Verifying Your Store's Domain on Google Merchant Center (GMC)

If you plan to list products through Google Merchant Center, you need to first complete domain verification. Domain verification is a necessary step for merchants and advertisers to set up the Google Merchant Center account. SHOPLINE provides a solution for you to quickly accomplish this verification, aiming to assist you in easily completing the domain verification and ownership declaration on Google for your store domains.

About Domain Verification

Google offers four methods for you to verify your domain:

• Adding a Meta tag to the index page of your website.
• Uploading an HTML file to your website directory.
• Connecting your website to Google Tag Manager.
• Connecting your website to Google Analytics.

Currently, SHOPLINE utilizes the first method (adding a Meta tag to the index page of your website) to help you complete domain verification.

Instructions to Verify Your Domain

Follow the steps below to complete domain verification:

1. Go to Google Merchant Center and click Business info under YOUR BUSINESS.
2. In the Details tab, click the Add online store.
3. Enter the URL for your online store, then click Save.
4. Click on the Add an HTML tag or file option.
5. Select the Add an HTML tag option.
6. Copy the Meta tag shown below.
7. Go to your SHOPLINE admin panel.
8. From the left navigation pane, click on Channels and select Google.
9. In the Google channel, click the confirm at once button in the Domain verification section.
   
10. Click Add Meta tag or the pencil button.
11. Paste the Meta tag you just copied in Merchant Center into the input box and click Save.
    
12. Return to Google Merchant Center and click the Verify website button on the bottom right to submit your website for verification.