# BIMI Record Checker: Will Your Logo Show in Gmail?

> Check whether a domain's logo can show in inboxes: the BIMI record, DMARC enforcement, the SVG logo URL and the mark certificate Gmail requires.

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# BIMI record checker

Check whether a domain's logo can show in inboxes: the BIMI record, DMARC enforcement, the SVG logo URL and the mark certificate Gmail requires.

Last updated 2026-10-21

## Run it with curl

This tool is also a free API: no account, no key, CORS open. [OpenAPI description](https://sendly.now/api/tools/openapi.json).

```
curl "https://sendly.now/api/tools/bimi-checker?domain=example.com"

# Markdown instead of JSON:
curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" "https://sendly.now/api/tools/bimi-checker?domain=example.com"
```

## More free email tools

- [Email domain health check](/tools/domain-health)
- [SPF record checker](/tools/spf-checker)
- [DKIM record checker](/tools/dkim-checker)
- [DMARC record checker](/tools/dmarc-checker)
- [MX record lookup](/tools/mx-lookup)
- [Email blocklist check](/tools/blocklist-check)
- [SPF record generator](/tools/spf-generator)
- [DMARC record generator](/tools/dmarc-generator)
- [Email subject line tester](/tools/subject-line-tester)
- [Email signature generator](/tools/email-signature-generator)

## The BIMI checklist

1. DMARC at p=quarantine or p=reject, pct=100, on the domain and its organizational domain.
2. Your logo as an SVG Tiny PS file on an HTTPS URL.
3. A TXT record at default.\_bimi.<domain>: v=BIMI1; l=<logo URL>; a=<certificate URL>.
4. For Gmail, a Verified Mark Certificate or Common Mark Certificate; for Apple Mail, a Verified Mark Certificate.

## Questions people ask

What does BIMI need before a logo shows?

A BIMI TXT record at default.\_bimi.<domain> pointing at an SVG Tiny PS logo over HTTPS, and DMARC at enforcement (p=quarantine or p=reject at pct=100) for the domain and its organizational domain. Gmail also needs a Verified Mark Certificate or Common Mark Certificate, and Apple Mail a Verified Mark Certificate.

Does BIMI improve deliverability?

Not by itself: it displays a logo on mail that already passes DMARC. The work it requires, getting DMARC to enforcement, is what protects deliverability.

Can I use BIMI without a certificate?

Yes, with providers that do not require one, such as Yahoo. Gmail and Apple Mail show the logo only with a mark certificate.

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