Learn to connect your Gsuite account with ClickFunnels. In doing so, you can send and receive emails from a custom email address using Gsuite and your new ClickFunnels domain.
Prior to getting started, you will need the following:
Step 1. Setup Your New Gsuite Account
- Visit https://gsuite.google.com/.
- Once there, click the Get Started button.
- Enter your Business Name and Number of Employees.
- Choice your Country from the dropdown and click Next.
- Enter your First Name, Last Name, Email Address and click Next.
- On the next page, click Yes, I Have One I Can Use.
- Enter Your Business's Domain Name and click Next.
- Click okay on the next screen if it is presented.
- Enter a Username and Password.
- Confirm the Recaptcha checkbox and click Agree and Continue.
- Review your details and click Next.
- Enter your Address information.
- Enter your contact name and Phone Number.
- Enter your Payment Information.
- Click Next.
Step 2. Begin Your Manual Gsuite Setup
Important Note: Please use these instructions along with the linked document above for reference. Due to the ever-changing interface in Google, this may look slightly different. However, the under-arching process is the same.
- Continuing from Step One, click Continue to Setup.
- Under Set up on your own, click Next.
- Scroll down to where it says Manual Setup and click.
- Click Go To Admin Console.
- Once the next page loads, click Start Setup.
- Click Verify Domain.
- Click Get Started on the next page.
- Go to Choose a different method from the dropdown menu.
- Select Add a domain host record (TXT or CNAME).
- Check off the box for I have successfully logged in.
- Check off the box for I have opened the control panel for my domain.
- Under this next section, open a new tab and go to ClickFunnels.
- From your Account Settings dropdown menu, select Domains.
- Click the gear icon next to the domain you chose in Step One.
- Under Edit Zone Records, click Expand.
- Scroll down to create a new record.
- Click the dropdown menu and select TXT.
- Under Name, put the @ symbol or leave the field blank.
- Under Value, paste the Value from your Gsuite account.
- Click Save.
- Back in Gsuite, check I have created the TXT record.
- Check I have saved the TXT record.
- Click Verify. It can take an hour or so to verify, we recommend closing out this window and returning after an hour to continue with setup.
- Log back into your Gsuite account.
- Click Setup Gmail.
- On the next step, click Setup Email.
- Check off the box for I have successfully logged in.
- Check off the box for I have opened the control panel for my domain.
- Return to your Zone Editor in ClickFunnels.
- Next to Edit Zone Records, click Expand.
- Scroll down and select MX from the Type dropdown.
- Leave the Name blank.
- Copy the first Value record from Gsuite and paste it in ClickFunnels under Value.
- Enter the corresponding priority value in the Priority field.
- Click Save.
- Continue to copy and paste the remaining records from Gsuite in this fashion (see image below for visual).
- Back in Gsuite, check I have created MX records with these values.
- Check I have saved the MX records.
- Click Verify.
Important Note: Double-check that you have created all of the MX Records correctly.
Step 3. Verify Your MX Records in Gsuite
- From within your Gsuite Admin Console, search MX Records in the top search.
- Select Your current MX records from the dropdown autocomplete options.
- You can view your MX records from this page.
If you have any questions about this, please contact our support team by clicking the support icon in the bottom right-hand corner of this page