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How do I get my site into Google? (indexing, step by step)

Submit your sitemap in Search Console. Here is the exact URL to paste.

Updated July 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Plan: All plansWho: Everyone

Being live and being in Google are two different things. A live site Google has never crawled will not appear in search at all. This is how you tell Google you exist.

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Rennt builds and hosts your sitemap for you automatically — you do not create or upload anything. You just paste one URL into Google once.

Your sitemap URL#

A sitemap is a machine-readable list of your pages. Yours is generated live from your catalog:

https://rennt.app/s/your-slug/sitemap.xml

Replace your-slug with whatever comes after /s/ in your storefront link. If you connected a custom domain, use https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml instead.

Open it in a browser — you should see XML with your storefront URL and a lastmod date. If you see that, it is working. It updates itself whenever you change your catalog.

The SEO tab in your dashboard — the in-app checklist that pairs with this guide.Tap to enlarge
The SEO tab in your dashboard — the in-app checklist that pairs with this guide.

Step 1 — Add your site to Search Console#

  1. Go to https://search.google.com/search-console and sign in with any Google account.
  2. Click Add property.
  3. If you have a custom domain: choose the Domain option, type yourdomain.com, and Google gives you a TXT record to add at your registrar — the same place you added Rennt's two DNS records. Add it, click Verify.
  4. If you are on a rennt.app link: choose the URL prefix option and enter your full storefront URL. Verification via a Google Analytics tag is usually the easiest route here.
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You cannot verify ownership of rennt.app itself — we own that domain, not you. If Search Console will not verify your /s/... link, that is the reason, and it is the single best argument for connecting your own domain (Pro). On your own domain you own the whole thing and everything below works properly.

Step 2 — Submit your sitemap#

In Search Console, open Sitemaps in the left menu, paste your sitemap URL, and click Submit. Status should read Success within a few minutes.

Step 3 — Ask for a crawl#

Paste your storefront URL into the search bar at the top of Search Console (the URL Inspection tool), then click Request indexing. This puts you in the queue.

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Do this once. Requesting indexing repeatedly does not make it faster and can look like spam. Once is enough.

What we do automatically#

You do not have to do any of this — it is already handled:

  • Your sitemap is generated live from your catalog and stays current.
  • Your storefront serves a real page title, description and your actual product list in the HTML — so Google reads your catalog on the first crawl instead of waiting to run JavaScript.
  • Your products are marked up with structured data (Product, Offer, LocalBusiness) so Google understands what you rent and what it costs.
  • Once your storefront has at least 3 live products, it is added to Rennt's own storefront sitemap, which gives Google a second way to find you.

The honest timeline#

Weeks to months for a new domain. Nobody can make Google index a page — a sitemap is a strong hint, not an instruction. Anyone who promises you fast rankings is selling something.

What actually gets you customers sooner#

Be honest with yourself about the order here:

  1. Google Business Profile — free, and it is what shows in the local map results people actually tap. It outranks your website for "party rentals near me" every time.
  2. Share your own link — Instagram bio, Facebook button, and reply to every "how much?" text with your link.
  3. Real reviews — they drive the map results more than anything else you control.
  4. Then, in the background, the search indexing above.
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Do not sit and wait on Google. Owners who get bookings in their first week do it by sharing their link, not by ranking.

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The AI website builder, step by stepFrom two sentences about your business to a published site — usually under ten minutes.Editing website sections by handEverything the AI drafts, you can change. What to edit first and why drafts are safe.Your logo and storefront colorsTwo colors and a logo drive your whole storefront look. Both live in Settings.The SEO tab: your city, your keywordsTell Google what you rent and where. Three fields do most of the work.Connecting Google Search ConsoleTell Google your site exists and see which searches show it. One button plus a sitemap.

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