Smart Verification (Instant Email Match)

How Smart Verification works — instant domain verification when your account email matches the domain you're adding.

Overview

Smart Verification is the fastest way to verify domain ownership. If your verified account email address matches the domain you're adding, the domain is verified instantly — no DNS records, file uploads, or verification codes required.

How It Works

When you add a domain in Dashboard → Settings, Verusight automatically checks your account email:

You add company.com as a new domain
The system detects that your account email is [email protected]
Since the email domain matches and your email is verified, the domain is immediately marked as verified
You see a success message: "Domain company.com verified instantly via email match!"

The entire process takes less than a second.

Requirements

All three conditions must be met for Smart Verification to work:

Your account email must be verified — check for the email verification banner on your dashboard. If you see the banner, verify your email first.
The domain portion of your email must exactly match the domain you're adding. For example:
- ✅ Email [email protected] → adding acme.com → match
- ❌ Email [email protected] → adding acme.com → no match (subdomain)
- ❌ Email [email protected] → adding acme.com → no match
The domain must not be a restricted type (see below)

Restricted Domain Types

For security reasons, Smart Verification is not available for certain domain types that could be shared across many organizations:

.edu domains (educational institutions)
.gov domains (government agencies)
.mil domains (military organizations)
.ac domains (academic institutions)

If you need to verify one of these domain types, use DNS TXT Verification or File Upload Verification instead.

Troubleshooting

Error Message	Cause	Solution
"Smart verification is not available for this domain type"	The domain is `.edu`, `.gov`, `.mil`, or `.ac`	Use DNS or file verification
"Please verify your email address first"	Your account email hasn't been verified	Check your inbox for the verification email, or request a new one from Settings
"Email domain does not match"	Your account email domain doesn't match the domain you're adding	Use Email Code, DNS, or File verification

Email Code Verification — verify using a 6-digit code sent to a domain email
DNS TXT Verification — verify by adding a DNS record
File Upload Verification — verify by placing a file on your web server

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