Google workspace is one of the most popular business email Services due to its extensive app ecosystem and Powerful business Gmail application however many business owners get stuck or set up their business emails and domain incorrectly which causes issues with email deliverability so today my focus is to walk you through the complete process of purchasing and connecting a domain with your new Google workspace account and how you can properly set up your team's business emails now just quickly before you go ahead and launch into this Google workspace tutorial consider subscribing if you haven't done so already or if you're new to this channel okay so with that quick note out the way let's go ahead and dive into this Google workspace tutorial and set up your business emails okay so in order to set up your teams business emails your branded Gmail business emails we need to complete two things first we need to set up a Google workspace account and we also need to purchase and connect a domain name so let's first get started with a fresh Google workspace account simply head over to your browser and type in Google workspace. com and that's going to take you here or feel free to click the link in the description below this video Once you arrive here what we can do is navigate down the page and that's going to take you to the Google workspace pricing now for most local and small businesses the business starter is sufficient enough and will only cost you $360 USD per month per user so if you had a team of five and each of your team members need needed a business email then that's going to cost your organization 5 * $360 which is 18 USD per month and you can always upgrade to these more extensive plans as your business grows and scales now not only do each of your users get access to a branded business Gmail they also have access to all of these other apps and tools and today we're just going to focus on setting up our business emails however what I'll do is add my other relevant Google workspace tutorials in the description below this video that you can check out following this video after you set up your business emails okay so let's navigate down to start free trial now each of these plans also offer a 14-day free trial meaning that if you decide you don't like Google workspace and you want to use a different business email service you can simply cancel your subscription within the first 14 days and you won't be charged okay so with that covered let's go ahead and set up our Google workspace account come down and click Start free trial navigate up to business name and add your business name and for the purpose of today's tutorial I'm going to set up professional and branded business emails for an example business called Reno it which is a renovation company based in New York come down and select the number of employees that you have and then select the region that you operate in then come down and click on next here you want to add your first name surname and current email address and because you're setting up this Google workspace account for your organization you will be the account admin and you can change who the Google work space admin is later on down the track okay so let's add these details then come down and click on next here you'll be asked if you have a business domain this is essentially your website URL if you've already purchased a domain for your business or you already have one set up then simply navigate up to yes I have one that I can use then come down and add your domain name now for those of you that currently do not have a professional domain for your business you can simply pick purchase and register a domain in just a a few minutes and I'll show you how and there are hundreds of domain registers that you can purchase a domain from if you want to learn more about choosing the right domain provider for you what I'll do is add a video guide down below that will cover my top five domain registers feel free to check out that video if you like for many small business owners I typically recommend hostinger to set up your domain okay so let's dive over to hostinger by hitting over to hosting it. com or you can click the link in the description below this video and that's going to take you here for those that already have a domain name you can skip this chapter and meet us back inside Google workspace inside hosting us simply navigate over to domains and then come down and type in your business name for example renoit manhattan.
com now if you run an online business or your audience is based mainly in the US then you ideally want aom domain most us consumers prefer dealing with aom domain now in terms of your domain you want to add your business business name for example my business name is Rena it and if you operate in a geographical location for example Manhattan you can add the location keyword in your domain this is going to help with SEO search engine optimization however if you operate in many different regions or internationally then you just want to add your business name however for most small and local businesses you want to add your business name and then the location that you operate in and then add the TLD this is called top level domain that is relevant to your market and there are many that you can choose from again is the most trusted TLD then click on search make sure that your domain is available if it's not then you might need to add a variation of your domain name and you can also see other Alternatives down here okay let's navigate back up and click on add to C down here you can choose your billing cycle how long do you want to register this domain for and you can see you get a discount on the first year then every year it's going to cost you $15 . 99 so a domain name to register a domain name you need to pay a small fee every year okay so let's navigate over to 3 years and you can see the price over here for registering this domain for 3 years so I don't need to worry about paying for this domain for the next 3 years then navigate down the page if you already have an account login here or add your email and password down here then select your payment option and add your details down here before submitting and purchasing that domain so take your time to fill out about these details okay so I've already gone ahead and purchased a new domain so I'm going to meet you inside my Hosting account okay so once you've made a purchase you'll be asked to add your registration details for your domain and then you'll be taken inside your Hosting account simply navigate over to domains and here you can find your new domain you can see that it's active you may be asked to verify your email so go ahead and do that first okay so now that we have a professional business domain name let's head back to the Google work space interface navigate up here and add the domain name that you just purchased or the domain that you already own and then click on next and again make sure that this is the correct domain then click on next and here we want to add our first business email this is our username here I'm just going to add my name and you can see this will be my first business email Stewart Renne york. com ideally you want to add your name here and I'll show you how to add email aliases later on and in email Alias could be sales booking at admin and teamy yourdomain.
