Hello Hello!!
It is time to announce that we have released new and cool functionality for Yclas users. Verification of users ☑️
Since now, you can allow users to verify their profiles to offer more security, trustworthiness, and professionalism for your platform. Verified users is an old feature that was used commonly in old school forums and websites, but it was popularized by giant social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.
It is great to avoid scams and of course, used and attached to famous and influential people.
How to enable verified users
Let's see how you can configure it from your admin panel:
- Login to your admin panel.
- Go to Users -> User Custom Fields and press New Field.
- Enter verified badge in the field called name, for the type choose Checkbox and check Searchable. Also, fill the fields Label and Tooltip and press Save.
- The user custom field is created, you can edit it on Users -> Users by updating a user profile. The verified badge is visible on the verified user ad pages, user profile page, and the user's list page.
If you need more info, you can contact us as always, but you can also read the full details of how to do it here
What a verified badge should mean in 2026: verification rules and the law
The verified badge is still part of Yclas, and the setup has changed slightly since this post was written. Under Settings → User Custom Fields (or the User fields button on the Users page), create a checkbox field named exactly verifiedbadge (no space), and tick Admin Privileged so that only you can grant it. Then open a member under Users, tick the box and save. According to the current guide, the tick appears on the member's profile, their ads, their blog posts and the members list.
Why your criteria matter more than the tick
A badge only builds trust if people know what it stands for. Twitter showed how quickly that trust can go. It removed legacy checkmarks on April 20, 2023, renamed itself X in July 2023, and now gives a check to accounts that subscribe to X Premium, are at least 90 days old and have a verified phone number (Wikipedia, Twitter verification). Once the check meant "paid" rather than "checked", it stopped protecting buyers. The Yclas guide puts it plainly: verification is a trust signal, not a guarantee. Publish what you check, and keep your scam-prevention advice visible.
When verifying sellers becomes a legal duty
- United States: INFORM Consumers Act. The FTC's business guide (updated January 2025) defines a high-volume seller as one with 200 or more sales of new or unused consumer products and $5,000 or more in gross revenue in any continuous 12 months of the past 24. Only sales made through that marketplace count. Within 10 days the marketplace must collect the seller's bank account details, tax ID and contact information, and verify them. Sellers must recertify every year. Sellers earning $20,000 or more a year must have their name, physical address and contact details shown to buyers. Penalties are up to $53,088 per violation. Ask a lawyer whether your site counts as an online marketplace under the Act. This is most likely if sales of new products are completed on your site, for example through Buy now checkout.
- European Union: Digital Services Act, Article 30. Platforms where consumers conclude distance contracts with traders must obtain each trader's name, address, phone and email, a copy of an ID document, payment account details, trade register details and a self-certification. They must also make "best efforts" to check that this information is reliable and complete (Art. 30 text). Under Article 29, platforms that qualify as micro or small enterprises are exempt from these trader rules, unless they have been designated as very large online platforms.
A simple verification policy
- Decide what earns the badge, such as a confirmed phone number, an ID check or a business registration, and say so on a public page.
- Keep a record of what you checked and when. Re-check every year, as the INFORM Act requires of high-volume sellers.
- Remove the badge right away when a member gets a scam report, and explain why.
- Make the field searchable only if you want buyers to be able to filter for verified sellers.
What else?
As long as verified users we have released some other functionalities and fixed some issues found within the platform and themes. Here is a list of what is new:
- Improved all themes
- Improved responsive galleries
- Improved images quality of thumbs
- Improved locations deletion
- Better cache system
- Email Subscribers panel
- Fixed issues on checkout of plan
- Button to cancel a subscription
- Use profile BBCode
- Improved import categories and locations
Hope you live this new and improved version of our platform, please share your comments or suggestions below! Contact us if you need help
