One of the ways to gain instant credibility is to get a verification badge for your account. That little tick mark next to your name gives your channel a sense of legitimacy. It proofs your channel has survived the early teething stages, fought its way through the content jungle, and earned official recognition from YouTube.
A verification badge versus a verified account-
Getting a verification badge and verifying your YouTube account are two very different things. When you first create a YouTube account, you are asked to add a phone number to get your account verified. This lets YouTube know you are a real person and not a spammer/bot.
Getting a verification badge is a little different. You know that little gray tick that sometimes appears next to a channel’s name, that is your YouTube verification mark. When we talk about verification for the rest of this post, that is what we will be referring to. It is a mark of authenticity. It tells to visitors that, it is a real account associated with your brand. If someone ever change the name of the channel, he/she will lose his/her verification.