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Verify you own your domain

When a workspace must prove it controls a site before publishing to it, add a DNS record, a meta tag or a small file, then check it.

Before you start

  • Access to your domain’s DNS settings, your site’s <head>, or its files — depending on the method you choose.

Steps

  1. Step 1: Open Domain ownership

    Open the project from Projects & integrations and find Domain ownership. It says whether verification is required for this project or optional.

  2. Step 2: Choose how to verify

    Under Choose how to verify:

    • DNS TXT record — recommended. Proves you own the whole domain. Can take a few minutes to appear.
    • Meta tag — paste one tag into your site’s <head>. Works in most CMSs and authorises publishing to this site only.
    • File upload — upload a small text file to /.well-known/ on your site. Authorises publishing to this site only.

  3. Step 3: Get your token and add it

    Choose Get my token. Copy the Type, Host / name and Value (for DNS), the tag, or the file, and add it at your DNS provider or on your site exactly as shown.

  4. Step 4: Check

    Choose Check now. DNS changes can take a few minutes to appear; if it says Not found yet, wait a minute and try again.

What you’ll see

Ownership confirmed appears, and publishing to the domain works. Keep the record, tag or file in place: we re-check it periodically, and publishing pauses if it disappears.

Troubleshooting

“We checked and did not find the record yet.”

Check the value is exact — no extra quotes or spaces — and that you added it to the right host. Try again in a few minutes.

“This domain was verified, but the record can no longer be found.”

Publishing to it is paused. Put the record, tag or file back (or choose Request a new token and add the new one), then choose Check now.

“Domain registered to another account”

Each website can have one free account. Verifying with a DNS TXT record proves you own the whole domain and moves it to this account.

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