Registering.
WHAT YOU NEED
An email address you monitor Your name and contact details
WHY CONTACT DETAILS MATTER
A domain transfer requires accurate details.
Incorrect details delay or prevent a transfer completing.
WHAT TO USE
Details matching how you will hold the domain.
For a business purchase, the business details.
WHAT TO SET UP IMMEDIATELY
A strong unique password Two-factor authentication, where available
WHY
An account that can buy and sell domains is worth protecting.
WHAT TO KEEP CURRENT
Your email address, above all.
Notices about bids, offers and transfers go there.
WHAT TO AVOID
An email address on a domain you might sell.
If that domain transfers away, you lose the address receiving your notifications.
WHAT TO CHECK
That marketplace mail reaches your inbox and not your spam folder.
Add the sending address to your contacts.