# How to bid on premium account names

> Guide to show you how to bid for and claim a premium name on bloks.io

Canonical: https://help.blockzhub.io/articles/how-to-bid-on-premium-account-names

## Prerequisites:

* EOS Account
* EOS Wallet
* $EOS to bid with

1. Go to [Bloks.io](http://bloks.io/) and login *(top-right)*.  
(alternatively if bloks doesn't work, you can also use [EOS Authority](https://eosauthority.com/bidname)).

2. Click on the 1. **More** menu at the top-right of the page. Click **name bids** under the **accounts** heading.

***Note****: New bids on a name must be at least 10% higher than the previous bid. Anyone who is outbid will be refunded. You can bid any amount for a new name that’s not been bid on; you can only win that bid if it’s the highest bid of all the name bids on a given day. When the final bid is held uncontested for 24 hours, the auction is ended, and the Premium Name is awarded.*

3. From the **current bids** tab of the name bids page, type in the name you’d like to bid on in the 2. **Name to Bid On** field and the amount of EOS you’d like to bid in the 3. **Amount to Bid** field. Click on 4. **Bid** and approve the transaction in your EOS wallet. *You should see your bid in the list of current bids when you refresh the page.*

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/blockzhub-help-center-public-images/articles/84ae9531-e606-4e9c-998d-0680d0194d74/4252e9fdd3a6.png)

4. Wait. If you’ve placed the highest bid and no one outbid you for **24 hours**, you can now claim your name.

5. Claim. Start by logging in at bloks.io with the account used to make the bid. From the **more** tab at the top of the page, click **Name Bids** again under the **Accounts** heading. Next, click on the **Need to be Claimed** tab. Find your purchased Premium Name and click the **claim** button to the right of it. Approve the action in your wallet, and that’s it; you can now use your account.

***Note****: Your claimed account will have the same public and private key as the account used to claim it.*

You can refer to our tutorial to learn [how to change your private keys](https://help.eossupport.io/en/articles/5955271-how-to-change-your-keypairs-for-your-eos-account).

Have fun trying out your Premium Name!

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Author: Charles Arroyo-Bishop

Editor: Markus Hinrichs; Randall Roland

Translation: -

Sources & References:

* [Bloks.io](http://bloks.io/)

* Further how-to guides

  + [How to change your Private Keys](https://help.eossupport.io/en/articles/5955271-how-to-change-your-keypairs-for-your-eos-account)