📌 Overview
If you are adding websites to Publication Media as a standard publisher, you must verify ownership before those sites can go live and receive orders. VIP publishers have a separate flow that bypasses ownership verification. This article explains verification, pricing, and adding multiple websites. Source: linkgraph/app/publisher/publications/api/views.py:260–312.
❓ Can I Receive Orders Without Verification?
Standard publishers must verify ownership of each newly added website before it can go live, regardless of its authority. Ownership verification demonstrates control of the website; separate approval checks determine whether it meets platform requirements. VIP publishers can add sites without ownership verification. Source: linkgraph/app/publisher/publications/api/views.py:260–312, 371–425.
Ownership verification is a platform requirement for standard publishers adding websites. Adding a site does not itself complete verification or activate its listing. This guidance does not determine whether your use of a website complies with applicable laws or agreements. Source: linkgraph/app/publisher/publications/api/views.py:293–302.
💰 Does a Lower Price Let Me Skip Verification?
Lowering your price does not replace required ownership verification. You provide an asking price when submitting your websites and review any revised offer before verifying ownership. Pricing and ownership verification are separate parts of onboarding. Sources: publisher-frontend/components/OnBoarding/Step2/index.js:179–183; publisher-frontend/components/OnBoarding/Resume/index.js:301–337.
🔍 Why Verification Is Required
- Ownership: It confirms that you control the website you are offering.
- Quality: It helps keep Publication Media listings reliable for buyers.
- Trust: It protects both publishers and buyers from misrepresented or unavailable sites.
🛠️ What to Do Before Adding Many Websites
- Make a list of every website you plan to add, including new sites and authority sites that are not yet on Publication Media.
- Make sure each website is live, accessible, and that you can prove you manage it.
- In the Publication Media publisher dashboard, open Publications and select Add Site to submit another website. New publishers can submit their websites through the onboarding application. Source:
publisher-frontend/pages/publications.js:25–35;publisher-frontend/components/OnBoarding/Step2/index.js:179–183. - Complete every verification step shown for each site.
- For sites requiring verification, complete ownership verification and confirm that the listing has been activated. A verified site may still fail separate approval checks. Activation makes a site available for orders but does not guarantee that it will receive any. Sources:
linkgraph/app/publisher/publications/api/views.py:378–425;publisher-frontend/components/Publications/PublicationCard.js:78–93. - Set your asking price when submitting each website. During onboarding, review and accept any revised pricing offer before proceeding to ownership verification. Later price changes use the counteroffer process rather than a direct price edit. Sources:
publisher-frontend/components/OnBoarding/Step2/index.js:179–183;publisher-frontend/components/OnBoarding/Resume/index.js:301–337;linkgraph/app/publisher/publications/api/views.py:314–335.
⚠️ Common Issues
- Not receiving orders: If ownership verification is required for your site, check that it is complete. Also confirm that the listing is active and not paused, and review any activation failure reasons shown. Being eligible for orders does not guarantee demand. VIP-added sites can bypass ownership verification. Sources:
publisher-frontend/components/Publications/PublicationCard.js:14–36, 78–93;linkgraph/app/publisher/publications/api/views.py:304–312. - Many sites added at once: For standard publishers, ownership verification is site-specific. Verifying one website does not verify the others. You can continue onboarding after verifying at least one accepted site, but the remaining unverified sites will not be activated through that onboarding flow until verified. Sources:
linkgraph/app/core/publisher/models.py:377–386;publisher-frontend/components/OnBoarding/Resume/index.js:332–337, 425–437. - New websites: You can submit new websites, but submission does not guarantee approval. Standard publishers must complete ownership verification, and sites must pass the applicable approval checks before activation. VIP publishers have a separate add-site flow that bypasses ownership verification. Source:
linkgraph/app/publisher/publications/api/views.py:260–312, 394–425. - Low pricing: A lower price does not make an unverified site eligible for orders.
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