com and for example if I set up all those email aliases for this user any email sent to that Alias will arrive in this user's email inbox then come down and add a password and these are the details that you will use to log to your Google workspace account come down and click that you're not a robot and then agree and continue here Google workspace will recommend a plan for you you can also click this drop down and change payment plan here for now we're just going to select try free for 14 days and you can always change your plan later on then go ahead and add your details before agreeing and continuing and making that purchase and once you've added your details and made that purchase you'll be taken here you'll be asked if you want to add the Gemini business add-on this allows you to leverage AI inside your different Google apps like Gmail Google Sheets slides Google documents and more if you want to learn more about leveraging AI inside Google workspace then what I'll do is add a Gemini tutorial up above and down below in the description which will cover how you can use Gemini AI inside your Google workspace account so go ahead and check out that tutorial if you're interested for now let's navigate down and click on skip for now and then I understand and that's going to take you to your admin console come down and click on next and what we first want to do is activate our business emails with Gmail for our domain that we just purchased click on activate and as you can see Google has identified that we're using hostinger to host this domain and you can do this with any domain provider it doesn't have to be hosting it so if you have purchased your domain using a different hosting provider what you want to do is locate these settings here let's come down and click on go to step two and this might look daunting but trust me it's a very straightforward process we first need to add our Google MX records and we do that inside our domain host DNS records or settings let's head back to to hostinger and then within hostinger or your domain provider locate your domain and then locate DNS name servers this might be called something slightly different inside your Hosting account then what we want to do is navigate down to manage Denis records okay so let's head back to Google workspace and from the type we want to select MX and then in the name host Alias we want to add this at symbol and then use the values in the table below to add the Google MX record in the server mail server value answer destination field so in your hosting provider it will be called something like this simply click here to copy this information then head back to hostinger or your domain provider then come down to type here we want to select MX then under name we want to keep this at symbol and then mail server paste in that information that we copied and then over on priority simply add one and you can leave the TTL as it is and then click on ADD record and as you can see the DNS record has been created successfully let's head back to Google workspace navigate down the page and now we're up to G down here so we've added this information now we want to get this verification code come down click here and that's going to copy this code to your clipboard and now we want to add another MX record just like we did above only this time in this section here remember depending on your domain provider your value field will look something like this or will be called something like this and we also want to set the priority to 15 okay so let's head back to hostinger and then come down to manage DNS records again under type we're going to select MX then keep the at symbol under name navigate over to mail server or the value destination and paste in the code that we copied then navigate over to priority and add 15 and again keep the TTL the same and then select add record and you can see DNS record created successfully let's head back to Google workspace and then come down to activate Gmail give Google workspace a moment to check your MX records hey guys just quickly before we get back to this video I just want to mention my sheify CRM an all-in-one business toolkit and CRM built with Google Sheets and designed for Google users you can simply manage leads customers tasks engage in email marketing manage your inventory tickets and more the great part is I've made this sheify CRM a onetime payment no subscriptions unlimited access and future updates if you're interested and learning more you can find the link to my sheify CRM Down Below in the description okay so with that covered let's go ahead and get back to this video and just like that after a few minutes you should see this notification well done MX records are updated and you can now start using Google workspace now it's important to know that you can typically send and receive messages from to your new Google workspace email address in less than 6 hours typically it can take up to 48 hours before you receive email at your new address let's come down and click on finish and now let's add our team members business emails go ahead and click on Create and we can add up to 10 users during the free 14-day Google workspace trial and with each of the business emails you create for your teams you can create free aliases like info at sales at okay so let's come down and click on continue and then add another user and then add their details in here and as you can see I've added my new users first name surname an email username so this is their new business email Emma renoit new york. com then down here we can quickly add email aliases for example let's say Emma is our small business administrator as well as our customer support person so I've added these two free email aliases now when a potential customer sends an email email to admin Renne york. com or support Renne york.
