# 🗝️ $1,000 of Claude credits for a $10 domain email

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/1-000-of-claude-credits-for-a-10-domain-email/326337>\
**Category:** Tutorials & Methods\
**Tags:** freebies, tips-tricks, ai\
**Created:** [October 9, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/1-000-of-claude-credits-for-a-10-domain-email/326337 "2026-10-09T15:04:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![SatyamRaj](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/satyamraj/32/166961_2.png) [@SatyamRaj](https://onehack.st/u/SatyamRaj)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/1-000-of-claude-credits-for-a-10-domain-email/326337/1 "2026-10-09T15:04:54Z")

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![the signup form checks your email domain, then three steps and what you get](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/a/2/a22653ac06e433323397b0a6291028a9f321246a.png)

### ✉ the signup form checks your email address — a domain mailbox is the one it accepts

**$10.46** once → a mailbox on your own domain → **$1,000** in credits, plus **a year of Claude Team**

**💳 Three steps**

1. **Buy the domain** — **[Cloudflare Registrar](https://www.cloudflare.com/domains/)**: a `.com` with **WHOIS privacy on by default**. Name it like a company: `yourcompany.com`. A `.com` or `.net` reads as a business address.
2. **Set up the mailbox** — **[Zoho Mail](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html)**, the free plan: one domain, up to **5 users** , **5 GB** each, on the web and in the Zoho apps. Create `you@yourcompany.com`.
3. **Apply for the credits** — **[Claude for Startups](https://claude.com/programs/startups)**, using that email address.

**🧾 The DNS records — add them in this order**

```auto
1 ownership TXT or CNAME from Zoho verify the domain first
2 MX mx.zoho.com 10
   MX mx2.zoho.com 20
   MX mx3.zoho.com 50
3 SPF v=spf1 include:zohomail.com -all
4 DKIM selector zoho, per-domain public key
5 DMARC v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:admin@yourdomain.com

```

Send a test email to yourself before you apply. A domain that sends and receives mail reads as a company.

**🏦 What you get**

- **$1,000** in API credits, one time, granted on approval.
- **A free year of Claude Team** — up to **5 premium seats** , for companies new to Team.
- Both are claimed in the **Claude Console** , on the **Startups** page.
- No email arrives — the Console shows the status as **verified** by itself.

**⏱ How long it takes**

- The review runs **up to a week**. Anthropic’s own wording: _“We aim to review every application within one week.”_
- A `.com` is **$10.46** at cost today; the registry price goes up on **1 Nov**.

**📋 What the application asks for**

- The **domain email address** , your **website** , and a short description of what you build.
- Your investor, when you have one — **bootstrapped, pre-seed and venture-backed** all qualify.
- **No payment method.** Anthropic states you do not need to add one.

`one domain · one mailbox · one email address the form accepts`

The domain costs $10.46. The mailbox on it costs nothing.

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**Author:** ![Saurabh\_Shelar](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/saurabh_shelar/32/157626_2.png) [@Saurabh\_Shelar](https://onehack.st/u/Saurabh_Shelar)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/1-000-of-claude-credits-for-a-10-domain-email/326337/2 "2026-10-09T15:23:02Z")

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Don’t they have this requirement?  
`Founded within the last five years, or funded within the last two years.`

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**Author:** ![KennyPeters](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/kennypeters/32/141470_2.png) [@KennyPeters](https://onehack.st/u/KennyPeters)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/1-000-of-claude-credits-for-a-10-domain-email/326337/3 "2026-10-09T16:01:34Z")

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I just applied. We will see if it works 🙂