Claim your website to get access to analytics for the Pins you publish from your site, the analytics on Pins that other people create from your site and let people know where they can find more of your content. Your profile picture will show up next to any Pins that come from your site as well as a Follow button for your Pinterest account, while the globe ticked icon will appear next to your website URL on your profile. Only the domain name will be displayed, the .www or .https will not be included (such as example.com).
If you're a
You can claim more than one website per Pinterest account. Each website must be at a second-level domain (such as example.com), subdomain (such as ads.example.com) or subpath domain (such as example.com/uk). A second-level domain refers to the domain name to the left of the domain extension (the .com, .org or .net, for example). A subdomain refers to a smaller unit of a domain. These subdomains are part of the domain. They're extensions of the main page. Finally, a subpath domain is one way that websites can ensure their sites are structured correctly and all pages, URLs or products will be attributed to the correct place. For example, back to their UK site (as in example.com/uk) rather than their US site (which would happen if they left off the /uk).
Note: Unless the subdomain routes to the same place as the second-level domain, it will be treated as a separate domain in our system. You can only claim your website using a computer or a laptop.
An HTML tag is a piece of text that describes a web page's content. You have to add an HTML tag to your website's source code so Pinterest can confirm that you own the website you want to claim. Be mindful that different website hosts have different
- Log in to your Pinterest business account.
- Click
the directional chevron down icon in the top right-hand corner to open your menu. - Select Settings.
- Click Claimed accounts on the left-side navigation.
- Click Claim next to Websites.
- Click the text in the box below Add HTML tag to copy it.
- Click Continue.
- Go to the index.html file of your website and add the tag to the <head> section before the <body> section. The instructions for this depend on what site your website is hosted on.
- Enter your website URL in the box, then click Verify.
After you click Verify, we'll automatically check for the HTML tag and claim your website. Once your site has been claimed, you can remove the HTML tag from your website's source code. This claim will only be removed if you make changes to your website in your Pinterest settings.
A HTML file contains Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), which is used to format the structure of a web page. It's stored in a standard text format and contains tags that define the page layout and content of the page, including text, tables, images and hyperlinks. You can download this file from Pinterest and upload it to your website's web server. Follow the
- Log in to your Pinterest business account.
- Click
the directional chevron down icon in the top right-hand corner to open your menu. - Select Settings.
- Click Claimed accounts from the left-side navigation.
- Click Claim next to Websites.
- Click Download below Upload HTML file, then click Continue.
- Upload the HTML file to your web server at the root folder. The instructions for this depend on what site your website is hosted on. If you upload to a subfolder, we won't be able to access it.
- Enter your website URL in the box, then click Verify.
After you click Verify, we'll automatically check for the HTML file and claim your website. Once your site has been claimed, you can remove the HTML file from your website's source code. This claim will only be removed if you make changes to your website in your Pinterest settings.
The Domain Name System (DNS) records contain text information about your website that act as instructions for how the server should respond to a request. You have to add a TXT record to your website’s DNS so Pinterest can confirm that you own the website that you want to claim.
- Log in to your Pinterest business account.
- Click
the directional chevron down icon in the top right-hand corner to open your menu. - Select Settings.
- Click Claimed accounts on the left-side navigation.
- Click Claim next to Websites.
- Click the text in the box below Add TXT record to copy it.
- Click Continue.
- Log in to your domain host and paste and save the TXT you copied from Pinterest into your DNS record section. Add @ in the Host field if your domain host requires it and wait for the changes to be implemented. This usually takes a few minutes but can take up to 72 hours.
- Enter your website URL in the box, then click Verify.
If you claim a website but later want to remove it from your account, you can unclaim the website. Once the website has been unclaimed, your account will no longer be associated with any of the Pins created with content from the site.
- Log in to your Pinterest business account.
- Click
the directional chevron down icon in the top right-hand corner to open your menu. - Select Settings.
- Click Claimed accounts on the left-side navigation.
- Click Unclaim next to the website you want to remove from your account.
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