Authenticate your domain

Authenticating your domain builds trust with merchants and improves your email deliverability by establishing your domain's reputation as a sender.

Once you've authenticated your domain, your next newsletter will be guided through our domain warming process, which introduces your domain to inbox providers and establishes credibility for your new domain.

• Google, GoDaddy, and IONOS-hosted domains
• Shopify-hosted domains
• Other providers

To authenticate your domain using Domain Connect:

1. Navigate to the Settings page
2. In the Sending section, click Authenticate your domain
3. Click Connect automatically
4. Sign into your domain provider and connect to Seguno
5. Click Close

Seguno will notify you via email when the domain authentication process is completed.

To authenticate your Shopify-hosted domain:

1. Find your DNS records in Seguno
   1. Navigate to the Settings page
   2. In the Sending section, click Authenticate your domain
   3. Click Connect manually
2. Open a new tab
3. From your Shopify Admin, go to Settings
4. Select Domains
5. From the Domain list, select the domain
6. Click the Domain settings dropdown, select Edit DNS settings
7. Click Add custom record
8. For the TXT and CNAME records, copy the Seguno DNS records and paste the text into Shopify
9. Once you've created and saved those two records, click Authenticate domain in Seguno
10. You will see a Compliance checks pending message when successfully submitted

Seguno will then begin the backend of the domain authentication process, generally lasting one hour. You will receive an email notification once this has been completed.

To authenticate your domain with other providers:

1. Find your DNS records in Seguno
   1. Navigate to the Settings page
   2. In the Sending section, click Authenticate your domain
   3. Click Connect manually
2. Login to your domain host account
3. Navigate to your DNS settings or Control panel
4. Copy two DNS records from Seguno to your domain account: TXT record and CNAME record
5. Once you've created and saved those two records, click Authenticate domain in Seguno
6. You will see a Compliance checks pending message when successfully submitted

Seguno will then begin the backend of the domain authentication process, generally lasting one hour. You will receive an email notification once this has been completed.

For further assistance with the domain authentication process, please refer to your Domain host's help documentation. Below is a list of common host help resources:

• Amazon Web Services: Configuring DNS, Resource Record Types
• Bluehost.com: DNS Management
• Domain.com: DNS Management: How to Update TXT Record, DNS Management: How to Update CNAME Record
• GoDaddy: Add a TXT Record, Add a CNAME Record
• Domains.Google: DNS Basics
• Hostgator: Manage DNS records
• InMotion Hosting: Use Zone Editor for DNS Changes
• Namecheap: Add TXT Records, How to Create a CNAME Record
• Name.com: Add TXT Record, Add CNAME Record
• Register.com: How to change DNS
• Squarespace: Advanced DNS Settings
• 1&1: Domain Guidelines