Custom Email Addresses: What You Need to Know

💡 Important Information for Getting Started

While Jersey Watch doesn’t currently provide email hosting, our team can help ensure your custom email address works if your domain is managed through us!

A custom email address, like info@yourdomain.com, can make your organization look more professional and give volunteers a central location for messages. Unlike free addresses from Gmail or Yahoo, a custom email is connected to a domain you own. 🌐

If your organization is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Google Workspace offers a program for free custom emails: Google Workspace for Nonprofits 🎉. For other organizations, custom emails usually come at an additional cost, so many choose free services like Gmail or Yahoo.

📧 Moving Forward with Custom Email Setup

If you decide to move forward with a custom email address and your domain is managed by us, follow these steps:

1 - Set-up an account with Google Workspace

2 - Input information about your organization

3 - On the "Choose a way to set up your account" page, select "Set up your existing domain", and input the domain used for your website with us.

4 - Set up a username and password for your primary admin. This will also be your new email address (like username@yourbusiness.com)!

5 - Select a plan with Google Workspace

6 - Once you select a plan, you'll be asked to verify the domain ownership. This just requires that we add a few DNS records on our end! Once you get to this point, you can reach out to our team at help@jerseywatch.com. Just copy and paste the records that you're being asked to add into the email, and we'll get this taken care of for you asap 😀

7 - Once the needed records have been added and verified by Google Workspace, you'll be all set to start using your new, custom email address.