How do I connect my Jimdo domain to Google Workspace?

You can connect Google Workspace to your domain in order to create a fully featured email account (@yourdomain.com).

In case you’re using a forwarded domain, you’d have to take care of these settings at your domain provider. The following instruction only applies for a domain registered at Jimdo.

Please note: Google Workspace is a paid service offered by Google.

Creating a Google Workspace account and verifying your domain

  1. Purchase your Google Workspace account and let the assistant guide you through the account creation
  2. Click on the TXT record that is displayed after following the steps to Verify your domain - this copies the TXT record to your clipboard for later use
    • If instead you are shown the MX record, please click on it instead to copy it
  3. Log in to your Jimdo account, click on Email on the left edge and choose the Google Workspace tab. Now paste the code you've previously copied into the empty field and click Save. Then, go back to the Google Workspace setup and click Protect domain
    • This process might take a while. If the Google assistant notifies you that your domain could not be verified, then please try again after some time has passed and click Protect domain once again. 
      If you've copied the MX record at step 2, then this process can take up to 48 hours. In this case you can of course return to the assistant at a later point to try again
  4. After your domain has been verified, you can add more paid users in the next step. Or you can skip this step entirely if you'd just like to use your own email account

It can take up to 72 hours for you to be able to use your email account. To use your email account, simply sign in to Gmail.

Notes

  • After creating your email account, you can log in via Google Mail and start using your email inbox
  • You can create further email aliases (name@yourdomain.com) without any extra cost. Have a look at this help article from Google
  • If you'd like to use your email account with an email client like Thunderbird, Outlook or Mac Mail, then Google provides a help article for this as well

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