What do I need to register?
- Your name, your e-mail address (entered twice) and your country and postcode.
- A date of birth that shows you are at least 16 years old.
- A password of at least 12 characters. A password that appears in a known data breach is refused.
- Your agreement with the terms of use and the privacy statement.
- If you live in the Netherlands: your NABV or ACA membership number. Read What is the NABV? and What is the ACA?.
Some e-mail domains are not accepted, and no more than four accounts can be created from the same internet connection within 24 hours. If registering does not work, read I cannot create an account.
Step 1: confirm your e-mail address
After registering you receive an e-mail with a confirmation link. Without that confirmation you cannot use your account.
Step 2: approval
Every new account is approved before it can use the marketplace. That happens automatically, straight away, when:
- the country you chose is the same as the country of the internet connection you register from, and
- your e-mail domain is not on our list of domains that we check by hand.
In every other case a staff member looks at your registration first. That is for example the case when you register through a VPN, while you are abroad, or with an e-mail domain we want to check. It usually takes less than 24 hours.
What do I notice while I wait?
You can log in, but pages such as your account settings, your messages and placing a listing show the notice that your account needs to be approved. As soon as a staff member approves it, you receive the e-mail Your account has been approved and everything works. You do not have to do anything yourself. Still waiting after two working days? Mail [email protected] from the address you registered with.
I created my account during a webshop order
When you register from the webshop checkout we do not ask for a membership number, so you can order right away. For the marketplace the rule for residents of the Netherlands stays the same: with an account created this way since 6 November 2026 you first add your NABV or ACA number before you can:
- start a conversation with another member, or
- place a listing.
If you try one of the two, you land on your profile with the request to enter the number. Go to My account, tab Profile, fill in your membership number and save. Replying to a conversation that someone else started with you is possible without a number.
Accounts from before 6 November 2026 registered with a membership number and are not affected. Members outside the Netherlands are not asked for a number.