Setting up DNS settings for Wix

DNS settings are key to proving that you are a legitimate sender and improving deliverability. We recommend setting those up, not just because those are important when using Mailshake, but even when sending an email directly from your own email address.

If you are using Wix as your domain provider, you will need to reach out directly to them before setting up your DNS settings or DMARC record to verify if that will not affect your sending or your domain with them. They will be able to confirm for you since we don't have control over their systems.

If they recommend not adding the DNS records, we recommend using a different domain provider for your email sending since those records are critical to help prevent you from getting flagged for spam.

You can migrate your domain to another platform, but this can take quite a bit of time. 

The easier way to handle this would be to get a new domain that you use just for cold email We highly recommend using Google Workspaces (formerly known as GSuite) for sending. Setting up your DNS settings is easy on Google Workspaces, plus they have a higher limit of emails you can send daily. 

If you're not familiar with using Google Workspaces and need help setting up your email, here's how to go about doing that:

1

Sign up for a paid Google Workspace account. Sign up here.

2

Make sure to set up your DNS records.  Click here for our instructions. Once you set them up, they can take 48-72 hours to become active so keep this in mind when planning your setup.

3

Warm up your Email Account for sending. We usually recommend a few things like signing up for email newsletters and sending emails to people you know. For our full Warm-up guide,  click here.

4

Start sending campaigns and scale up your sending volume. When you're ready, create a new Campaign in Mailshake. Don't forget to follow our Copywriting Best Practices and start sending at lower volumes and steadily increase your volume.  Check out our detailed guide.