A lot of people are getting confused here, so I thought I’d offer a hand.
You will all have seen that due to recent scams going on on DigitalPoint Forums; you can now ‘Verify Domain Ownership’ when selling domains on the DigitalPoint Marketplace.
Whilst this sounds like a great idea, most people do not know about Total DNS control, or how to use it. Which isn’t surprising – it can be confusing if you’ve never used it before!
So here’s a walk-through for verifying your domain on DigitalPoint.
Firstly, you need to set up your sales thread for your domain. Be sure to enter your domain into the bidding system not just in your post otherwise you will not be able to verify your domain!
Once you have done this, view your sales thread. You will see on the right hand side of the bidding section of your thread, a line that says “Verfied Owner: No“. Click on it!
This will bring you to a page which says something like:
Add the following TXT record to your DNS configuration: digitalpoint-site-verify:ab12345cd12345ef12345gh12345
How many people does this make sense to? – Not many. Hence why nobody verifies!
So here’s what you do!
Go to your domain manager with whoever your domain registrar is. Find your total DNS control panel. This may be entitled MX control, or refer to C-Names, A-Names, MX management.
You should see a long list of names and values under different categories such as “A Names” “C Names” MX – Mail” etc.. Look for the one that is titled TXT.
You then want to click “Add TXT Record”
This is where most people get stuck. They don’t know where to put in the ‘code’ they got from digitalpoint!
Well here’s what you need to put in.
Name: @
Value: digitalpoint-site-verify:ab12345cd12345ef12345gh12345 (replaced with your actual DP verification)
TTL: Default (leave as it is)
And that’s it! Now go back to the screen where you were given the code by DP, and click Verify! It might take a few minutes (up to an hour actually but it wont take that long xD) to work..
If you need further assistance just leave a comment!
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Nice… never know that we are able to do that. Thanks for the information.
You’re very welcome
Selling a verified domain almost ALWAYS increases the sale price 
thanks……
this help me for my future sales !!!!
No problem! I think it is important people understand why and how to verify ownership over their domain when selling!
Digitalpoint has offered us a great feature that we should take full advantage of!
Awesome feedback, but what else could I expect from a great site like this? I’ve been looking around and I have to say you have alot of really interesting and informative entries just like this one thanks!
Hi there Tim!
Thanks a lot for the comment – the feedback means a lot to me (and I won’t lie, I do like the gratification I receive from comments like yours!).
Also, I just looked at your website (I always review the website people put in to check whether they’re just after a backlink to a dodgy site!) – and I like the idea you have going there.. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a freelancer type website with the aim to be for employing people to write content.. It’s great!
Maybe I’ll try out your service and give it a review, if you’d like? If you don’t mind, I’ll contact you at your given email address
(a side-note to anyone else reading, I have never and will never get anyone to write content on this blog – it is solely written by me!)
Thanks again!
Thanks, was really struggling with this. Find this post thru google
Agh! I’ve never actually sold a site or a domain name on Digital Point before but I’ve needed to do this for something else before but I’ve never actually had a clue on how to do it.
Thanks!
You’re welcome
Hmmm, I recently saw you on DP actually (GeekHang) – coincidence? I think not! xD Glad you followed my sig link!
Thanks for your comment!
Thanks. Didn’t know to put “@” as the name.
Thank you so much
I was kind of confused about how to verify.
You’re welcome
Glad to see people are making use of this guide!
If anyone needs customised guides for specific registrars, please say so! I will do a guide for each registrar if possible!
Chuckun
It would be nice if more sellers on DP followed this. I’m sometimes weary of buying sites off of DP.
Nice posting, I failed to find verified tips in DP. Looking for in Google, just found your article related with my keyword..
Need your help with “Once you have done this, view your sales thread.” Do you mean that I must click preview button firstly? Thanks for your kind help and nice to know you and your blog. Kind regards..
Hi Leo, apologies for the delay in my response, i’ve been away from home!
By “view your sales thread” I simply mean “go to the topic you just created in the marketplace” :p
My apologies for not being clear.
I hope you manage to verify your domain ownership
It’s a very handy feature that isn’t explained well enough by Shawn of DP..
Thanks,a good marketing tip to increase sale value!