them to apply for verification in their profile settings. They will also receive an email from OpenSea if they have a verified email address listed.

 

Account verification criteria 

Before you can apply for account verification, your account must have:

• A username
• A profile picture
• A verified email address
• A connected Twitter account

Here’s how to apply for account verification: 

1. Navigate to your Profile settings.
2. Find the Apply for verification heading at the top of the page.
3. Once you’ve completed your profile, click Submit request.

Our customer support team will review your request, and you’ll receive a response within seven days. You can also see the review decision in your profile settings. 

If your account is verified, your username, email address, and social connections fields in your profile will be locked for security purposes. You’ll need to contact our support team in order to make changes to a verified account profile.

Loss of verification

If you violate our Terms of Service or engage in conduct that would disqualify you from account verification eligibility, you could lose your verified status.

We reserve the right to decline to verify an account or remove verified status for any reason and without notice.

 

Badged Collections

Once your account is verified, any collection with at least 100 ETH of volume (or equivalent in SOL) will be eligible to be badged. 

Before you can submit your collection for review, it must have the following characteristics:

• A title
• A banner
• A logo image
• A connected Twitter account
• All collection items minted/revealed
• Certification by the collection creator that the work is original

Here’s how to apply for a badge:

1. Navigate to your collection page.
2. In the upper right corner, click the Pencil icon to edit your collection.
3. Scroll down to the Apply for a collection badge heading. 
4. Once all of the criteria are met, click Request badge.

Our customer support team will review your request, and you’ll receive a response within seven days. You can also see the review decision on the edit collection page. 

If a collection is reviewed by our customer support team and isn’t granted a badge, you’ll need to wait seven days before your collection will be eligible for another review.

We reserve the right to decline a collection badging request for any reason and remove the badge if the collection is not in line with our Terms of Service.

 

What does the badge look like? 

A collection with a badge will display "This collection belongs to a verified account and has significant interest or sales" when you hover the mouse over the blue checkmark.

When browsing the marketplace, you’ll also see a badge on any item from a badged collection.