Adding Google Workspace with GMail to Your Domain

If you have a custom domain on OfferingTree, you can use it for email as well as your website. Google Workspace gives you Gmail on your own domain, so if your domain is yogarocks.com you can send and receive as katy@yogarocks.com, alongside Google Docs, Drive and the rest.

Setting it up takes two DNS changes: one TXT record to prove the domain is yours, then the MX records that send your mail to Google. If we host your domain's DNS, you can make both changes yourself on the Domains page.

Where your DNS records live

Go to Site Settings → Domains in your admin site. If your domain was bought through OfferingTree, or its DNS is hosted with us, you will see a DNS records section listing every record with an Add record button.

Two kinds of row are locked. Rows marked Managed by OfferingTree are the ones that run your website and keep its security certificate valid. Rows marked Email sending are for email OfferingTree sends on your behalf, and we manage those for you. Everything else, including the records below, is yours to edit.

If you do not see a DNS records section, your domain's DNS is managed somewhere else. Make the same changes there instead, using the guide for your domain provider.

Step 1: Verify your domain with Google

1. In the Google Workspace setup wizard, ask for your verification record. If it offers to sign in to your registrar for you, choose Switch verification method or Use a different method and pick the TXT record option. Google will show you a long value starting with google-site-verification=.
2. In OfferingTree, open Site Settings → Domains and click Add record:
   • Type: TXT
   • Host: @
   • Value: the full google-site-verification=... string from Google
3. Save, wait a few minutes, then go back to Google and click Verify.

Step 2: Send your mail to Gmail

Verification alone does not move your email. Google will then show you the MX records to add, in its MX record setup instructions. Add each one on the Domains page the same way:

• Type: MX
• Host: @
• Value and Priority: exactly as Google lists them. Every MX record needs a priority, and a lower number is tried first.

Delete any MX records left over from a previous email provider. Mail follows whichever MX records exist, so leaving old ones in place will send some of your email to the wrong place.

Mail usually starts arriving within a few minutes of saving, though DNS changes can take a few hours to reach everyone. Send yourself a test message once Google reports the records as found.

A note on TTL

Leave the TTL at its default of 5 minutes unless Google asks for something specific. It is the shortest we allow, and it means a later correction takes effect quickly.

Still stuck?

Email us at support@offeringtree.com with your domain name and what Google is reporting, and we will take a look. For questions about Google Workspace itself, such as billing, users or migrating old mail, Google's own support is the better place to ask.