Set Up a Verified Sending Domain with ConvertKit | Scribe

    Set Up a Verified Sending Domain with ConvertKit

      • CloudflareCloudflare
      • ConvertkitConvertkit
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      Click your profile icon in the top-right to show the profile menu
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      Click "Settings"
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      Click "Email"
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      Click "Set up your Verified Sending Domain"
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      Enter your domain name and click "Next". DO NOT enter https or www in the domain name.
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      A window will popup with some DNS records that will be added to your domain registrar (Cloudflare, GoDaddy, etc.)
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      The steps below show how to edit your domain name's DNS settings at Cloudflare. If you are using a different domain registrar, the screenshots will be different, but the steps will be similar.
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      In your Cloudflare account, click "Websites" and then the click on the domain name you are verifying
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      Click "DNS"
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      Click "Add record"
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      Enter the information for the first record from ConvertKit and click Save. - Type: CNAME - Name: ckespa - Target: [[the value provided by ConvertKit]] - Proxy Status: Turned off (DNS only) - not this setting is only for Cloudflare\ TTL: Leave as Auto or the default
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      Click "Add record"
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      Enter the information for the second record from ConvertKit and click Save. - Type: CNAME - Name: cka.\_domainkey - Target: [[the value provided by ConvertKit]] - Proxy Status: Turned off (DNS only) - not this setting is only for Cloudflare\ TTL: Leave as Auto or the default
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      Click "Add Record"
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      Enter the information for the third record from ConvertKit and click Save. This step is only required if you do not already have a DMARC record for your domain name. - Type: TXT - Name: \_dmarc - Content: v=DMARC1; p=none; - TTL: Auto or leave as the default
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      After all the records have been entered, head back to your ConvertKit account click "Validate". Note that it could take a couple hours before ConvertKit detects the DNS changes.
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      If the records were entered correctly and ConvertKit detects them, you should recieve a success message like the one below. Click "Finish".
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      You will be taken back to the Email settings screen and should see your domain name listed in the Verified Sending Domains area with a green checkmark next to it.