

The central registry for .XXX requires registrants to be members of the Sponsored Community in order for their .XXX domains to resolve. You can still register .XXX domains without a member ID, but Membership is necessary before you can use the domain.
Membership Application Process:
The membership application is an automated process. .XXX domain owners will receive a membership invitation to the email address provided in the Whois information; The membership invitation email is sent by the registry within 24 hours after your domain name is registered. The FROM email address sending the invitation is "help@registry.godaddy".
Please be sure to whitelist that address in your email server so the invitation does not appear in your SPAM folder. Membership takes less than 3 minutes to complete. For an overview of the process, please see more here. You can always request a Membership Invite from this page and choose "Request Application".
To add your Membership ID to your .XXX domain, please follow these steps:
After you have completed those steps, you MUST update your contact settings for the .XXX domain.