Ask HN: DNS or HTTP based ownership verification?

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1 points by attacomsian 2528 days ago

Hi everyone,

Last week, I launched a marketplace (https://whobal.com) for buying and selling side-projects. Now I am trying to add business ownership verification and need your input to choose the right method. Here are the validation methods I am considering:

1. HTTP-based - Ask sellers to upload a file in website root directory.

2. DNS-based - Ask seller to add a DNS record like TXT.

Personally, I would prefer DNS-based method as it is easier to detect and I have already done something similar in another project. But I am confused whether users will be able to update DNS or not.

If you were a seller, what would you to prefer and why?

Many thanks.

1 comments

gingabriska 2528 days ago

Both. If I am using Shopify, it will be hard for me to figure out how to upload file to root.

If I have my own website, I'll find it hard to figure out where to change things in DNS

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