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Also, there are new versions of our iOS and Android apps available, you can select location, select multiple images, and some stability improvements.
User must verify email
The “User must verify email” option could be useful if you want to require users to verify their email addresses after registering.
Follow the steps above to require email verification:
Login to your Admin Panel.
Go to Settings -> General.
The user must verify the email.
Click Save.
Email verification in 2026: what it stops, what it doesn't, and the other sign-up controls
Requiring a verified email is still one of the simplest ways to keep throwaway accounts off a classifieds site, and the problem it addresses has grown. The US Federal Trade Commission said in March 2026 that consumers filed 3 million fraud reports in 2025 and reported losing $15.9 billion, up from 2.6 million reports and over $12 billion in 2024. Imposter scams were the most-reported type, with more than 1 million reports.
What verification does and doesn't do
- It does prove the person controls a working inbox, so buyers' messages and your own notifications reach a real person, and it stops scripts that sign up with made-up addresses.
- It doesn't prove who the person is. A scammer with a free webmail account passes. Use it as the first filter, together with moderation and the controls below.
- It only works if the email arrives. Since 1 February 2024, Gmail requires every sender to use SPF or DKIM, valid forward and reverse DNS and TLS, and to keep its spam rate below 0.3%. Senders of more than 5,000 messages a day also need SPF and DKIM together, plus DMARC. If you send through your own mail service, set these up before you make verification mandatory, or genuine users will be stuck waiting for an email that never comes.
When the law asks for more than an email
Larger marketplaces now have legal identity duties. In the US, the INFORM Consumers Act covers platforms that let third-party sellers sell, take payment for, store, ship or deliver consumer products. For 'high-volume' sellers (200 or more sales and $5,000 or more in gross revenue in any continuous 12 months of the past 24), the platform must collect bank account, tax ID and contact details, including a government-issued ID, and verify them within 10 days. The FTC's guidance puts civil penalties at $53,088 per violation (the 2025 inflation-adjusted figure). In the EU, Article 30 of the Digital Services Act (applicable since 17 February 2024) requires platforms that let consumers conclude distance contracts with traders to collect each trader's name, address, phone, email, ID, payment account details, trade register number and a self-certification that their products comply with EU law, and to make best efforts to check this information. Micro and small enterprises running platforms are exempt. A small local classifieds board that only shows listings is in a different position from a platform that takes payments, so check which rules apply to your model.
Sign-up controls available in Yclas today
In the admin panel, go to Settings > General > Sign-ups. Next to User Must Verify Email you can set:
- Allowed Email Domains: only these domains can register, which is useful for a company, university or club marketplace.
- Disallowed Email Domains: block disposable-mail domains you see abused.
- Disallow Email Subdomains: blocks addresses on email subdomains.
- Blocked Emails: ban specific addresses, one per line.
You can also turn on a Captcha on the listing form under the advertisement settings.
Give extra ad on the mark as sold
With this option enabled, when users mark an ad as sold, they will have one extra ad on their membership.
To enable or disable this option, go to back to Configure -> Addons -> Subscriptions / Memberships -> Give extra ad on mark as sold. You can check the box to enable this feature.
