If you are using Google Workspace for your email accounts and GoDaddy as your domain host, you will need to set up DNS Records before using your email accounts for sending.
Watch the full video walkthrough here.
Add a GoDaddy domain to Google Workspace
To add a domain from GoDaddy to your Google Workspace, you may follow these quick steps:
Log in to your Google Workspace Admin Console.
On your Accounts tab, select the Domains tab.
Click Manage Domains and select Add a domain.
Enter your domain name from GoDaddy and select Secondary domain.
Click on Add domain & Start verification.
Sign in to your GoDaddy account to verify the domain.
Setting MX and SPF
Once your domain is verified, you can proceed to add the MX record.
Log in to your Google Workspace Admin Console.
Click on the Accounts tab, and select the Domains tab.
Click Manage Domains.
Find the domain that you are going to connect to and click Activate Gmail.
A dialog box will pop up and choose Set up MX Record, and click Next.
The MX and SPF records will be added automatically.
Check the records in the GoDaddy DNS.
Please ensure you only have one SPF record.
Record Type: TXT record
Host: @
Value: v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
Setting DKIM
After setting up your SPF, you can easily generate the DKIM record by following these steps:
Log in to your Google Workspace.
Go to Settings for Gmail and click Authenticate email
Select your domain and click on Generate New Record.
Keep the default settings to generate the record. For DKIM key bit length 2048, and prefix selector "google."
Copy the generated TXT value and paste it into GoDaddy DNS. Leave the TTL field as the default value.
Click Save. For other email providers, please contact GoDaddy support to obtain the DKIM value.
Go back to your Google Workspace authentication page and click Start Authentication.
It may take up to 48 hours for DKIM to fully propagate. If you get this error message when authenticating the DKIM record, please make sure you save your record in the Namecheap DNS and try to authenticate it again in a few hours.
Setting DMARC
DMARC record is known as a TXT record that needs to be inputted into GoDaddy DNS. You may use this generator to easily generate your DMARC record.
Here are the steps to show how to add DMARC for your GoDaddy domains:
Sign in to your GoDaddy account.
Locate the domain you want to set up. You may use this link.
Once it is located, click on the three dots next to it and select Manage DNS.
Under DNS, click Add and copy the following:
Text: TXT
Name: _dmarc
Value:v=DMARC1;p=none;sp=none;pct=100;rua=mailto:[email protected];ri=86400;aspf=s;adkim=s;fo=1
Leave the TTL field as the default value.
The rug tag is optional for any domain/email provider, so if you don't want to receive DMARC reports, you can remove the rug tag from the DMARC value.
If you are using the rua tag in the DMARC value, please make sure to replace [email protected] with your email address.
Click Save to save the record in your GoDaddy DNS and wait for the confirmation.
