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Guides

For people new to Web3 names. What to do before buying, what to watch out for after, and what a name can and cannot do today.

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Each guide answers one question someone asks before or just after buying a Web3 name. They are about names only — for wallets, trading and blockchains in general, the wallet makers and exchanges publish their own documentation.

01Set up a wallet before you buyFive steps, about fifteen minutes. The recovery phrase, where it goes and how to test it.READ →02Scams to know before you own a nameSix patterns aimed at name holders, and the two actions every one of them needs from you.READ →03Where a Web3 name works, and where it does notWallets, browsers, email and print — the honest map, and how to use one next to a normal domain.READ →04What to set up after you buy a Web3 nameThe records behind a name, which to set first, and how to check each one.READ →05Point a Web3 name to a websiteForward to a normal domain, link a decentralised site, or keep a profile page.READ →06Receive payments to a Web3 nameHow it works, how to test it, what to tell the payer, and the limits.READ →07Move or hand over your Web3 nameMoving a name to a new wallet of your own, or handing it to someone else.READ →08How to choose a Web3 nameLength, spelling, saying it aloud and checking it against the ending.READ →09How to keep your recovery phrase safeWhere to write it, where to keep it, what never to do with it.READ →10Using a Web3 name for a business or projectWhere a name helps, where it does not, and how to set it up beside a normal domain.READ →11Web3 names in non-Latin scriptsHow these names are stored, where they display well, and what to check.READ →12When a Web3 name does not work as expectedWhat to check when a name does not resolve, a payment is missing or a site will not open.READ →13How to spot a lookalike Web3 nameSwapped letters, wrong endings and fake scripts, and how to check before paying.READ →

Twelve terms that come up in every guide, defined in plain words.

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