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Create your account and finish onboarding

Register, verify your email and finish the onboarding screens to claim your free credits.

  • Lesson 2 of 5
  • Beginner
  • 6 min read
  • 2:29 video
  • Checked against the product 2026-11-03

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In shortSign up at the register page with your email or Google, click the link in the verification email, then finish onboarding: one screen for your business and website, and one to set notifications and claim your free credits. The bonus is granted once per account and once per network, so a second account on the same office connection gets none. You can upgrade later; nothing in onboarding charges you.

What this lesson covers

Before you can open the dashboard you need three things: an account, a verified email address and a finished onboarding. This takes about five minutes. At the end you have one domain set up and a small credit balance to try the tools with.

Onboarding asks for very little, and almost everything can be changed later in Settings. The one choice worth thinking about is the website you enter, because it becomes your first domain and most dashboard pages work on the selected domain.

Before you start

  • An email inbox you can open now (or a Google account).
  • Your website address, for example https://example.com.
  • Your company name and industry. A short business description is optional.
  • Optional: a referral code, if someone sent you one.

Step by step

  1. Create the accountOpen Create a free account. Enter your name, email and a password of at least 6 characters (twice), add a referral code if you have one, and accept the terms. Or click Continue with Google, which skips the verification email because Google has already confirmed the address.
    The register form with name, email, password and referral code fields and a Continue with Google button.
    The register page.
  2. Verify your emailYou land on a Registration Successful! page that asks you to Verify Your Email Address. Open the email we sent and click the link. The link works for 24 hours. If it hasn't arrived, check your spam folder. If the link has expired, the page it opens offers Resend Verification Email; if no email came at all, contact support. When it's done, log in with Go to Login.
    The Registration Successful page with a Verify Your Email Address notice and next steps: check your inbox and spam folder, click the link, return to log in.
    Check spam first.
  3. Business InformationThe Complete Your Onboarding page shows two circles at the top. The first screen asks for Business Type (Single Business, Enterprise, Agency or Custom), Company Name, Industry and, optionally, Company Size and Business Description (up to 1,000 characters). Below that, under Website Projects, give your site a Project Name and a Domain. Click Save & Continue.
    The Business Information step with Business Type, Company Size, Company Name, Industry and Business Description fields, and one Website Projects card with Project Name and Domain.
    Each project is one domain.
  4. Complete and claim your creditsThe second screen is headed Step 4: Complete. It shows plan cards for information, then Notification Preferences (Email Notifications, Daily Reports, Weekly Reports) and Timezone. Set them, then click Complete Setup & Get 100 Free Credits. A green message confirms the credits and you are taken to the dashboard.
    The Complete step with three plan cards, a free-credits banner, three notification switches, a timezone picker and the Complete Setup button.
    Picking a plan card here does not buy anything.
The plan cards don't charge you

Every account finishes onboarding on the free start, whichever plan card is highlighted. To buy a plan or a credit pack later, use Settings → Plans or Settings → Coins & Credits. See /pricing for what each plan includes.

One bonus per network

The free credits are granted once per account and once per internet connection. If a colleague already claimed them from the same office network, or you are behind a shared mobile connection, your account finishes onboarding with no bonus and the message just says "Onboarding completed!". Contact support from the contact page if that happens to a genuine new account.

Going back to the first screen

To fix a typo on the business screen, click the first circle in the progress bar rather than Previous. Your answers are kept in the browser while you are on the page.

What happens to what you entered

The website you add becomes your first domain. The domain selector at the top of the dashboard starts on it, and AI Rank Lab creates a tracking ID for it so you can install the tracking tag in the next lesson. You can add more domains afterwards in Settings → Domains; adding a domain costs nothing.

You can edit company details, timezone and notification settings later in Settings → Account.

What the free credits are enough for

The bonus is small on purpose. It covers a page audit or one prompt run on a single AI engine, not both, so you can see a real result before you pay. Most tools show their price before they run, and reading results you already have is free.

Check yourself

1. A teammate already claimed the free credits from your office Wi-Fi. You sign up on the same network. What happens?
2. You highlighted the Professional plan card on the last onboarding screen. What did that do?
3. The verification email hasn't arrived after a few minutes. What should you do first?

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Transcript
In this lesson you'll create your AI Rank Lab account and finish onboarding. It takes about five minutes. Start on the register page. Type your name, your email and a password of at least six characters, twice. If someone gave you a referral code, add it here, then accept the terms. You can also click Continue with Google. Google has already confirmed your email, so you skip the next step. If you signed up with email, you'll see a page asking you to verify your address. Open your inbox and click the link we sent. The link works for twenty-four hours. Can't find it? Look in your spam folder first. If the link has expired, the page it opens lets you resend it. If no email arrived at all, contact support. Then log in. Now you're on Complete Your Onboarding. There are two screens. The first is Business Information. Choose your business type: single business, enterprise, agency or custom. Type your company name and industry. Company size and a business description are optional. Under Website Projects, give your site a name and enter its domain. Then click Save and Continue. The second screen finishes setup. You'll see plan cards. They're there for information. Choosing one doesn't buy anything. Every account starts free, and you can upgrade later from Settings. Below the cards, set your email notifications and your timezone. Then click Complete Setup and Get 100 Free Credits. You'll see a confirmation and land on the dashboard. Two things to know. First, the free credits are given once per account and once per internet connection. If a colleague already claimed them from the same office network, your account still works, but it won't get the bonus. Second, if you need to fix something on the first screen, click the first circle in the progress bar. The website you entered is now your first domain. The dashboard starts on it, and it already has a tracking ID ready for the tracking tag. What can the free credits do? A page audit, or one question run on one AI engine, but not both. Most tools show their price before they run, and looking at results you already have is free. In the next lesson, you'll add your domain's tracking tag to your website and verify it.

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