DigiCert Mark Certificates
Brand security and protection against domain impersonation attacks.
DigiCert Mark Certificates
Pair your Thawte certificate with a DigiCert Verified Mark Certificate (VMC) to deliver trusted email communications directly to customer inboxes.
By combining with email authentication standards (BIMI, DMARC, DKIM, SPF), a VMC gives email recipients an instant visual clue that you really sent that message. Choose a VMC for registered trademarks and government seals.
Read More >- 24x5 standard support
- Optional logo and certificate file hosting
- DigiCert CertCentral certificate management platform
Common Mark Certificates
Pair your Thawte certificate with a DigiCert Verified Mark Certificate (VMC) to deliver trusted email communications directly to customer inboxes.
By combining with email authentication standards (BIMI, DMARC, DKIM, SPF), a VMC gives email recipients an instant visual clue that you really sent that message. Choose a VMC for registered trademarks and government seals.
Read More >- 24x5 standard support
- Optional logo and certificate file hosting
- DigiCert CertCentral certificate management platform
Features
Combat phishing
A VMC allows you to show your verified logo in the user’s inbox as a visual indicator that your communications are authentic, helping recipients quickly identify phishing attempts and fraudulent messages.
Bolster email security
Since VMCs require you to verify your use of strong email authentication standards, your business or organization will also benefit from increased visibility, security and deliverability.
Elevate your content
VMCs make it easy to extend the visual brand of your business or organization to one of the most competitive and widely used digital locations. You can improve your recognition and reach while gaining stronger email validation and security.
Specifications
Verified Mark Certificates (VMC)
- Subscribe for automatic file hosting and certificate renewal
- Logo required to be a registered trademark or government mark
- Optional configuration to display multiple logos for sub-brands, seasonality, etc.
- Enables a blue “authenticated” checkmark in Gmail
- Flexible hosting in-house or with DigiCert
- Requires compliance with Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI), Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC), Domain Keys Identified Main (DKIM), and Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
Common Mark Certificates (CMC)
- Subscribe for automatic certificate and file hosting renewal
- Validates logos that have not been registered as a trademark
- Optional configuration to display multiple logos for sub-brands, seasonality, etc.
- Flexible hosting in-house or with DigiCert
- Requires compliance with Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI), Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC), Domain Keys Identified Main (DKIM), and Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
Frequently Asked Questions
You need to meet these requirements to receive a VMC or mark certificate:
- Published DMARC record at enforcement
- Published BIMI record
- Published logo in .svg format
- Logo as a registered trademark or government seal (VMC only)
Each unique logo will need its own certificate. For brands with only one logo, you need just one certificate for multiple sending domains. Brands with multiple logos need a certificate for each, no matter how many sending domains you have.
VMCs require several additional identity validation steps after you've published DMARC at enforcement and your BIMI record. How long this process takes will vary, but once we’ve verified all necessary documentation, your certificate will typically be issued the same day.
BIMI/mark certificates are currently supported by these providers:
- Google/Gmail (enhanced support, blue checkmark)
- Apple (Digitally certified label in message details)
- au.com
- Yahoo
- Fastmail
- Cloudmark
- La Poste
- Onet
- ZohoMail
- Zone
- Zoner
The maximum validity period for a mark certificate/VMC is 397 days. With a DigiCert subscription, you’ll get a notification when it’s time to renew.
DigCert certificate subscriptions give you the ability to easily replace or reconfigure certificates and other licensed products and automate license renewals. Subscriptions also simplify budgeting by annualizing the fees associated with your certificates, streamlining all parts of certificate lifecycle management.
Related resources
GUIDE
VMC guide for Marketers
GUIDE
DMARC Implementation Guide
GUIDE
VMC Readiness Guide
Use cases
A DigiCert VMC is the perfect solution for organizations looking to improve email trust and efficiency:
- Increase user trust
- Boost brand recognition and visibility
- Improve open rates
- Demonstrate strong email security
- Reduce phishing risk
- Supplement internal S/MIME practices
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Leading brands doing their part to bring greater trust to the inbox with DMARC, BIMI, and Verified Mark Certificates.
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