# Add your website

Setup has five short steps, from your company's name to one line of code on your website. You can stop after any step and carry on later from where you left off.

Video: Add your website (0:51), on https://www.complyzero.com/docs/website-consent/add-your-website

## Before you start

- You need to be able to change your website's code, or know who can. The last step adds one line to it.
- The Free plan covers one website. For more, choose a plan with room for them in **Billing**.

## Open setup

If you're new to ComplyZero, setup opens the first time you sign in. Otherwise, select **Add Website** in the sidebar, or **Add Website Consent** if you haven't set it up before.

Adding another website? On the **Overview**, under **Website health**, select **Manage websites**, then **Add Website**. You fill in the same form as in step 2, and setup carries on from step 3.

## Setup, step by step

### 1. Tell us about your company

You only see this the first time. Choose **Cookie consent for your website**, enter your **Company name** and select **Continue**. Then add a phone number if you like, read the data processing agreement, tick the box to accept it and select **Accept agreement**, then **Continue**.

### 2. Add your website

Enter a **Website name** and the **Website address**, for example `https://www.example.com`. Below them is the plan the website goes on, and **What's included** lists its limits. If more than one plan has room for a website, choose one under **Plan for this website**. Then select **Add website**.

![The Add your website step, with the website name, the website address, the plan and the Add website button](https://www.complyzero.com/media/docs/add-website/website.3e648dd5.webp)

### 3. Scan your website

Select **Scan now**. We visit your website like a new visitor and list every cookie it sets. It takes a minute or two, and you can select **Continue** while it runs.

When it finishes, you can sort the cookies into categories straight away with **Open your cookie list**, or later from **Cookies**.

![The Scan your website step before the first scan, with the Scan now and Continue buttons](https://www.complyzero.com/media/docs/add-website/scan.f1ecdb3d.webp)

### 4. Set up your banner

Three short tasks, each on its own page. A bar at the top of each page brings you back here.

1. **Choose what you ask visitors**: the reasons you use cookies, such as measuring visits or showing ads. Select **Choose purposes**, start from our templates and publish the ones you need.
2. **Publish your cookie notice**: a short notice about how you use cookies. Select **Write your notice**, fill in the template and publish it.
3. **Design and publish your banner**: select **Design your banner**, pick colours and wording, see it on a preview, then publish.

A finished task shows **Done**. Once your banner is published, the **Skip for now** button becomes **Continue**. Select it to go on.

![The Set up your banner step, with its three tasks and the Skip for now button](https://www.complyzero.com/media/docs/add-website/banner.1f66cd95.webp)

> **Why this order**
> The banner asks visitors about your purposes and links to your notice, so it can only go live once both are published.

### 5. Add the banner to your website

Select **Copy code** and paste it as the first item inside the `<head>` tag of every page of your website. **Where to paste it** has the steps for WordPress, Shopify and Wix.

Publish the change on your website, then select **Check my website**. We open your website and look for the code. When you see **Found it. Your banner code is on your website.**, select **Finish setup**.

> **Google Tag Manager**
> It works, but we don't recommend it. Tag Manager loads the banner after your page starts, so cookies set before it can slip through.

## If a step gets stuck

**We couldn't find the code on your page yet.** Make sure you saved or published the change on your website, then check again. Some websites cache pages for a few minutes.

**We couldn't open your page to check.** Your website may be blocking our check. Open your website in a private window: if the banner shows, it works.

**Your banner isn't set up yet, so there's no code to add.** Go back one step and publish your banner.

**You've used the websites your plan includes.** Choose a plan with room for another website in **Billing**.

Still stuck? On the last step, select **We'll help you install it** and we'll walk you through it.

## Video transcript

Adding a website takes a minute. On Overview, under Website health, select Manage websites. Then select Add Website. Give it a name you'll recognise, and enter its address, starting with https. Below is the plan it goes on. What's included lists its limits, like how many consent choices it covers each month. Then select Add website. Setup carries on from there: a scan of your website, your banner, and one line of code on your site. You can stop after any step and pick up later.

Last checked against the ComplyZero dashboard on 2026-10-24. Source: https://www.complyzero.com/docs/website-consent/add-your-website