Confirm that a social account is yours

Confirming an account shows TrekGuider that a social account really belongs to you. You need it to claim an existing creator page, and it stops another TrekGuider account from using your link. A confirmation is private: it adds no badge or mark to your page, and visitors cannot see which of your links are confirmed.

There are two ways to confirm a social account: sign in with it, or add a short temporary code to its public description. A website has its own steps, described in Confirm that a website is yours.

Before you start

• Confirm your TrekGuider email address. Until you do, the confirm options stay hidden and you can only paste links.
• Decide which account you want to confirm. If you manage several YouTube channels or Facebook Pages, choose the one that belongs on your page.
• You only see the options your account can use. Google and X links can be added to your page, but they cannot be confirmed.

Where you can confirm an account

• On an existing creator page, when you claim it. Open the page and choose Claim this page. See Claim an existing creator page.
• In seller registration. Open Account Verification. In the Social profiles step, use Connect and confirm instantly above the link fields, or the confirm options under a link you pasted.
• On your profile. Choose Edit Social Links on your creator page, or Add Social Link in the profile editor. The Connect Your Social Media window opens. A network with an empty field shows Connect, and a network with a link shows Confirm.
• In Marketing. Connecting an account in Sales Analytics → Marketing confirms it too. Connect social accounts for your analytics explains which connections count.

Confirm by signing in

You can sign in with YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest or Bluesky. Instagram and LinkedIn are in a limited rollout and appear only for included accounts.

1. Open one of the places above and find the network.
2. Read the short note above the buttons. By connecting, you agree to the policies it names.
3. Choose the network's button: for example YouTube under Connect and confirm instantly, or Connect or Confirm beside the network in Connect Your Social Media.
4. The network's own sign-in page opens. Sign in with the account you want to confirm. If it picks the wrong account, cancel there and try again.
5. Approve the access it asks for. The access is read-only: TrekGuider can read your account details and statistics, but cannot post or change anything.
6. You return to TrekGuider, and the link shows as confirmed.

If the field for that network was empty, we fill in your account's public link. If the field already holds a different link, we leave it as it was, and the account you signed in with is still confirmed.

Some networks need one extra choice:

• YouTube: if you manage several channels, pick the right one in the Google window.
• TikTok: allow access to your profile info, so TikTok shares your username. Without it, we cannot confirm the account.
• Facebook: when Facebook asks which Pages to share, choose your Page. You need full control of the Page. If a business portfolio owns the Page, it is enough to share it with TrekGuider when Facebook asks which Pages to share. If you manage several Pages, paste the link of the one you want in its field first.
• Bluesky: enter your handle if asked, for example yourname.bsky.social. If your Bluesky account is already connected in Marketing, it is already confirmed, so no Bluesky button appears: paste your Bluesky link in its field and save.
• Instagram: you sign in with Facebook, and you need full control of the Facebook Page linked to the Instagram account, or that Page belongs to a business portfolio and you share it.

Signing in also connects the account to Marketing when your account can use it, so its statistics appear there. If you sign in during seller registration before your seller account is verified, the connection waits and appears in Marketing once you are verified. See Complete your seller verification.

Confirm with a temporary code

Use a code if you would rather not sign in, when signing in is not offered, or when signing in did not work. Codes work for YouTube channels, TikTok accounts, Pinterest accounts, Bluesky accounts and Discord servers. Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn do not let us read a profile's description without signing in, so for them signing in is the only way.

1. Choose Confirm with a code or Use a code in seller registration, or use a code beside the link in Connect Your Social Media. When that network has no sign-in button there (Discord, or Bluesky once it is connected in Marketing), choose Confirm. In the claim window, choose Add a code instead. If a sign-in did not confirm the account, the message under the link has a Use a code instead button.
2. Choose Copy code.
3. Add the code on its own line, and keep your existing text:
   • YouTube: in your channel description. Open YouTube Studio, then Customization and Profile.
   • TikTok: in your bio. Choose Edit profile in the TikTok app.
   • Pinterest: in About. On pinterest.com, open your profile, choose Edit profile, then add the code to About.
   • Bluesky: in your profile description. In the Bluesky app or on bsky.app, open your profile, choose Edit Profile, then add the code to Description.
   • Discord: in your server description. Open Server Settings, then Server Profile.
4. Save or publish the change on that network.
5. Return to TrekGuider and choose Check now.

The code works only for your account and that link. Once the link shows as confirmed, you can delete the code from your description.

Let an AI assistant prepare it

If you sell on TrekGuider and connected an AI assistant in AI & MCP with permission to edit your creator page, it can prepare a confirmation and check the result. For a sign-in, it gives you a link that works for 15 minutes: open it while signed in to TrekGuider and finish signing in yourself. For a code, it tells you what to add and where. Never send passwords or sign-in codes in a chat. See Review an action prepared by your assistant.

After you confirm

• In seller registration, the link shows Confirmed with the network's sign-in, or Confirmed with a code. In Connect Your Social Media, it shows Confirmed.
• Removing the link from your page, or disconnecting the account in Marketing, does not remove the confirmation.
• Deleting your TrekGuider account deletes your confirmations, so someone else can then confirm those accounts.

If a check fails, another account already uses your link, or a confirmation needs to be revoked, see Fix an account confirmation.