What is a deed on Square Town?

No login, no password reset. A deed is a link, and the link is the ownership.

Updated 2026-08-183 min readMarkdown ↗

A deed (on Square Town) is the secret URL issued the moment you claim a square (free) or evict one. It is the only proof of ownership — Square Town (square.pov.town) has no accounts, no login and no password reset — and it doubles as your dashboard: the deed page shows your square, its position, and its lifetime views, clicks and kisses. A one-time $5 unlocks per-day view and click charts on that deed. Lose the URL and it is gone, like real crypto.

TL;DR: deed = square.pov.town/deed/<slug>/<key> — your square's slug, then a secret key. Bookmark it. The "My deeds" button remembers deeds claimed in this browser, nothing more; the email you gave can have the link sent to it.

How it works on Square Town

Every claim or eviction creates a listing with a random deed token. A free claim is instant; an eviction goes through Stripe checkout first. Either way you land in town with a toast — "Yours forever! Save your deed" — linking to the deed page, and the token is stored in this browser's local storage so the 📜 My deeds button can list it later. That's a convenience, not an account: clear the browser or switch devices and only the bookmarked link — or the copy mailed to the address you gave — gets you back.

The deed page reads GET /api/deed/:token and shows the domain, coordinates, status (in good standing or evicted), price paid ($0 for a claim), and three counters: views (someone opened your square's card in town, counted once per browser session), clicks (someone followed your link through /go/:id), and kisses. Paying $5 once, on the deed page, flips analytics on forever: a per-day table of views and clicks. If you get evicted, the deed still opens and still shows what the square collected — you just no longer hold the cell. Prices: Pricing — a square is free, forever*.

Where else it appears

Most walls tie ownership to something else. As of August 2026, Link for a Dollar verifies buyers by email domain; PixelGrid (1mpixelwall.com) has a "My Pixels" area; NFT walls like Million Dollar Token Page put ownership in a crypto wallet. Square Town's deed is closer to a bearer token: whoever holds the link holds the square. That is also why Square Town can run with no accounts: the email address you give at claim time is only for mailing the deed and the eviction warning — not a login.

Example

You claim (505, 498) for free, bookmark the deed and go to bed. A week later the deed says views 41, clicks 9, kisses 3. You pay $5 and see that 7 of the 9 clicks came on the day your project was on a newsletter. Six weeks later the deed says evicted: someone paid $1. The numbers stay; the square doesn't. Details on what a click means for the 3D wall: What is a click tower on Square Town?.

FAQ

What if I lose my deed URL?

It's gone, unless you had it mailed to the address you gave when you claimed. There is no account or password reset that can recover it — that's the trade-off for a wall with no sign-up. Bookmark it, and use "My deeds" as a backup on the browser you claimed from.

Does the deed prove ownership to anyone else?

Only to Square Town. It isn't a legal document; see What is internet real estate?.

What does the $5 analytics unlock add?

Per-day views and clicks for that one square, forever, on its deed page. Lifetime totals are free.

Can I transfer or sell my deed?

There's no built-in transfer, but the deed is a link — whoever you give it to has what you have.