How to Set-Up a Google Workspace Account/Email Through Rocketspark

This guide will walk you through the process of adding a Google Workspace Email account from your Rocketspark website. You can set up a Google Email before or after you have upgraded your website and your domain can either be hosted on Rocketspark or self-managed.

You can add a Google Workspace Email if:

• You do not have existing Rocketspark email accounts attached to your domain. 
• If you don't have a Google Workspace account already for your domain.
• You are the Owner of the Rocketspark Account. 
• You have a billing card added to your Rocketspark account. 

 

This guide contains: 

Select your Google Workspace Plan through Rocketspark

Step 1: Create Account

Step 2: Add users

Step 3: Accept Terms

Step 4: Activate Gmail

Step 5: Review Accounts

 

Other useful links:

What is Google Workspace?

How to Add, Remove, and Manage Existing Google Workspace Emails.

How do I reset my Google Workspace email password?

 

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Select your Google Workspace Plan through Rocketspark

1. Log into your Rocketspark Dashboard
   
   
2. Navigate to 'Google Workspace' Settings on the left-hand side:
   
   
   
3.  Select your preferred Google Workspace account and click "Get Started".
   Here is more information on the Different Workspace Plans
   
   

 

 

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Step 1 Create an Account

1. Within the Domain name dropdown, select a valid domain name to attach to your emails. 
   
   If your domain name doesn't appear within this dropdown it may not meet Google Workspace requirements, or the domain has not yet been added to your Rocketspark website: How do I register a domain name with Rocketspark? 
   
   
2. Next, enter the admin email contact details, organization, and address. 
   
   
3. You will need an alternative email account which will be important as this email will receive the set-up instructions.
   
   
4. Confirm details.

 

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Step 2: Add users

1. Enter your Account owner user for Google Workspace. For example, admin@yourdomainname.com.
   
   This will be the main email account that will manage any future email accounts within your Google Workspace account for this domain name.
   
2. If you need multiple email accounts for your domain name, you can do this now or later through Rocketspark. 
   
   To do this now, enter the additional email account details. If you need more than x2 additional users, click “Add user” for another row to display.
   
   
   
   
3. At the bottom, there will be the total amount due for your Google Workspace account based on how many users you have added. 
   
   For this example, there are x3 emails in total being added (admin@, accounts@, and orders@) so the total is $32.40+GST, based on the $10.80+GST standard monthly plan. 
   
   
   
4. Agree to purchase Google Workspace and click "Buy Google Workspace".
   
   Please note, that no refunds will be provided for the current billing once purchased right now. Future cancellations can be made before your next bill cycle.

 

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Step 3: Accept Terms

Once you have clicked "Buy Google Workspace", please allow a few minutes for the Step 3 screen to load.

 

1. With the alternative email account you selected previously, check this inbox for an email from Google Workspace.
   
   Please check your spam inbox if you do not see this email.
   
    
   
   
2. Within the email, click the link to sign in.
   
   Please note, that if you are already logged into another Gmail account through your device, this won’t work. You will need to click this link through a different browser or an incognito window to enter the admin.google.com link.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Use the account user for the Google Workspace Email and the temporary password provided earlier through your Rocketspark settings. 
   
   
   
   
4. Change your password from the temporary to a new preferred password.
   *Write this password down if needed. 
   
   
   
   
   
5. The next screen will display Google's T&Cs. After reading, scroll and accept Google’s terms. 
   
   
   
6. You will now be welcomed to your Google Admin Panel.
   *Keep this tab open for the next step in the process. 
   
   

   

 

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Step 4: Activate Gmail

You will now need to verify and activate your domain name through the Google Admin Panel and your Rocketspark settings. 

 

1. There will be a highlighted prompt within your Google Admin Panel - click VERIFY DOMAIN.
   
   
   
   
2. Once you have clicked the verified prompt, a popup will appear “Welcome to the Admin console” Click “Next”.
   
   
   
3. Click the blue button “Verify” next to your domain name.
   
   *Step 2 will be grey if you have not chosen multiple email accounts. You won't be able to add any extra users via Google, you will have to do that in Rocketspark after this setup process.  

Click here if you have a Self-Managed Domain. 

If your domain name is hosted on Rocketspark, follow the below steps.

If your domain name is hosted on Rocketspark, our system will automatically apply the Google DNS records to your domain name so nothing further is needed to add to your domain.

1. After you have clicked "VERIFY DOMAIN", return to your Rocketspark settings for this process to continue.
   
   If your Rocketspark set-up has still not been processed, please clear your cache or allow a few more minutes.
   
   
2. Click "Activate emails".
   A pop-up will appear, click Activate again. 
   
3. Once processed, go to the Admin Console Panel and click “Activate”. 
   
   
   
4. Tick both checkboxes and click “Continue” to finish the activation. 
   
   
   
5. Once everything is successful, Go back to your Rocketspark setup to Continue to Step 5
   
   

If you have a self-managed domain:

1. Once you click "VERIFY DOMAIN" a pop-up of how it works will appear, click "Continue".
   
   
2. You will need to obtain either a TXT or CNAME verification DNS record.  Select your preferred method and click “Next”.
   
   
   
   
3. Copy the verification code provided.
   This can look similar to the below code, for example:
   
   
   
4. You will need to log in to your domain hosting platform to add the required Google DNS record.
   If you're unsure who your registrar is, follow this guide to find out.
   
   
5. After you have added the verification DNS record, go back to your Google Admin Panel to click “verify my domain”. Please note, that this process can take a few minutes for the DNS records to process.
   
   
6. Once processed, click “Activate” next to Step 3
   
   
   
7. Tick both checkboxes and click “Continue”
   
   
   
8. When you click 'Continue', you will need to copy all DNS records (the below) to add to your self-managed domain.
   

   Type	NAME	Priority	RECORD/NAME
   MX	@	1	ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
   MX	@	5	ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
   MX	@	5	ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
   MX	@	10	ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
   MX	@	10	ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM

   
   
   
9. Once you have added the records to your self-managed domain, click "Activate Gmail".
   
   
   
10. This screen will show you if you have anything missing or incorrect for you to fix and re-try through your self-managed domain platform. 
    
    
11. Once everything is successful, Go back to your Rocketspark setup to continue. 
    
    If your Rocketspark set-up has still not been processed, please clear your cache or allow a few more minutes.

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Step 5: Review Accounts

The email account/s that you have just added will appear in your Rocketspark Dashboard under Google Workspace once everything is set up. 

1. To simply log into your Google Account through Rocketspark, click "Go to Gmail" or sign in as usual here.
2. Click "Go to Workspace" to simply bring up your Google apps. 

For more information on these settings, please see here: How to Add, Remove, and Manage Emails

 

 

Please contact Support@rocketspark.com if you have any questions.