Get a GoDaddy account with the owner or delegate access needed to add code or manage your site, so Amabrik can install the snippet. Step-by-step, with honest builder limits.

To let Amabrik install the snippet for you, you first need an account that’s allowed to add code to or manage your GoDaddy site. On GoDaddy that means one of two things, and which one you need depends on the kind of site you have.

GoDaddy Website Builder (also called Websites + Marketing, or Airo): the drag-and-drop editor. You manage it through your GoDaddy account, and you grant a helper access at the account level with GoDaddy’s Delegate Access. There’s a real limit here, covered below.
GoDaddy WordPress or cPanel hosting: a normal site where you control the HTML. You have a WordPress admin or a hosting control panel, and you can add a proper Administrator user.

Not sure which one you have? If you build your site by dragging sections in a GoDaddy editor, it’s Website Builder. If you sign in to a WordPress admin (/wp-admin) or a cPanel dashboard, it’s hosting.

What “admin” means on GoDaddy

There isn’t a single “admin” switch that covers everything. There are two separate things:

Your GoDaddy account itself. The person who bought the plan is the account owner. The owner can grant other people access to the products in the account (including a website) using Delegate Access, GoDaddy’s built-in way to share access without sharing your password.
A WordPress Administrator user (only on GoDaddy-hosted WordPress). This is a user inside WordPress with the Administrator role, separate from your GoDaddy account login. It’s the one that can add code site-wide.

For Amabrik to install the snippet, you need to be able to do one of these. If you’re the person who set up and pays for the GoDaddy site, you already are the owner and you’re set.

1. Confirm you’re the account owner

Go to account.godaddy.com and sign in.
Open My Products. If you see your domain, your website, or your hosting plan listed and can manage them, you’re the owner (or already have full access).
If you can also see Account Settings and a Delegate Access page, you have the rights needed to grant access to Amabrik later.

If you can’t see your site here, you might be signed in to the wrong GoDaddy account, or someone else owns it. Ask whoever set up the site to either make you the owner or grant you access (see step 3).

2. If you don’t have an account yet, create one

Anyone helping with the site needs their own GoDaddy account, so it’s worth knowing how one is made:

Go to godaddy.com and choose Sign In, then Create an Account.
Enter your email, a username, and a strong password.
Confirm the account through the email GoDaddy sends.

A brand-new account has no access to anyone else’s site on its own. It only gets access once the site’s owner invites it as a delegate (see the companion guide, Give Amabrik access to your GoDaddy site).

3. Get the access you need (owner vs. delegate)

You own the site: you already have everything needed. You can grant Amabrik access whenever you’re ready.
Someone else owns it: ask them to either transfer ownership to you, or invite you as a delegate with an access level that can manage products. The level “can manage most products” (without buying or seeing payment info) is enough to manage a website and is the safe choice for a helper.

Website Builder vs. hosting: the honest difference

This part matters before you go further.

On GoDaddy WordPress or cPanel hosting, you (or a WordPress Administrator user) control the real HTML. The Amabrik snippet goes in the site-wide <head> and every widget works across the whole site. This is the setup that gives full, proper access.
On GoDaddy Website Builder, access is more limited. You can invite a delegate to work on a Websites + Marketing site, but the builder doesn’t give anyone a true site-wide header for custom scripts. Delegate access lets a helper edit the site, yet the only place for your own code is a per-page HTML section that GoDaddy renders inside an iframe. That’s fine for an inline block (like an embedded form), but banners, popups, cookie bars, and floating widgets that need to sit on top of the whole page won’t behave correctly there. This is a limit of the builder, not of Amabrik.

If you need those overlay widgets to work site-wide, the reliable path is GoDaddy WordPress or cPanel hosting (or another host with a real head). We’d rather tell you this now than after you grant access.

On WordPress hosting: be a WordPress Administrator

If your GoDaddy site is WordPress, the account that matters for the install is a WordPress Administrator user, separate from your GoDaddy login:

Sign in to your WordPress admin at yourdomain.com/wp-admin.
Go to Users > Your Profile (or Users > All Users and find yourself).
Your role is shown on your user. It should say Administrator. Only an Administrator can add site-wide code or add other admin users.

If you’re not an Administrator, ask the current admin to change your role to Administrator under Users, or to add Amabrik directly (see the companion guide).

FAQ

Do I need GoDaddy’s highest plan to do this?

No. You need the right access, not a specific plan tier. On hosting that means being a WordPress Administrator or the account owner. On Website Builder it means owner or delegate access, within the iframe limit above.

What’s the difference between the GoDaddy account owner and a WordPress Administrator?

The GoDaddy account owner controls the GoDaddy products and billing. A WordPress Administrator is a user inside the WordPress site itself. On GoDaddy-hosted WordPress, the Administrator is the one who can add the snippet site-wide.

Can Amabrik install on GoDaddy Website Builder?

Partly. A delegate can edit the site, but custom code there runs in a per-page iframe, so overlay widgets (banners, popups, cookie bars, floating buttons) won’t display correctly. For full support, use GoDaddy WordPress or cPanel hosting.

I’m not the owner. What now?

Ask the owner to grant you delegate access that can manage products, or to invite Amabrik directly. Without owner or admin rights you can’t add the snippet or grant access.

Is it safe to give someone access?

Yes, when you use GoDaddy’s Delegate Access (or a dedicated WordPress Administrator user) instead of sharing your password. You stay in control and can remove the access in a click once the install is done. The companion guide, Give Amabrik access to your GoDaddy site, walks through it.

Create an admin account on GoDaddy