Verification for everyone. Required for every seller.

No — verification is free and strongly encouraged for members, but it's optional to browse and post. However, every business, creator and seller must complete verification before they can list, sell, offer services, accept payments or run a storefront. Only verified profiles can transact on Safegram — no exceptions.

No. Only verified sellers and businesses can list products, offer services or accept payments on Safegram. Every listing on the marketplace comes from an account that has passed Didit-powered KYC or KYB checks.

Identity, seller (KYC), business (KYB), age assurance and anti-money-laundering (AML) checks on Safegram are powered by our verification partner Didit (didit.me). Didit is a dedicated identity and fraud infrastructure provider — not a side feature — used by 2,000+ organisations worldwide including Firecrawl, Slash, Bit2Me and UCSF Neuroscape.

Yes. Didit is backed by Y Combinator and Robinhood Ventures. Public information, pricing and API docs are available at didit.me — Safegram has no financial relationship with them beyond being a customer of their verification API.

No. ID documents and biometric checks are processed by Didit as our sub-processor. Safegram only stores the verification outcome (verified / not verified) and the badge, not your document images. Full detail lives in our privacy policy.

Didit supports 220+ countries, 14,000+ document types and 48+ languages, drawing on 1,000+ government and bureau data sources and 10,000+ AML datasets. In practice this means Safegram can verify accounts almost anywhere our app is available.

For age-sensitive flows Safegram uses Didit's age-estimation module (passive, on-device signals) alongside standard identity verification for older users. Didit is Jugendschutz geprüft (FSM-approved under German youth protection law §4(2) JMStV). Age assurance assists gating but is not a substitute for parental supervision.

Didit is ISO/IEC 27001 certified for information security, operates under the EU financial sandbox (Tesoro / SEPBLAC / Banco de España), publishes a status page at status.didit.me with a 99.99% SLA target, and — per didit.me — is the only identity provider an EU member-state government has formally called safer than in-person verification.

Yes. Safegram uses Didit's KYB (Know-Your-Business) and Key People / UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner) modules to verify company registration, directors and controlling persons before issuing a Verified Business badge and the Peacemaker Ring.

You open the Didit verification flow from inside Safegram, capture your government-issued ID (front and, where required, back), and complete a short passive liveness check — a few seconds of your face on camera so Didit can confirm you're a real person and match you to the ID. There's no quiz, no interview and no screen recording of the rest of your device.

For most people the scan itself takes about 30–90 seconds. The vast majority of checks return a decision in under a minute; more complex cases (unusual document types, KYB with company records, or AML review) can take a few minutes up to a few hours. You'll see the outcome in your Safegram profile as soon as Didit returns it.

Didit — not Safegram — collects your ID image and the liveness selfie in order to run the check. Safegram only ever receives the result (verified / not verified), the badge tier, and minimal metadata like timestamp and country of issue. Your document images and biometric templates never touch Safegram's servers or database.

Retention is governed by Didit under their GDPR-compliant policy and the legal requirements of KYC/AML rules — not by Safegram. You can request deletion or export of the data Didit holds about you directly via didit.me. Deleting your Safegram account removes the verified status and badge from our side immediately.

No. Verification is designed to be private by default. Other users only see a badge (Verified member, Verified seller, Verified business) — never your document number, full legal name, address or date of birth. You choose separately what display name, handle and bio to show.

Yes. Verification proves you're a real, unique human (and, for sellers, a real business) — it does not force you to use your legal name publicly. You can keep a pseudonym, private profile, hidden follower list and end-to-end encrypted DMs while still carrying the verified badge.

No. Safegram does not sell personal data and does not run a behavioural ad network. Didit processes your verification data solely to perform the check for Safegram as our sub-processor under a GDPR data processing agreement — not for advertising, profiling or resale.

No. Once you're verified the badge stays on your account. A re-check is only triggered in specific cases — for example if your document expires, if a business updates its directors, or if fraud signals require re-confirmation. You'll always be told why before a re-scan is requested.