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SOP 097: How to Verify ownership of your domain in Facebook Business Manager

Goal
Verifying your domain in Facebook Business Manager.
Ideal Outcome
Facebook is able to correctly verify ownership of your site.
Prerequisites or requirements

You should have created a Business Manager account for your site (you can follow SOP 010 (web version) to learn how to do that). Plus, you’ll need to have access to your domain registrar (e.g. GoDaddy, Google Domains, Dreamhost, Siteground, Cloudflare, etc)

Why this is important
Several reasons, the main one is related to the Facebook updates related to the release of iOS 14. Facebook Ads will now only allow you to track up to 8 conversion events to be configured per domain — before you configure those events, you’ll need to verify your domain.
Where this is done
In Facebook Business Manager, and in your domain registrar.
When is this done
Before you run any Facebook Ad campaigns.
Who does this
The person responsible for Facebook Ads.

Add your domain to Business Manager

1. Go to your Facebook Business Manager dashboard and click on the account you want to work on.

2. Click on the hamburger menu, and then click on “Business Settings”

3. Under “Brand Safety”, click “Domains”

If this is your first time verifying a domain for this Business Manager account, you’ll need to add the domain.

4. Write your domain URL and click “Add Domain”

You’ll be presented with 3 options to verify your domain. In this SOP, we’ll DNS verification

DNS Verification

1. On Business Manager, select DNS Verification as the method to verify your domain

2. Copy the TXT verification record provided by Facebook

Go to your domain registrar dashboard or admin panel.

Go to your DNS records section. In some registrars, this is under a “Domains” or “Manage domains” menu or link.

Example: Dreamhost

Example: Siteground

3. Create a new custom record (this will look slightly different depending on your registrar, but these are the general steps)

Leave the “Name” field blank

Select a TXT record “Type”

Leave the default “TTL” value

Under “Value” paste the record you copied from Facebook Ads

Example: Dreamhost

Example: Siteground

4. Once you’ve added your record, go back to Business Manager and click “Verify”

Note: DNS records can take up to 48-72 hours to propagate. Don’t worry if Facebook can’t verify your domain right away. Come back a day later and try hitting the “Verify” button again.

After the DNS changes have propagated, you’ll receive a confirmation after clicking “Verify”

Associate your Facebook Page to the verified domain

1. Refresh the page after verifying your domain and click on “Connected Assets”

2. Click on “Add Assets”

3. Select the appropriate Facebook Page and click “Add”