How to add your store to Google
This video will show you step-by-step how to add your store to Google, verify with Google Search Console, add your sitemap and start getting indexed:
To add your store to Google, create an account with Google Search Console on the link below and follow the instructions to add your store:
Note: If you are adding a store on a custom domain, you can choose the TXT verification. Once you have the TXT record, please contact customer support to have them add it to your DNS.
For more information on setting up your Google Search Console account, please see our dedicated guide:
About your XML Sitemap
Your store automatically provides all its pages to search engines using an XML Sitemap.
The search engines will automatically find this sitemap because it is listed in your "robots.txt" file. However, you can submit this link inside your Google Search Console and/or Bing Webmaster Tools to help them find it quickly.
For more about XML Sitemaps, please see this guide:
🔗 XML Sitemap - Feature Guide
Troubleshooting
Google says verification failed
If Google can't verify your store with the TXT record, check the following:
- Wait at least an hour after the TXT record was added. DNS changes can take time to propagate across the internet.
- Confirm support added the exact value Google gave you (the full string, including the
google-site-verification=prefix). - In Google Search Console, click Verify again to retry.
- If you are using the HTML file verification method instead of TXT, switch to TXT. FreshStore stores don't allow uploading arbitrary verification files.
For more on TXT records and other DNS topics, see our DNS and domain troubleshooting guide.