Setting up your own custom domain

Learn how to add a custom domain for a more branded email experience

Leigh Sevin avatar
Written by Leigh Sevin
Updated over a week ago

Applies to: Admins on Enterprise & Professional plan only

Requirements: Access to your website's DNS provider

Setting up email addresses with a custom domain provides customers with a more branded experience and makes it easier to identify who is reaching out to them. This guide will teach you how to get the records to put into your DNS provider's settings and start using a custom domain in Endear.


Setting up your own custom domain

Overview:

  1. Click on Settings

  2. Click on Domains

  3. Click Add Domain the top right corner

  4. Enter your Domain Name and hit Next

  5. Click and view the DNS records for your new domain

  6. Enter the Records into your DNS Provider's settings or click "Share" to e-mail the records to web administrator who can enter the records

  7. Click on Verify

  8. Endear will confirm if everything is setup correctly with a green checkmark

    Note that DNS records can take up to 24 hours to register, so if the address isn't verified immediately, come back to this page to check again later.

1. Click on Settings

Click on Settings

2. Click on Domains

Click on Domains…

3. Click on Add domain

Click on Add domain

4. Enter your Domain Name and hit Next

Type "<a href="http://www.example.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.example.com</a>"

5. Click and view the DNS records for your new domain

Click on store.endeardomain.com…

6. Enter the Records into your DNS Provider's settings or click "Share" to e-mail the records to web administrator who can enter the records

Click on Not verified…

7. Click on Verify

Click on Verify

8. The system will confirm with a green checkmark

Note that DNS records can take up to 24 hours to register, so if the address isn't verified immediately, come back to this page to check again later.

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9. Once your DNS records have been verified, continue with setting up an email address.

Setting up an e-mail address using your custom domain

Applies To: Managers & Admin


Overview:

  1. Click on Settings

  2. Click on Contact Methods

  3. Click Add Contact Method and choose E-mail Address

  4. Choose your Domain for the address

  5. Fill out the additional information (E-mail, Access, and Label) and click Confirm

  6. View your e-mail information


1. Click on Settings

Click on Settings

2. Click on Contact methods…

Click on Contact methods…

3. Click on Add email address

Click on Add email address

4. Choose your Domain for the address

Select store.endearhq.com from Domain

5. Fill out the additional information (E-mail, Access, and Label) and hit Confirm

Click on Confirm

6. View your e-mail information

View your e-mail information

Why do I have "store.mybrand.com" and not "mybrand.com"?

The reason we have the "store.mybrand.com" is because Endear silo's the email reputation of your store's messaging to easily be differentiated from your direct website marketing.

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