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# Verify your email

FlowerBuddy requires a verified email before an account can use the normal signed-in application. After email-and-password sign-up, open the verification link sent to the account email. FlowerBuddy verifies the account, updates the signed-in session, and returns to the application.

## Verification with Google

Successful Google sign-up verifies the email through Google, so that path does not require a separate FlowerBuddy verification email. If FlowerBuddy cannot use Google to establish ownership of the address, it asks you to sign up with email and password instead. Complete the email-link steps below in that case.

For an existing account, follow any instruction to sign in with your FlowerBuddy password before using Google. Choosing Google does not bypass an unresolved account-verification requirement.

## Open the verification link

Use the link sent after you create the account. FlowerBuddy opens a brief **Redirecting...** screen while it verifies the link and signs in the account. If the page does not redirect soon, select your browser's refresh control, as the screen instructs.

The link verifies the account that received it. Do not forward it to a teammate or use it for an account with a different email address. An invitation can lead into sign-up, but the invitation alone does not verify the new account's email.

## Request another email

Until verification is complete, FlowerBuddy keeps the account in an unverified state rather than opening the normal workspace pages. That screen says **Almost there! Check your email for a verification link!** and provides **Resend Email** when you need another message. It also provides **Log Out** if you need to leave the account-access state.

Use the verification link for the account that received it. A verification link is not a workspace invitation or a Client Portal link. If verification does not complete, refresh the verification page first. Use **Resend Email** from the unverified state when another link is needed instead of sharing the original link.