How to Add your own Domain Address to Google Workspace and Verify the Domain Address?

How to Add your own Domain Address to Google Workspace and Verify the Domain Address?

Before you start, you need to:
  1. have admin access and able to add DNS record to your domain DNS manager (i.e. Godaddy, Namecheap, Bluehost, Hostgator & etc)
  2. have admin access to your Google Workspace.

How to Add your own Domain Address to Google Workspace and Verify the Domain Address? How to Add TXT record and MX record to your Domain?
1. Go to https://admin.google.com and login with your admin username. 
2. Click the VERIFY button.
3. Between Auto Verification and Manual Verification, choose manual verification and click NEXT button or CONTINUE button.
4. Copy the value for TXT record. (i.e. google-site-verification-xxxxxxxx)
5. Go to your Domain host (i.e. Godaddy, Bluehost, Hostagor, Namecheap & etc) and look for Domain DNS manager/DNS record manager.
6. Click add a New record or Create a New record.
7. Select TXT record on the Record Type.
8. Under the Record Name/Hostname field, enter either @ or just leave it blank if your system allowed. (Depending on your DNS manager).
9. Paste the TXT record copied from Google Workspace into the Value field
10. Under the TTL column, select the lowest TTL value (10 minutes, 1/2hour, or any other lowest TTL).
11. Click SAVE button or ADD button to save the TXT record.
12. After successfully saving of your TXT record on your domain DNS manager, go to a public TXT record lookup tools i.e. https://www.zoho.com/toolkit/txt-record.html to verify whether your domain TXT record is already been propagated. (It may takes up to 48 hours for propagation). 
13. Once your TXT record (i.e. google-site-verification-xxxxxxxx) is already shown on a public TXT record lookup tools, go back to https://admin.google.com and verify the domain by clicking the CONFIRM button.
14. Once the domain is successfully verified, it will redirect to this screen.
15. Click ACTIVATE GMAIL if you want to setup your Gmail now.
16. Click NEXT or CONTINUE button. 
17. Add the first User if needed and click NEXT or CONTINUE button.
18.  Under the Add Gmail Activation Code page, copy the value (usually is SMTP.GOOGLE.COM or ASP1GOOGLE.COM)
19. Go to your Domain host (i.e. Godaddy, Bluehost, Hostagor, Namecheap & etc) and look for Domain DNS manager/DNS record manager.
20. Click add a New record or Create a New record.
21. Select MX record on the Record Type.
22. Under the Record Name/Hostname field, enter @ or leave it blank if system allowed. (Depending on your DNS manager).
23. Paste the MX record copied from Google Workspace into the Value field.
24. Under the Priority field, enter 1 or any other value shown on your Google Workspace page into the Priority field.
25. Under the TTL column, select the lowest value (either 10 minutes, 1/2hour, or any other lowest TTL available with your DNS manager).
26. Click SAVE button or ADD button to save the MX record.
27. After successfully saving of your MX record on your domain DNS manager, go to a public MX record lookup tools i.e. https://www.zoho.com/toolkit/mx-lookup.html to verify whether your domain MX record whether is already been propagated. (It may takes up to 48 hours for propagation). 
28. Once your MX record is already shown on a public MX record lookup tools, go back to https://admin.google.com and verify the domain by clicking the CONFIRM button.
29. It will be redirected to a Success Page on your Google Workspace once MX record is successfully pointed to your Google Workspace.
30. You can then setup other users for your organization and setup the organization settings for your Google Workspace.






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