Domains are obviously fundamental to begin using your Brokerkit account; it's where you're sending from! A custom or personal domain is required to send bulk, blast, or campaign emails through our platform, build a reputation, and establish a professional identity with your emails. Setting up your sending domains will increase your email deliverability for bulk, blast and campaigns from Brokerkit.

Adding A Domain

We'll show you how to do this below:

1. First, log in to the Brokerkit account (if you have not already done so).
2. Then on the top right navigation bar, click on the username to expand the list of sub-options.
3. Next, click the Account Settings option.
4. Next, click the Email tab.
5. Click the Add Sending Domain button.
6. Enter your Domain Name.
7. Once your domain name is entered and your options are set, click Get Settings to save your new domain.

The Opened window will provide you with the DNS records required for your domain to be verified. This information is also available in the Email tab by clicking on the Settings button on a specific domain.

Adding DNS Records to Hosting Provider

Login to your hosting provider and navigate to the DNS section. This area is called ‘DNS’ at Cloudflare/GoDaddy, but we’ve seen it called ‘Networking’ in Digital Ocean and ‘Zone Editor’ in cPanel. 

Next, you’ll be asked what type of DNS records you want to add. We’ll go through each one individually. 

TXT Records

The first records Brokerkit asks you to add are TXT records. We will add three separate TXT records, one for SPF, one for DKIM, and one for DMARC. These are required to send and receive bulk, blast, or campaign emails with Brokerkit. 

CNAME Record

Lastly, you should add the below CNAME record. The CNAME Record is what enables Open and Click tracking. This step is optional but is highly recommended to reap the full benefit of Brokerkit and gain insights into your email performance.

Advanced Settings

• Under the Advanced Settings section, more technical users will see options to add DMARC and MX records as well for that extra level of email deliverability protection. Note that this is for more advanced technical users and more complex use cases and the basic configuration steps above should be sufficient for most users.

Deleting A Domain

What if you no longer use a domain or if there is a typo in the domain name?  Thankfully, it can be deleted. Note that the same domain can only be added once in a given Brokerkit account or organization. We'll show you how to do this below:

1. First, log in to the Brokerkit account (if you have not already done so).
2. Then on the top right navigation bar, click on the username to expand the list of sub-options.
3. Next, click the Account Settings option.
4. Next, click the Email tab.
5. Finding the domain you need Click the "Delete domain" button.
6. Click the Yes button and confirm your intention to delete the domain by clicking the Yes button in the pop-up modal.