Prime VMC Certificate
Put your registered brand logo beside authenticated emails with a Prime VMC.
A Verified Mark Certificate (VMC) validates your organization, sending domain, and registered trademark logo for BIMI. It enables your logo to appear beside authenticated emails in supported inboxes and unlocks Gmail’s blue checkmark.
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Put your registered brand logo beside authenticated emails with a Prime VMC.
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Display your trademarked logo in supported inboxes with a DigiCert VMC.
Backed by leading CAs with strong reputations in PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) security, these certificates provide verifiable sender authentication. They support authenticated, domain-based email branding through BIMI.
Among overflowing inboxes, authenticated emails are less likely to fail mailbox providers’ sender authentication checks. This supports communication reliability and helps important messages reach the right audience.
Emails sent with a verified logo can encourage more opens, as users can quickly recognize a familiar source. This can contribute to better click-through rates and overall engagement with your content.
Verified Mark Certificates work with major email services that implement BIMI, such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Apple Mail. Brand logos can be displayed in supported inboxes, enhancing recognition across various platforms.
Only authorized businesses can display their verified logos through BIMI, making it harder for attackers to impersonate trusted brands in supported inboxes. The required email authentication also helps protect against domain spoofing.
Seeing a familiar, verified logo in their inbox gives customers confidence in the sender’s identity. This can lead to smoother email interactions and a stronger connection with your brand.
VMC is used by organizations with a registered trademark logo that want to display it beside authenticated outbound emails in supported inboxes through BIMI. It suits established brands and frequent email senders, particularly when customers rely on email for accounts, orders, payments, or service updates.
Banks, fintech companies, and insurers send statements, transaction alerts, and account updates. A VMC helps customers recognize their trademarked logo beside eligible emails.
Retailers and marketplaces send order confirmations, delivery updates, and promotions at scale. A consistent inbox logo helps customers recognize messages from the brand.
Software companies send sign-in alerts, password resets, invoices, and product updates. A VMC can display their trademarked logo alongside these emails in supported inboxes.
Healthcare providers and public organizations send appointments, service notices, and account updates. Displaying their logo helps recipients recognize who the email is from.
Before issuing a Verified Mark Certificate (VMC), the certificate authority (CA) verifies the organization, the registered trademark logo, control of the sending domain, and the person requesting the certificate.
The CA confirms your organization’s legal existence and business details against official records.
The CA checks the active trademark registration and your organization’s right to use the specific logo. The submitted SVG must match the registered mark.
The CA confirms that the person requesting the VMC is authorized to act for your organization.
The CA verifies control of the sending domain where the VMC and BIMI record will be used.
The applicant completes a face-to-face or virtual identity check as part of validation.
Before issuing a Verified Mark Certificate (VMC), the certificate authority (CA) verifies the organization, the registered trademark logo, control of the sending domain, and the person requesting the certificate.
Your logo must be registered with a trademark office the CAs accept, such as the USPTO, EUIPO or UKIPO. Eligible government marks can also qualify.
The logo must be a square SVG Tiny P/S file with a solid background, matching the registered mark. It must be hosted over HTTPS for BIMI.
Your sending domain needs a DMARC policy of p=quarantine or p=reject, applied to all mail.
Every service that sends email for your domain should pass aligned SPF and DKIM so legitimate mail isn’t rejected once DMARC is enforced.
Company registration and contact details the certificate authority can check against official records.
A named person from your organization completes an identity check, usually by video call or notarized document.
Buy a Verified Mark Certificate from SSL2BUY to begin the application for your registered trademark logo and sending domain.
Select Prime, Sectigo, or DigiCert and choose your plan length. Provide the organization, trademark, and sending-domain details needed to begin the VMC application.
Convert your registered logo to SVG Tiny P/S format. Check SPF and DKIM alignment for your sending domain, with DMARC enforced at p=quarantine or p=reject.
The CA checks your organization’s legal identity, trademark rights, logo match, and domain control. An authorized representative also completes the required identity check.
Once validation is approved, the CA issues the VMC. Make the certificate and matching SVG logo available at HTTPS URLs for your BIMI setup.
Publish your BIMI record in DNS to enable logo display. Your brand logo can then appear beside authenticated emails in supported inboxes.
Support is growing across mailbox providers worldwide. Here are the platforms that already show your verified brand logo.
Prime, Sectigo, and DigiCert VMC offers in one place, with help available throughout ordering and validation.
Enjoy an efficient validation process with support to help avoid unnecessary delays in issuing your VMC.
We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee on eligible VMC orders. If you cancel before the certificate is issued, we’ll help with your refund.
Enjoy competitive pricing and exclusive offers on VMCs from SSL2BUY. Benefit from available discounts and plan options to fit your budget.
SSL2BUY’s dedicated support team is available to assist you 24/7 for any questions or issues related to VMCs.
A VMC certificate is valid for one year, even when you purchase a multi-year plan. Renewing it keeps your certificate current, and the issuer may need to recheck your organization, trademark, or domain details.
SSL2BUY can help you start the renewal, work through any updated validation requests, and guide you through certificate hosting and BIMI record updates once the renewed VMC is issued. Starting ahead of expiry helps avoid a gap in your logo display.
Answers to common questions about VMC pricing, eligibility, validation and inbox display.