1. Create an account
Sign up with an email and password, or with Google. New workspaces come with the Free plan — no credit card required.
2. Add your first site
Open Dashboard → Sites → New Site and enter the domain you want to protect (for example my-shop.com). ShieldGate generates a unique site_key — this is what identifies your traffic in every API call, script, and integration.
3. Configure destinations
Every site needs at least two URLs:
- Money page — where you send real, targeted visitors (your actual offer, checkout, or landing page).
- White page / safe page — a compliant page shown to bots, scanners, and traffic that doesn't match your rules.
You can add multiple destinations with weights, geo/device filters, and rotation modes. See Destinations & rotation.
4. Pick a delivery method
On the site's Settings page, choose how visitors reach the money page: redirect, meta refresh, loading spinner, iframe, reverse, or shadow. Each has trade-offs on speed, URL visibility, and stealth — see Cloaking methods.
5. Install
Open Sites → your site → Install. You'll see copy-paste snippets for:
- Same-URL delivery (reverse / shadow / gates) — no code changes on your site
- WordPress plugin (one-click install)
- JavaScript auto-redirect (drop-in
<script>tag) - PHP snippet (top-of-page decide call)
- Cloudflare Worker (edge decisioning)
6. Test it
From the dashboard, use the Test visitor tool to simulate a real user, a bot, or a blocked country. Live results appear in Analytics and the Visitors feed within one second — no refresh needed.
What's next
- Fine-tune filters — add geo, ASN, VPN, and click-limit rules.
- Wire up your tracker — record conversions from Voluum, Binom, or your own postback URL.