Set Up Your Gsuite Account and Connect With ClickFunnels

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

  1. Visit https://gsuite.google.com/.
  2. Once there, click the Get Started button.
  3. Enter your Business Name and Number of Employees.Screenshot_of_How_To_Set_Up_Google_Workspace___G-Suite__With_ClickFunnels_-_YouTube__3_.jpg
  4. Choice your Country from the dropdown and click Next.
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  5. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Email Address and click Next.
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  6. On the next page, click Yes, I Have One I Can Use.
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  7. Enter Your Business's Domain Name and click Next.
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  8. Click okay on the next screen if it is presented.
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  9. Enter a Username and Password.
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  10. Confirm the Recaptcha checkbox and click Agree and Continue.
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  11. Review your details and click Next.
  12. Enter your Address information.
  13. Enter your contact name and Phone Number.
  14. Enter your Payment Information.
  15. 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. 
  1. Continuing from Step One, click Continue to Setup.
  2. Under Set up on your own, click Next.
  3. Scroll down to where it says Manual Setup and click. 
  4. Click Go To Admin Console. 
  5. Once the next page loads, click Start Setup. 
  6. Click Verify Domain.
  7. Click Get Started on the next page. 
  8. Go to Choose a different method from the dropdown menu.
  9. Select Add a domain host record (TXT or CNAME).
  10. Check off the box for I have successfully logged in.
  11. Check off the box for I have opened the control panel for my domain.
  12. Under this next section, open a new tab and go to ClickFunnels.
  13. From your Account Settings dropdown menu, select Domains.
  14. Click the gear icon next to the domain you chose in Step One.
  15. Under Edit Zone Records, click Expand.
  16. Scroll down to create a new record. 
  17. Click the dropdown menu and select TXT. 
  18. Under Name, put the @ symbol or leave the field blank.
  19. Under Value, paste the Value from your Gsuite account
  20. Click Save. 
  21. Back in Gsuite, check I have created the TXT record.
  22. Check I have saved the TXT record. 
  23. 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.
  24. Log back into your Gsuite account
  25. Click Setup Gmail.
  26. On the next step, click Setup Email.
  27. Check off the box for I have successfully logged in. 
  28. Check off the box for I have opened the control panel for my domain.
  29. Return to your Zone Editor in ClickFunnels.
  30. Next to Edit Zone Records, click Expand
  31. Scroll down and select MX from the Type dropdown.
  32. Leave the Name blank.
  33. Copy the first Value record from Gsuite and paste it in ClickFunnels under Value.
  34. Enter the corresponding priority value in the Priority field.
  35. Click Save. 
  36. Continue to copy and paste the remaining records from Gsuite in this fashion (see image below for visual).
  37. Back in Gsuite, check I have created MX records with these values.
  38. Check I have saved the MX records. 
  39. Click Verify
Important NoteDouble-check that you have created all of the MX Records correctly.

Step 3. Verify Your MX Records in Gsuite

  1. From within your Gsuite Admin Console, search MX Records in the top search.
  2. Select Your current MX records from the dropdown autocomplete options.
  3. 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

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