Active users of social networks often ask how to confirm a page on VK and thereby receive additional privileges. We are talking about receiving a special mark on the right side next to the name on the profile page, indicating that verification has been completed. This sign confirms that the account is verified as authentic and truly matches the person who created it. There is one method to officially confirm a VKontakte page, and two additional ones. At the same time, it is very difficult to get a real tick. Every day, the administration rejects tens of thousands of requests for various reasons.
We get a checkmark on the page
Any user can get a checkmark, and it’s absolutely free. But to receive it you need to meet certain requirements of the social network.
Official receipt
In order to receive confirmation of your page, you need to go through a special verification. It will take place within five days. After this period, the page will be given a tick or a refusal will be received.
Verification is the process of checking the information indicated on the page for its accuracy and verifying that the information belongs to this particular person.
You can request verification using technical support. To do this, you need to send the appropriate request. In the subject of the question, you must indicate that this is an application for the verification process. In the field below indicate:
- link to your profile;
- the reason for issuing a checkmark;
- occupation;
- provide the necessary documents specified in the requirements.
And send an application for verification. The documents should include:
- scanned copy of passport;
- pages, publications, articles confirming your popularity.
In 5 days the result will be known.
Application for verification of VK page
Requirements in order to get a VKontakte tick
To prevent each user from having a checkmark, the administration established special rules. These rules allow you to verify the identity of a person. The article contains only a list of basic rules for applying for a tick.
To familiarize yourself with the detailed rules, you should go to the group: vk.com/officialpages.
Here are the basic requirements:
- The owner of the page must be known. This can be confirmed by:
- Wikipedia page;
- Articles in the media;
- Visible activity on social networks.
- The page must be filled out completely and accurately.
- It is necessary that the number of friends be significantly less than subscribers.
- The person's page must be open.
- There should be a photo on the page.
- In your profile you need to indicate your real name or your nickname.
- Login confirmation via SMS must be enabled in the settings.
- The page must be active.
To put it simply, a tick is given only to those people who really need it. After all, fake pages of popular personalities are now not uncommon, and it is necessary to somehow separate the owners of real accounts.
An easy way to get a VKontakte tick
It is clear that it is very difficult for an ordinary person to get a tick. Therefore, users use a fake checkmark, which may seem real to inexperienced users. The page will resemble the official one, but will not be one. The checkmark itself will not provide any benefits, but will only be a decorative option for those who are not entitled to a checkmark. With a checkmark, for example, you can decorate a page or distinguish yourself among your friends.
To receive you need:
- open search for communities;
- write: “This page is officially verified”;
- select any group from the list and join it;
VK group “This page is officially confirmed” - Go to the “editing” section (vk.com/edit);
- Open the “Career” menu item;
- In the Place of work line, select the group you joined;
- Apply changes.
How to get a tick in VK through a group
You will get something like this:
Imitation of a check mark
If you want to get at least the appearance of a real checkmark, then you can use another method:
You must have any of the following browsers: Opera, Google Chrome, Yandex.Browser, Orbitum. A special extension called “VK Private Checkbox”. You need to install it and just reload the page. You will have a tick, exactly like a real one. But one point should be noted. The checkmark can only be seen by you. That is, it will be only cosmetic in nature.
Fake VK tick
How can an ordinary person get a tick?
Answer: no way. A checkmark is a confirmation of your identity. For an ordinary person, there is no need to confirm your identity. It is unlikely that someone will create a fake of your page and introduce themselves on your behalf.
Results
In this way, there is only one official way to confirm a page on VK - contact technical support and meet the requirements stated above. The remaining methods are just fiction and do not provide the expected privileges. Moreover, in the case of browser extensions, the long-awaited mark is seen only by the user himself. A refusal is guaranteed right away, because only truly popular personalities can count on such a privilege of the system.
Getting a Community Tick
To get a checkmark for a group, you need to write to VKontakte support. You must describe the reason and add evidence that you are connected to the community. I note that after verification, the promotion of the group will go much faster, another question is that getting it is not so easy.
Verification rules
To pass verification, you must meet the following rules:
- the group should be in other social networks. networks;
- your community should be active;
- there should not be many links to other resources in the community;
- the group should filter comments;
- the name of the group must correspond to the name of the brand;
- the organization’s website must have an active link to a group or widget;
- if there are at least 10 fake communities on VKontakte that pretend to be a real community and have at least 5,000 members.
You can read more about the conditions here: vk.com/officialpages.
What if they refused?
An application may be rejected for several reasons.
Firstly, it lacks important data or documents that are needed to make a positive decision. Rejection is also possible if the category is chosen incorrectly or the profile/community does not yet need official status.
Secondly, the name of the community should accurately reflect its essence, and not be a set of words to be displayed in search results for a particular request.
Thirdly, the content of the group/profile must be of high quality, not violate the rules of the platform, and there must be moderation of comments.
As noted in the official certificate, regular publication of records increases the chance of verification.
If your application is rejected, you can resubmit it in a few weeks.
How else can you show the authenticity of the page if you have not yet been able to obtain verification (the VKontakte team advises): fill out the description in detail, regularly publish new stories and posts, communicate with the audience through community messages, print QR codes with a link to your page, ask subscribers or clients tag the page in publications..
What does a check mark mean on Instagram?
The Instagram check mark or verification sign is a symbol that indicates the authenticity of the account. Celebrities, popular figures or brands receive verification.
The checkmark is primarily needed not to confirm status, but to ensure that this profile is an official representative of a person or brand. Verification arose due to a large number of counterfeit accounts, fakes and scammers. From harmless imitators and fans of stars, to accounts that deceive subscribers and sell replicas of branded items (here we wrote about what happens for this).
Verification received. What to do next?
It's simple. Follow the rules of the platform, do not forget about moderating comments and publish interesting content for the audience. VKontakte also recommends avoiding profanity and insults towards users. Abuse of advertising or promotion of dubious goods and services can also jeopardize verification.
Serious violations will result in verification being removed.
Once a year you need to re-confirm the official status of the community or profile. Two weeks before the end of the verification period, you will receive a notification that you need to update your information. Follow the link from the notification to open your old application and provide current information or upload fresh documents.
VKontakte verification has evolved from a privilege into a tool for confirming the authenticity of a page/profile. Now you can get a tick without being mentioned in major media, without articles on Wikipedia and presence on other major platforms. For small companies or, for example, aspiring musicians, this is also an opportunity to get priority in searches and gain trust from the social network audience.
5 examples of verified users
- Cristiano Ronaldo is a football player and the owner of a verified Instagram account with the largest number of followers after the official profile of the social network.
- Do you think you need a lot of subscribers to get verification? There are 500,000 people living in the Canadian city of Brampton, and the official profile is followed by 5,000. However, it is verified.
- You don't even have to be a person or a brand to get verified. Cats get a tick too. Choupette, the heiress of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, has verification.
- Shudu is a supermodel who has appeared on the pages of Vogue, WWD and participated in advertising for Balmain, Tiffany & Co, ellesse and others. But only Shudu does not exist in reality. The digital supermodel was created by photographer Cameron James-Wilson, and the verified account is followed by 190 thousand people.
- Dr. Emma Malinina has 82 thousand followers on Instagram and a verified profile. It would seem that doctors rarely become famous personalities. But Emma Malinina is the wife of singer Alexander Malinin. Hence the mention of the name in the media, photographs of social events and the life of the artistic family.
