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  1. How to

Get Handshake names

A walkthrough for getting Handshake TLDs through Namebase.io

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Owned — listed for sale

This name was already minted. The name is owned by someone else and it's up for sale — you can immediately purchase it. If the seller has enabled "Make an Offer", you'll also be able to make them an offer for their name.

Owned — unlisted

This name was already minted. The name is owned by someone else and it isn't up for sale. If the owner has enabled "Make an Offer", you'll be able to make them an offer on their name.

Unopened auction

Active auction

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Visit and use the Power search to find names you want to own. There are 6 possible results to your name search:

This hasn't started and placing a bid on this — around 30 minutes to confirm — will begin the auction.

This is underway.

This name's auction recently ended and the winner will receive their name once the ends.

This name is either one of the existing . If you are the owner of a reserved name, to claim your Handshake name.

Read about how work before bidding.

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