Quick start

Updated July 2026 · 2 min read

From a fresh account to verified events on your own subdomain in about ten minutes — the full path, with a detailed guide linked at every step.

Before you start

• A Google Tag Manager account where you can create containers.
• Access to your domain's DNS settings — needed for the custom domain step.
• A TagVolt account. The Free plan is a permanent monthly plan, not a trial.

Copy your GTM container config

1. In Google Tag Manager, create a new container and pick Server as the target platform.
2. Choose Manually provision tagging server — GTM shows a Container Config string.
3. Copy it. TagVolt needs it in the next step.

Create your TagVolt container

1. In the app, click New container and give it a clear name.
2. Paste the Container Config you copied from GTM.
3. Click Create — provisioning usually finishes in under a minute.

Full walkthrough: Create your first container.

Add your custom domain

For production tracking, serve the container from a subdomain you own, like tags.yourstore.com: add the domain in TagVolt, create one CNAME record at your DNS provider, and wait for the status to turn Active. SSL is issued and renewed for you. Steps: Add your custom domain.

Point your web tags at it

In your web GTM container — or directly in your platform tags — set the server container URL to your new subdomain. From then on, events from your site flow to your server container instead of straight to each platform.

Verify in Preview mode

Open the container's Preview mode and load your website in another tab. Incoming events appear live — once you see them, the whole chain works. More on this in Preview and debug mode.