A guide will walk you through it.
This comprehensive article will guide you through the step-by-step process of completing the new Google verification procedure for Play Store Developer accounts.
Documents for Organization Verification
Submit One of the following:
Documents accepted for Personal Verification
One of the following:-
Driver License
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Passport
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State ID
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Green Card
STEPS to Verify Your Identity
Log into https://play.google.com/console
Choose your account
Now that you have accessed your Play Console, the next step is to click on the "Get Started" button to proceed.
To start the process, click “start.”
Choose “Organization”
Click “Create a payment profile.”
Click Continue
Enter your DUNS Number,
Confirm your information is correct.
Fill in the information about your organization.
- Always put the + 1 in front of your phone number - it can be your cell phone or the general phone number of the company.
- Use the https:// in front of your website.
Enter your contact information.
- Use the email that matches your website domain entered above
- Click the “Verify Email” to have a code sent to your email
- Enter that code to complete the verification
You will also be asked to provide contact info, which will be shown on your developer profile.
Review your public profile info and click “Consent.”
*NOTE* Google will email you instructions on how to upload the documents required for verification. Click the blue “Verify Now” button.
TIP: Make sure you are on the correct Google profile (one that is associated with the play console) when you
You will be asked to log in again, and it will give you a list of what you need and what documents are acceptable for the verification process.
Click “Start Verification”
This will now walk you through the process of uploading these documents.
⚠️Note: Your name needs to exactly match your ID document if you have a middle name on your documents if you need to use that!
⚠️Note For your ID: make sure you take a photo in large format showing the corners front and back
⚠️Add your PERSONAL address that matches this ID
Once this is done, go back to your Google Play Console so you can VERIFY YOUR WEBSITE Go to “Account Details” and click “Send Verification Request.”
Once you click this, you will get the message.
“If this website is registered in the Google Search Console, a verification request code has been sent to the owner".
📪 You should then get an email with the subject line
Request sent to associate your Play Console developer account with the site https://yoursite .com/
https://search.google.com/search-console/about
Enter your domain - without the http ://
You will then see a pop that will give you a TXT record for you to add to your domain.
If you are with “GoDaddy,” you may be able to click “Verify,” and it can do it from there; otherwise, you need to go to your domain register and add the text record to your website domain.
Here are a few domain hosting service instructions for uploading txt to your DNS
Once you have added the txt record to your DNS go back to the Google search console and click “Verify,” and you should get the “Ownership Verified” popup.
Now go back to your Google Play Console, where you are doing the verification process, and go to “account details.”
Scroll down, and you may need to click the blue text “send verification request” again.
You should see “Website Verified.”
It is important to note that the verification of your identity may take a few days to complete, unlike the instant verification process for the website.
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