To enhance security on your platform, enabling reCAPTCHA is an effective way to protect against fraud and abuse. reCAPTCHA is a tool developed to prevent malicious bots and automated software from accessing your site, while ensuring a seamless experience for real users. By leveraging an advanced risk analysis engine and adaptive challenges, reCAPTCHA differentiates between legitimate users and potential threats.
Including reCAPTCHA in your user login flow not only reduces the risk of unauthorized access but also maintains a smooth experience for your visitors. Legitimate users can easily log in, view pages, or make purchases without hassle, while fake or automated attempts are blocked from your platform. Follow the steps below to set up reCAPTCHA and safeguard your platform effectively.
Open your reseller platform and log into your admin account. Go to Settings > Login & Auth. Then, scroll down to the Google reCaptcha V2.
You will be asked for a Google site key and a Google secret key. To obtain them, you need to create a Google reCAPTCHA project.
Login in a Google Account where you have Google Cloud. If you have not used Google Cloud before, you should create an account there first. Visit this page for details.
Open Google reCAPTCHA. You can find it at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/. Click on the Get Started with Enterprise button.
Give your Project a name. Make sure it matches the use case for your reCAPTCHA key, in this case, your white-label platform. Click on Get Started to continue. You must wait several seconds until the project is created.
Once your project is ready, you will see a screen like the one below. Click on the Cloud Console button to proceed.
You will be redirected to the Google Cloud Console. Make sure you are in the reCAPTCHA section. Give your key a Display name (It can be the name of your brand). Them, in platform type, select Website.
Add your domain. Make sure to use the same one as the white-label platform where you are installing the reCAPTCHA.
Make sure to select reCAPTCHA v2 (the checkbox challenge) to rule out bots from the platform. Other versions of reCAPTCHA will not work on your platform.
Indicate a challenge difficulty level. Then, click on the Create key button.
You will be asked to complete the manual verification of the key. Ignore it, and instead, go back to https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/. This time, click on the Admin Console option.
Once inside the admin console, click on the Settings icon.
Inside the Settings screen, click on the reCAPTCHA keys button. The site key and secret key will be displayed. Copy them.
Go back to your Reseller platform and paste them in the corresponding fields. Make sure the status is set as Enabled. Then, scroll to the button of the page and click on the Save button to preserve your changes.
From now on, your users will see the reCAPTCHA box in their login screen, and will be asked to complete a challenge to verify they are human.
