Creating Your MagicSet Sender Email via Google Workspace Custom Domain

1. 1. Navigate to workspace.google.com

   1. Click "Pricing" at the top of the page.

   

2. 2. Select "Business Standard"

   1. Click the "Start a trial" button within the Business Standard pricing option box.

   

3. 3. Provide Your Business Information

   1. Type in your Business Name

   2. Select the number of employees

   3. Set your region to United States (it may automatically be set to this)

   4. Click "Next"

   

4. 4. Provide Your Contact Information

   1. Type in your First Name

   2. Type in your Last Name

   3. Type in your current email address, this can be any email you are currently using and will be used for verifying your account in the final step of setup.

   4. Click "Next"

   

5. 5. Choose your Google Workspace account setup method

   1. Click the "Get a new custom domain" box

   2. Click "Continue with this method"

   

6. 6. Find your MagicSet Sender Email domain name

   You will want a slight variation of your main business domain name.
   
   For example if your main business is Golden Poplar Advisors and you own the domain www.goldenpoplaradvisors.com -- you should NOT use www.goldenpoplaradvisors.com / phil@goldenpoplaradvisors.com for your MagicSet sender email address campaigns.

   Why not?

   Because in email marketing there is always a risk of your Google Workspace account being flagged by a prospect's email service provider e.g. Gmail. We do not want even the slightest chance of your main business domain to be at risk, even though MagicSet has built-in protections. Using a slight variation of your domain allows for brand congruency and risk mitigation.
   
   Examples of slight variation:
   If main business domain is www.goldenpoplaradvisors.com...
   Then slight variations would look like...
   - www.trygoldenpoplaradvisors.com
   - www.gogoldenpoplaradvisors.com
   - www.mailgoldenpoplaradvisors.com
   
   You can put the modifying word at the beginning or the end of the domain name.
   - www.goldenpoplaradvisorsgo.com
   - www.goldenpoplaradvisorsmail.com
   
   1. Type in your desired domain name
   2. Click the magnifying glass icon to initiate the search

   

7. 7. Secure your new domain name

   If your desired domain name is available, you will see "The domain you want is available!" on this page.

   1. Click "Next"

   

8. 8. Enter your business information

   1. Type in your business street address

   2. Type in your business city

   3. Select your business state

   4. Type in your business ZIP code

   5. Type in your business phone number

   6. Click "Next"

   

9. 9. Create your Google Workspace username and password

   1. Type in your username. Best practice is to user your first name as the username. We do NOT recommend using a generic username such as "support" or "info."

   2. Type in your password

   3. Check the "I'm not a robot" box

   4. Click "Agree and continue"

   

10. 10. Sign in to your Google Workspace account

    1. Type in your new Google Workspace sender email address (it may automatically populate and you will not need to type it in)

    2. Click "Next"

    

11. 11. Sign in to your Google Workspace account

    1. Type in your Google Workspace password

    2. Click "Next"

    

12. 12. Sign in to your Google Workspace account

    1. Click "I understand"

    

13. 13. Select your Google Workspace plan

    1. Click "Try free for 14 days"

    

14. 14. Review your account information and enter payment method

    1. Review the account information displayed for accuracy

    2. Type in your credit card number

    3. Type in your credit card expiration date

    4. Type in your credit card CVC

    5. Type in your cardholder name

    6. Check the "credit or debit card address is same as above" box if your business address and card address are the same. If they are different, uncheck the box and type in your card's address information.

    7. Check the "Make my domain registration info private" box

    8. Click "Agree and continue"

    

15. 15. Decline Google Gemini Business add-on offer

    Do NOT click "Try Gemini for 14 days"

    1. Click "Skip for now"

    

16. 16. Find Squarespace domain confirmation email

    Now that your new Google Workspace account is set up, there is one final step.

    This final step is verifying your new domain. To do this, you will receive an email from Squarespace, the domain partner used by Google.

    First we will need to find the confirmation email.

    It will arrive in the inbox of the email address you provided in Step 2 of this walkthrough.

    This confirmation email will NOT be sent to your new email address you just set up.

    Please be sure to look for it in the correct inbox.

    The Squarespace domain confirmation email usually arrives within 5 minutes of completing your Google Workspace setup.

    To find the email in your inbox:

    • The email will be sent from "no-reply@squarespace.com"

    • The subject line will be "[Action Required] Verify your Squarespace domain contact"

    

17. 17. Verify your new domain via confirmation email

    1. Once you have found the confirmation email from Squarespace, open it

    2. Click "VERIFY NOW" in the email

    

18. 18. "Email Successfully Verified Confirmation" Page

    1. Once you have clicked the "VERIFY NOW" button in the confirmation email from Squarespace, you will be redirected to the confirmation page. This page will show "Email Successfully Verified."

    2. You do not need to click "Return to Account Dashboard" as this will redirect you to Squarespace, not Google Workspace

    

19. 19. Log in to your new Google Workspace Account to confirm domain verification

    1. Navigate in your web browser to workspace.google.com

    2. At the top of the page click "Admin console"

    

20. 20. Provide your new Google Workspace email address and password

    1. Select your new Google Workspace email address e.g. phil@trygoldenpoplaradvisors.com

    2. Type in your new Google Workspace password

    3. Click "Next"

    

21. 21. Confirm domain verification status in your Admin Console

    1. Once logged in to your Google Workspace Admin Console, navigate to the "Domains" section of the home page (you should automatically be on the home page, you will know you are on the home page if you see a house icon on the left side selected with a blue circle around it)

    2. Click "Manage domains"

    

22. 22. Confirm domain verification status in your Admin Console

    In the "Manage domains" section of this page, you should see "Status" as "Verified"

    If you see this, it means you are officially ready to start using your new Sender Email address in MagicSet!

    Congratulations on successfully completing this very important initial step!