How to Verify Domain to be Able to Set Up a Facebook Shop

[SwissVillage]

Facebook and Instagram policy that our domains have to be verified to be able to link to them in a shop and catalogue on Facebook. Can you provide details on how to enable this if the products we are listing to are on Zazzle?   

"In order to use Instagram Shopping, the products tagged must direct to checkout on Instagram or direct to a domain you own and which has the products available for direct purchase. This means the URL for a given product in your catalog must link to your own branded site."

[Harmony]

Given that the requirements you listed require you to own the domain or branded site you would not be able to list Zazzle. If you create your own website that features your products you may be able to link to that

[Kevi]

You can create a Facebook Page and link that to your Z store and upload products, collections direct from the link button. This will bring customers to Zazzle but they won't buy direct from FB.

[SwissVillage]

Thank you both.  I do have a page www.antiqueimages.com and have linked to that.  And I also link to my products from my FB page, just as Kevi suggested.  The problem is actually primarily with Instagram where the only way to send a customer straight to a product is to "tag" it.   However to tag my products that are listed in the shop on Instagram, and send them to Zazzle, I have to have domain verification.   It's an incredibly confusing set up. It used to work, a year or so ago, and then FB/META/Insta made everything so much more complicated.  In one place it tells you there is a way to verify subsidiary addresses like www.zazzle.com/store/storename ... but when you try to enter that it will not work. And meanwhile FB / META business manager keeps telling me I really should be tagging my products and trying to get me to tag them, and yet it has taken away that ability.  I would really like to also hear from Zazzle if they have explored any solutions to this with the powers that be at META.  Clearly it would be valuable to Zazzle if designers were able to send folks from their Insta feeds straight to Zazzle!

[catinarezi]

How do I upload products to Facebook/Instagram? I just created a professional instagram account and would like to create a shop. I've just seen it's possible at @indiedarlingdesign 's instagram, but I can't find out how...

[HightonRidley]

Things are changing right now on Fb and Instagram and their policy is about owning the domain has gone away, @SwissVillage.

I'm just wading through setting up a shop right now on Fb/Insta and it's not an issue any longer. Here's a (mostly) helpful article about it: https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/building-online-stores/how-to-set-up-a-facebook-store/

I hope that helps 🙂