7 Steps to Verify Your Email Address to Boost Deliverability
When there’s a useful advance in technology, someone inevitably exploits it.
And, that’s where we are with email validation.
Email validation is how you demonstrate ownership of your website and associated email addresses. Email service providers typically handled this by sending a validation email to your email address that you would then confirm.
Spammers have abused that system so much that email service providers like Gmail have stopped using it.
Instead, you have to verify your domain ownership from your website.
Verifying your domain is a trust signal to email providers. If you don’t verify your domain, your emails may not be sent to everyone on your email list. You need to get information about your event to your attendees, so ensuring that you’ve verified your domain is vital to your rodeo’s revenue and success.
We worked with our development team to create a simple guide on how to verify your domain on GoDaddy below.
If you use another service provider, visit the links below to learn more about how to do it on your service provider.
Tip: Even if your domain is at GoDaddy or one of the above, that doesn't necessarily mean that they handle your DNS routing. The below DKIM verification process needs to be completed wherever you are handling the DNS records for your domain name.
We’ll use the table below as a reference for our example:
|
Type |
Name |
Value |
|
CNAME (1) |
(Name from table in email we send you) |
(Value from table in email we send you) |
|
CNAME (2) |
(Name from table in email we send you) |
(Value from table in email we send you) |
|
CNAME (3) |
(Name from table in email we send you) |
(Value from table in email we send you) |
|
TXT |
@ |
v=spf1 include:amazonses.com ~all |
Here are the 6 steps you need to follow:
1. Access your Domain Portfolio. (GoDaddy Domain Portfolio)
2. Navigate to your Domains.
3. Select the Domain you're verifying.
4. Select "DNS." Then, "DNS Records." And, "Add New Record."
5. In the "Type" dropdown, select either "CNAME" or "TXT", depending on which key you're adding. We'll do CNAME (1) from the table first.
6. Copy the "Name" and "Value" into their respective fields, and set TTL to "1 Hour." Then, select "Add More Records."
Note: For certain DNS providers, the "Name" field expect the domain name to be present after the key. For example, you would type "skdjwiu3bf983gfiwrugbw._domainkey.mycoolbusiness.com" for the CNAME keys and "mycoolbusiness.com" for the TXT key.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the rest of the keys — CNAME (2), CNAME (3), and TXT. Click "Save."
