Preparation
Google Account
To set up the Developer account, an active Google account is mandatory. If you already have a Gmail account, you can proceed with that. Otherwise, use the following link to create a new account: https://accounts.google.com > Create Account.
It doesn't matter whether the Google account is a personal or corporate account. With these instructions, you will create a corporate developer account for your business, and you only use the Google account to access that. However, certain steps may be skipped if you have a corporate Google account.
NOTE: During the setup, Google will confirm your website domain ownership. If your Google account email and your website share the same domain, verification is not necessary, and the process will be smoother. However, for example, if your Google account is something@gmail.com, and your website is https://mydomain.com, you need to verify the ownership later in this process.
D-U-N-S Number
Locate your company’s D-U-N-S number, an international registration identifier, to ensure Google can accurately verify your company’s identity. Following you can find multiple free sources to locate the number.
- https://developer.apple.com/enroll/duns-lookup/#!/search (You need to log in with an AppleId)
- https://www.dnb.com/duns-number/lookup.html (global directory)
- https://europe.dnb.com/ws/findbusiness.asp (EU companies)
- https://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-number/lookup/request-a-duns-number.html (UK companies)
- https://www.bisnode.fi/duns/ (Finnish companies)