Claim your website

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, and the globe checked icon will appear next to your website URL on your profile. If you're a verified merchant or creator, you'll see the blue checkmark instead.

You can claim more than one website per Pinterest account. Each website must be at a second-level domain (like example.com), subdomain (like ads.example.com) or subpath domain (like example.com/uk). 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 have to claim your website using a computer or a laptop.

To learn how to claim social accounts, read our article Claim your Instagram, Etsy or YouTube account.

Before you begin

Verify that you or your business own a second-level domain (like example.com), a subdomain (like ads.example.com) or a subpath domain (like example.com/uk)
Select whether you’d like to claim your website by adding an HTML tag to your website, uploading an HTML file to your website or adding a DNS TXT record to your website

Add an HTML tag to your website

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 instructions for accessing their source codes.

Add an HTML tag to your website

Log into your Pinterest business account.
Click the directional chevron down icon in the top-right corner to open your menu.
Select Settings.
Click Claim from 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 depends on what site your website is hosted on.
Go back to Pinterest, enter your website URL into the box and 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.

Upload an HTML file to your website

An HTML file contains Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), which is used to format the structure of a webpage. 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 download this file from Pinterest and upload it to your website's web server. Be mindful that different website hosts have different instructions for uploading HTML files to their HTML code.

Upload an HTML file to your website

Log into your Pinterest business account.
Click the directional chevron down icon in the top-right corner to open your menu.
Select Settings.
Click Claim 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 depends on what site your website is hosted on. If you upload to a subfolder, we won't be able to access it.
Go back to Pinterest, enter your website URL into the box and 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.

Add a DNS TXT record to your domain host

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 you want to claim.

Add a DNS TXT record to your website

Log into your Pinterest business account.
Click the directional chevron down icon in the top-right corner to open your menu.
Select Settings.
Click Claim from 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 into 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.
Go back to Pinterest and enter your website URL into the box, then click Verify.

Instructions for different website providers

Host	Instructions
Big Cartel	HTML tag
BigCommerce	HTML tag
Blogger	HTML tag
Bluehost	HTML file
Etsy	Pinterest settings
FatCow	HTML file
GoDaddy	HTML file
HostGator	HTML file
HostMetro	HTML file
Instagram	Pinterest settings
iPage	HTML file
PrestaShop	HTML tag
Storeenvy	HTML tag
Shopify	HTML tag or HTML file
SiteGround	HTML file
Squarespace	Connect accounts
Tumblr	HTML tag or HTML file
Weebly	HTML tag
Wix	HTML tag
WordPress	HTML tag
YouTube	Pinterest settings
Zenfolio	HTML tag

Before you begin

Add an HTML tag to your website

Upload an HTML file to your website

Add a DNS TXT record to your domain host

Instructions for different website providers

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