Claiming a .eth handle is a right of passage for users in the web3 community. You may have seen some popular .eth names already claimed! The ability to claim a .eth name and customize your profile is here and live in Rainbow!

Rainbow makes customizing your ENS profile easy and fun, giving you a portable, decentralized profile for web3. While Rainbow shows a user interface for your profile, your name and all profile data is stored on-chain with the Ethereum Name Service (ENS). Below you’ll find the ins and outs of how to snag a .eth name and customize your ENS profile directly within Rainbow.

Getting Started with ENS Profiles:

Let’s step back for a moment and re-review what ENS is and how you can snag one of those .eth names.

ENS (Ethereum Naming Service) is a decentralized web3 identity and username platform. As we referenced earlier, you may have seen many people displaying a .eth name as their Twitter username. These .eth names are ENS domains. On a basic level, owning an ENS domain allows you to have a simple and human-friendly username that will redirect to your long and complicated wallet address. So, instead of having to remember or constantly copy a string like this (your public wallet address): 0x7a3d05c70581bD345fe117c06e45f9669205384f You can instead send people this: rainbowwallet.eth

To get started on customizing your profile, you’ll need to purchase an ENS name. Luckily, Rainbow makes this super accessible directly within the app! For a separate guide on purchasing, please check out our article at the bookmark below 👇

Get an ENS Domain (.eth Name)

ENS (Ethereum Naming Service) is a decentralized web3 identity and username platform. You may have seen many people displaying a .eth name as their Twitter username, these names are ENS domains. .eth ENS shows the powerful potential of web3.

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Instructions:

Once you’ve got the name, you now have the ability to edit your profile as an additional extension of your customized web3 experience. Rainbow gives you an easy, and fun way to further express yourself using a decentralized profile.

When you’re ready to begin your ENS journey and customize your ENS profile, you can follow the instructions below:

Step 1: On your main wallet screen, you’ll start by clicking on the compass in the upper right hand corner to head to your Discover screen

Step 2: Once opened, you’ll click on the Create your ENS profile card to begin!

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Step 3: Once you click on that card, you’ll be brought to the Create Your ENS Profile screen. Here you can either:

Begin to edit an already set ENS name. You can check out those details here: https://learn.rainbow.me/setting-your-ens-name
Choose another ENS name by either choosing from another already purchased name or, finding a new one. You can again check out those details here: https://learn.rainbow.me/get-an-ens-domain-eth-name

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Step 4: Once you decide which name you’d like to edit, the profile editing screen will pop-up

Step 5: As you begin editing, you’ll get a heads up pop up that states: “The data you provide here will be stored on the Ethereum blockchain - meaning it will be visible to everyone and accessible by anyone. Do not share any data you are uncomfortable with publicizing.”

As you begin editing, keep this in mind before finalizing any details.

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Step 6: You can now customize and tailor your profile to your liking! This includes:

Adding a profile photo and custom cover image via uploading a photo or using an NFT
Adding your Name, Bio, Website, Twitter (or additional categories by using the 3 dots) 👈 you can also remove categories here by clicking on those categories.

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Step 7: Once you’re set, you can click the Review button at the bottom where a confirmation screen will appear. If you have multiple ENS names, there will also be a display allowing you to decide if this is the ENS name you’d like to set as your primary ENS name.

If everything looks good, you can proceed forward by hitting confirm update!

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Since this information is hardcoded on the blockchain, it means that every edit will produce a gas transaction fee. It’d be wise to edit everything in one to save on the gas fees! Check out our gas fees article for additional explanation on what gas fees are here:

Gas Fees Explained

As you explore the new world of Ethereum and use your Rainbow wallet to travel around, you’ll quickly discover that there are transaction fees associated with doing things like swapping currencies, sending assets, minting NFTs, and more.

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Step 8: You now have your newly customized profile! You can view your profile details a couple of different ways:

By clicking on the ENS name under your collectibles and scrolling down to your profile info
By heading back to your wallet overview screen and clicking on your wallet icon

Here, you can also click the 3 dots and go back to your wallet, copy your address, add to contacts, view on etherscan, etc.

By heading back to the Discover - Create your ENS Profile and selecting either the name that’s currently set or choosing from another name you currently own