> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dmly.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create your account

> Sign up for DMLY, verify your email, and land in your new workspace.

Signing up takes a minute. You fill in one form, DMLY creates your workspace, and you land
in the dashboard already signed in — there is no separate login step the first time.

Start at [dash.dmly.io/os/register](https://dash.dmly.io/os/register).

## What the signup form asks for

<Steps>
  <Step title="Your name and business name">
    **Name** is you — the person who logs in. **Business name** is your business.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Email and password">
    Fill in **Enter email address**, **Password** and **Confirm Password**. The email must
    not already be in use.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Phone number">
    Pick your country dialling code and enter your **Phone Number**. DMLY guesses the
    country from your browser — change it if the guess is wrong.
  </Step>

  <Step title="How did you find us?">
    Choose one option from the dropdown. It is required.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Accept the terms and register">
    Tick the **Terms Of Use** checkbox, then select **Register**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Why the business name matters

**Business name** is required, and it becomes your workspace name exactly as you type it.
The workspace name *is* the business name — there is no separate business record
underneath it — and it is what your customers see. Type it the way you want it to appear,
capitalisation and all.

<Note>
  You can change it later at **Settings → Business Details → Business Name**. See
  [Business details](/account/business-details).
</Note>

<Accordion title="You were invited to an existing workspace">
  If someone on your team invited you by email and you sign up with that same address, you
  join their workspace instead of creating one. The **Business name** field does not appear
  for you, and after registering you are taken to the invitation to accept it. See
  [Team members](/account/team-members).
</Accordion>

## Verify your email

DMLY emails you a verification link when you register. Until you select it, every
dashboard page bounces you to a **Verify Email Address** notice with a **Resend
verification email** button. Verify before you start setting things up.

<Note>
  Email verification is a platform setting, so it may be switched off on your DMLY
  installation — and if an agency signed you up on their own branded platform, your account
  is verified for you. If you land straight in the dashboard with no notice, there is
  nothing to verify.
</Note>

## What you have right now

Signing up creates your user account and your workspace, with you as its Owner and Admin.

There are **no channels connected yet** — no WhatsApp number, no Facebook Page, no Telegram
bot. Sections that depend on a channel show a **Connect a channel first** panel until you
connect one. There are no contacts, no templates, and no automations either.

You land on the **Overview** dashboard. It will look empty, because it is.

## Next

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Set up your workspace" icon="list-check" href="/getting-started/setup-checklist">
    The order to do things in: connect WhatsApp, fill in your business details, invite your
    team.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Find your way around" icon="compass" href="/getting-started/navigating-dmly">
    What each item in the sidebar does.
  </Card>
</Columns>