I have seen many blogger’s often use Gmail
or yahoo mail even though they own a domain.
If you are a domain owner, it’ a good idea
to use domain specific Email address like
admin@domain.com, yourname@domain.com, as
it not only shows professionalism; it also make
your email more serious and authentic. There
are many web-services that you can use to
create domain based email address, and one
of the best option is by using Google apps for
Work. Google Apps for work cost $5/user/
month and it integrates with all Google
services.
In this post I will show you how to create
Email ID for your domain using Google apps.
(Some of the screenshots might not be same;
as Google keep changing the screenshot but
the process will be same and is very easy to
follow for you)
Today in this article I am going to help them
create their own mail id for their domain free
with google app support. This article will work
with most of the common domain registrar.
Initial part to make it working is to have your
domain registered at google app,follow the
steps below to register your domain for
google apps
Steps to register at Google
Apps:
Go to google apps Sign up Page
Click
on start free trial and on next page
enter the details for signing up.
Click on next, and on the next page you have
an option to buy domain from Google or use
any of your existing domain. If you have a
domain, use the option which says “Use a
domain name I have already purchased” and
if you need to buy a domain name, use the
second option.
On the next page, you will need to create
your first Google apps user name. My
suggestion would be, create only those email
address which you are more likely to going to
use. As Google apps charges /user/month,
using fewer Email address will ensure that
your business monthly expense will be low.
Click on signup and it will automatically
redirect you to admin dashboard of your
newly created Google apps account. Here is a
screenshot of my Google apps admin console.
The very first thing which we require here is
to verify domain ownership which could be
done in multiple ways. The easiest way is by
adding the meta tag if you already created
your website, or you can add Txt record to
verify domain ownership. In my case, I have
added meta tag into my WordPress site to
verify domain ownership.
Once you have verified your domain
ownership, next step is to set up email for
your domain. Click on next sep after verify,
and you will be back to admin console where
you can click on setup email to start setting
up Google apps Email service. Great thing
about Google apps setup tool is, it’s very
smart and makes it easy for any non-
technical user to setup and get running in no-
time. For example, in my case Google apps
detected that my domain is hosted on
Bluehost and it gave me instructions to quickly
setup Google apps email service via Bluehost.
Now delete all existing MX record in your
bluehost account or other web-hosting service
that you are using, and simply add the MX
record provided by Email setup console of
Google apps:
That’s it ! within 24 hours Google will check
the MX records after which your mail will be
activated. I hope this tutorial will help you
get your own personalized email address for
your domain.
Do remember, having your personalized
domain Email address, will help in branding
and look more professional.
Do let me know if you have claimed your
personalized domain Email address or not?
