How do I prove an old website is mine for the import?

Add the code shown on the import page to your old website in one of two ways — a line on its home page, or a TXT record on its domain — and press Check now. Once it says "Proven: this website is yours.", its pages, blog posts and old links can come in too.

Where to find it

Admin › Autopilot AI › 1-Click Bulk Import from any Website. After you press Check the website, a yellow box asks: "Is this your own old website? Prove it to bring its pages and blog too". It shows your own code.

Step by step

Type the old website's address and press Check the website. Keep this page open.
Choose one way — the page shows or between them, and either is enough:
- A. A line on the home page. Press Copy next to <meta name="ecap-verify" content="…">. Shopify: Online Store › Themes › Edit code › theme.liquid, paste it just before </head> and save. WordPress: a header code plugin, or your theme's header.
- B. A TXT record in the domain's DNS. Press Copy next to ecap-verify=…. Where your domain is managed (Cloudflare, Namecheap …), add a TXT record on the domain with this value.
Come back and press Check now.
When you see Proven: this website is yours., tick Pages, Blog posts and Old links under What to bring, and start the import.

How it works

The check looks for proof in this order:

Your own domain here. If the address is already your shop's domain in Settings › Your domain — proven, or bought through us — it counts at once, with nothing to add.
The TXT record on the website's domain. For shop.example.com, a TXT on example.com counts too.
The line in the website's home page.

Without proof, products and categories still come in. Pages, blog posts and old-link redirects come only from a proven website.

Good to know

The code belongs to this one check. If you press Check the website again, a new code is shown — use the new one.
A new TXT record can take a few minutes, sometimes an hour, to show. Wait and press Check now again.
You can remove the line or the TXT record after the import.
Pressing Check now many times in a short time shows "Too many checks in a short time". Wait a few minutes.

Common problems

"The code was not found yet." The DNS record may not be visible yet; try again later. For the home-page line, check that it is saved in the live theme and the home page opens without a password.
Pages and Blog posts are greyed out. The website is not proven yet. Finish one of the two ways above.

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